Victoria Institution (VI)

amazed · Post time 14-2-2009 09:10 PM

Victoria Institution has one of the oldest prefectorial board in Southeast Asia

Victoria Institution

Victoria Institution (Malay: Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Victoria) is a premier secondary school for boys (and girls for Form 6) and one of the oldest schools in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The school is widely known as V.I. and a student of Victoria Institution bears the name Victorian.

VI achieves well in academic fields and sports at secondary school level in Malaysia. It is considered one of the best non-residential schools in Malaysia.[citation needed] The school is named after Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, and was opened to commemorate her golden jubilee.

VI was named as one of the 'cluster school' of excellence by the Malaysian Ministry of Education, and will be given autonomy in administration and adequate funding to excel in specialised fields (academic, sports and extra-curricular activities) of choice.

Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Victoria, which
now has national heritage status, reverts to its old
name of Victoria Institution (VI) from Saturday as
it is world renowned

History

In the 1880s, Raffles Institution in Singapore flourished as an outstanding school. Some prominent citizens, including the Kapitan Cina (Chinese Captain) of Kuala Lumpur, Yap Kwan Seng, Towkay Loke Yew, and Thamboosamy Pillay, saw the need for a good English school in Kuala Lumpur. With the support of British Resident at Selangor, Sir William Hood Treacher and donation from Sultan Abdul Samad, The Sultan of Selangor, they built the Victoria Institution in 1893. The name of the school commemorates the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria.

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amazed · Post time 14-2-2009 09:14 PM

Saturday February 14, 2009 MYT 8:34:53 PM
Victoria Institution gets back its name

KUALA LUMPUR: Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Victoria, which now has national heritage status, reverts to its old name of Victoria Institution (VI) from Saturday as it is world renowned.

"The world already knows its name as Victoria Institution so it is my pleasure to announce that its name, beginning today, will remain as Victoria Institution," said Unity, Culture, Arts and Heritage Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal.

Unity, Culture, Arts and Heritage Minister Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal (left) with Federal Territories Minister Datuk Seri Zulhasnan Rafique are looking at the national heritage declaration scroll at Victoria Institution, Kuala Lumpur.

Speaking at a cermony Saturday to declare the school's national heritage status, Shafie said the school was chosen as it met the criteria of the National Heritage Act 2005.

Shafie, who is an alumnus of the school, said VI played a role in the country's history when it was used as the administrative headquarters by the invading Japanese army during the Second World War.

The school, he said, was also the first English secondary school in the country, was prestigious and had produced important personalities from Sultans, leaders, ministers, corporate figures, politicians to sports luminaries and professionals.

He said the school was the first in Southeast Asia to have cadet corps and a school band.

Shafie called for the school's heritage to be conserved as each characteristic "be it a wall, a window, balcony, roof, tower or its field has its own story."

Founded by Sultan Abdul Samad, William Hood Treacher, Loke Yew, Thamboosamy Pillai and Yap Kwan Seng on Aug 14, 1893, Victoria Institution has steadfastly maintained a record of academic excellence and produced many leaders and luminaries.

Those who passed through its hallowed halls include Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei, Cabinet ministers then and now like Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz, Datuk Seri Zulhasnan Rafique, Datuk Seri Dr. Ng Yen Yen and former judge Datuk Mahadev Shankar.

Other former students include corporate giants like Tan Sri Shamsuddin Abdul Kadir, T. Ananda Krishnan and Tan Sri Francis Yeoh while in the field of sports the school has produced luminaries such as Datuk Dr. M. Jegathesan, the late Mokthar Dahari, Datuk Misbun Sidek, Foo Kok Keong, Datuk P.S. Nathan and Ishtiaq Mubarak.

Shafie said till today there were 172 items listed on the National Heritage List.

He said there were four sites in the country accorded 'World Heritage Site' status and several manuscripts were in the 'Memory Of The World' register.

"Such recognition surely adds value to our heritage and Malaysians should be proud that our heritage is shared with the world," Shafie said.

Meanwhile, VI ParentTeachers Association (PTA) chairman Raja Amir Shah Raja Abdul Aziz said now that the school had been bestowed national heritage status, with its illustrious name restored, a strategic plan needed to be formulated to chart the school's future direction.

