Lim Boon Keng

Dr. Lim Boon Keng was a Chinese physician who promoted social and educational reforms in Singapore in the early 20th century. Lim was a Peranakan descent, with ancestry from Fujian, China.

Lim was later enrolled into Raffles Institution. In 1887, Lim became the first Malayan to receive a Queen's scholarship , and entered Edinburgh University. He graduated in 1892 with a first class honours degree in medicine.

In 1930, the Japanese occupation took place. There is a tradition in the Chinese culture stating that children would travel to china to study. Back then, it was really hard for the Chinese to travel as it was the Japanese occupation.

The Chinese decided to set up another Chinese school in Singapore as the Chinese High School in Singapore was too small to fit the Chinese into it. They name the school after Chiang Kai-shek as to the Chinese, he was a war hero as he defeated the Japanese. The school was first named as Chiang Kai-Shek High School (中正中学)，and was later named as Chung Cheng High School.

Three people, including Lim Boon Keng, sent a telegram to China, requesting them to approve on Chung Cheng high school. On 1939 January, the first gathering for the school committee was organized. On April 30 that year, the school had its first anniversary.