Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Queenstown Secondary School
8) Queenstown Secondary SchoolThis school was previously called Queenstown Technical Secondary School. It was established together with Tanjong Katong Technical School in 1956 with the aim of fulfilling the need for technical skilled labour. During the 1960s, when Singapore was entering a period of rapid industrialization, these schools were intended to produce and help technicians and engineers. They helped them acquire skills for the specific industries that they were employed into. Another interesting fact about this place was that, it started off as an all-boys school. But in 1971, it became co-education school and was renamed as Queenstown Secondary School.
We were actually quite surprised to find the school still opened on a Sunday. It was already around 6pm when we reached our destination. There was some sort of sports gathering in the school. It was still light enough to take our photos clearly. We then quickly moved down to our next station.
3:02 AM By PUNITHA