"After the heritage do and getting back the VI name, all of us the PTA, old boys, the teachers and community should make VI the best in everything.

"We can have the Raffles Institution in Singapore as a benchmark," he said. - Bernama

bangga jap aku....tapi dah bangga lama dah.. walaupun 3 taon ajer kat sana; banyak kenangan wooo... tingat kawan2 kat sana.. meon, din, rozli... mana ler depa ekkk.... pastinya tak jadik janitor cam aku...

amazed · Post time 14-2-2009 09:18 PM

Victoria Institution has one of the oldest prefectorial
board in Southeast Asia

School buildings

Victoria Institution has a majestic clocktower overlooking two sports pavilion and a vast field, surrounded by aged colonial-era trees (yellow flame trees and palms). The structures that make up the Institution itself are a heritage of the nation.

While the modern-day Ministry of Education has added many rectangular-shaped blocks to the Institution, the distinctive "E" shape of the main block is still one of the more interesting features of Kuala Lumpur.

However, the present day location of Victoria Institution on Petaling Hill (previously a Chinese cemetery area), is not the original site for VI. The original school building was located at Jalan Bandar, and was officially opened on the 30th of July 1894.

In March 1929 the school shifted its location to Jalan Hang Tuah, as the old location was frequently flooded by the nearby Klang River during heavy downpours. The old VI building was used as police station, art gallery, office block, theatre, until a fire in 1999 burnt down the historical building. The wall and the floor survived the fire and it was renovated and brought back to the glory days of the old VI building.Reference.

VI also has its own swimming pool and synthetic track for 100 metres sprint event, making it the only school in the region with these facilities.

havovasta · Post time 14-2-2009 09:21 PM

hehehe dh bukak dh umah VI..cayala VI arini dpt blk VI..and dapt title warisan msia..hehe
ps: tuan umah nk tmpg paste lagu VI leh? hehehee

havovasta · Post time 14-2-2009 09:23 PM

The school song

The original 1949 version with words and punctuation by G. F. Jackson. The song is sung to the tune of 'Garudamas Igitur', one of the oldest students' songs (author unknown). The school song alludes to the free and easy student life of medieval times.

Let us now with thankfulness
Praise the founders of our School.
Let us now with thankfulness
Praise the founders of our School
For their foresight and devotion,
Some who came across the ocean,
Some Malaysia's own sons,
All true Victorians.

Let us next remember here
All who passed through this our School.
Let us next remember here
All who passed through this our School,
Not one race but one in feeling
For a school to each appealing
That instruction be not all
Nor this School just roof and wall.

Let us lastly pledge ourselves
Ever to uphold our School.
Let us lastly pledge ourselves
Ever to uphold our School.
In our work and in our leisure,
With such zeal and in such measure
That the new Victorians
Match with Old Victorians.

[edit] Lagu Sekolah
Words by Zainab bt Yusop

Sanjungan didendangkan
Pengasas nan budiman
Sanjungan didendangkan
Pengasas nan budiman
Kerana jasa khidmat mulia
Yang mengharung samuderaya
Dan putera Malaysia
Kekal cita Victoria

Kenangan dilayangkan
Pada semua lepasan
Kenangan dilayangkan
Pada semua lepasan
Lain bangsa satu cita
Diingatkan pada semua
Ilmu zahir utama
Rohani pun setara

Ikrar pula lafazkan
Junjung sekolah pujaan
Ikrar pula lafazkan
Junjung sekolah pujaan
Dalam usaha gerak laku
Warisan lama dan baru
Bergandingan, bersatu
Hidup Victoria diaju

