[citation needed] The river flows from the town of Chaozhou to the South China Sea.
In 1947, he decided to donate a piece of land, measuring 33 acres (130,000 m2) to Han Chiang School because the enrolment was rising quickly.
In 1950, his dream was realised when Han Chiang High School was founded and construction work was completed.
It was unveiled by the first Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tunku Abdul Rahman and refurbished and repainted in 2008 to give the statue a new look.
It is also a day when all Han Chiang schools come together to remember Lim Lean Teng, the founder, who died in 1963.
Former students of Han Chiang, numbering about 10,000, attended the dinner and the event was graced by Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng.
[citation needed] The primary school is government-funded whereas the secondary and college are private institutions, making it the first of a kind in the education history of Malaysia.