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SJK(C) Yuk Chai
育才国民型华文小学校
SJK(C) Yuk Chai; 育才国民型华文小学校
Address
	Jalan SS 24/1, Taman Megah; 3.116858, 101.607915; Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, Selangor, 47301
Information
School type	Chinese-type national primary school
Motto	Kerajinan, Kegigihan, Kejujuran, Kesederhanaan; (Diligent, Determine, Integrity, Moderate)
Established	c. 1939
Status	Still operating
School district	Petaling Jaya
Educational authority	Ministry of Education (Malaysia)
Headmaster	Robin Tan Tien Chye
Language	Chinese
Hours in school day	6 Hours
Song	育才华校校歌

Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (Cina) Yuk Chai or more commonly known as SJK (C) Yuk Chai (Chinese: 育才国民型华文小学校）is a Chinese-type national primary school located in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia.^[1]

History

From 1939 to 1945

In 1939, the school was founded in a temple located in Setapak.^[1]^[2] From 1942 to 1945, SJKC Yuk Chai was closed due to the Japanese invasion of Malaya. After the war, Chen Hua, one of the founders and the then-current chairman, rebuilt Yuk Chai from the ground up.

From 1945 to 1970

In 1954, Yuk Chai had to relocate after the area was reclaimed and given to a mining company. This was Yuk Chai's first ever move. During that time, they had about 120 students.^[2] After Malaysia gained independence in 1957, SJKC Yuk Chai became officially a government-subsidized school. In 1964, Chen Hua officially retired, giving his position to Lu Zhuorong.

From 1970 to 1979

In 1970, Yuk Chai experienced another relocation after the government wanted to improve the appearance of the city. Yuk Chai relocated to now-called Kampung Chempaka.^[1]^[2] Due to economic problems, Lu Zhuorong led the villagers to use the old building materials from the old school^[2] to build six classrooms, the office and the principal's office on the open space at the Kampung Chempaka Community Hall. Male and female toilets were built after gaining funding from the education ministry.

From 1979 to 1991

In 1981, with the help from the board of directors, PTAs, alumni and members of Yuk Chai, they successfully relocated to their current location and started a massive reconstruction project, this their third time relocating to the now-called Taman Megah.^[1]^[2] They built a three-story building with 15 classrooms and a canteen during August.^[2] The standard 4-6 students attend the newly built classes while standard 1-3 students stayed at the old school.^[2] From 1982 to 1983, the number of students increased dramatically and the school once again launched fundraising campaigns to provide funds for the school. From 1984 to 1988, Yuk Chai built another building, accommodating 18 classrooms, with this from standard one to six are now in one school.^[1]^[2] Four temporary classrooms were created as the number of students grew,^[2] they had about 1500 students by then. In 1989, the school officially completed their newly built hall that cost RM600,000.^[1]^[2] In 1991, due to the sudden boom in housing around the area, the board of directors launched several donation campaigns, so that a new administration block would be built and more classrooms would be available.

From 1991 to 2014

In 1992, the brand new administration block would be open and include a library, administration office, staff room and a resource center.^[1]^[2] By 1993, the number of students were around 2240, with this number of students some classes even had to teach near the school's field due to the space of the classroom being too small, thus the Ministry of Education donated enough funds to build another building.^[2] In 1993, the building opened.^[2] In 1997, the school's science block officially opened.^[1]^[2] On 24 April, 1999, the school added digital boards for their classrooms in a project named "Smart School Project".^[1]^[2] By 2000, after several developments near the area, the number of students had grown to about 3200 students, the space was once again not enough, and thus the Ministry of Education once again donated $1million to build another block including eight classrooms with one science lab and in the same year the building opened.^[2] In 2001, the school had fully implemented a computerized system for the staff resource center, administration and library. In 2006, the school extended both Block B and C to include more classrooms and the administration block was once again upgraded.^[1] In 2011, the school upgraded the hall to include air-conditioning and built a four-floor activity hall. In 2012, the school built a new basketball court and improved the beauty of the school's garden.

From 2014 to Present(2024)

In 2015, the school improved Block A's roof. In 2019, the school celebrated its 80th Anniversary by opening a carnival that lasted from September 28 to 29 called "Yuk Chai Fun & Learn Carnival".^[1] In 2020, Yuk Chai ran an online talent show called "Yuk Chai's Got Talent Online".^[3] In 2023, a fundraising talent show dinner happened from 15 November which included many of the school's activities.^[4]^[5]^[6]

List of headmasters, PTA, chairman LPS and founders

Note*: Most of the PTA, chairman and headmasters and all of the founders are directly translated from their Chinese names into an English name due to the lack of evidence of their English names, so the most accurate representation for a name is their Chinese name. Most English names which are confirmed are people near the 2000s and above and even with that some names might not be known due to the lack of them putting English names even in the 2000s.

Founders^[2]
Name	Name in Chinese	Portrait
Chen Hua	程华
Tan Qi	谭七
Huang Kun	黄坤
Li Si	黎泗
Peng Bin Bin	彭斌彬
Lu Sheng Yu	陆盛余

Chairman LPS^[3]^[1]^[2]^[7]
Name	Name in Chinese	Date
Chen Hua	程华	1939–1964
Lu Zhuorong	陆卓荣	1964–1978
Li Sen	黎森	1978–1979
Dato Tan Leong Min^[8]	拿督陈良民	1979–2013
Chong Fat Leong	张发龙	2013–2022
Tan Teck Kwui	陈德贵	2022-Now

PTA
Name	Name in Chinese	Date
Chen Yang Xian	陈养贤	1972–1977
Dato Tan Leong Min^[8]	拿督陈良民	1978–1979
Hu Guang Xiang	胡广湘	1980–1982
Deng Yang Han	邓扬汉	1983–1988
Chen Guo Qing	陈国庆	1989–1990
Liao Bao Rui	廖宝瑞	1991–1992
Lin Jin Sheng	林锦胜	1993
Song Wu Guang	宋武光	1994
Fu Dun Lian	傅敦联	1995
Tan Teck Kwui^[1]	陈德贵	1996
Chong Fat Leong^[1]	张发龙	1997–2000
Tan Teck Kwui	陈德贵	2001–2004
Lin Bai Chong	林柏宠	2005–2007
Fu Dun Shu	符敦书	2008
Lim Jenn Shiah	林征声	2009–2011
Thean Kon Fah	邓观发	2012–2016
Sze Toh Wu Pin^[1]	司徒武坪	2017–2021
Peng Jian Long	彭健龙	2021–2022
Choi Kian You	蔡間有	2022-

Headmasters
Name	Name in Chinese	Date
Yan Jing Pei	严镜培	1939–1940
Zhong Hai Yuan	钟海元	1940–1941
Fu Wen Ming	傅文明	1945–1956
Liu Yun	刘云	1957–1964
Chen Yu Xia	陈玉霞	1964–1968
Chen Xiu Yun	陈秀云	1968–1971
Zeng Hua Long	曾华隆	1971–1977
Lu Yin Ji	陆胤基	1977–1985
Qiu San He	丘三和	1986–1991
Zhu Su Yan	朱素燕	1991^{[Note 1]}
Su Bai Li	苏白里	1991–1996
Lin Jie Ying	林洁英	1996^{[Note 1]}
Goh Cheng Leong^[9]	吴清良	1997–2014
Chew Hock Jin^[1]	周福仁	2014–2021
Soh Swee Koon^[10]	苏绥焜	2021-2024
Robin Tan Tien Chye	陈天才^[11]	2024-Now