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antara sekolah Inggeris terawal di Tanah Melayu dan sekolah lnggeris pertama di Selangor yang
mula dibina pada tahun 1893 dan siap 1894. Dinamakan Sekolah Victoria kerana sekolah ini dibina
atas lebihan wang dana derma dari penduduk Kuala Lumpur untuk menyambut perayaan Jubli
Intan pemerintahan Ratu Victoria England (1837 - 190 I). Sultan Abdul Samad Selangor dan Kapitan
China Yap Kwan Seng adalah antara penaja utama sekolah VI ini.
1927 - Bangunan Sekolah Menengah Victoria yang ada sekarang telah dibina atas kawasan yang
luas dengan segala kemudahan termasuk kolam renang dan padang permainan untuk menampung
keramaian pelajar yang mendadak. Dibina di atas Bukit Petaling pada tahun 1929. Bangunan baru
ini mempunyai beranda yang lebar dan panjang, jam besar, kubah dan bumbung yang tinggi dengan
senibina neo-classical telah menjadikannya satu tonjolan identity bagi sekolah elit ini.
SUll1bangan daripada:
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The Crest ,Pfl de ('lied bll Mr. G. Burgess, formcrly Art Superintendent, Selangor.
Chapter 2
Genesis
here was a felt need for a good English school in Kuala Lumpur in the
1880s. The British administrators realized that soon the FMS government
would need more clerical staff and technical personnel who were literate
in English. There was also much enthusiasm among leading members of
the Asian communities in Kuala Lumpur for a school comparable to Raffles Institution
in Singapore. Three persons were prominent supporters of the idea of founding a
good English school. They were the Capitan China of Kuala Lumpur, Yap Kwan
Seng, Towkay Loke Yew and Tamboosamy Pillay . Fortunately for them, there was an
approachable and understanding British Resident in Selangor at that time. William
Hood Treacher was more than sympathetic. He was aware that a sum of $3,188 wa s
lying in the Treasury. This was the unspent money that had been raised by public subscription on the occasion of the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887. The leading
citizens of Kuala Lumpur town had wanted an enduring memorial of the queen's jubilee. That jubilee had been celebrated with great pomp and ceremony throughout the
far-flung British Empire. It was the heyday of British power and their 'dominion over
palm and pine', to quote Rudyard Kipling.
Treacher had evidently expressed his willingness to treat the sum of $3,188 in the
Treasury as the nucleus of a larger amount that would be required for establishing a
school. He was able to mention $5,000 from government funds. The Sultan of Selangor
gave $1,100. The three Asian community leaders also contributed $1,100 each. Soon,
the total contributed exceeded $21,000. The cherished goal of starting the VI was becoming a reality!
Events moved rapidly in 1893. On 15 June a meeting was called by the sponsors of the
Jubilee Fund and it was presided over by Treacher. Several resolutions were passed at
this gathering and a firm decision was taken to use the money available for an educational purpose, namely a boys' school. The precedent of Raffles Institution in Singapore was of course present in the minds of many people. There was wide support for
an institution "to be maintained primarily for the purpose of providing instruction in
the English language to day scholars of all nationalities and classes resident in the
State and for other educational purposes." And by this time, the consensus was to
name the school VICTORIA INSTITUTION.
The scheme received warm support from Sir Cecil Clementi Smith, Governor of the
Straits Settlements and High Commissioner of the Federated Malay States (FMS). He
wrote, "1 am very glad that it has fallen to me to give general approval of this scheme
which has now been satisfactorily and creditably worked out by the Resident."
Treacher was elected president of twelve trustees who were appointed to manage the
proposed institution.
Thumb-nail sketches of the founders of the VI are now appropriate. William Hood
Treacher was a graduateof Oxford University. He went to Labuan in 1871 and joined
the government service there in 1873. In 1881 he became the first governor of British
North Borneo (now Sabah) which was then ruled by the British North Borneo
Company. However, he resigned from the service of the Company and rejoined the
Colonial Service. He was appointed Secretary to the government of Perak. He served
in Perak state until 1893 when he was posted to Kuala Lumpur as British Resident of
Selangor. He succeeded Sir Frank Swettenham as Resident-General and thus returned
to Kuala Lumpur.
