{
  "sight": {
    "id": "Q5520442",
    "slug": "gan-eng-seng-school",
    "url": "https://dealsingapore.com/sight/gan-eng-seng-school",
    "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5520442",
    "name": "Gan Eng Seng School",
    "name_source": "Wikidata",
    "name_ko": "간엥셍 학교",
    "name_ja": null,
    "name_zh_hans": "颜永成学校",
    "name_zh_hant": null,
    "category": "historic-site",
    "heritage": "Historic Site",
    "planning_area": "Bukit Merah",
    "address": "Landscape Plaza, Junction of Telok Ayer Street and Cecil Street",
    "lat": 1.2899689,
    "lng": 103.823715,
    "position_source": "NHB",
    "official_url": "http://ganengsengsch.moe.edu.sg/",
    "nearest_station": {
      "slug": "tiong-bahru",
      "name": "Tiong Bahru Station",
      "name_ja": "ティオン・バル",
      "url": "https://dealsingapore.com/station/tiong-bahru",
      "straight_line_m": 596
    },
    "description_en": "In 1885, Gan Eng Seng founded a free school for poor boys in Singapore. Initially named the Anglo-Chinese Free School, it was among the earliest schools to offer a bilingual education. The school moved to its first new building about 50 metres behind Telok Ayer Chinese Methodist Church in 1893. It became known as Gan Eng Seng School in 1923.",
    "description_ko": "1885년 간엥셍은 싱가포르의 가난한 소년들을 위한 무료 학교를 세웠어요. 처음 이름은 앵글로 차이니즈 프리 스쿨로, 이중 언어 교육을 한 초기 학교 가운데 하나였어요. 학교는 1893년 텔록아이어 중국인 감리교회 뒤편 약 50m 거리에 지은 첫 새 건물로 옮겼어요. 1923년부터 간엥셍 학교라는 이름으로 알려졌어요.",
    "description_ja": "1885年、ガン・エン・センはシンガポールの貧しい少年たちのための無料の学校を創設しました。当初はアングロ・チャイニーズ・フリー・スクールという名で、二言語教育を行った最も初期の学校の一つでした。1893年、学校はTelok Ayer Chinese Methodist Churchの約50m後方に建てられた初めての新校舎に移転しました。1923年にGan Eng Seng Schoolとして知られるようになりました。",
    "description_zh_hans": "1885年，颜永成在新加坡为贫苦男童创办了一所免费学校。学校最初名为英华义学，是最早提供双语教育的学校之一。1893年，学校迁入位于卫理公会直落亚逸礼拜堂后方约50米处的第一座新校舍。1923年起，学校以颜永成学校之名为人所知。",
    "description_zh_hant": "1885年，顏永成在新加坡為貧苦男童創辦了一所免費學校。學校最初名為英華義學，是最早提供雙語教育的學校之一。1893年，學校遷入位於衛理公會直落亞逸禮拜堂後方約50米處的第一座新校舍。1923年起，學校以顏永成學校之名為人所知。",
    "sources": [
      "National Heritage Board, Historic Sites (SODL v1.0)",
      "Wikidata (CC0)"
    ],
    "photo": null,
    "nearest_exit": {
      "station": "tiong-bahru",
      "exit": "B",
      "straight_line_m": 581
    },
    "areas": [
      {
        "slug": "tiong-bahru",
        "name": "Tiong Bahru",
        "url": "https://dealsingapore.com/areas/tiong-bahru",
        "straight_line_m": 765
      }
    ],
    "nearby_sights": [
      {
        "id": "Q7808728",
        "slug": "tiong-bahru-park",
        "name": "Tiong Bahru Park",
        "url": "https://dealsingapore.com/sight/tiong-bahru-park",
        "category": "park-garden",
        "straight_line_m": 308
      },
      {
        "id": "Q133289716",
        "slug": "masjid-jamiyah-ar-rabitah",
        "name": "Masjid Jamiyah Ar-Rabitah",
        "url": "https://dealsingapore.com/sight/masjid-jamiyah-ar-rabitah",
        "category": "mosque",
        "straight_line_m": 437
      },
      {
        "id": "Q111180549",
        "slug": "havelock-road-camp-river-valley-road-camp",
        "name": "Havelock Road Camp / River Valley Road Camp",
        "url": "https://dealsingapore.com/sight/havelock-road-camp-river-valley-road-camp",
        "category": "historic-site",
        "straight_line_m": 493
      },
      {
        "id": "Q131735887",
        "slug": "kampong-delta-mosque",
        "name": "Kampong Delta Mosque",
        "url": "https://dealsingapore.com/sight/kampong-delta-mosque",
        "category": "mosque",
        "straight_line_m": 550
      },
      {
        "id": "Q17039479",
        "slug": "kim-seng-bridge",
        "name": "Kim Seng Bridge",
        "url": "https://dealsingapore.com/sight/kim-seng-bridge",
        "category": "bridge",
        "straight_line_m": 875
      },
      {
        "id": "Q133252249",
        "slug": "masjid-jamek-queenstown",
        "name": "Masjid Jamek Queenstown",
        "url": "https://dealsingapore.com/sight/masjid-jamek-queenstown",
        "category": "mosque",
        "straight_line_m": 962
      }
    ]
  },
  "source": {
    "nhb": "Monuments (GEOJSON) d_b29c230ec6b609e29ed42f71ca9a8767 and Historic Sites (GEOJSON) d_31e16b12809e66673e90d8b04fdee1b2, National Heritage Board, data.gov.sg, accessed 30 September 2026, Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0: names, points, addresses, descriptions.",
    "wikidata": "Wikidata (CC0), read 1 October 2026: names in en, ja, ko, zh, type, official website, image file names (each Commons file carries its own licence).",
    "selection": "English Wikivoyage Singapore guides, revisions of 1 October 2026: which places are listed under See and Do (selection only; no text used).",
    "planning_areas": "Master Plan 2025 Planning Area Boundary (No Sea) d_2cc750190544007400b2cfd5d7f53209, Urban Redevelopment Authority, data.gov.sg, accessed 1 October 2026, Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0: the planning area each sight is in.",
    "note": "English names are the National Heritage Board's for the places it lists (name_source: NHB), otherwise Wikidata labels. Korean, Japanese and Chinese names are Wikidata labels or Wikipedia article titles where present. NHB fields keep the Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0; no terms are added to them."
  },
  "not_published": {
    "opening_hours": "No source we use carries them. The official_url is where they are.",
    "walking_time": "Every distance here is a straight line, not a walking route."
  },
  "_meta": {
    "api_version": "1",
    "site": "https://dealsingapore.com",
    "generated_at": "2026-10-01",
    "license": "NHB fields: Monuments and Historic Sites, National Heritage Board via data.gov.sg, Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0, modified (merged, matched to Wikidata). Names and categories: Wikidata (CC0) or NHB. Planning areas: URA Master Plan 2025, Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0. Attribute dealsingapore.com and the National Heritage Board. See /llms.txt and /terms.",
    "docs": "https://dealsingapore.com/llms.txt"
  }
}