SXI Chapter IX

TheXaverian
Journey

Chapter

IX

Montage of SXI Co-Curricular Day
during the 1970s.

SXI Scouts in early 1950s under
“The Great Tree” in the school field.
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IX

A Living Legacy
Changing Lives

The Xaverian legacy is not only associated with past achievements
of particular individuals, clubs and classes or pleasant memories of
yesteryears. Rather, it is also a living legacy; one that has been passed
down by the Brothers and our Lay Teachers to the tens of thousands of
students who have walked the corridors of St Xavier’s for 170-plus years.
In essence, it is about being concerned and compassionate teachers,
perhaps elder brothers and sisters to all, especially the young and needy,
like the La Salle Brothers were to all of us.

Yes, the Lasallian spirit lives on in the academic, sporting and other
socio-cultural achievements of our old pupils. But it also lives on via
several school organisations and traditional practices that have helped
to shape the character and resilience of our students, fostering in them
the ethos of working hard and giving their best as in Labor Omnia Vincit,
(Labour Conquers All), the school motto. Emphasis has always been
given to caring for others and especially “the Last, the Lost and the Least”.

Ultimately, the Lasallian ethos is about Moulding Minds, Touching
Hearts and Changing Lives! This living legacy, call it a Lasallian
spirituality, lives on and on and on.

Below we highlight and honour some of the school organisations
and practices, including those of the alumni and their associations, the
Parent-Teacher Association and the Board of Governors, all involving
old pupils, and embodying this Lasallians spirituality.

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A pageant by Primary School boys. The SXI Orchestra in the early 1960s.
Violin classes taught by
Br Michael Paulin Blais. Music: Orchestra and School Band

126 The Xaverian Journey In 1947, the St Xavier’s Institution Orchestra comprising Brothers,
teachers and students was founded with Br Michael Paulin Blais as
conductor. In his memoirs, Br Michael describes how a certain Mrs
Loke lent four good violins to him, while other benefactors paid for a
double-bass and another good violin costing $170. As well, he purchased
many “less good violins” at discounted prices from Cheng Lee, the
supplier of musical instruments and sports equipment. The conductor
of the Orchestra further recalled that a certain Lt Powell of the Gurkha
regiment based in Sungai Petani heard about the burgeoning St Xavier’s
orchestra and offered to sell to the school a whole military lorry full of
instruments, in various working conditions, for a mere sum of $600.
The offer was snapped up at once. So the St Xavier’s Orchestra soon
boasted: “24 first violins, 24 seconds, 20 thirds, 2 celli, 2 double bass,
4 trumpets, 8 clarinets, 4 saxophones, 2 trombones, 2 flutes, piccolo,
drums of all shapes and castanets, tambourines, a famous battery
capable of making an awful lot of noise, tubular bells, bird whistles and
blocks” (Blaise 1982: 55-56, 74-79).

After the new school and hall was completed, the Orchestra
organised the first operetta entitled “A Royal Jester” in 1955, and “Saucy
Hollandaise” in 1959. It also acquired a Challen grand piano from
England after raising some $7,000. In 1965, the first ever Music Festival
– featuring the Orchestra – was organised. In 1967, to celebrate the 10
years of Independence, the pageant “Malaysia” was presented in Bahasa
Malaysia. Different eras – from the coming of the Portuguese, the
founding of St Xavier’s, the Japanese Occupation, and Independence –
were presented in pantomimes and tableaux. Other operettas included
“Rip van Winkle” and “Jack and the Beanstalk”.

In 1970, “the biggest of the biggest pageants ever attempted in this
country” was presented. Titled “UNESCO in the World of Today”,
the pageant was to showcase the work undertaken by UNESCO. Br
Michael, who coordinated the efforts of 64 schools, was very proud

of this show especially since he was requested to “A Royal Jester”.
repeat the entire show by command of the Yang
diPertuan Agong. When the Penang Symphony Pageant – “Unesco in the World
Orchestra was formed, many of the musicians Today”.
in the SXI Orchestra joined it while Br Michael,
already retired, served as the Assistant Conductor
until ill health prevented him from continuing
(Blaise 1982: 165-87).

Many of the young people who played in
the SXI Orchestra became very successful in
their studies and careers. There was also a small group of them who
made a career in Music. One of them is Sylvia Khoo, a violinist with
the Singapore Symphony Orchestra who obtained her Masters of
Music from Southern Illinois University and Bernardine Khoo, one of
Malaysia’s finest cellists, who began his formal musical training under
Br Michael. Ooi Chean See, a pianist, studied Music in Germany and
was Resident Conductor of the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
from 2006 to 2008. Tan Sooi Beng who played the violin and piano for
the SXI Orchestra studied Piano in Cornell University and completed a
PhD in Ethnomusicology in Monash University, Melbourne. Currently
she is Professor of Music in Universiti Sains Malaysia.

Many of these operettas and pageants benefitted from the existence
and diligence of the School Choir. Initially an all-male ensemble, it
evolved into a choir singing in four-part harmony, thanks to the arrival
of the Form Six girls. Choir members will remember fondly Mr Xavier
Anthony, the Choir Master in the 1960s who was also involved in
teaching the visually impaired students emplaced in the school. With
his departure from the school, the Choir was less active. It appears that
no major operettas were prepared and presented during the last two
decades of the 20th century although the School Choir did reappear
again in the late 1990s and early 2000s, this time under the charge of
senior teacher Donald McIntyre. Meanwhile, the creative drive of the
students was directed towards the LDDS Nights instead (of which,
more later).

“Sejarah Tanah Ayer” – 10 years after Merdeka.

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All these musical activities and performances thrived although
Music was not being taught as an examination subject in the regular
curriculum, and music classes were conducted after school hours.
Clearly, an appreciation and love for Music had been imbibed by the
students, teachers and Brothers. The creative drive so naturally found
in students was honed and allowed expression.

Today there is no longer a St Xavier’s orchestra or School Choir.
However, after much prodding by Br Charles, since 2012, several
Musical Evenings which showcase the musical skills of our students and
sometimes guest-performers, including Old Xaverians, have been held.
In 2017, St Xavier’s organised a very successful Musical Night featuring
the school band, student performers and other guests in Dewan Sri
Pinang, in aid of the School Building Fund and the refurbishing of the
Band. In March 2019, the SXI Band, together with the Chung Ling
Butterworth Band and the Penang Jazz Society Band performed in the
new Karpal Singh Hall. The same three will participate in a musical
workshop and then perform with student-musicians from Gustavus
Adolphus College in St Peter’s Minnessota in late 2019. These events
indicate that this musical tradition, though in a different form, lives on.

