Victoria Institution

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SCHOOL ARCHIVES: VICTORIA INSTITUTION

FINDINGS AIDS:
“VICTORIA INSTITUTION”

FACULTY OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
Machang Campus

Bukit Ilmu, 18500 Machang, Kelantan

FIRST ISSUE 2020/ COPYRIGHT
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ADVISOR
Prof. Dr. Sohaimi Zakaria
Dean of Faculty Information Management

EDITOR
Madam Noor Rahmawati Binti Alias

COMPILER
Abdul Hadi Bin Abd Rahim (2019704623)

Fara Zuliana Binti Zilkifli (2019594257)
Fatin Masturina Binti Mazlan (2019704795)
Muhammad Basyar Aiman Bin Bahar Nizam (20197277071)
Muhammad Zariq Naqiuddin Bin Zaid (2019308395)

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TABLE OF CONTENT Pages
1
Content 2
Acknowledgement 3
Explanatory notes 4
Abbreviation 5-9
Introduction
Chapter 1: School Buildings 10-20
Chapter 2: Traditions and Heritage 21-25
Chapter 3: Students Life 26-29
Chapter 4: Alumni Associations 30-33
Chapter 5: Notable Alumni 34-36
List of archival materials 37-39
List of figure
Indexes 40
References 41-44

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

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EXPLANATORY NOTES

This finding aids book is prepared to facilitate the retrieving and use of records and archival materials related to the Victoria Institution. Various of
information can be obtained from both electronic and non electronic sources. The list of available materials include records that related to a
collection of types of images, newspaper, television series, commercials, cartographic records and many more.

This finding aids book aims to help researchers to find and obtain the desired material easily. All the materials are listed according to the type of
collection that document simple inventory and description of selected materials. The content of this finding aids is based on the materials available

in the National Archives of Malaysia.

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ABBREVIATION

No Abbreviation Description

1. V.I Victoria Institution
2. VIOBA Victoria Institution Old Boys’ Association

3. VICCB Victoria Institution’s Cadet Corps Band

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INTRODUCTION

Victoria Institution is the oldest secondary school in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and was a memorial school partly funded by public
subscription intended for the erection of a permanent memorial to commemorate the Golden Jublee of Queen Victoria in 1887. The
establishment of the school was further supported by financial contributions from the Sultan and government of Selangor, prominent
Kuala Lumpur residents and the general public. The school reverted to its original name (instead of SMK Victoria) in February 2009
after being granted approval, in recognition of its declaration as a national heritage. The Victoria Institution is a secondary school for
male students only from Form 1 to 5. Female students are accepted for Form 6 (Lower and Upper). The school is widely known as
V.I. and a student of the Victoria Institution is known as a Victorian. The VI performs well in academic fields and sports at secondary
school level in Malaysia and considered one of the best non-residential schools in Malaysia. In 2007, VI was named as Cluster School
of Excellence by the Minister of Malaysian Ministry of Education, Hishamuddin Hussein.

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CHAPTER 1 5
SCHOOL BUILDINGS

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SCHOOL BUILDINGS

FIGURE 1: The present Victoria Institution building dates from 1929. Before that V.I. was located in High Street
Victoria Institution, Kuala Lumpur, building which now had been renamed as Jalan Tun H.S. Lee in the heart of old Kuala Lumpur town where the
school was first established in 1893. As the school grew over the decades, its environment also grew and
ACCESSION NO: changed, mirroring the parallel growth of Kuala Lumpur. After the government approved the
2001/0052732W establishment of the V.I., eight acres of land on the left bank of the Klang River were set aside. The
proposed site was bounded on three sides by the river and by the southern part of High Street which
meets the Klang River near a large engineering complex. There were no brick buildings on the site on
that time. There was a police station in High Street facing the site of the school. The street beside it was
aptly named Station Street. The other side of the river was relatively undeveloped and mostly Europeans
live there. The main road running beside the railway line called Gombak Road which now had been
renamed as Jalan Sultan Hishamuddin. The construction began in 1893 of two buildings, one of the
school block known as Block 1 and the other a large bungalow for the Headmaster. The buildings were
ready for occupation in July 1894. Block 1 had two floors, the ground floor being mainly of brick while
the upper part of the building was largely timber. The style was Gothic. There were two concentric walls
of arches on the ground floor. A distinctive spire on its roof allowed natural ventilation into the large
upper floor school room. Although the school fronted High Street, its main entrance was actually on the
north side. Above this entrance was a gable on which were mounted the royal coat of arms and the date
of the School's foundation 1893. A long curving porch covered the entrance steps.

