Century-old school raises RM600k

Cause for cheer: (from left) Lee Young Kee, Yen Voon Sum and Lee Yoon Sang, all in their 80s, meeting again for the first time for the school’s centenary celebration, after parting ways at the end of their six-year primary education in 1950.

HAVING twice been deferred due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the centenary celebration of SJK(C) Chap Khuan in Batu Arang, Selangor, was finally held early last month.

The event, which drew 1,420 attendees, also saw the school raising RM600,000 for its building fund – an unprecedented endeavour in the small old coal mining town, a press release from the organising committee read.