Literary, Debating and Drama
Society

Closely related to the promotion of music and the Orchestra was
instilling an appreciation of (English) literature, poetry and drama.
Considering that the Brothers hailed from England, Ireland, Canada
and America, this is hardly surprising. Yes, they promoted their English-
language legacy among us, not least because it all began during British
colonial times. Consequently, Xaverians were drilled into speaking good
English, reading widely yet critically what constitutes Literature, and
dramatising all one had learnt. The extension of all this was debating
with one another over literary matters as well as current affairs.
So, a Drama Society was inaugurated in 1954. Its first performances
were presented in the new School Hall in aid of the school and other
charitable organisations. Plays and sketches included “Magic Basket”,
the animal play “Wahoo” in 1957, “Tom Sawyer” and “Fairy Spinster”
(Tien Sien Yeh) in 1958, and later “The Joker”, a crime sketch.

Meanwhile, a Literary, and Debating Society that was founded in
1953 combined with the Drama Society to form the Literary, Debating
and Drama Society (LDDS) in the late 1960s. Every year, inter-house
debating contests were organised, while occasionally, debates would be
organised between St Xavier’s and the Convent Light Street. A spin-
off from this society was the training of elocution contest speakers
where many a Xaverian emerged as top speakers in state-wide and
even national level contests. Among them were the two Saravanamuttu
brothers, Manicam and Jayaratnam, both Head Prefects of the school
who did SXI proud by winning respectively the 1961 and 1964 “Leaders

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of Tomorrow” National Elocution contest sponsored by The Odyssey was staged and
Esso. A later version of the contest “Youth Speak for the performed in St Xavier’s in 1994.
Nation” organised by the Penang Jaycees and sponsored
by The Star also saw Xaverian champions – Ms Lim Lee
Peng in 1982, Ms Angeline Gan Kim Long in 1986 and
Ms Jacqueline Ann Surin in 1988.

A highlight of the St Xavier’s school year was the
LDDS Night, a variety concert. Having young women
join the Sixth Form was a boon for the LDDS. A few
students would recite their own poems or those of
their favourite poets. There would be singing and
dancing. Others would present a dramatic performance,
sometimes drawn from the play that one had to study for
the Form Six or Form Five examinations. Accordingly,
excerpts from “A Man for All Seasons” (1970) and
“The Winslow Boy” (1970) have been performed. But
they have also performed non-examination plays and
sketches like “Man of La Mancha” (1988), “Dreamboat”
(1993), “The Phantom” (1998), “The Odyssey: the Long
Way Home” (1994), a humorous adaptation of Homer’s
“The Odyssey”. One of the last performances showcased was “Butterfly
Lovers” in 2001.

From LDDS night, students learnt to prepare stage props, make
costumes, manipulate lighting and sound equipment, and more
generally learnt that “practice makes perfect”, and not just when
producing shows. For it was a time to work closely with one another
in pursuit of a common project, within a specific timeframe – good
training for all. No doubt, LDDS Night was a lot of fun and laughter,
sweat and tears, but it also promoted an appreciation of literature,
performance and the humanities generally. Special thanks to the
teachers like Br Felix Donohue, Br Lewis (Simon) Wong, Mr Anthony
Gomez, Mr Gitu Chakravarthy, Br Casimir Hannon and Br Paul Ho
who guided the LDDS through those years.

Focus on English

Alas, with the change in the medium of instruction and the retirement
of old English-medium trained teachers, the LDDS and the activities
associated with it have petered out. It has been almost two decades
since St Xavier’s produced a dramatic performance. Nonetheless,
St Xavier’s is proud to be, perhaps, one of the few schools in Penang
which continues to teach English Literature as an examination subject;
perhaps that explains why our students do well in “choral speaking”
contests nowadays.

In 2016, St Xavier’s lobbied, and the following year was granted
approval to participate in the Dual Language Programme (DLP), which
allows for the use of the English language in the instruction of Science,
Mathematics and IT subjects.

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Mr Michael Quah, senior teacher and Significantly, many Xaverians became journalists. For several
head of the Art section. decades now, former Xaverians have been editors and journalists in
The Star, a national daily, which originated from Penang. A Xaverian
served as the first Asian editor-in-chief of the Singapore-based Straits
Times while others edited or wrote for the Pinang Gazette, the Times of
Malaya the Straits Echo in the pre-War era. We have Xaverians too who
are active in on-line dailies and social media. Still others have written
for the New Straits Times, TheSun, The Edge, The Catholic Herald and
so on.

Many of these journalists probably honed their writing skills not
only by studying the English language formally in classes but by helping
to produce the Xaverian Newsletter, the 6 to 8 page cyclostyled weekly.
In those pre-internet, pre-WhatsApp days, the students looked forward
eagerly to reading the reports and commentaries of the week’s goings-
on carried in the weekly. There was also The Xaverian, the annual
school magazine which the students, under the guidance of a couple
of teachers, prepared and edited. In this regard, special thanks to Mr
Michael Quah, senior Art teacher who guided the students for almost
20 years in producing the school magazine annually. The Xaverian
continues to be produced, but sadly, the Xaverian Newsletter, no thanks
to the dawn of the new IT and social media, has become defunct.

The Uniformed Units

Army Cadet Corps

The SXI Army Cadet Corps was established in 1906 under the

supervision of the Penang Volunteer Corps. Teacher Charles Reutens

served as Captain during the 1930s. In fact, there was a separate Cadet

Air Corps in the pre-War days. Both became defunct as a result of the

War and were re-established in 1953 as the Combined Cadet Force

of St Xavier’s (Angkatan Kadet Bersatu), which was placed under the

Ministry of Education with the Ministry of Defence acting in an advisory

capacity. St Xavier’s has supported the formation and activities of the

Cadet Corps not least because

its goals are about inculcating

discipline and responsibility

among the students, instilling

qualities of leadership and good

citizenship, and promoting

goodwill between the Armed

Forces and the civilians.

