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	THE GRAND CELEBRATION OF THE VICTORIA INSTITUTION IN THE UK AUG 31 - SEP 2, 2012. Come and join fellow Victorians at the above event and celebrate the glory of our school. Do not miss out on this truly unique and once-in-a-lifetime celebration! For a presentation and full details of the Grand Celebration, please go to our website at: http://www.wix.com/viosukcommittee/celebration Contact the organizers at:- viosuk.committee@yahoo.co.uk or viosuk.committee@gmail.com

AKAN DATANG ! V.I. 62/64 Baby Boomers 50th Anniversay Reunion in Kuala Lumpur, where it all began! In June 2008 we held our highly successful reunion at Subang. In 2012 the organizing committee invites Victorians of the Baby Boomers era with their spouses, friends and VI colleagues to the reunion of a lifetime.

We have secured the Bunga Raya Restaurant at Malaysia's No. 1 premier club, The Lake Club, on 17th November, 2012. Contact Kenneth Chong: kennethchong46@gmail.com Venki Sankar: venkisankar@hotmail.com Taib Wahab: taib2wahab@yahoo.com Khaja Maricar: maricark2@gmail.com

This Web Page is about the Victoria Institution and the Victorians who have passed through it, remembering its traditions,
honouring the past, and keeping in touch. Dedicated to all true blue Victorians around the globe. The opinions expressed in
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Dato' Mahadev Shankar An Interview (Jan 1)

VI Scout Centenary July 31, 2010 (Aug 17)

Order the LUNWT book Click here (Aug 9)

K S L Narayanan His Life Tracks (Aug 1)

Daniel Chan Weng Khuen A Tribute   (Jul 19)