J.M. Gullick is of the opinion that Treacher's encouragement of the scheme for the Victoria Institution was the most memorable part of his brief tenure of office in Selangor
as Resident.
Loke Yew had come to Kuala Lumpur in the 1880s. When he arrived in Singapore as a
penniless immigrant, he was only 13 years old . His is a typical rags-to-riches story.
Through hard work, thrift and careful investments he had become a rich man. He was
appointed to the Selangor State Council in 1892. He died in 1917.
Yap Kwan Seng was Capitan China from 1890 until his death in 1902, and he was the
last holder of the unique office . Basically the Capitan served as an important link between the British and the Chinese community. He died in 1901.
Thamboosamy Pillay (whose name has been spelt in at least four different ways) came
from Singapore with Mr. J.G. Davidson the first British Resident, as one of his clerks.
He did well in government service and became chief clerk. He resigned from government service in 1889 and went into partnership with Loke Yew in the mining industry.
He became a wealthy man, with a variety of business interests and he also held several public offices. He died in Singapore in 1902.
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Institution'. The location was identified as allotments 1 and 2 of section 27 of the town
of Kuala Lumpur and the area was given as: 5 acres 3 roods 20.1 perches 'more or
less' . On 11 March 1899 the Selangor State Council enacted the Victoria Institution Enactment No . II of 1899. The long title of the enactment reads: An Enactment for the Incorporation of the Trustees of the Victoria Institution and for other purposes. The Preamble to the enactment recites:
Whereas it is expedient to incorporate the Trustees of the Victoria Institution in
Selangor and to provide by law for the appointment of new Trustees and for other
matters connected with the said Institution ....
The body of the enactment mentions all the Trustees by name or in the case of the exofficio trustees, the relevant designations. The trustees were empowered "to sue and
to be sued, make contracts, and to acquire, purchase, take, hold and enjoy moveable
and immovable property of every description". The other sections deal with matters
such as vesting of property, signing of cheques and the keeping of accounts.
The trustees were to meet at least once in every three months at a convenient place.
The Headmaster of the Victoria Institution was ex-officio Secretary of the Corporation.
In this capacity, he was responsible for all the administrative work, like the keeping of
accounts, and all financial papers and records including vouchers and receipts. All accounts had to be audited by the Selangor State Auditor.
The first group of Trustees of the VI were:
Yap Kwan Seng, member of the State Council
Loke Yew, member of the State Council
K. Tambusamy
Ong Chie Siew
Tamby Abdullah
Lawrence Colville Jackson
John Henry Matthews Robson
Charles Willoughby Hewgill
Thomas Herbert Kershaw
The Secretary to Government (ex-officio)
The State Treasurer (ex-officio)
The State Surgeon (ex-officio)
Bennett Eyre Shaw (Secretary)
On 15 November 1899 the Selangor Council repealed Enactment II and re-enacted it
'w ith alterations'. This was effected by Enactment XXIII and the long title reads: An
Enactment to repeal and re-enact with alterations the Victoria Institution Enactment
1899. The main purpose was to set out more fully the origin and the objects of the Victoria Institution. There is a much longer Preamble drafted in the customary sonorous
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language of preambles, recounting the basic facts of the school and its early history.
The reader will gather that:
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In 1887, a fund was raised by public subscription for the creation of a permanent
memorial of the Jubilee of the Queen.
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In 1893 the subscribers to the fund agreed that it should be devoted to the establishment of an Institution to be called 'The Victoria Institution'.
3.
The new institution was to be maintained for the purpose of providing instruction in the English language for day scholars of all nationalities and classes resident in the State and for other educational purposes.
4.
In the same year i.e. 1893 a further sum was raised by public subscription for the
same purpose.
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The Government added a further sum of money, and granted a rent-free site.
6.
By way of endowment the government also granted an annual rate not exceeding one per cent of the annual value of all houses and buildings in the town of
Kuala Lmpur.
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It will be seen that the genesis of the VI is succinctly recounted in the Preamble of Enactment XXIII of 1899. In a sense this law provided the statutory framework within
which the school operated until 1925.