In the 1950s and 1960s, it

was ably led by Captain Anthony

Boyle who was assisted by Lt

W Mehta. In the late 1960s and

SXI Army Cadets in 1970, led by Captain Anthony Boyle and assisted by Lt 1970s, Captain Chu Kok An was
(later Captain) Chu Kok An.

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assisted by Lt Narayanan, while in late 1980s the latter, promoted to Visit of Major General Mohd Ghazali
the rank of Major, led the Cadet Corps. The Cadets formed the Guard- Seth GOC Peninsular Malaysia, 1973.
of-Honour on auspicious occasions like the Annual Speech Day and
visits of dignitaries to the school, a tradition they have continued until SXI Corps of Pipes and Drums.
today. The Corps also represented the school on public occasions like
the Empire Day and King’s Birthday Parades in the pre-War era, and on SXI Band, Champion.
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Independence era. Above all, the Corps instilled in their Cadets a sense
of patriotism and discipline.

The SXI Corps has been honored by the visit of General Frazer,
Officer commanding Troops in Straits Settlements and Federated
Malay States in 1924, and again by the visit of Major General Mohd
Ghazali, General Officer Commanding Peninsular Malaysia in 1973.

From Corps of Pipes and Drums to Marching Band

One of the reasons for the formation of the Corps of Drums in 1952
was to provide the necessary drum beat and music to help the Cadet
Corps in their marching. In fact, the Corps of Drums, has more than
come into its own. It had its debut on the occasion of the visit of the
Governor of Penang to the school in 1958. Its formal
launch occurred on 9 October 1960, when the then
60-strong Corps “beat the Retreat at the Combined
Schools vs All Blues [Rugby] Match” on that day
(Jacques 2010: 207).

After acquiring several bagpipes from Scotland, it
became the illustrious St Xavier’s Corps of Pipes and
Drums, which was accompanied by a team of lasses
who performed Scottish as well as Malay dances to
their tunes and drum beat. No doubt, the SXI Corps
was the preeminent band in Penang in the 1960s and
early 1970s. In the following decades, the Corps replaced the bugles
with brass instruments and the woodwinds, re-emerging as the present
St Xavier’s Marching Band.

Initially made up of teachers and students, the Corps was originally
led by Mr Robbie Robless, who passed the baton to Mr Michael Barbosa,
Mr Khoo Lok Sain, Mr Lee Peng, Mr Koh Chin Seng and others. In
2019, the Marching Band is completely made up of students. Apart
from the Musical Director Dr Khor Aik Cheong, the seniors also train
the juniors and new recruits.

From 1952 until today, the Corps/Band has been one of the preeminent
bands in Penang. It has often led the street parades on Merdeka Day, the
march pasts at Combined Schools Sports, and has won the title of the
“Best Marching Band” in the Penang State National Day Parade for many
years, most recently in 2014, 2017, 2018 and 2019. It has also performed
at various private and state functions and in front of numerous local
and foreign dignitaries. Today, the Band is one of the icons of the school
with its signature music pieces being “Highland Cathedral”, “Scotland
the Brave” and “When the Saints Go Marching In”.

Mr Neoh Dian Bin was GSM of 7th Scouting - 7th George Town (North)
George Town (N). Here he led
the SXI scouts at the funeral of Old Scouting at SXI began in 1932, when pioneering Scouter Mr Sham Sui
Xaverian YB Karpal Singh, 2014. Kam formed the 7th  George Town (North) at SXI. Being a Scout was
a very popular school activity in the 1960s. A large number of Scouts
Mr Khoo Heng San. and Cubs signed on to then newly established 1st and 6th George Town

Off to the World Jamboree in (North) Troops and Wolf Packs in addition to the
Greece, 1963 – PS Goh Chong Hai, 7th, which had grown to include Rovers, Senior
TL Thomas Loh Kok Heng and PS and Boy Scouts, and Cubs in the Primary School.
John Lee Fook Pin. The three Scout Groups were merged into one in
1971 and continues to thrive today as 7GT(N).

Some of the Teacher-Scouters who provided
leadership to the Troops over the past 80 years
included Mr Ng Kum Cheong, Mr Lim Bian Tee,
Br Rupert Kunzelmann, Mr Khoo Heng San, Mr
Kok Weng Fai, Mr Ambrose Michael, Mr Lim
Eng Gee, Br Stephen Ooi and more recently Mr
Neoh Dian Bin. Over the years, the role of the Scouts has varied from
mounting the Honour Guard for the opening of the new school building
in 1954 to selling ice-cream cones and cold drinks at weekly movies in
the School Hall to raise funds for a variety of school projects.
One of the most prominent Xaverian Scouts and later Scout Master
was Tan Sri Wong Pow Nee, who became the first Chief Minister of
Penang and also the Camp Chief of the First Malaysian Scout Jamboree
held in 1966. Mr Khoo Heng San, long-time school teacher, has also
served as Penang State Commissioner. St Xavier’s scouts also did us
proud when they were chosen to represent Malaysia: PL Thomas Chee
Khay Huat represented the George Town (N) District at the 10th World
Jamboree in the Philippines in 1959 while TL Thomas Loh Kok Heng, PS
John Lee Fook Pin and PS Goh Chong Hai represented the Federation
of Malaya in the 11th World Jamboree in Greece in 1963.

From Red Cross to Red Crescent

The Red Cross was introduced into the country in 1952. Thereafter,
its Junior sections were introduced into the schools, Unit 7 being
established in St Xavier’s in 1953.

Following Independence, the Malayan Red Cross Society (MRCS)
was recognised as an independent national society by the International
body. In 1975, it became the Malaysian Red Crescent Society (MRCS).

St Xavier’s is registered with the MRCS Penang State Branch as Unit
7, under the youth section. Their motto is “Serve one another” while
they have two major aims: the promotion of health among all, and
providing service to the sick and suffering. These aims are in keeping
with our school’s own ethos.

Apart from organising health talks and providing first aid classes
to students, the St Xavier’s Unit 7 has been actively involved in
activities organised at every level such as the Annual Parade, Foot Drill

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Competition and Annual Flag Day and have been on stand-by duty SXI Red Cross Enrolment, 1964
whenever needed at public functions. In the early days, it was ably led Mr Colin Rozells
by teacher Mr Colin Rozells, who ended his service as the National
Chairman for Youths and was appointed a National Council member.
For his excellent service, he was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal
in 1970. Students Master Thomas Poh and Ms Tan Chew Eng received
the Junior equivalents of the Medal in 1971, and Master Cheah Syn
Kean and Ms Brenda Rozells in 1976.