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SCHOOL BUILDINGS

FIGURE 2: FIGURE 3: Gombak Road has now been renamed Damansara Road. In 1899 a new V.I. block, Block 2, was
Additional to school buildings Site of new buildings, Gombak Road built beside the first block. This new block had six classrooms on the ground floor and teachers'
quarters upstairs. Block 1 housed the Infant School while Block 2 was for the Lower School. As
ACCESSION NO: ACCESSION NO: the boys aged and were ready for the Middle School, Block 3 was added in 1902 behind Block
1957/0057312W 1957/0239557W 2. This new block consisted of a laboratory and three classrooms. In addition, a gymnasium was
built beside Block 3. It looked like a Roman temple with tall columns, two at the front and back
and four on each side. In 1909, Block 4 was constructed about 50 meters across the field behind
Block 1. This was for the High School and consisted of three classrooms on the ground floor. It
housed the School Hall on the first floor. In 1921, a temporary building was set up to house
three more classrooms. Five years later another one-storey building was erected to relieve the
pressure for classroom space.

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SCHOOL BUILDINGS FIGURE 4:
Diversion of Klang River
1939 shown a significant change in the former V.I. complex. The various kinks in the Klang
River were gone and the river was pretty much what it is like today. Block 1 was separated from ACCESSION NO:
Blocks 2 and 3. The end of an era approached as all the remaining former V.I. buildings except 1957/0196431W
Block 1 was demolished at year's end to allow for the construction of the viaduct spanning the
Klang River from the National Mosque to the Chinese Assembly Hall. Station Street has been 8
renamed Jalan Balai Polis and its length truncated considerably as the Police Station premises
have been extended into the junction of the street with High Street. High Street in turn has now
been renamed Jalan Bandar and the roundabout at the Chinese Assembly Hall is now known as
Bulatan Merdeka.

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SCHOOL BUILDINGS

FIGURE 5: FIGURE 6: FIGURE 7: FIGURE 8: FIGURE 9:
Reservation of land for site Building grants for quarters construction Tender of construction of new school Extension of school accommodation Exchange of court building

ACCESSION NO: ACCESSION NO: building in Kuala Lumpur ACCESSION NO: ACCESSION NO:
1957/0063819W 1957/0109199W 1957/0070434W 1957/0162836W
ACCESSION NO:
1957/0073804W 9

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CHAPTER 2
TRADITIONS AND HERITAGE

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TRADITIONS AND HERITAGE

The Victoria Institution (VI) has been founded. Three businessmen came up with the idea of
forming an English school in Kuala Lumpur, with the support of the then British resident of
Selangor as well as Sultan Abdul Samad. It was their foresight and dedication which led to the
school's founding. Over the years, many a young man has passed through our school. Regardless
of one’s stature in life, a lot of us, if not all, credit Victoria Institution for character-building and
instilling in us a deep sense of value. Students who join the school are identified as Victorians.
It's almost like a badge that we're wearing with honor. But it's a lot more than a badge. There is a
sense of pride, dignity and gratitude in the Victorian ranks. There is unquestionably something
different about the school. Men in the 40s and 50s, and even some in the 80s, continue to
identify themselves as Victorians today.

FIGURE 10:
Victoria Institution, Kuala Lumpur, 1916-1917

ACCESSION NO:
2007/0051313W

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TRADITIONS AND HERITAGE

FIGURE 11: The Victoria Institution was very fortunate in securing the right man to be its first Headmaster.
Victoria Institution. Photographing Teachers with the First Teacher, Mr. B.E. Shaw. As the first Headmaster of V.I., Mr. Bennett Eyre Shaw was the person who has laid the
educational foundation and created a tradition for Victoria Institution, and to plan and build a
ACCESSION NO: school, which has always been in the forefront of educational progress in Malaya. Bennett Shaw
2001/0048779W was a man of strong character, lofty ideals and great practical gifts. Few individuals have done
so much for this country as did Bennett Shaw. To the Victoria Institution of today, he remains a
legendary figure. Bennett Shaw planned an education for life and not merely for examination;
his main aim was to produce good citizens. So without neglecting academic standards, he
introduced and developed an amazing variety of school activities designed to give a balanced
education. The first V.I. Sports Day was held in 1898. When Mr. Shaw retired in 1922, after 28
years’ successful labour there were five blocks of school buildings housing a total of 1,000
students in classes from Primary to School Certificate.