Enactment No. 10 of 1902 was an amendment to the existing Victoria Institution Enactment. It stipulated that the Secretary to the VI Trustees, meaning the Headmaster,
had to keep the accounts of the school and have them audited at regular intervals by
two auditors 'conjointly'. Both the auditors had to be appointed by the Resident and
they could also be removed from office by the Resident. The earlier legislation had
stipulated that the VI accounts were to be audited by the Selangor State auditor. The
audited annual statement of accounts had to be submitted to the Trustees.
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The second was Enactment No . 21 of 1904. This enactment repealed the 1893 Regulation . It is described as 'an enactment to impose an education rate within the towns of
Kuala Lumpur and Sungei Besi'. However, it was decided after three years, to impose
the education rate on the village of Ampang as well. Therefore the 1904 enactment
was repealed and a new enactment came into force, thereby extending the levy to
Ampang village with effect from 1 January 1908.
The long title of Enactment No.6 of 1908 reads: An Enactment to impose an Education
Rate within the townships of Kuala Lumpur and Sungei Besi and the village of
Ampang.
Section 2 of the enactment set out the modalities for the collection of 'an annual rate
for the maintenance of the Victoria Institution.' The rate was to be fixed by the British
Resident, Selangor. It was to be imposed upon all lands, houses and buildings within
the Sanitary Board areas proclaimed for the townships of Kuala Lumpur and Sungei
Besi and for the village of Ampang. Those liable to pay this levy had to do so by halfyearly instalments in advance in January and July of each year, 'in advance, without
demand'.
The VI received mention in the statute book again in 1909, when the Victoria Institution Reserve Enactment was passed. It was a very brief enactment. The preamble referred to the Resident's notification of 1 August 1896 whereby he had reserved a certain portion of land for an English school to be maintained and kept in order by the
Trustees of the Victoria Institution. The preamble further states that it was expedient
and the trustees had desired that the notification be cancelled. Therefore with effect
from 31 December 1909 the land which formed part of the premises of the VI was
revested in HH the Sultan of Selangor.
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Chapter 3
ady Treacher laid the foundation stone of the Victoria Institution in High
Street on 14 August 1893. Sir William Hood Treacher, the British Resident of Selangor, was elected president of the 12 trustees who were appointed to manage the institution.
The first English School in Selangor had been housed in a bungalow belonging to the
Public Works Department in Malay Street. It was in the charge of Mr. Buxton. Later,
the school was moved to a larger building 'with an attap roof and plank walls'
situated at the junction of Foch Avenue and High Street. The school principal was Mr.
G. Hepponstall. When the Victoria Institution was completed in 1894 the entire batch
of boys in this school was admitted. Mr. Hepponstall was only the acting Headmaster,
pending the arrival of a suitable person from England to assume the position of Headmaster, Victoria Institution.
A Raja School had also been opened in Kuala Lumpur in December 1890, at the behest
of the Raja Muda. The school was meant for sons of Rajas and Chiefs . According to Dr.
Philip Loh Fook Seng, formerly Associate Professor at the Faculty of Education of the
University of Malaya, a Reverend F.e. Haines arrived from England in 1889. He took
charge of twelve Malay pupils drawn exclusively from Selangor royalty and the families of major chiefs. The tutoring was done in a government bungalow and the arrangement became conveniently known as Raja school. He continues:
In 1894 the Raja School was closed and in its place boarding arrangements were
made for the young Rajas to continue their education in the newly founded school,
Victoria Institution.
Some historians have concluded that the VI was a merger of the Government English
School and the Raja School.
Bennett Eyre Shaw was headmaster of the VI from July 1894 to February 1922. He was
born in Cork in February 1862 and was educated at King's College School, London.
After a very successful career at Oxford he taught for eleven years in England. His last
appointment before he sailed for Malaya in 1894 was that of Senior Modern Master at
the High School, Bishop Stortford.