Unit 7 has also been actively involved in social issues. In the 1970s,
when refugees from Vietnam reached our shores, MRCS members were
trained in handling emergencies including manoeuvring sampans and
helped to raise funds to cater for the refugees. Nowadays, attention has
also been given to servicing the disabled.

In 2019, Mr Daniel Lim Tat Pin is the teacher in charge of Unit 7 and
he has guided the members to achieve excellent results in most of the
competitions they have participated in like the Foot Drill Competition.
Since 2009, St Xavier’s has regularly emerged Champion for the Annual
Flag Day Competition. Throughout, the Unit has strived to inculcate
the principles and ideals of the Movement besides providing leadership,
organisational skills and knowledge in order to render service to school,
home, community and country.

Teaching and Learning Science and
Mathematics

It was in the early 1950s, when St Xavier’s was SXI Science Exhibition 1965, 1st Prize
still located in the attap sheds that the then
Colonial Education Authorities identified St
Xavier’s as one of the three schools in Penang
that would teach post-School Certificate Science
classes. This was to prepare young Malayans for
a post-War modern era. And so Brother Wilfred
Damian Oliver, trained as a biologist, was tasked
to set up the science laboratories for this purpose.
Vincent Michael, fondly referred to as “Uncle
Vincent”, recalls vividly that the garage of the
then Brothers Quarters cum Boarding School in
Leith Street was converted into St Xavier’s first ever science laboratory.

This very humble make-shift beginning paved the way for six new
laboratories in two separate floors of the Science block when the new
school was opened. Provision was made for separate Biology, Chemistry
and Physics laboratories upstairs. These were reserved for use by the
Form Six classes. Of the other three laboratories downstairs, one was
reserved for use by Forms 4 and 5 students, while the two remaining
laboratories were shared among the Forms 1, 2 and 3.

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Xaverians at the Science & Maths In the 1970s, with the construction of a new block to teach Nuffield
Expo, 1994 Science, all teaching of Science for Forms 4 and 5 was moved there,
resulting in one laboratory each in the Science block for the three
134 The Xaverian Journey lower secondary classes. This complement of laboratories enhanced
St Xavier’s reputation as one of the better equipped schools in Penang
for the teaching and learning of Science subjects during the 1960s,
1970s, and perhaps into the early 1980s too. As the principal laboratory
technician, Uncle Vincent was responsible for maintaining these
laboratories and helping the teachers in their demonstrations. In line
with directives from the education authorities, the better students were
also “streamed” into the Science classes.

Apart from Brother Wilfred Damian, there was Br Rupert
Kunzelman who taught Chemistry and Br Edmund Passana who
taught Mathematics. Ably assisting them were Mr Chong Swee Lee
(Chemistry), Mr Benildus Tan (Biology), Ms Oh Siew Kheng (Biology),
Mr Khor Kok Kee and Mrs Lye Yuen Chew (Chemistry), Mr Donald
Chuah and Mr Choo Kam Kong (Physics), while Br Charles Levin,
Br Philip Daly, Mr Khoo Eng Cheang and Mr Ng Kam Chee taught
Mathematics.

Early generations of Xaverians will recall not only the above
mentioned Science and Mathematics teachers but a certain Br Benedict
Nieukey as well, who was the principal Science lecturer in St Joseph’s
Training College, and as such responsible for training many of the
Science teachers in the lower forms. This Malaysian Brother (later a

priest) was accorded the singular
honour of studying sample
moon rocks which had been
brought back to Earth by NASA
expeditions to the moon, and we
were ever so proud of him.

Not surprisingly, there existed
an active Science Society with
separate Mathematics, Biology,
Chemistry and Physics sections
in the 1960s. The highlight each
year was the Annual Science
Exhibition which was an
opportunity to showcase projects
prepared by the students in
the course of the year. In those pre-IT days, and in the absence of TV
channels like Discovery, National Geographic Wild and Animal Planet,
secondary school students in developing countries like Malaysia had little
or no access to scientific journals and magazines, let alone expensive and
sophisticated science equipment. In St Xavier’s, they learnt their science
best of all by constructing gadgets and preparing projects, which they
then proudly exhibited. Prior to the establishment of Universiti Sains
Malaysia in Penang in 1969, it was a handful of secondary schools like St
Xavier’s that were the hive of scientific activities in the state!

A number of Xaverians who were outstanding in their studies of the
sciences were given the opportunity to study in prestigious universities
overseas and developed into well-known and successful doctors,
engineers, scientists and technologists. In the pre-World War II days,
several top students won the highly coveted Queen’s Scholarship and
went on to study medicine (and law) in the United Kingdom. In the
post-War era, top students continued to be awarded scholarships to
study overseas. Two of the most outstanding were Dr Francis Morsingh,
Professor of Chemistry and the Foundation Dean of the School of
Chemistry in Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, and Dr Jasper Mehta
who became a renowned surgeon based in the Kuala Lumpur General
Hospital, and after he retired, in private practice.

Those who came later included: Tan Sri Ani Arope, Malaysia’s first
Fulbright scholar who studied Agronomy in the University of Vermont.
In subsequent years we had Manicam Saravanamuthu who won a
Shell Scholarship to study in Oxford University and emerged with
an Engineering degree. Ong Nai Phuan won scholarships to study in
Columbia University and the University of California, Berkeley and
is now Professor of Physics in Princeton University. Prof Mary Jane
Cardosa, a globally acclaimed virologist, studied in Princeton University,
Columbia University and then received her D Phil from the University
of Oxford before returning to serve in Universiti Sains Malaysia and
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak. Her classmate was Dr Michael Quah
who graduated from Harvard and then Yale University in Chemical
Engineering, worked in industry before returning to serve as a Principal
Fellow in the Energy Studies Institute, National University of Singapore.
Arokia Nathan was professor and chair of the Photonic Systems and
Displays in the Department of Engineering, Cambridge University until
2018. He received his PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University
of Alberta.

