The establishment of Singapore Centre for Chinese Language (SCCL) was announced by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on 6 September 2008, and was opened by Founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew on 17 November 2009 - See more at: http://sccl.sg/en/about/about-us/about-sccl.html#sthash.9KjlisZL.dpuf SCCL also focuses on researching innovative teaching and learning strategies, and through the promotion of effective Chinese language pedagogy in a bilingual environment, hopes to develop unique and effective teaching methods to strengthen the position of SCCL as the regional teaching and research centre for Chinese as a second language.  - See more at: http://sccl.sg/en/about/about-us/about-sccl.html#sthash.9KjlisZL.dpuf