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7 unusual facts about Victoria Institution


Hang Tuah station

Located on the northwestern tip of Pudu, the station is in the vicinity of the Methodist Boys School, Victoria Institution, the former Pudu Prison, the Hang Tuah police station and the National Stadium.

Kolej DPAH Abdillah, Kuching

The school has been competitive in the Young Entrepreneurs Program, and it won several national awards in 2002 and 2005, defeating other schools in Malaysia, two of which are MCKK and Victoria Institution.

R. Thampipillay

They give an interesting vignette of the personalities of the Victoria Institution and life in Kuala Lumpur in the early twentieth century.

Raja Nong Chik Zainal Abidin

He attended Methodist Boys' School, Kuala Lumpur and later Victoria Institution before studying at the Royal Military College.

Setapak High School

The school complex, built in 1893, formerly housed Victoria Institution (VI) until 1929 when VI moved to its new premises in Petaling Hill.

Sivarasa Rasiah

Reminiscing on his early days in an interview with the New Straits Times, Siva said, "I was trying to get into medicine after high school in Victoria Institution but didn't make the grade.

St. George's Institution, Malaysia

The school reopened at the end of the war along with other schools, such as SMK King Edward VII, St. John's Institution, SMK Victoria Institution and St. Michael's Institution.



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