Chung Ling Butterworth High School
| Chung Ling High School Butterworth 北海锺灵国民型中学 S.M.J.K. Chung Ling Butterworth |
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Jalan Ong Yi How, 13400 Butterworth, Penang, George Town Malaysia |
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| Type | Public school |
| Motto | 爱吾锺灵 (Love Our Chung Ling) |
| Established | 6 January 1986 |
| Principal | Loh Kooi Cheng(2013-Present) Lew Kong Phung(1986-1991) Phuah Chor Poay(1992-1995) Lim Gin Hai(1995-2000) Lim Kar Hwa(2000-2006) Chuah Wah Teong(2006-2011) Ooi Poh Beng(2011-2012) |
| Enrollment | approx. 2300 |
| Number of students | 2393+ |
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Chung Ling High School Chung Ling (Private) High School |
| Website | www |
Chung Ling High School Butterworth (simplified Chinese: 北海锺灵中学; traditional Chinese: 北海鍾靈中學; pinyin: béi hǎi Zhōng líng zhōng xué, Sekolah Menengah Jenis Kebangsaan Chung Ling Butterworth in Malay) is a secondary school in Malaysia, located in Butterworth, Penang.
The students in this school are selected carefully by the administration of the school. Only students with straight A's or close to straight A's from the UPSR examination would be selected into this school. Thus, the quality of the students and hence the standard of the school are among the highest in Malaysia.
Chung Ling High School Butterworth has over 90% of students studying in the Science Stream.
The school enrols approximately 2300 students as of 2016. The students are served by 185 over academic and non-academic staff.
In 1986, Chung Ling High School Butterworth Branch was opened. It was later renamed Chung Ling Butterworth High School to reflect its independent identity. Together with the Private School and Chung Ling Penang, the three Chung Lings became known as Tri-Chung Ling High Schools which share a Board of Governors but are essentially three independent schools.
The name of the school, Chung Ling, has been defined by late Principal David Chen, as follows:
The school has adopted the name Chung Ling, but what is the rationale behind it? It appears that most students are unaware of the reason. On one occasion I came across an article, in the Hu Zhou, Zhe-jiang Newspaper, of which its description on the region seems to be appropriate for the purpose of defining the name of our school. It reads:
"The scenery of the surroundings of Huzhou, Zhejiang, is picturesque, and it demonstrates a very desirable aura, which explains the phenomenon where the area is the origin to a great number of talents. According to an unofficial census, fourteen Central Councillors came from that area, a truly astounding figure. This amply demonstrates the aura and the availability of talent in that area."
We could thus infer that a concentration of desirable aura (Chung has another meaning of ‘concentration’, and the saying ‘a concentration of aura encourages the emergence of talents’ is referring to the consequences of the concentration of aura.) may lead to the availability of a pool of talents, and the concerned area will naturally attract a lot of attention across the country.
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