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Dear parents, teachers and students of SMJK Hua Lian,
Time goes on. Another year has passed, and changes are
inevitable. Mr. Quah, the previous principal (for 6 1/2
years), retired in June. I took office on 16 June.
I have been asked to express what my vision and mission are,
for the school. To put it in a nutshell, my vision is an
'educated' Hua Lian in all sense and spheres, reflecting her
glory.
Here is my concept of vision: I walk around and see the
physical school, and the students and teachers, and over the
days and months I get to see the whole picture. I want to
change the picture. That picture becomes my vision.
Then it becomes my mission, to act on it with the team of
administrators and work force available. I then will try all
suitable ways and means to put my vision into action.
I am very thankful that when I took over as the Principal, I
received the support of the Board, the PTA (PIBG) and the
teachers. I am very thankful that I have a good team of
administrators (PKs and GKs) helping me. I am also very
fortunate to have a firm and strong Discipline Board. Here,
I want to sincerely thank all the above mentioned for
supporting me. I want to stress that I cannot, and will not,
work as one person. Mainly because I am not a superwoman,
but more so because I believe in team work. I am working
towards a team 'that beats with ONE heart', ie. having the
same vision and mission as I have, because that kind of team
works for progress and success.
I must admit that the work now, and ahead of us will
s-t-r-e-t-c-h all of us who are working for the good of Hua
Lian, to the limit. We began the discipline and cleanliness
campaign in July, and received the full support of the
Board, PTA and teachers, and could carry out the project
successfully. We were happy with the drastic improvement.
But there is much room for improvement. The process must go
on to stop all throwing of tissues, papers and plastics,
etc. Getting rid of this 'third world mentality' begins here
in school and is carried on later in life. Always remember
this simple principle:
If somebody throws rubbish,
There will be some rubbish,
If nobody throws rubbish,
There will be NO rubbish.
On the issue of discipline, I have to say we have achieved a
certain degree of success. A lot more needs to be done, and
the school administrators and discipline board are working
very hard (and overtime) on this. In this area too, I am
proud to say that my teachers have been able to cope very
well with all the discipline problems. I must say that if
teachers can cope in Hua Lian, (said to be the second
biggest school in Perak in terms of enrolment) they can cope
in any other school. Please note that on issues of
discipline, we not only need the help of teachers. We need
parents to cooperate with us, and also help us help their
children, who have certain problems (ranging from playing
truant and having bad habits, to different levels of
rudeness and indiscipline). Many issues have to be discussed
and solved, and at the moment, we are also keying in on the
security of the school. Our aim is definitely for a safe and
healthy teaching and learning environment in Hua Lian.
Please remember that 'Rome is not built in a day'. We need
time and support from all areas.
To parents and ex-students who have an interest in the
school, we welcome you to participate in building up Hua
Lian. You can help by cooperating with us, and also by
contributing to the school fund. Every act of support that
you show is very appreciated. In this respect, I want to
personally thank all those parents and teachers and
ex-students who have not only kept in touch with us, but
also helped us in more than one of ways. I am very happy to
say that as the principal, I have a good relationship with
the Board of Governors, PIBG members, the teachers and the
pupils. I cannot say that all of them will agree with me
100%, but we know how to 'disagree agreeably', and we know
that we need not 'major' on 'minors'.
Finally, we are now living in very challenging times. We
need to continue to be aware and alert to all that is going
on around us. I urge all parents, teachers and students to
keep in touch, and try to be positively involved in all that
is going on around us. This is to ensure a nation that is,
in the words of our Prime Minister, "cemerlang, gemilang and
terbilang" and a "World Class society".
Thank you and God bless you.
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