Come 2030, Anglo Chinese School (Primary) will move from Barker Road to Tengah, and that announcement has caused a furore among some alumni. But our guests on this episode of the Heart of the Matter podcast say it's a move in the right direction.
, Clarence Ching, 29, said he immediately posted on LinkedIn that it was a fantastic move.
"More than 60 per cent of respondents felt that schools are getting more unequal. A huge part of it has to do with proximity and alumni priority. Will moving elite schools like ACS out of the central cluster help to dismantle closed circles? Steven Chia asks his guests on Heart of the Matter Clarence Ching: “I think it's a fantastic move because ACS, one of the biggest social capital folks, are moving to Tengah. It is up to the schools ... do you want to move out of the Bukit Timah strip?”: “This ACS case shows that if you have the resolve, you can actually do it … what they value more is the integrity and the belief in fairness.
People see them as giving more resources and opportunities, and that's why they're hankering after it .: “Well-off people will have more connections, and they do teach their children better ways of getting ahead in life, right? That is also a social reality. And people who have no access to the highest social strata of society may not know a lot of things that these guys use to grow their wealth.
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