The school's name in English was Shiang Kai Sek Secondary School. The founding principal of the school was Zhuang Zhulin and the school's first school supervisor was war hero Lim Bo Seng. The school's founding Chairman of the School Management Board was Aw Boon Haw. Students came from as far as Thailand and the Philippines. Following the Japanese occupation of Singapore in 1942, the school was forced to stop classes.
Zhu Lin Building is the main building of Chung Cheng and is named officially after someone called Zhuang Zhulin. Dr Zhuang Zhulin is the founding principal and also the principal of Nanyang University. After World War 2, he was re-appointed principal. Zhuang Zhulin live from 1939-1957. This building, which was named after him, house the Grand Auditorium now. The Grand Auditorium was the largest in the Southeast Asia when it opened. Now, there is a statue outside the Grand Auditorium, or most known as the Grand Audi. He was the longest serving school principal.
He was a professor of a university in china,he is also effectively billingual,having been educated in China and USA
Why we admire and respect Dr. Zhuang Zhu Lin:
We respect him as he is the first principal of our school and has done many great things for CCHMS.
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