We can also recall Cambridge University trained Dr Francis Tan
Seow Kee, who specialised in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology
and who practises in Lam Wah Ee Hospital. His brother Dato’ Dr Patrick
Tan Seow Koon, also trained in the UK, was Professor of Anaesthetics
in the UM Medical Centre of the University of Malaya. Another
outstanding doctor who first studied his basic sciences in St Xavier’s is
Datuk Dr Basheer Ahamed Abdul Karim, who heads the cardiothoracic
unit in the Penang General Hospital. Dr Basheer emerged as the first
non-Briton to win the prestigious McCormack medal from the Royal
College of Surgeons in Oct 2018. These three outstanding doctors are
also well known for providing their excellent services to the last, the lost
and least.

Alas, the excellent teaching of the Sciences in St Xavier’s in those
earlier decades was overtaken by the setting-up of Sixth Forms in
most secondary schools by the 1980s and 1990s, and the subsequent
arrival of the new IT and knowledge-based science and technologies
as we entered the new millennium. Not surprisingly, the learning and
teaching of Science in St Xavier’s is no longer as outstanding as it used
to be. St Xavier’s has not been one of the hives of scientific activity in the

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Dr Sim Hock Keat, Principal. state as before, what with the rapid growth of Universiti Sains Malaysia,
the establishment of the Regional Educational Centre for Science and
Charity Week was first organised to Mathematics (RECSAM), and other private university-colleges.
raise funds and to support the Home
for the Aged run by the Little Sisters That said, it is significant that the science laboratories which had not
of the Poor. been upgraded since they were first built and equipped in the 1950s, have
all been recently renovated, even “overhauled”, thanks to the availability
of funds from the Penang State and the Federal governments since
2008. Nowadays St Xavier’s also boasts a computer laboratory, while
the library is also equipped with computers for the use of students for
surfing the net during library hours.

Dr Sim Hock Keat, the Principal of St Xavier’s in 2019 shared this
with us:

To promote our students’ engagement with the 4th Industrial
Revolution in this 21st Century, St Xavier’s has responded actively
to the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics)
initiative which is jointly promoted by the Penang State
government and Industry. Under its umbrella, our students are
exposed to the inter-relatedness of STEM and learning science in
an integrated and hands-on, minds-on way.

Thanks to a new set of Science and Mathematics teachers – Mr
John Tan (Mathematics), Mrs Tan Poh Gaik (Biology), Mrs Ang Phaik
Sim (Chemistry), Mr Teoh Keng Weng (Physics), Mr Liang Kok Seng
(Biology) Mrs Suguna Subramaniam (Biology), Mrs Tok Lian Chak
(Mathematics), Mr Chung Chi Khiong (Chemistry) and Principal Dr
Sim Hock Keat – there is a new excitement about studying and teaching
the Sciences, including Computer Science and the new IT, in SXI
nowadays.

60-plus Years of Charity Drive

The records indicate that a Charity Week, usually during the period of
Lent, was organised as early as 1957, to collect funds and food donations
for the Home for the Aged run by the Little Sisters of the Poor. As
more and more funds were collected, the number of beneficiaries also
increased. St Xavier’s is very proud that this Charity Drive has become
“a tradition” of the school.

Organised by the Persatuan Ibubapa dan Guru (PIBG, Parents-
Teachers Association) nowadays, the entire student body, all teachers
and the Board of Governors are mobilised for this drive. In recent years,
more than RM100,000 have been collected annually. The beneficiaries
have included charity organisations of all faiths which cater for young
orphans, the aged, single parents, the disabled, slow learners, etc.
Giving in this manner has become part of the Xaverian ethos and
“tradition”. No doubt, the students will continue to help others less able
than themselves after they leave school, we dare to say.

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Together we can make a
Difference

by Anthony a/l Andiappen Mr Anthony a/l Andiappen.

The Annual Xaverian Charity Drive/Canteen Day is a unique Xaverian
tradition that has been handed down since its first inception as far back as
1957, when it was called the Lenten Campaign. It is an effort by the school
to produce quality students who not only excel academically but are well
rounded individuals in all aspects.

The objectives of this Annual Charity Drive are many. The main
objective, of course, is to raise awareness among all Xaverians regarding
the plight of the less fortunate in our society. This is in line with the time-
honoured Xaverian values of faith in God, service for the less fortunate,
teamwork, and the Xaverian spirit of touching hearts and changing lives.

Besides that, the Charity Drive also helps to develop a sense of
responsibility, a caring attitude, creativity and innovation, as well as
independence among the students.

It also provides an opportunity for our students to showcase their
entrepreneurial skills and business acumen.

It is indeed heartwarming and touching to see all Xaverians –
administrators, teachers, parents, non-teaching staff, students and ex-
students of different faiths and backgrounds working together tirelessly
and with obvious joy to raise funds to donate to charitable organisations
in Penang. This is what makes our Charity Drive so unique and different
from the Canteen days of other schools. We work so hard to raise funds,
not for ourselves, but to reach out and help those in need around us. This
is indeed a truly noble and truly Xaverian tradition that must be continued.

Every year, our Annual Charity Drive will have a theme to motivate
us. This year, after much consultation and fervent prayer, the Committee
came up with: “Together we can make a difference”. This is to highlight the
fact that even though our own contribution may be small, when combined
together as one from the Xaverian family, it may add up to a substantial
amount. Officially this year we raised RM81,000.

This amount was distributed to 23 non-governmental charitable
organisations of various faiths in Penang. Among the recipients were The
Little Sisters of the Poor, Persekutuan Kebajikan Anak-anak Yatim Islam,
the Maha-mantra Community Services and the Pure Lotus Hospice of
Compassion. The gratitude and joy of the recipients during the cheque-
presentation ceremony was truly touching and gratifying. The students and
teachers alike felt the warmth and joy of giving to those in need. It made all
our efforts and sacrifices to raise the funds so very worthwhile!

Anthony a/l Andiappen was chairperson of the Charity Drive in 1992 and
again in 2017. He taught English to students from Forms 1 to Form 5, and
General Paper to those in Form 6, from 1992 to 2017.