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During the war, the books, equipment, laboratory apparatus, and in fact almost everything except FIGURE 12:
the building, were lost or destroyed. The Japanese in Malaya signed the document of surrender The document about request for bell of H.M.S. ''Malaya'' For
in the School Hall on 12th September, 1945, and the photos of the historic occasion are a proud
possession of the school. The Victoria Institution carried on after the war for a few months in Victoria Institution, K.L
Batu Road School and then Maxwell Road School, returning to its proper home in September ACCESSION NO:
1946. 1957/0622757W

Two highlights of post-war history can be mentioned. First, the watch bell of H.M.S. Malaya, a 13
battleship built in 1913 at a cost $25,000,000 paid by the people of Malaya, was given to the
school. It was formally presented on the second anniversary of Malaya Victory Day, 12th
September, 1947, and was received by His Excellency Sir Edward Gent. It now hangs high
above the entrance porch of the school. Second, in 1949, the Rt. Hon. Mr. Anthony Eden, at
present Britain’s Foreign Secretary, opened the new school library which has room for 10,000
books and seating accommodation for over 80 boys, and also unveiled the War Memorial
dedicated to masters and old boys who laid down their lives in the two World Wars. The officials
visits to the school of Mr. Ivor Thomas in 1946, Mr. James Griffiths in 1950, and of Sir Gerald
and Lady Templer in 1953 emphasise the esteem in which the school is held.

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The school is full of history and tradition. Many of these traditions have lasted over a great FIGURE 13:
number of years. Most of them still remember the words to the school song and proudly sing it The High Commissioner, Sir Edward Gent and Rear Admiral H.M.S Malaya, were
with gusto, much like the days when they were in school. For some of them, it even brings a tear examining the honorary line at the police recruiting, police depot, Kuala Lumpur at
to the eye. the time of handing the Ships Bell to the Victoria Institution as a gift on 12.9.1948.

The V.I. is definitely not the oldest school in Malaysia, it carries the distinction of being home to ACCESSION NO:
the oldest Cadet Corps in the country, the Victoria Institution Cadet Corps, the oldest Cadet 1998/0011316W
Corps Band in the country, the Victoria Institution Cadet Corps Band, and the oldest Scout
Group in the country, the First Kuala Lumpur Scout Troop, originally known as the First
Selangor Scout Troop. It was also one of the first few schools to have a Prefects Board and a
School Magazine. Pretty amazing really when you consider that there are a few schools in
existence that are quite a number of years older than the VI. The official name of the Second
Kuala Lumpur Scout Troop today is the Victoria Scout Group.

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FIGURE 14: FIGURE 15:
The front document and the content about Cadet Corps. Victoria Institution. The front document and content about contribution by government towards a

ACCESSION NO: Cadet Volunteer Corps.
1957/0105686W ACCESSION NO:
1957/0104535W
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TRADITIONS IN VICCB The school is full of history and tradition. Many of these traditions have lasted over a great
number of years. Most of them still remember the words to the school song and proudly sing it
with gusto, much like the days when they were in school. For some of them, it even brings a tear FIGURE 16:
to the eye. The samples of Victoria Scout Group Newletters

One of the traditions that still have in Victoria Institution is Victoria Institution’s Cadet Corps Source from:
Band (VICCB). VICCB was the first marching band in Malaysia, with its formation dating all http://viweb.school/sct-epoch7.htm
the way back to 1909. It is also the oldest marching band in the whole of Southeast Asia.
Besides VICCB, Klang High School Cadet Band and St John’s Naval Cadet Band were also 16
amongst the earliest bands formed in this country. Besides VICCB, a number of other local
marching bands have also made our nation proud in the recent years. In 2014, St. John’s Naval
Cadet Band represented Malaysia at the 30th Grand Prix Marching Band (GPMB) in Jakarta,
where they performed in front of Indonesia’s top marching bands. On top of that, last year Saint
Joseph Show Marching Band (SJSMB) from Kuching, Sarawak triumphed as champions in the
US Band Association’s Yamaha Cup at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. The band remarkably
bagged all of the awards for best colour guard, music, overall effect, percussion and visual for
their drill show.

Traditional glories of the Victoria Institution Cadet Corps Band (VICCB) at the international
stage continue to shine with the recent success of the 2009 World Champion Championship at
San Felice Sul Penaro, Modena, Italy.

