Six decades on Marine Parade.

1957

Founded by twenty Marine Parade residents whose families had migrated from Fujian in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

1962

First scholarship awarded. A member family's daughter, the first in her family to attend university, supported through medical school.

1973

Hokkien language classes begin. Reaction to a generation of children growing up unable to speak with their grandparents.

1985

Building on Marine Parade renovated. Functions hall capacity expanded to 180. Used since by hundreds of weddings and red-egg parties.

1997

Membership crosses 2,000. Founding generation begins to step back; second-generation members join the council.

2012

Membership crosses 4,000. The association serves a community spanning Marine Parade, Joo Chiat and Bedok.

2024

Hokkien-class third generation begins. Some of our students are grandchildren of the original 1973 cohort.