(Source: The Xaverian 2017: 79)

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The Annual X-Country Run. The Social Action Group
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Closely related to the Charity Drive is the Social Action Group (SAG)
established in 1964. In the following years, its membership topped
400 students although it was only open to Forms 4, 5 and 6 students.
Initially led by Br Charles Levin, the SAG was St Xavier’s initiative to
instil in its students a sense of giving their time and energy, not just
sharing their money, with the needy. Accordingly, it adopted the motto
“Service before Self ”. In the 1960s and 1970s, its scope of activities
included visits and volunteering at the St Nicholas’ Home for the Blind,
St Joseph’s Home, The Little Sisters of the Poor’s Home for the Aged,
the Spastics Home, and the Grey Sisters’ Clinic. Teacher Linda Ho who
taught English next led the SAG from 1971-91. One of its principal
activities during this time was helping Br Augustus to develop and then
run the Library for the Blind.

The SAG continues to operate today. However, due to regulations
requiring special permission for schools and students to engage in
activities in other institutions outside the school on a regular basis, its
activities have focused on helping the poorer and weaker performing
students within St Xavier’s itself. These range from providing free
food and school uniforms to tutoring of lower form students by upper
form seniors. There have also been occasional visits to some of the
institutions mentioned above. The numbers involved in the SAG have
however declined in recent years

Sports – In the Field and Pool, and
on the Hard Courts

In sports, St Xavier’s students are divided into 5 houses: Barnitus,
James, Marcian, Paul named after four distinguished past Directors
(see Chapter 7). The fifth house is named “Director”, presumably in
honour of whosoever is holding the post. The houses possess a team
captain and vice-captain, who are aided by certain teachers. They are
responsible for organising their house teams to compete against one
another in the Annual Sports Day and in various inter-house games like
football and basketball.

Encouraging pupils to participate in and to compete in sports has
been a tradition in education since time immemorial. For engaging in
sports encourages discipline and endurance, a healthy lifestyle including
learning to cope with stress and anxiety, fellowship and co-operation –
traits which are all useful for living one’s everyday life holistically.

They also facilitate nurturing champions and bringing glory to one’s
school. Indeed, St Xavier’s students have been champions in one or
another sport, at the local, if not the state or national level, in most
years of its history.

Perhaps, our “facilities” were unsurpassed. After the Heah Joo Seang
Hall was built, we boasted one of Penang’s first indoor badminton court.

There were also outdoor badminton courts, basketball and netball
courts, even a tennis court.

The school also possessed a football sized field which was located
by the sea! Which other school could boast that? More than that, the
Convent, which had a large back door leading into the field, shared it
with us. Conveniently, an aspiring runner or jumper, or a softball pitcher,
or a goalkeeper, had a ready-made audience of the fairer sex everytime
he came to train in the field. What an incentive for the SXI boys to train
regularly!

It is noteworthy that participation in sports has also experienced
changing preferences over past decades. For example, St Xavier’s used
to possess excellent football teams in the 1960s and early 1970s. The
best known footballer who has passed through the Xaverian portals, no
doubt, is Dato’ Abdul Shukor Salleh ‘66. After captaining the SXI team,
he went on to captain the Penang State team, and finally the national
team as well.

Shukor Salleh was a member of the illustrious and very multi-ethnic
Malaysian football squad of the 1970s featuring “Towkay” Soh Chin
Aun, Santokh Singh, Mokhtar Dahari, James Wong and “Spiderman”
Arumugam. A few of that cohort group played in the Munich Olympics
in 1972. Others helped the Malaysian team to qualify for the Moscow
Olympics in 1980, which, unfortunately, they did not participate in due
to a boycott of the event by many Western countries including their
allies, like Malaysia.

The SXI football team too, was very multi-ethnic in the 1960s, and
included Desmond David (who was an all round sportsman, and no
doubt, passed on his athletic skills and vigour to his even more illustrious
daughter, Nicol David, Malaysia’s squash world champion). Another
member of the squad was Laurence Loh whose love for the game saw
him taking on the challenge of helping to run the Football Association
of Penang (FAP) after he had hung up his boots. His father Loh Hoot
Yeang was a patron of FAP and SXI, his Alma Mater, also benefitted
from his generosity on many occasions. Another player Henry Koh ’68
played for the Penang squad too and was called up to the national team.

What a difference fifty years later! Nowadays, SXI’s team is very
“average”. No one has been called up to the Penang state, let alone the
national team. Football has also gone professional.

There was also a period in the 1960s when St Xavier’s boasted one of
the best rugby teams in the state. Yes, the Brothers like Br Conleth and
Br Felix, who grew up playing Gaelic football and rugby in Ireland, took
turns to coach the St Xavier’s team. But SXI also had a secret weapon in
Mr M G Pestana, the doyen of the game in the state, later the country.
He also coached the Xaverians, and he made sure that his sons – Brian,
Denis, Ronald, Ian – were down by the field every practice session.

Alas, Brother Director took the decision to stop playing the game
after one of the students suffered a serious injury which prevented
him from sitting for the end-of-year examination. There was some
disappointment which dissipated not too long after, because the school
began performing extremely well in the badminton courts.

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Mr Lim Kuang Haw sports master The star of the team in the 1960s was a lanky Yew Cheng Hoe. He won
and senior assistant co-curricular state honours for his age group, became the Penang Youth champion
activities (2003-19). and bagged the Malaysian Open singles champion title in 1963. It was
his good fortune to belong to that cohort group comprising the doubles
140 The Xaverian Journey pair Tan Yee Khan and Ng Boon Bee (from St Michael’s in Ipoh) and
the outstanding singles player Tan Aik Huang (from the Methodist
Boys School in Penang). Together, they wrestled back the Thomas Cup
to Malaysia in the 1966/1967 campaign. He was also a member of the
Thomas Cup squad 1963/64.

Cheng Hoe teamed up with Tan Aik Huang to win the Commonwealth
Games doubles gold in 1966.

The captain of this Malaysian Thomas Cup team was Teh Kew San
who married Ng Mei Ling, a teacher in St Xavier’s Primary School. Mei
Ling, too, was a badminton champion and represented the country
in the Asian Games in 1962 bagging a team bronze and silver in the
women’s doubles. The little ones whom she taught were starry eyed
with their teacher Ms Ng. I was!

Throughout the 1960s and into the 1970s, St Xavier’s continued
to boast an impressive badminton team. In 1972, the school emerged
Penang champions and was overall third best team in Malaysia in the
King’s Cup. Ho Khim Soon was a state champion who represented
the country in the 1976 Thomas Cup Finals held in Bangkok where
Malaysia lost to Indonesia. He also participated in the All England’s
singles. Another Xaverian was Saw Swee Leong. He was a member of
the 1976 and 1982 Thomas Cup squads. He also competed in the 1978
Commonwealth Games and in the 1980 World Cup as a singles player.