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TRADITIONS & HERITAGE

FIGURE 17: 17
Group of student from VICCB

Source from:
http://viweb.school/Victory-March.htm

FIGURE 18: HERITAGE OF THE VI
Shafie (second from left) and Federal Territories Minister Datuk Seri Zulhasnan
The heritage of the VI is when Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Victoria, which now has
Rafique holding up the national heritage declaration plaque at the Victoria national heritage status, reverts to its old name of Victoria Institution (VI) from Saturday
Institution, Kuala Lumpur. as it is world renowned. "The world already knows its name as Victoria Institution so it is
Source from: 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
http://viweb.school/Heritage.htm Apdal. Speaking at the ceremony on Saturday to declare the school's national heritage
status, Shafie said that the school had been chosen to meet the criteria of the 2005
National Heritage Act. Shafie, who is an alumnus of the school, said the 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."

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THE OLD VICTORIA INSTITUTION In 2003 the City fathers, in an inspired and laudable
move, initiated restoration of the building to its original
late nineteenth century state. No architectural plans
could be found but archaeological excavations on the
site and also around and inside the building, helped the
architect make some conclusions. Today the building,
with its latest monicker at Taman Budaya is a shining
example of Kuala Lumpur's architectural legacy. Only
two objects remain to be added back to complete the
transformation to the original building which the Royal
crest and the date "1893" on the North facade of the
building.

FIGURE 19: FIGURE 20: Notwithstanding that, Victorians will forever know it as
Heritage Status Declaration (2009) The restored Old V.I. building
the "Old V.I." Wander around if you are in the
Source from: Source from:
http://viweb.school/viig_heritage-status.htm http://viweb.school/Genting2018-visits.htm neighborhood. That's the closest you'll ever get to soak

up the atmosphere of a long gone era. You can imagine

boys of the primary school scurrying around the

corridors and ordered ranks of cadets parading on the

road outside the southern entrance. If you tried a little

harder, you might spot the venerable Mr. Bennet Shaw

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FIGURE 21: FIGURE 23:
West façade of V.I Museum The old and new South façade of V.I Museum with the picture of cadets and the

Source from: fire of the building
http://viweb.school/Genting2018-visits.htm
Source from:
http://viweb.school/Genting2018-visits.htm

FIGURE 22:
The old and new North façade of V.I Museum

Source from:
http://viweb.school/Genting2018-visits.htm

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CHAPTER 3 21
STUDENT LIFE

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SCOUTING GREATS

At the Victoria Institution, there are many great people who had achieved more high achievers among the other. There are many V.I. scholars amongst the
scouts including the first Lewis Scholar Khoo Choong Keow, and many Treacher and Rodger Scholars. Other Queen’s Scholars were Rodney Lam of the
Second Selangor Group and Dr Tharmaratnam, a King Scout. Many scouts too, have entered prestigious universities like Cambridge, Oxford and M.I.T.
Others have succeeded in the corporate world like 2nd KL King Scouts, Ashok Kumar and Wong Siew Hai. To compile a list that does justice to all
achievements would indeed require a comprehensive compendium,
and this list is necessarily selective, though hopefully not irrationally
so. We can envisage that in due course, this list will certainly have
to be expanded especially as many scouts of the 1970’s, 1980’s and so
on will make their mark.

FIGURE 24:
First KL Scouts, 1954

Source from:
http://www.viweb.school/ScoutOBT.htm/

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AWARDS OF VICTORIA INSTITUTION

FIGURE 25: FIGURE 26: FIGURE 27: FIGURE 28:
Award of Scholarships to Boys At Award Of QUEEN VICTORIA Vacant Raja Scholarship at the QUEEN VICTORIA
The VICTORIA INSTITUTION, INSTITUTION SCHOLARSHIPS, INSTITUTION SCHOLARSHIPS,
Victoria Institution
KUALA LUMPUR 1932 1935 AND 1936
ACCESSION NO:
ACCESSION NO: ACCESSION NO: 1957/0092699W ACCESSION NO:
1957/0270527W 1957/0274699W 1957/0283834W

