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The Singapore Futsing Association was established in the year 1910. The association was founded by 11 local Futsing Clan led by Mr. Zhuang Rui (庄端). With donations collected from the Futsing Clan, the Futsing Association purchased 5 shop houses at the Queens Street，where two were used as association premises and the others were rented out. In 1932, Futsing Association had financially supported the establishment of the Poi Ching School and the establishment of the Ren Ji (仁济) hospital where consultation and treatment were free of charge for the Futsing Clan. The hospital was closed in 1941 due to the invasion of Japanese Army but it was reopened on October 1945 by the Association. Many records and documents of the association were destroyed during 2nd World War. The members of association took a lot of effort to reorganize the association after the war and a board council was reappointed in 1946. In early 70s, the association buildings situated at Queens Street were very rundown and lack of space for the operation of the association. In 1975, initiated by then President of the association, Mr. Lim Dijt Sun (林日顺), the association bought a piece of land at the No.2 Allenby Road to build a new association building, which is the current association building. The president and the council members took a great effort to raise fund for the construction of the association building. 1n 1988, a five story building was built and it was jointly opened by Mr. Ong Teng Cheong (王鼎昌)，then President of Singapore, and Mr. Liem Swie Liong (林绍良)。 Since then, the Futsing Association has progress well and it has helped many local Futsing Clan and immigrants from Futsing to feel at home in Singapore. |
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