Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The old school building was turned into Hutchings School; today, this particular building houses the Penang State Museum. In 1958, the then Prime Minister of Malaya and an alumnus of Penang Free School, Tunku Abdul Rahman, opened the school's Form 6 block, making it the first school in northern Malaya to offer secondary education up to Form 6. [1]
Robert Sparke Hutchings (11 April 1781 – 20 April 1827) was an English clergyman who initiated the founding in 1816 of Penang Free School, one of the oldest English-medium schools in Southeast Asia, [2] [a] in Penang in present-day Malaysia.
Ralph Henry Pinhorn OBE (11 July 1871 – 1 May 1938) was a British educationalist and headmaster of the Penang Free School, the oldest English-medium school in Southeast Asia, from 1904 to 1925. Early life and education
The museum building used to house the Penang Free School in 1821–1927. After Penang Free School moved to a new building in Green Lane, the Hutchings School took over the building in January 1928 and used it until 1960. The museum was opened by Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Penang Raja Uda Raja Muhammad on 14 April 1965. [1]
The Old Protestant Cemetery (Malay: Tanah Perkuburan Protestan Lama), also known as Northam Road Cemetery, is a disused Protestant cemetery in George Town, Penang, Malaysia. After more than a century of neglect, it is now listed as a Class 1 Heritage Site and is maintained by the Penang Heritage Trust.
1. Visit https://mail.aol.com. 2. Sign in with your username and password. 3. Click Contacts to see your Address Book.
[citation needed] In 1896, John W. Kerr, an employee of the East India Company, [3] took over the lease and made numerous improvements to the site, naming it "the Crag", [2] and it became a popular retreat for Europeans living in George Town and on Penang Island as a place to escape the intense heat and humidity of the lower coastal areas. [4]
A Chinese court sentenced U.S. pastor David Lin to life in prison in 2009, but he's been released ahead of China's Thanksgiving-like Mid-Autumn Festival.