Our secret weapon, this time, was Mr Michael Barbosa, a St Xavier’s
sports teacher and badminton coach who was subsequently called up to
coach the national badminton team during the era of Misbun Sidek and
brothers. Yes, Michael Barbosa must have put them through the tough
training that he also meted out to his younger charges in St Xavier’s.

On the athletics front, St Xavier’s produced its fair share of champions
in the Penang schools’ state meets, and occasionally national meets. The
successes were largely due to the efforts of their coaches Jimmy Boyle,
Patrict Ng Chee Heng, Patrick Gan Eng Guan, Lee Peng, L Samson,
Augustine Keong, Kevin Lowe and others.

These masters not only helped the boys to run faster, jump higher
and longer, or to pole vault, but it is well known among the athletes
that they also catered to the emotional needs of the pupils. With their
guidance, they learnt to strive for success and to cope with failure.
It merits stressing that parents were also very encouraging of their
children spending time in the fields and courts. There were no “tuition
classes” to attend then!

St Xavier’s has continued to produce champions but in rather
different sports nowadays.

By googling and with the help of Mr Lim Kuang Haw, sports master
and senior assistant for co-curricular activities (2003-19) we have been
able to construct the following.

Perhaps the most outstanding sportsman that SXI has produced is Mr Saw Yi Khy.
Jeffrey Ong who represented Malaysia in the 1988 Seoul and the 1992
Barcelona Olympics, the 1991 World Swimming Championships in Mr Fong Chun Wei.
Perth, and the 1990 Asian Games in Beijing. He won a gold medal in Mr Khambeswaran.
Perth and a silver medal in Beijing for the 1,500 metres. He was also Mr Moh Keen Hoo
named 1988 Malaysian Sportsman of the year.
Mr Adrian Ang
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Saw Yi Khy also in the 1,500 metres. Saw won a bronze in the 2003
Southeast Asia Games in Hanoi. He trained with the Bolles School
Sharks in Florida and qualified to represent Malaysia in the 2004
Olympics in Athens.

Perhaps the most outstanding Xaverian still active in sports today
is Adrian Ang Hsien Loong who won Gold in the Doubles in the
2018 World Ten-pin Bowling Championship. In 2010, he had struck
gold in the Malaysian Championships, and in 2013 at the Singapore
Championship. Apart from these individual achievements he has won
medals as a member of the Malaysian team in the Southeast Asia Games
and the Asian Games.

Also outstanding is Fong Chun Wei who represented Malaysia in
the 13th World Chin Woo Wushu Competition, in Shanghai, in August
2014 when he won three medals – a gold, a silver, and a bronze.
Reportedly, he is ranked No 3 in the World for Wushu exponents
under 18 years of age.

Yet another pupil, Khambeswaran became a champion in archery. In
2018, he won a gold medal in the Southeast Asia Games.

And then there is Moh Keen Hoo who has excelled in snooker. He
was an Asian Junior Champion in 2007 and struck gold at the SEA
games in Korat. He continues to represent Malaysia, as in the 2017
Southeast Asia Games.

Significantly, the latest group of champions has excelled in individual,
rather than team sports. Mr Lim explains that this has everything to
do with parental approval and support at a time when most parents
are not keen for their children to participate in sports or any other co-
curricular pursuit actively. In the above cases, however, the parents
have gone against the trend. For they have had to send and fetch their
children from training everyday if they are to reach the international
levels that these pupils are capable of. There will be no time for going
to “tuition”classes for these champions. Indeed, good performance in
examinations might have had to be compromised.

Xaverians have been doing well in the individualised sports like
wushu, karate, archery, swimming where the boys have been trained
not by our SXI teacher-coaches but because they have access to good
training outside of school, apart from strong parental support. Surely
they must have imbibed the spirit of Labor Omnia Vincit as well.

That said, the original purpose of promoting sports in school,
namely to promote discipline and a competitive spirit, endurance and
perseverance, and a cooperative spirit, continues to be instilled among
students today.

Parent-Teacher Association

The Parent-Teacher Association or the PIBG (Persatuan Ibubapa dan
Guru Sekolah) was first established in 1974. Its officers are elected
annually during the Annual General Meeting to which all parents and
teachers are invited. Three of the principal officers sit in the Board
of Governors. The focus of the PIBG is the welfare of the students,
especially in their studies and extra-curricular activities. With the help
of the teachers, parents and Board members, especially those who are
old Xaverians, the PIBG assists the current school administration in
the organisation of the orientation for in-coming Form 1 students, the
Open Day (when parents visit the school to discuss with teachers the
performance of their children), the Annual Sports’ Day and the Annual
Speech Day.

As mentioned above, the PIBG coordinates the important tradition
of Charity Drive including the annual “Canteen Day”, which is a mini
food fair to raise funds for charitable causes. Apart from the above, the
PIBG has helped to coordinate courses that provide vocational training
for students, e.g. conducting electronics classes. In recent years, it
launched a students’ lockers facility as well as a digital library.

The PIBG also helps to raise funds to support student activities
like the Band, the Scouts, Red Crescent, science activities, etc. They
also provide funds for students to attend fraternal Lasallian events like
the Lasallian student leadership conventions. At a time when teachers
might not be emplaced in the school over the long-term, the PIBG
takes up initiatives which might, in the past, have been assumed by the
Brothers or long-serving teachers.

Love for their Alma Mater –
the oxa and xckl

The Old Xaverians’ Association (OXA) was founded in 1924. It has
the distinction of being the oldest Lasallian Old Boys Association in
Malaysia. The founder president was the indefatigable Mr Lim Cheng
Ean, who served from 1924 to 1932. Under the leadership of stalwarts
like Mr Heah Joo Seang, Datuk Lim Huck Aik, Mr Cheah Seng Kim and
others, OXA developed into an important centre of social, cultural and
sporting activities for its members.