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PIONEER IN SCIENCE EDUCATION FIGURE 29:
Science Labs, 1930
Victoria Institution is well known for its great achievements at that time. It can be safely said that the Victoria
Institution once blazed an educational trail for other Malaysian schools to follow. Science had actually been Source from:
taught as a subject in the V.I. when the Junior and Senior Cambridge classes were introduced at the beginning http://viweb.school/viSciEd.htm
of the twentieth century but was discontinued in 1905 by R. J. Wilkinson, the famous compiler of the Malay-
English dictionary and Inspector of Schools for the FMS. However, soon after the school moved to its present
premises in 1929, it became the first school in the Federated Malay States to attempt to make science a part of
every pupil's general education. In fact, when the present school building was built, a whole wing occupying
about a quarter of the school was set aside for science, and in 1929 a start was made to furnish and equip this
Science Wing. The original intention was to teach only physics and chemistry, but early in 1930, when 31-year-
old Frederick Daniel arrived at the V.I. on transfer from the West Indies, he suggested that it would be wrong to
confine science teaching to these corners of the scientific field and insisted that every boy in the school should
be given a course of general science covering the whole field of pure science that prepared boys for life, rather
than for scientific degrees or careers.

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V.I. BIOLOGICAL GARDEN FIGURE 30:
Biological Garden
There are many place in Victoria Institution that we can see that will help the student in improve and focus in
their study. One of them is a Biological Garden who are created to help student in their study more about plant Source from:
in their growth. It located just beside the Science Wing, this Garden contained about forty beds, in which were http://viweb.school/viSciEd.htm
grown the main economic and food crops of the country. Trees and bushes of economic importance were
planted around the sides, and all the plants were labelled with their botanical names, their english names, and
their local vernacular names. Plenty of space was left round the beds for pupils to walk about. Climbing plants
were grown over archways, and small flower beds and flowering shrubs supplied many of the flowers studied in
science lessons. A large concrete sundial also found a place in the unshaded centre of the garden. A thatched
served for raising young plants, and compost heaps were maintained in a shady corner. There was a dovecote
with a small flock of pigeons, and also a concrete, about a foot deep and surrounded by a wire netting
enclosure. Local fish were kept in this pond to control mosquito breeding, and a selection of water-plants was
also grown, some floating on the surface and others rooted in submerged pots of soil. Rabbits and guinea pigs,
however, were kept in small, portable wire-netting enclosures and wooden hutches, raised off the ground, which
could be closed up at night.

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CHAPTER 4
ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS

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HISTORY OF VICTORIA INSTITUTION OLD BOYS’ ASSOCIATION (V.I.O.B.A)

The Alumni Association of the Victoria institution (VI) is known as the VIOBA (Victoria Institution Old Boys' FIGURE 31
Association) and was founded in 1922. Victoria Institution Old Boys’ Association was first established in 1922 and The Alumni Association of the Victoria institution
at that time, they had to rent a building near the school at Rodger Street and is now located near the school grounds (VI) is known as the VIOBA (Victoria Institution Old
since 1954. The VIOBA clubhouse is occasionally used to hold gatherings and meetings among the old boys.
vioba.com.my is the VIOBA official web page. This web page serves VIOBA in achieving its objectives, to promote Boys' Association
sports, cultural and social activities amongst its members and render assistance to promote the education of its Source from
students. Students that joined the school identified themselves as Victorians. That moniker never left you because as
all Victorians know, Once a Victorian, always a Victorian. It is a feeling of pride, of dignity and of gratitude to http://viweb.school/vihome.htm
belong to the ranks of a Victorian. The principal objective in founding the VIOBA was to render assistance to the
needy pupils of the schools. It was felt that no VI student should be unable to pursue his or her studies diligently 27
because of want. The objective is valid until today. The VIOBA was founded with the premise that there should be
an association for ex-students where they can maintain the VI Spirit. The first clubhouse was located in a shop lot at
17 Rodger Street. The spacious building was provide by towkay Yap Fatt Yew, who incidentally was not an old boy.
In the quest to set up VIOBA, there are many challenges to be meet. For example, in 1940 one efforts have been
made to build appropriate buildings in the schoolyard. In order to build the building, a small Committee was formed
which was chaired by Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. Throughout the process has been a daunting task for obtaining the
necessary permits and funds. In 2000 The VIOBA Foundation under the guidance of Dato’ Jaffar Indot, restores the
VI Clock tower. The VIOBA official website is launched to welcome the new millennium.
.

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LIST OF PRESIDENT OF VIOBA

It began with the first president held by Chan Sze Kiong who has contributed much to this association and has survived until nowadays. for
the current presidency, the VOIBA is held by K. Games. At the time of the VIOBA's establishment, there were about 25 presidents in charge
of the organization.

