Ferry Cruise of Penang Free School Class of 1964 to 1970 ~ Part 4

Ferry Cruise of Penang Free School Class of 1964 to 1970 ~ Part 4 on Thursday, October 20, 2016 

Ferry Cruise of Penang Free School Class of 1964 to 1970 ~ Part 4 on Thursday, October 20, 2016. The Luxury Cruise Terminal is seen in the distance.

Ferry Cruise of Penang Free School Class of 1964 to 1970 ~ Part 4 on Thursday, October 20, 2016. The Buffet Spread is getting ready for the hungry diners.

Ferry Cruise of Penang Free School Class of 1964 to 1970 ~ Part 4 on Thursday, October 20, 2016. Soft drinks and refreshments are available.

Ferry Cruise of Penang Free School Class of 1964 to 1970 ~ Part 4 on Thursday, October 20, 2016. The early birds are taking their seats.

Ferry Cruise of Penang Free School Class of 1964 to 1970 ~ Part 4 on Thursday, October 20, 2016. The main organizer Mr Teoh Hock Eng opened the event.

Ferry Cruise of Penang Free School Class of 1964 to 1970 ~ Part 4 on Thursday, October 20, 2016. Spouses of our Class-mates of the Class 1964 to 1970.

Ferry Cruise of Penang Free School Class of 1964 to 1970 ~ Part 4 on Thursday, October 20, 2016. The rest of the class-mates are also getting seats.

Ferry Cruise of Penang Free School Class of 1964 to 1970 ~ Part 4 on Thursday, October 20, 2016. The sunset scene behind the diners was indeed beautiful.

Ferry Cruise of Penang Free School Class of 1964 to 1970 ~ Part 4 on Thursday, October 20, 2016. Another quick group photograph of class-mates from Canada, Malacca, Kuala Lumpur and from Penang.

Ferry Cruise of Penang Free School Class of 1964 to 1970 ~ Part 4 on Thursday, October 20, 2016. Glad to meet said Sin Teik from Singapore witnessed by Dr Dayal from Kuala Trengganu and Dr Quah from Penang.

Ferry Cruise of Penang Free School Class of 1964 to 1970 ~ Part 4 on Thursday, October 20, 2016. My group of good friends while we were in School, is seen here.

Penang Free School is a secondary school located on Green Lane (officially Jalan Masjid Negeri), George Town, Penang, Malaysia. Penang Free School is the first English-medium school in Southeast Asia, and is the oldest recorded school in the country. Alumni are known as “Old Frees”. There is a history of rivalry with St. Xavier’s Institution, another of Penang’s premier schools, which also claims to be Malaysia’s oldest school.

History

The school was founded by Rev. Robert Sparke Hutchings on 21 October 1816, on the island of Penang, Malaya. Its first headmaster was Mr. William Cox 1816-1821. Its premises on Farquhar Street first housed the Hutchings School, but is now the Penang State Museum and Art Gallery. In 1928, the school moved to its current location on Green Lane(officially Jalan Masjid Negeri). The school hosted the first communist cell ever to penetrate a Malayan school. Several of the schoolmasters were socialist in outlook and encouraged the formation of the cell, which produced a cadre of communist leaders who made their careers in China. The communist cell was suppressed in the late 1930s.

The school received cluster school status from the Malaysian Ministry of Education in 2007.

Inserted from Wikipedia by SP Lim