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Penang Free School (PFS), located at Green Lane in George Town, Penang, Malaysia, is the oldest English-medium school in Southeast Asia. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] Founded in 1816, its academic achievements lead to its inclusion in the Malaysian Ministry of Education 's Cluster School and High Performance School systems.
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 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.
Penang Hill, with a height of 833 m (2,733 ft), is the highest point in Penang, serving as a water catchment area and a green lung for the city. [ 96 ] [ 97 ] In 2021, the 12,481 ha (124.81 km 2 ) Penang Hill Biosphere Reserve, which includes the Penang Botanic Gardens and the 2,562 ha (25.62 km 2 ) Penang National Park , was inscribed as a ...
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]
Pitt Street was named after William Pitt the Younger, who was the Prime Minister of Great Britain between 1783 and 1801.. When Captain Francis Light founded Penang Island in 1786, he renamed the island the Prince of Wales Island in honour of the Prince of Wales, the new settlement of George Town after King George III and the first street within the settlement after himself.
The park is maintained by the Penang Development Corporation. The cost of diverting and restoring the old canal, as well as the construction of the new canal and "archaeological" works, was RM9.1 million ringgit, while the Old Prangin Market was being restored at a cost of RM5.1 million. [2]