1922 ~ 1925 Chan Sze Kiong 1984 ~ 1986 Lee Kuan Yew, J.M.N. FIGURE 33
1926 ~ 1934 K.T. Ganapathy Pillay,J.P. 1986 ~ 1988 Chiam Tow Loon, Patrick Present president of V.I.O.B.A K.
1935 R. Thampipillay, I.S.M. 1988 ~ 1989 Low Gak Chye, Larry
1936 ~ 1939 Dr. Teh Yoke Chee, M.B.B.S. (Hong Kong) 1989 ~ 1994 Dato’ Siew Nim Chee Ganes
1940 ~ 1948 Dr. M.A. Gabriel, I.M. (Dublin), J.P. 1994 ~ 1995 Tan Sri Dato’ Shamsuddin Abdul Kadir Source from
1949 M.N. Cumarasami 1995 ~ 1999 Dato’ Mustafa Mohd. Ali http://viweb.school/vihome.htm
1950 ~ 1956 T. Rajendra, J.P. 2000 ~ 2009 Dato’ Yusli Mohamed Yusoff
1957 ~ 1961 S. Robert 2009 ~ 2013 Amrul Zeflin Anim 28
1963 ~ 1965 Lee Kuan Yew, J.M.N. 2013 ~ 2017 KC Kwek
1966 Tan Chin Guan 2017 ~ 2019 Khairuzzaman Bin Muhammad
1967 Mustafa Mohd. Ali 2019 ~ Present K. Ganes
1968 ~ 1979 S. Robert, A.M.N.
1980 ~ 1982 Lim Chooi Tee FIGURE 32
1983 ~ 1984 Khong Kim Lyew Amirul Zeflin Anim (president for

2009-2013)

Source from
http://viweb.school/vihome.htm

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LIST OF ACTIVITIES HELD BY VOIBA FIGURE 34 FIGURE 35
VIOBA Annual New Year's Eve Dance at Hotel VIOBA Annual Dinner: A sketch by present boys
satirizes ex-H.M. V. Murugasu much feared for
Majestic (1956)
patrolling the V.I. with his cane. To
Source from accompanying Star Wars theme music, Muru
http://viweb.school/vihome.htm "Vader" makes a boy eat up some litter he has

dropped. (2003)
Source from

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FIGURE 36
VIOBA Annual New Year's Eve Dance at Hotel

Majestic (early 60s)

Source from
http://viweb.school/vihome.htm

FIGURE 37 FIGURE 38
VIOBA Dinner at Mutiara Hotel to Celebrate VIOBA Interbatch Futsal Tournament 2007:

the School's 110th Anniversary ('03) Batch of 97
Source from Source from
http://viweb.school/vihome.htm
http://viweb.school/vihome.htm

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CHAPTER 5
NOTICEABLE ALUMNI

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SULTAN HASSANAL BOLKIAH, SULTAN OF BRUNEI FIGURE 39
Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah
Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Muʿizzaddin Waddaulah, (born July 15, 1946, Brunei Town [now Bandar Seri Begawan],
Brunei), 29th sultan of Brunei. Hassanal Bolkiah was the eldest son of Sultan Sir Haji Omar Ali Saifuddin. He was Source from
educated privately and later attended the Victoria Institution in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and the Royal Military https://www.britannica.com
Academy at Sandhurst, England. In 1961 Sir Omar named him crown prince, and when Sir Omar abdicated six years
later, Hassanal Bolkiah became sultan on October 5, 1967, his coronation taking place on August 1, 1968. 31

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ANANDA KRISHNAN, BUSINESSMAN AND MALAYSIA FIGURE 40
SECOND RICHEST MAN Ananda Krishnan

With the full name Tatparanandam Ananada Krishnan, the businessman was born on the first of April 1938 in Brickfields, Source from:
Kuala Lumpur. His parents spoke Tamil as the mother tongue and came from Sri Lanka.Ananda (or simply A.K. as he was https://luxatic.com
nicknamed) went to study at the Vivekananda Tamil School of Brickfields and then continued studies at the Victoria
Institution of Kuala Lumpur. At the age of 17 he was admitted to the University of Melbourne, becoming the youngest Asian 32
to be admitted. Gradually he became the leader of an empire in multimedia but it all started when he helped organize the Live
Aid concert with Bob Geldorf, during the 1980s. He owns Maxis Communications, MEASAT Broadcast Network Systems
and SES World Skies with three communications satellites around the earth. In 2002 he sold the 49% stake he had in the
KLCC Holdings property firm to Petronas and it was reported that the stake was bought by the state for $290 million. He used
around the same amount to buy the St. John’s Wood Barracks estate in London, creating a residential development in 2011
and he bought 50% stake at Hotel Des Bergues Geneva in 2005, taking the project from Prince Alwaleed.
His other ventures were to buy and sell companies for profit, privatizing Maxis, the leading communications service provider
of Malaysia, in 2007 and sold shares to the mobile-phone operator two years later at what was the largest initial public
offering in Southeast Asia.