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The "Straits Times" of 2 July 1894, contains an interesting news item about the Victoria
Institution: "The Victoria Institution was completed yesterday and is ready for opening. As no description has as yet, I believe, appeared in print, a few particulars of this
handsome structure may be of interest. The building consists of two floors, the lower
one designed for a playground suitable for all weathers. Above this is the large school
room about 100 x 35 feet with a classroom through large archways, so that the three
rooms can be turned into one if necessary. The rooms are well lighted on all four sides
by doors and windows, and the natural ventilation of the schoolroom is assisted by a
large fleche in the centre of the roof. The roof of the main building is open and ceiled
to portions, and the timbers are all wrought and chambered and the whole stained
and varnished. A wide verandah runs the whole wa y round the rooms. The style of
the work is Gothic with a considerable amount of half timber work above the ground
floor. The lower room consists of a series of open Gothic arches over which is the upper floor verandah. TIle main roof is broken at each end by the half timber gables over
the projecting classrooms in front, and at the side of these gables are gablets containing
carvings, representing the sun and the moon. In the centre of the hall turret and above
this, rise the fleche before mentioned . At the sid e, nearly over the main entrance is a
gable containing the royal coat of arms, the latter being a beautiful piece of work.
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From the apex of the gable rises a flagstaff. Behind but connected with the main building , are the lavatories and at the side is the Headmaster's house. Mr. B.B. Shaw, M.A.,
appointed Headmaster by the Colonial Office, arrived by the "Sappho" on Monday.
The midsummer holidays has some time still to run, so, if there is to be an opening
ceremony, it will not take place just for the present."
In the event, the school was opened officially on 30 Jul y 1894. The British Resident,
William Treacher, wrote as follows in his Annual Report on the administration of
Selangor for the year 1894:
The principal event connected with education was the opening ofthe Victoria Institution in the month of July under the headmastership ofMr. BE. Shaw . The funds
fo r building this institution which provides a good English education fo r boys of
every nationality were partly raised by a Government grant of$5,000 and partly by
private subscription , HH . the Sultan and the Raja Muda as well as the leading Chinese and Tamils being liberal contributors. The advantages of this school are thoroughly appreciated , both by the boys and their parents , and the number of scholars
now amountin g to 150 is constantly increasing.
Mr . Shaw had arrived on 25 June 1894 to take charge of the school. There were over
one hundred boys. Among them were 21 'free' boys who were not required to pa y
school fees.
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walaupun terjajah ratusan tahun masih bertuah kerana ti dak perl u berperang dan berkorban nyawa sepanjang 600 tahun itu .
Or ang Mel ayu juga sun gguh bertuah kerana kemerdekaan tanah ai r berlaku di m eja
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Aziz; Menteri Perp ad uan , Kebud ayaan , Kesenia n dan Wari san , Dat uk Seri Mo hd . Shafie
Apda l; Ment er i Wilayah Per sek utua n, Dat uk
Seri Zul hasnan Rafique dan Menteri Pernbangunan Wanita, Keluarga dan Masyarakat,
Dat uk Seri Dr. Ng Yen Yen .
Da lam bidang ekono m i, VI berjaya m elah irka n pengasas Ku mp u lan Sapura, Tan Sri
Shamsud din Abdul Kadir; Ketua Pegawai
Eksekutif Bursa Malaysia Bhd ., Dat u k Yusli
Mohamed Yusoff sela in Tan Sri T. Ananda
Krish nan , Tan Sri Francis Yeoh, Tan Sri Dr.
Ram on Navarat na m dan Tan Sri Kamarul
Ariffin Mohd. Yassin.
VI juga berjaya melahirkan tokoh sukan
antaranya Datuk Dr. M. Jegathesan, Datuk P.
S. Nathan, Allahyarha m Mok htar Dahari,
Datu k Misbun Side k dan adi k-adikny a, Foo
Kok Keo ng da n Ishtiaq Mubara k.
Ia ju ga merupakan bekas seko lah selebrit i
tan ah air sepe rt i Datuk Mahadzir Lokrnan,
Krishen Iit, Datuk K. Kamalesvaran (Kam ahI),
Zaru l Al Bakri dan Wan Zaleha Radzi.
Sehubungan keceme rlangannya it u, hari
ini iaitu tanggal 14 Febru ari, VI diisyti harkan
sebagai Warisan Kebangsaan oleh Kernenterian Perpaduan, Kebudayaan , Kesenian dan
Wa risan .
Kep utu san bersejarah itu sekali gus menjadikan VI sebagai sekolah pertama di negara ini
yang memperoleh pengiktiraf.m berprestij itu .
