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• Assumption English SchoolAssumption English School was founded in 1953 by Brother Vincent, a Gabrielite Brother as one of the three components of Boys' Town. It was then known as Boys' Town English School. In 1955 Assumption English School was established as a single-session full school with classes from Primary One to Secondary Four. The School presented its first batch of students for the School Certificate Examination. In 1973 the Secondary section of CHIJ Bukit Timah merged with Boys' Town English School and the school became a co-educational Catholic mission school. The School took on the name of Assumption English School in honour of our Lady, Mother Mary, the Patroness of the Brothers of St Gabriel. The school progressed slowly and in 1989 the school authorities decided to upgrade the facilities to better meet the demands of education for the new millennium. In December 1992 the Primary Section of the school closed and the students were absorbed by St. Anthony's Primary School. Building of the new school building started in 1993.The $20 million new school building was officially opened on 16 August 1997 by the then President of Singapore, the late Ong Teng Cheong.
• Hai Sing Catholic SchoolHai Sing Catholic School is a secondary school in Singapore that was founded in 1959 by the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary (FMM) sisters. The then Hai Sing Girls' High School grew out of a vision to provide secondary school education to the girls in the rural area of Upper Serangoon district. In 1978, Hai Sing was named one of the 14 outstanding Chinese secondary schools in Singapore.
Hai Sing has gone through several facelifts. In 1981, it was changed from a Chinese medium school to an English medium school. In 1990, Hai Sing Catholic School became a co-educational institution when it moved into Pasir Ris New Town.
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