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S. RAJATRANAM, FORMER DEPUTY OF PRIME MINISTER FIGURE 41
OF SINGAPORE S. rajatranam
Source from:
S. Rajaratnam was born in 1915 in Jaffna, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and was raised in Seremban, Malaysia, where his father http://viweb.school/
rose from being a supervisor of rubber estates to a plantation owner. He attended the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus for six
months and was transferred to St Paul's, a boys' school. He continued his education in the prestigious Victoria Institution in 33
Kuala Lumpur and then in Raffles Institution, Singapore. In 1937, He went to King's College, London, to pursue a law degree.
There he received his political awakening, became fashionably anti-imperial, anti-British, joined the socialist Left Book Club
and became a Marxist. The lack of communication between London and Malaya during the Second World War meant that
Rajaratnam could no longer receive money from his father to continue his education. He therefore turned to journalism to
earn a living, never returning to university to complete his degree.On his return to Singapore in 1948, he joined the Malayan
Tribune. In 1950, he was appointed Associate Editor of the Singapore Standard and held that post for four years. He then
worked for The Straits Times till 1959. He was the secretary of the Malayan Indian Congress and a founder member of the
Singapore Union of Journalists. His writing was clearly of the Left and anti-British, but at the same time he was not for the
Communists.

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LIST OF ARCHIVAL MATERIAL

File Description
No. Accession Number Victoria Institution, Kuala Lumpur, building
1. 2001/0052732W Additional to school buildings
2. 1957/0057312W Site of new buildings, Gombak Road
3. 1957/0239557W Diversion of Klang River
4. 1957/0196431W Reservation of land for site
5. 1957/0063819W Building grants for quarters construction
6. 1957/0109199W

7. 1957/0073804W Tender of construction of new school building in Kuala Lumpur
8. 1957/0070434W Extension of school accommodation
9. 1957/0162836W Exchange of court building

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File Description
No. Accession Number Victoria Institution, Kuala Lumpur, 1916-1917
10. 2007/0051313W Victoria Institution. Photographing Teachers with the First Teacher, Mr. B.E. Shaw.
11. 2001/0048779W The document about request for bell of H.M.S. ''Malaya'' For Victoria Institution, K.L
12. 1957/0622757W
The High Commissioner, Sir Edward Gent and Rear Admiral H.M.S Malaya, were
13. 1998/0011316W examining the honorary line at the police recruiting, police depot, Kuala Lumpur at the
time of handing the Ships Bell to the Victoria Institution as a gift on 12.9.1948.
14. 1957/0105686W
15. 1957/0104535W The front document and the content about Cadet Corps. Victoria Institution.
The front document and content about contribution by government towards a
Cadet Volunteer Corps.

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File Description
No. Accession number Award of Scholarships to boys at the Victoria Institution, Kuala Lumpur
16. 1957/0270527W Award of Queen Victoria Institution Scholarships, 1932
17. 1957/0274699W Vacant Raja Scholarship at the Victoria Institution
18. 1957/0092699W Queen Victoria Institution Scholarships, 1935 and 1936
19. 1957/0283834W

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LIST OF FIGURES

Figure Description Page
Figure 1 Victoria Institution, Kuala Lumpur, building 6
Figure 2 Additional to school buildings 7
Figure 3 Site of new buildings, Gombak Road 7
Figure 4 Diversion of Klang River 8
Figure 5 Reservation of land for site 9
Figure 6 Building grants for quarters construction 9
Figure 7 Tender of construction of new school building in Kuala Lumpur 9
Figure 8 Extension of school accommodation 9
Figure 9 Exchange of court building 9
Figure 10 Victoria Institution, Kuala Lumpur, 1916-1917 11
Figure 11 Victoria Institution. Photographing Teachers with the First Teacher, Mr. B.E. Shaw 12

