Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan (SHHK) is a cultural and educational foundation. It was established in 1840 to promote education, social welfare and the preservation of the Chinese language and culture among immigrants of Chinese descent in Singapore

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

 and throughout Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia

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Educational projects

• Established Tao Nan School
  Tao Nan School
  Tao Nan School , is a co-educational primary school in Singapore. One of the five Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan schools, along with Ai Tong School, Chongfu Primary School, Kong Hwa School and Nan Chiau Secondary School, Tao Nan School is among the 30 most popular primary schools listed by the...
  
   in 1906
• Established Ai Tong School
  Ai Tong School
  Ai Tong School is a primary school located in Bishan, Singapore. It is one of the five affiliated primary schools under the Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan. The name 爱同 is derived from 博爱 and 大同 which means 'Love for all mankind' and 'Equality/Harmony' respectively.-Motto:"Sincerity and Perseverance",...
  
   in 1912 and Chongfu Primary School in 1915,
• Established Nan Chiau High School
  Nan Chiau High School
  Nan Chiau High School is a secondary school in Singapore. It was founded as Nan Chiau Teachers' Training School in 1941 by Tan Kah Kee. Its first campus was built on a plot of land donated by Lee Kong Chian, at Kim Yam Road in River Valley. In 1947 the school became Nan Chiau Girls' High School. In...
  
   and Primary School in 1947 and Kong Hwa School
  Kong Hwa School
  Kong Hwa School ' is a Special Assistance Plan primary school offering fully bilingual primary education in Singapore. The school was founded by Tan Lark Sye at 1953....
  
   in 1953.
• Donated land for the campus for Nanyang University (now Nanyang Technological University
  Nanyang Technological University
  Nanyang Technological University is one of the two largest public universities in Singapore with the biggest campus in Singapore and the world's largest engineering college. Its lush 200-hectare Yunnan Garden campus was the Youth Olympic Village of the world's first 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in...
  
  ) in 1955.

Religious projects

SHHK manages the operations of four Singapore temples:

• Thian Hock Keng Temple
• Goh Cho Tua Peh Kong Temple
• Kim Lan Beo
• Leng San Teng

Sources of funding

SHHK has two wholly owned real-estate development subsidiaries, Yunnan Realty Pte. Ltd. and Balestier Realty Pte. Ltd., which develop properties for sale and rental.