In 1919 he successfully founded the Singapore Chinese High School, for which he was head of the board of governors. He was the most important figure in the creation of this school, designed to serve the entire Chinese community rather than a given subset of it.
1919 年成功籌辦了規模宏偉的「新加坡南洋華僑中學校」並任董事長，成了倡辦跨幫華僑完全中學的第一推手。