Between its founding and 1969, the OXA shifted location six times
due to increasing membership and other reasons. Finally, it purchased
its own premises in Perak Road. In 1985, Dato’ Seri Goh Cheng Teik
was elected president, a position he continued to hold until 2008. Other
leaders have included Datuk Khoo Kay Por, Mr Goh Eng Toon, Mr
Owen Chung, Dato’ Dr Tan Chong Siang, Dato’ Mahinder Singh Dulku,
and Mr Khoo Kay Seang. Its president and two other officers also sit in
the Board of Governors.

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Throughout its history, the OXA has helped to finance various
projects for SXI and to provide financial aid and scholarships to SXI
students. In 2017/2018 the OXA donated RM300,000 to the SXI Re-
development Fund. In return for their generosity, the new multipurpose-
hall in St Xavier’s Branch School, Jalan Bro James, has been named the
Old Xaverians’ Association Hall, in their honour.

The OXA has also built its fame on its billiards tournament, being
responsible for the First Billiards Championship in 1947 and producing
national champions like Mr Lim Hun Tong and Mr Moh Loon Hong.
It has also facilitated the development of other sports including
badminton, athletics, body building and football in Penang. Its OXA
Annual Dinner is a grand occasion to bring together Xaverians and to
foster the Xaverian spirit.

OXA has the distinct honour of helping to form the Malaysian
Federation of Lasallian Alumni Associations (MFOLSA) in December
1976, thanks to the initiative of Mr John S C Loh, also a former president
of OXA.

On 20 May 1986, a group of old Xaverians in the Klang Valley
came together to establish the Xaverian Club Kuala Lumpur (XCKL).
Not unlike the OXA, its goals are to foster fraternal ties and promote
fellowship with former Xaverians as well as to forge close links with
their Alma Mater. Its past presidents have included Datuk Mohamed
Sopiee Sheikh Ibrahim, Prof Dato’ Syed Jalaludin, Dr Iain Choong, Mr
Ng Soon Hong, Ms Ho Chee Kit, Mr Jason Ong, Mr Lim Hock Thiam
and Mr Tan Kar An.

The XCKL is an active member organisation of MFOLSA and one of
its past presidents Ms Ho Chee Kit has previously served as president
of MFOLSA.

Board of Governors and Managers

The Board of Governors was first inaugurated in 1958. With the
separation of the primary schools from the secondary, separate Boards
of Managers were inaugurated for the Primary School and for the Branch
School. After it was built, the Board took charge of La Salle Primary
in Air Itam as well. Boards were also constituted in other associated
schools connected to St Xavier’s, viz Assumption School (Butterworth),
St George’s Primary and Secondary Schools (Balik Pulau), St Patrick’s
Primary and Secondary Schools (Kulim), St Theresa’s Primary and
Secondary (Sg Petani), St Michael’s Primary and Secondary Schools
(Alor Star), and Stella Maris (Kangar).

In those early years, the Board’s principal role was to provide for the
physical welfare of the schools. In fact, Board members were usually
members of the School Building Fund Committee, headed by Mr Heah
Joo Seang, which had been set up to raise funds. In the 1950s, the
Committee was actively raising funds to rebuild St Xavier’s Institution.
In the early 1960s, the committee raised funds for three new buildings
that were being constructed: La Salle School in Air Itam, the new St

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SXI Board of Governors in the 1960s. Xavier’s Branch School in Jalan Brother James, Pulau Tikus, and an
extension for Assumption School in Butterworth. With the sad passing
of Mr Heah in 1962 and the completion of the building projects, the
Committee became defunct. Thereafter, the Board became more active
although it must be said that the Board’s role remained relatively limited.

For in those early days when the Mission possessed much autonomy,
all administrative matters related to the running of the school, the
recruitment of teachers, and the inculcation and transmission of
Lasallian values were in the hands of the respective Brother Directors,
ably helped by their teams of La Salle Brothers and Lay Teachers. In
fact, the Brother Director of St Xavier’s could always rely on a very
competent administrative team compromising Mr Ng Kok Loke, Mr
Cheah Wat Thean and Mr Tan Boon Chye who were in turn ably
complemented by senior teacher-administrators like Mr Ng Kok Seng,
Mr Lim Gim Boon, Mr Khaw Bian Teng, Mr Tan Kim Lum, Mr Frank
Reutens, Master Willy Williams and a few others. Thus continuity was
provided even as the Brother Directors came and went on account of
the War, Independence, deaths and transfers.

The point is that the role of the Boards was previously limited.
That said, the Brothers appointed to the Board distinguished Penang
residents, most if not all, former Xaverians.

In 1958, the chairman of the Board was Senator Cheah Seng Khim,
one-time president of the Old Xaverians Association who served as
chairman until 1964. The other Board members were: Mr Chee Swee

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Ee, Mr O.L. Phipps, Dr N K Menon, Mr M B Pestana, Mr Beh Teik Jim,
Mr Goh Hock Jin, Dr F H Aeria, Dr Tan Hor Kee, Tuan S M Hussain, Br
Patrick Loh, Br Barnitus, Br Thomas and Bro Director T Michael.

In 1967, Mr Khor Cheang Kee, the well known journalist and writer,
was appointed the chairman of the Board of Governors and the Board
of Managers. With him in the Board of Governors were: Dr A F H Aeria,
Mr Geh Ik Cheong, Hon’ble Senator Tuan Syed Hassan Aidid, Dr Lau
Fook Khean, Dr N K Menon, Mr G L Johnson, Mr Loh Hoot Yeang, Mr
Anton De Silva, Mr John Loh, Br Anthony McNamara, Br Ulrick, Br
Michael Paulin and Brother Director.

Many of these individuals also served on the Board of Managers of
the three primary schools. Others who served on the Board of Managers
were: Tuan S M Mohd Idris, Tuan C D Ismail, Mr Sam Ah Chow, Mr
Goh Eng Kee and Mr Cheung Ewe Kheng.

After serving the Board as Chairman for an outstanding 30-odd
years, Mr Khor Cheang Kee was replaced by Mr Goh Eng Kee in 1993.
It appears that the Board stopped functioning in 1996 or 1997 following
the adoption of the new Education Act 1996 which, according to one
interpretation of the Act, rendered the role of the Boards ambiguous,
perhaps superfluous. Significantly, the Boards of the National-type
schools rejected that interpretation of the new Act and continued as
usual. In the case of the Mission schools, including St Xavier’s, it was
not until a decade later that the Board was revived.

SXI Aerial View 1980s.

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