High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Nanyang University is a defunct university in Singapore. During its existence, it was the only Chinese language post-secondary institution on the island.The idea of a Chinese university in Singapore to provide higher education to the Chinese community was first mooted by Tan Lark Sye in 1953, then Chairman of the Singapore Hokkien Association. A fund was set up for this purpose, drawing donations from people of all walks of life, and with Mr Tan himself donating $5 million. The Singapore Hokkien Association donated 500 acres (2 km²) of land in the western Jurong area, which was then largely undeveloped rural land.