College History
Temasek Junior College was established in 1977 as the second government junior college in Singapore.
The college has been under the leadership of eight Principals:
- Mr Wee Heng Tin (1977–1979)
- Mr Eugene Wijeysingha (1980–1985)
- Mrs Goh Chi Lan (1986–1988)
- Mr Robert Tan Hui Sen (1989–1999)
- Mrs Cheong Poh Gek (2000–2001)
- Mrs Lim Lai Cheng (2002–2005)
- Mrs Loke-Yeo Teck Yong (2005-2011)
- Ms Susan Leong (2012 to present)
Read more about this topic: Temasek Junior College
Famous quotes containing the words college and/or history:
“[B]y going to the College [William and Mary] I shall get a more universal Acquaintance, which may hereafter be serviceable to me; and I suppose I can pursue my Studies in the Greek and Latin as well there as here, and likewise learn something of the Mathematics.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)
“It is my conviction that women are the natural orators of the race.”
—Eliza Archard Connor, U.S. suffragist. As quoted in History of Woman Suffrage, vol. 4, ch. 9, by Susan B. Anthony and Ida Husted Harper (1902)