This is the Clock Tower in Hwa Chong Institution. It is situated right in the centre of the school, standing proud and majestic as a lion, staring down at the statue of Tan Kah Kee and the school field, the clock on each face of the tower resembling a Cyclops’s eye. What you are looking at is not just a standard school clock tower. This is a national monument, having gone through and seen much. There is a fleet of stairs ascending the tower from the road, with a globe in the centre of the large landing above the stairs. Walk through any one of the side corridors and you will be faced with cosy, old-style classrooms. This is where the best of the students study. A small steep set of stairs wind their way up to the upper levels of the tower, where more classrooms fill the space. Ascend these steps and one will find themselves in a place that exudes rustic charm. Gentle breeze lightly caresses bushes and grasses green as grass in small plots of greenery within the clock tower. The clock tower is fronted by a road that is accessed by many, and hence the clock tower is seen by all entering the school. In fact, even those on the road outside the school can see the clock tower from afar in its prominent position, as it towers above the entire school. The night view is especially breathtaking, the clock tower a beacon of light in a sea of darkness, and one can see it from even further away in all its lighted glory.
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