VI yang bakal berusia II 6 tah un pada 14 0gos
ini diasaskan oleh Sultan Abdul Sama d, William Hood Treacher, Loke Yew, Th amboosamy
>BISIK-BISIK
AWANGpercaya titah Sultan Selangor,
Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah mengenai gelagat b iadab lerhadap Sultan
Perak, Sultan Azlan Shah ekoran perubahan kerajaan baru negeri Perak,
dapal dihayati oleh semua pihak yang
berkenaan.
Mesej baginda itu mudah difahami dan amaljelas - rnenggesa pi hak yang mencabar hak, peranan
dan kedudukan raja-raja supaya
menggunakan pertimbangan akal,
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bila -bila masa berikutan rumah
yang menjadi tempat berteduh selama ini ada lah m ilik seb ua h sya
rikat di kawa san berhampiran.
"lika pemilik tanah mengara h kan kami kelu ar , tiada apa dapat
d ilakukan. Saya berharap ada pih ak
yang tamp il me ngh ulur kan bant uan
sekurang-ku rangnya untuk menyempumakan persekolahan ketiga-tiga anak sara," katanya.
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BEKAS PELAJAR...(dari k irl ) Sultan Hassanal Bolk lah , Ananda
Krishnan , Francis Yeoh dan Rafidah.
GEDUNG ILMUVI
genap 116 tahun
harllnl.
dirancang.
Yang Dipertua Persatuan Ibu Bapa d a n Guru (PIBG ) VI, Raja
Am ir Sha h Raja Abdul Aziz, berka ta m atlam at uta ma VI sele pas
rnen dapat pengik tira fan itu ialah
untuk mene ruskan lagi kegemilangannya seh ingga beratus- ratus
tahun lagi. - Bernama
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116-year-old
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heritage
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Victoria Institution first
to be honoured in Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR: While th e city folk
ce lebrate Valentine's Day today,
As a former
anot her big event will be taking place
here.
student, I am
The iconic Victoria Institution or
particularly glad VI
more popul arly known as VI, which
will be 116 year s old this year, will
is the first school
become the first day school in the
country to be awarded nati onal her itto be awarded the
age status.
Fou nded by Sultan Abdu l Samad,
William Hood Treacher, La ke Yew,
DATUK SERI SHAFIE APDAL
Thambo osamy Pillai and Yap Kwan
Seng on Aug 14, 1893, VI ha s stea dfastly ma intai ned a record of academic excellence and prod uced many
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leaders and luminaries.
Unity, Culture, Arts and Heritage
Those who passed thro ugh its hallowed halls includ e Sulta n Hassanal Minister Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal w ill
Bolkiah of Brune i, Cabinet m inisters present the award to VI th is morning
then and now like Tan Sri Rafidah in a special ceremo ny at its schoo l
Aziz, Datuk Seri Zulhasnan Rafique, compound and many of its former
Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal, Dat uk Seri Dr students are expected to be present to
Ng Yen Yen and former judge Datuk witn ess the historic event.
It will also hold a special meani ng
Mahadev Shankar.
Other former students includ e cor- to Shafie, himself an alum nus of VI.
Zulhas nan, the Federal Territories
porate giants like Tan Sri Shamsuddin
Abdul Kadir, T. Ananda Krishnan and Minister, said: "I wou ld not miss it for
Tan Sri Francis Yeah while in the field the wor ld. It is such a great honour for
of sports th e school has produ ced VI and as a former student, I am parluminaries such as Datuk Dr M. ticularly glad VI is the first school to
jegathesan , th e late Mokhtar Dahari, be awarded the status.
Datuk Misbun Sidek, Faa Kok Keong,
For Zulhasnan, Feb 14 this year also
Datuk P.S. Nathan a nd Is htiaq holds a special meani ng as it will mark
Muba rak.
th e third year that he has bee n Federal
During the Second World War, VI Territories Minist er.
For VI's Parent-Teacher Associatio n
was used as the admini strative head qu art er s by the invadin g japanese president, Raja Amir Shah Raja Abdul
army and after japan's defeat in th e Aziz. VI's ma in goal after getting th e
war in 1945, the hand over cerem ony status is to continue with its traditi on
of the admini strat ion of Malaya to th e of excellence for hundreds of year s to
British was also held there (on Feb 22, come. - Bernama
status
Schoo l with a long history: Vict oria Ins titution see n as it s ta nds today in J alan Hang Tuah, Kuala Lumpur.