amazed · Post time 14-2-2009 09:23 PM

Notable alumni

* Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan Of Brunei
* Ananda Krishnan, businessman and Malaysia's 2nd richest man
* Francis Yeoh, Chairman of YTL Corporation
* Mokhtar Dahari the late, former Malaysian Football International
* Lall Singh, former Indian Test cricketer
* Raja Petra Kamarudin, started the Malaysia Today website
* S. Rajaratnam, former Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore
* S. Namasivayam, Singaporean artist
* Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz, former Malaysia International Trade and Industry Minister
* Zulhasnan Rafique, Malaysia Federal Territories Minister
* Datuk Dr Mani Jegathesan, sports icon, doctor and researcher and deputy president of Olympic Council of Malaysia.
* R. Thampipillay, educationist
* Zaman Khan, former prisons chief
* Shahnon Ahmad, poet and writer
* Misbun Sidek, National Badminton Champion and National Badminton Singles Coach
* Jalani & Razif Sidek, All England Badminton Doubles Champions and National Doubles Champions
* Rashid Sidek, National Badminton Champion
* Wan Zaleha Radzi, ex-TV newscaster, celebrity, Asian Games (1998) and South-East Asian Games (1995) medallist for Equestrian
* Kamahl cabaret/easy listening singer and recording artist, famous for The Elephant Song
* Tan Sri Dr Ramon Navaratnam, Malaysian economist
* Datuk Mahadev Shankar, lawyer and former Court of Appeal Judge
* Justice Datuk K.P. Gengadharan Nair, High Court Judge
* Sivarasa Rasiah, human rights lawyer and vice-president of the opposition Parti Keadilan Rakyat (People's Justice Party)
* Tun Omar Yoke Lin Ong, politician
* Shahrin Majid, Footballer, Malaysian Football International
* Yap Wai Loon, Footballer, Malaysian Football International
* Aidit Alfian, Songwriter/Producer, Winner of TV3's 17th Juara Lagu 2002, "Keliru"

~ amazed ~ (professional janitor) & ~ beskot ~ (dokter gigi) tee hee

p/s: tak sangka lak aku zaleha radzi ex VI... yg aku ingat dia dulu sekolah sultan sulaiman kat KT.. pastu pi states gak!! mungkin masuk lower six kejap kot sebelum pi amerikana tu...

havovasta · Post time 14-2-2009 09:26 PM

aku dlu satu kelas ngn anak ketua pengarah biro angkasa msia...dato dr mazlan..anak die adi johan..men tenis..

t0m · Post time 14-2-2009 11:06 PM

gempak la ni?? no komen..hik2..aku suka seni bina bangunan dia aje..klasik gitu..zaman kolonial british lagi ni...

seroja · Post time 14-2-2009 11:27 PM

owh skola abg reez neh.

alpha_traveler · Post time 14-2-2009 11:50 PM

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HOTlips · Post time 15-2-2009 10:12 AM

Kalau dolu2, awek2 yg dpt pakwe VI, gempak siot la konon2nya!
Bangga habis!

Me pernah naik atas bukit nun sekali zaman sekolah dulu dgn kawan2. Tak de pun pak we kat sana, tapi saje nak pergi dan menyaksikan sendiri "kehebatan" sekolah ni. Pergi hari Sabtu, so tak do org sgt.

amazed · Post time 15-2-2009 10:26 AM

nampaknya kita ada slot jejak kasih ler pulak......... baguih baguih... meriah sikit...

awex aku dulu budak bbgs!!! vi kapel bbgs; st john kapel cbn!!

alpha_traveler · Post time 16-2-2009 12:34 AM

dulu vi boys selalu kapel dgn mgs,cbn dgn stjohn..

havovasta · Post time 16-2-2009 04:58 PM

dlu mase aku stdy kjap kt VI mase prefect bwk jln2 kt E building ni diorg ckp kt menara ni mmg sesape pun xleh masuk..sal gelap sgt kt dlm tu..pastu diorg ckp la kt VI ni ade terowong yg leh link kan kt beberape tempat kt kl ni..tu xtau la betui ke x..tp one thing yg membuatkan VI ni ade tradisi die yg unik n laen dr yg laen ialah kegarangan prefect2 VI dan jgk hukuman DC (detention class)...huhu mmg xbrani nk buat nakal2 even bising..huhu..

amazed · Post time 17-2-2009 12:11 AM

Originally posted by alpha_traveler at 16-2-2009 12:34 AM
dulu vi boys selalu kapel dgn mgs,cbn dgn stjohn..

ada gak member2 aku yg kapel ngan mgs... tapi ada ramai gak yg kapel ngan bbgs....

alpha_traveler · Post time 18-2-2009 10:36 AM

vi ada kolam renang sendiri...wajib msk klas berenang...masa perbarisan semua wajib pakai tie...klau tak prefect..tunggu catit nama..kalau lambat msk pun kena detention class...