Penang Chinese Girls High School

Penang Chinese Girls' High School (17 July 2005)


Penang Chinese Girls' High School (GPS: 5.43385, 100.30194) at Gottlieb Road, George Town, is one of the biggest Chinese schools in Malaysia. Often referred to as "Bing Hua", the Penang Chinese Girls' High School is renowned for producing students of academic excellence as well as those who excel in co-curricular activities.

The Penang Chinese Girls' High School was founded in 1920 by four prominent members of the Penang Hokkien Chinese community, namely Mr Tan Sin Cheng, Mr Lim Lu Tek, Mr Khor Sen Lee and Mr Cheah Seng Tin. As it was founded to benefit the Hokkien community, it was initially called the Fukien Girls' School. Classes were held at Macalister Road, at what is now the Penang Sun Yat Sen Centre.

On 11 March 1951, the Fukien Girls' School was renamed to embrace all Penang Chinese Girls, becoming the Penang Chinese Girls' High School and Penang Chinese Girls' Primary School. Incidentally, the primary school offers co-educational classes to both boys and girls.

The Penang Chinese Girls' Schools moved to their present premises at 2 Gottlieb Road in January 1956. In 1962, when the school accepted full government aid, it was divided into two section - the national type school and the independent high school for overaged pupils. The following year the Penang Chinese Girls' School started its kindergarten as well, thus providing continuous education from pre-school to high school.

Updates on the Penang Chinese Girls' High School

11 March, 2016 The Star reports (Seagrass bed 'spared') Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng saying that there was never any plan to acquire land from Penang Chinese Girls High School to build the 20-kilometer Gurney Drive-Bayan Lepas highway that is part of the Penang Transport Master Plan.

Tan Sin Cheng, one of the founders of Fukien Girls' School, the precursor of the Penang Chinese Girls' School. (20 November 2010)

The Penang Chinese Girls' High School is on the map of Gottlieb Road

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