Tbe founders:
(Clockwise
from top left)
William Hood
Trea che r, Yap
Kwan Sen g,
Lake Yew and
Thamb oosamy
PillaL
.Japan ese sur render: Gen ltagaki, the highes t in command of the J apanese Army in
Malaya, han ding over his sword to l\-Gen Sir Fran k Messervy, the British officer-incomma nd of Malaya , at Victoria Institu tion in a Fe b 22, 1946, file photo. The ce remony
marked the final s te p in the tra nsfer of power back afte r the J apan ese occ upation.
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During World War 2. VI was
used as th e adm inist ra tive
hea dqu art er s by the J ap an ese
army an d afte r Ja pa n's defea t
in 194 5, the ha nd -over coremany of the adm inistra tion of
Malaya to the British was held
there on Feb 22, 194 6.
Unitv, Culture , Art, a nd
Heri tage Minister Datuk Seri
Sha lie Apd al " i ll present
the awa rd to Vl tod ay in a special ceremonv at the school's
com poun d. .
Man y of its for mer students
a re expected to be prese nt to
witness the historic.event.
ZuJhasnan, the Federal Territories Minister, said: "1
would not miss it for the wor ld.
It is such a great honour forVl .
As a former stu de nt, l am pa r ticula rly glad VI is the first
sc hool to receive the status,
"This is a mome ntous occasion not onlv for VI but also for
all its stu dent" a nd former stu dents."
In conjunction with the occas ion, many events have
been lined up: including a gala
dinner. charity golf tournament, centennial concert by
Vl's ma rch ing band, a crosscou nt ry cha rity run in the city
a nd a football tournament in
memory ofMokthar Dahari.
For Vl 's parent-teacher association pres iden t. Raja Amir
Shah Raja Abdul Aziz . VI's
main goa l after getting the status wou ld be to continue with
its tradition of excellence for
hun dr eds of years more to
come.
VI's marching band's cadet
corps will hold a special perfor man ce to mark the occasion. - Bern ama
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The old school building in High Street. The build ing on the left w a s erected in 1894, the
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EX-PUPIL
Bottom row (from left): David Tan, as he was
known at VI, is known these days as Tan Sri Dr
Tan Chee Khoon, consultant adviser at Sentosa
Medical C,:ntre;' Datuk Alex Lee,'.former Deputy
Minister for National UnitY and Social
Development, now runs D&C Bank and Malaysia's
Olympic Council; millionaire businessman T
Ananda Krishnan chairs Seri Kuda, the force
behind Usaha Tegas and Kuala Lumpur City Centre
project; ,General Tan Sri Hashim Ali"following a
high-flying career in the armed forces, is currently
chairman of Commonwealth Games and Sukom
'98; David Dzulkifli, a senior manager with Esso
Malaysia; Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz, Minister of
International Trade and Industry and one of
Malaysia's leading women; Krishen Jit,
distinguished theatre critic; Ong Yoke Lin, a former
minister in the first Malayan cabinet, better known
today as Tun Omar Ong Yoke Lin.
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Police Football Association; Dr Ristina Majid,
dentist and charity supporter; Tan Sri Chong Hon
Nyan has held several ministerial positions in the
Malaysian governm~nt including that of Transport
Minister; Tan Sri Gu'im Chit Tuan, barrister,
chairman of special commissioners of income tax
and a Supreme Court judge; Mahadzir Lokman,
former news anchorman, now runs PR firm, Dale
Lokman Associates.
Third row (from left): Datuk Tan Chin Nam,
chairman of one of Malaysia's leading property
development companies; Datuk Jaffar Indot,
sociable corporate figure and chairman of Tai Wah
Garments; Tan Sri Zain Azraai, prominent
entrepreneur and patron of the arts; the present
King of Brunei, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, a VI
student during Lewis's tenure as headmaster;
Datuk Dr R S McCoy, president of Malaysian
Medical Association (MMA); VN Gnanathurai;
Wan Zaleha Radzi, former TV3news woman, now
Malaysian representative of Sea Games
Equestrian.
Fourth row (from left): Datuk Kok Wee Kiat,
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