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| THE CHRONOLOGY OF OUR ESTEEMED INSTITUTION |
| 1917 |
Perak Hokkien Association began running private classes. |
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| 1925 | Poi Lam School was officially established as
an educational institution in the South-East Asia region. |
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| 1941 | War disrupted the running of the school. | |
| 1945 |
Poi Lam School resumed operation. |
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| 1955 |
Started Junior Middle section classes with a totaled of 120 students. |
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| 1962 | Became a National-type secondary school. Ran private classes to cater for adults and mature students forming the core of Poi Lam Independent School. | |
| 1963 | Formed a separate Board of Directors for the newly independent school. Started Senior Middle Three classes and appointed Mdm. Tan Yoke Fay as the Principal. | |
| 1964 |
Government Primary Six Examination was abolished which disrupted the intake of new Junior Middle One students. Enrolment depended on students who failed L.C.E. |
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| 1970 | Enrolment dropped to 85 students. | |
| 1971 | To increase the depleting number of enrolment in the school, new plans on recruiting new students were made. The school was revived after teachers and staff managed to recruit 100 new students. The former Board of Director, Mr Zeng Dun Hua set up a meeting along with the Principals from the nine independent schools in Perak to come up with ways to revive the Chinese independent schools. In 1973, Mr Hu Wan Duo was elected the Chairman of the committee to restore and to improve the Chinese independent schools system. An amount of RM100 000 was raised for the development of the schools. | |
| 1973 | Tan Sri Dato Li Lai Sheng donated a 11-acre piece of land to build the new school.Plans to revitalize the Chinese independent schools system in Perak were carried out and continued to spread to other states in Malaysia. | |
| 1976 |
Enrolment increased to 800 students. Completed the 2nd phase of the school development project and started Commerce and Electronics classes for the Senior Middle section. |
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| 1977 |
Enrolment increased to 1093 students with 31 classes. |
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| 1978 |
Work for the 3rd phase of the school development project began. Enrolment increased to 1500. |
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| 1979 |
Enrolment reached 1548 with 32 classes. |
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| 1980 | Enrolment increased to 1850 with 41 classes. | |
| 1981 |
Enrolment further increased to 1888 with 43 classes. |
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| 1982 | Enrolment peaked at 1890 with 42 classes. | |
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