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Figure Description Page
Figure 12 The document about request for bell of H.M.S. ''Malaya'' For Victoria Institution, K.L 13
Figure 13 14
The High Commissioner, Sir Edward Gent and Rear Admiral H.M.S Malaya, were examining the honorary line at the police
Figure 14 recruiting, police depot, Kuala Lumpur at the time of handing the Ships Bell to the Victoria Institution as a gift on 12.9.1948. 15
Figure 15 The front document and the content about Cadet Corps. Victoria Institution. 15
Figure 16 The front document and content about contribution by government towards a Cadet Volunteer Corps. 16
Figure 17 The samples of Victoria Scout Group Newletters 17
Figure 18 Group of student from VICCB 18
Shafie (second from left) and Federal Territories Minister Datuk Seri Zulhasnan Rafique holding up the national heritage declaration
Figure 19 plaque at the Victoria Institution, Kuala Lumpur, yesterday 19
Figure 20 Heritage Status Declaration (2009) 19
Figure 21 The restored Old V.I. building 20
Figure 22 West façade of V.I Museum 20
Figure 23 The old and new North façade of V.I Museum 20
Figure 24 The old and new South façade of V.I Museum with the picture of cadets and the fire of the building 22
Figure 25 First KL Scouts, 1954 23
Figure 26 Award of Scholarships to boys at the Victoria Institution, Kuala Lumpur 23
Award of Queen Victoria Institution scholarships, 1932

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Figure Description Page
Figure 27
Figure 28 Vacant Raja Scholarship at the Victoria Institution 23
Figure 29
Figure 30 Queen Victoria Institution Scholarships, 1935 and 1936 23
Figure 31
Figure 32 Science Labs, 1930 24
Figure 33
Figure 34 Biological Garden 25
Figure 35
The Alumni Association of the Victoria institution (VI) is known as the VIOBA (Victoria Institution Old Boys' Association 27
Figure 36
Figure 37 Amirul Zeflin Anim (president for 2009-2013) 28
Figure 38
Figure 39 Present president of V.I.O.B.A K. Ganes 28
Figure 40
Figure 41 VIOBA Annual New Year's Eve Dance at Hotel Majestic (1956) 29

VIOBA Annual Dinner: A sketch by present boys satirizes ex-H.M. V. Murugasu much feared for patrolling the V.I. with 29
his cane. To accompanying Star Wars theme music, Muru "Vader" makes a boy eat up some litter he has dropped. (2003) 29

VIOBA Annual New Year's Eve Dance at Hotel Majestic (early 60s)

VIOBA Dinner at Mutiara Hotel to Celebrate the School's 110th Anniversary (2003) 29

VIOBA Interbatch Futsal Tournament 2007: Batch of 97 29

Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah 31

Ananda Krishnan 32

S. Rajatranam 33

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INDEXES

A 1, 2, 42, 43, 44 J 13, 18, 42 S 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17,
Archives 3, 27, 28, 39 Japanese 6, 8 School 18, 19, 20, 22, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 32,
Association 26, 27, 30, 39 Jalan 33, 34, 37, 39
Alumni 4, 6, 9, 11, 14, 18, 19, 23, 31, 32, 33, Selangor 4, 11, 14, 22, 42, 43, 44
3, 14, 16, 18 K 34, 35, 36, 37, 38
B 5, 6, 7, 9, 13, 19, 20, 24, 27, 34, 37, 38 Kuala Lumpur 6, 8, 16, 34, 37 T 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17
Band Tradition
Building 3, 14, 15, 16, 18, 35, 38 Klang 6, 9, 34, 37, 43 33, 42
14, 35, 38 U
C L 12, 13, 14, 33, 35, 38, 42 Union 4, 11, 27, 41
Cadet 2, 13, 15, 35, 38 Land 33, 42, 43 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 22,
Commissioner V 23, 24, 25, 27, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36
11, 12, 25 M 2, 4, 8, 18, 38, 42, 43, 44 Victorian
D 4, 12, 24, 27, 33, 42 Malaya Victoria 20, 24, 38
Document Malayan 28
2, 40 W
E N 33 West
English 4, 6, 15, 35, 38 National
Education 6, 7, 34, 37 4, 22, 23, 36, 38, 29
O
F 13, 14, 16, 18, 27 Organization 6, 8, 16, 34, 37
Finding aids 4, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 38
6, 12, 43 P
G Prime Minister
Government 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 22,
Gombak 23, 24, 25, 27, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36 Q
Queen
H
History R
Heritage River
Headmaster

I
Institution

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