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V.I./VICTORIANS IN THE NEWS Straight A Scorers (23/12) Douglas Lim: Life of Music and Great Laughs (20/11) Old Boy Kenneth Chan receives Top Astro-Mechanics Award Old Victorian Beh Suat Pheng honoured (13/11) History tells the real meaning of Merdeka (23/9) War Teaches The Meaning Of Life And Responsibility (22/9) Reuben still hopeful despite being dropped (16/9) Yew Leong is not pulling the brakes on running (13/9) The real fight for Islam (11/9)        SYMBOLS/ ICONS/ INSTITUTIONS The School Crest The Many School Songs of the V.I. The V.I.C.C.: 1901-1941 The VICC: Postwar Rebirth The Air Training Corps: 1951-1963 The First Prefects The Story of the Houses Club 21 - How it began Fighting Songs of the V.I. The School Library Three Student Publications Pt 1: The Scientific Victorian Three Student Publications Pt 2: The Analekta Three Student Publications Pt 3: The Victorian Queen Victoria's portraits The Mad, Mad, Mock Elections V.I. Drama Productions The Seladang.... the Early Years The V.I. Museum ... a virtual tour The Old V.I. Restored ... to the original design Our War Memorial V.I. Myths Debunked ...Mozart, cursed bells and haunted toilets. More V.I. Myths & Mysteries ...debunked, discussed Great Teachers - Chan Hung Chin Daniel Chan Weng Khuen  (1945 - 2011) - A Tribute (Jul 19)         THE REMINISCENCES OF Mr Chan Kum Hei Chang Sow Kong - The Accidental Soldier Mr Daniel Chan - Under Ten Headmasters Tun Ismail Mohamed Ali Mr John Doraisamy - recalls his VI years The Kaverley Duo - Have Guitars, Will Play Dr Koh Tong Chui Dato' Kok Wee Kiat Dr. G.E.D. Lewis Mr. Lim Hock Han Loh Kok Kin - Gaya, Mutu, Keunggulan Mr Loh Kung Sing - An Educationist At Heart Dato' Mahadev Shankar - The Glue that Binds Tan Sri Dr Majid Ismail Dato' Dr R. S. McCoy K S L Narayanan His Life Tracks (Aug 1)   Prof Norman Yeow-Khean Foo Tun Omar Ong - The Last Independence Fighter Prof Ooi Boon Teck - recalls his V.I. Teachers Our Two Oldest Old Boys Dr Oon Chong Teik - Thomas Cupper and Sports Doctor Raja Petra Kamaruddin - Happy Anniversary, My Dear Rosemary Ross - a Mat Salleh Girl at the V.I. Shahriza Hussein - Of Brasso and Broken Hearts Major R.J.H. Sidney's British Malaya Today Major R.J.H. Sidney's Malay Land Dato' Siew Nim Chee Slim Sreedharan - One Rare Bird Tuan Syed Shaidali Mr R. Thampipillay Mr Toh Boon Huah - The last of the VI Pillars Mr A.C.J. Towers Mr Vincent Voo - recalls his VI teaching years Dr Yoong Yan Yoong - the First V.I. Girl        FROM THE MEDIA Tan Sri Alex Lee Yu Lung  - Sportsman and Philanthropist T Ananda Krishnan  - The Entrepreneur with the Midas touch Datuk Dr G K Ananda Kumarasiri  - Pens book on Buddha Azmi Khalid - Human Rights Advocate Chan Bing Fai - Old Subjects, New Angles Chee Huan Tong - Golden Screen exec Tan Sri Chong Hon Nyan  - Civil Servant-Politician Choo MeiLeen - No Spotlight for Ms Cathay Dya Singh - Australia's Multicultural Icon Feisal Rauf - an Imam in New York Gengadharan Nair - From VI Teacher to High Court Judge Prof Goh Kuan Meng - Man of the Earth Dr Heong Kong Luen - the Farmer's Friend James Vadiveloo - an Undeclared Pro Jimmy Wong - VICC Band Director Dato' Johan Raslan - Carrying on a Legacy Kamahl -  New Aussie Honour for Malaysian-born Singer Datuk Kington Loo - Obituary to an Architect Dato' Kok Wee Kiat - A Taste for only the Best Kong Kim Yihe - Great Eastern's IT Chief Krishen Jit - a Lifetime of Theatre Dato' Mahadev Shankar - An Interview Dato' Mahadev Shankar An Interview by Cosmic magazine (Jan 1)   Tan Sri Majid Ismail - Ronggeng at the Eastern and BB Park Dr Mok Quen Quen & Dr Michael Chew - A VI Couple in the UK Mokhtar Dahari - 1982 Seladang Interview Neal Hobbs - Tales of a Prisoner of War Dato' Dr Ng Yen Yen -Life has been Kind to Her Capt Nik Huzlan - Mingling with Stars the Norm Tun Omar Ong - The Patriot with the Golden Heart Param Cumaraswamy - Lawful Battles Patrick Ng - Strokes of Wry Humour Prabu Krishnananthan - The Accidental Funnyman Datuk Rafiah Salim - Ready for National Service Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz - Really, Really Rafidah S Rajaratnam - Singapore's First Foreign Minister Tan Sri Ramon Navaratnam - His Achievements Rev Robert Chai - a Pastor in New York Robert Sundram - Victorian of the Year 2007 Dato' Dr Ronald McCoy - Victorian of the Year 2004 Rustam A. Sani - A Scholar and an Intellectual Datuk N. Sadasivan - Civil Servant Extraordinaire Dr Sam Abraham - Tribute to the Ideal Man Tan Sri Shamsuddin Kadir - named Tokoh Melayu Terbilang Sivarasa Rasiah - Social Activist Sivarasa Rasiah - Building Malaysia Sothie Paul Duraisamy - The Piano Woman Datuk Tan Chin Nam - Master in Business and Chess Tan Huck Gay - an All-Round Sportsman Tan Sen Kwang - a Judge in Alaska Teoh Siang Teik - a Hero for the Planet Thong Siew Quen - Building Castles Voon Seng Chuan - From Batu Road ... to IBM Wan Ahmad Hulaimi - Memories of Trengganu Wan Zaleha Radzi - Rides on despite the hurdles Wong Phui Nam - A Voice in the Wilderness Tan Sri Zaman Khan - Fated to Join the Police Datuk Zulhasnan Rafique - Eager beaver, but first things first        THINGS ACADEMIC Our Queen's Scholars The V.I. - Pioneer in Science Education Two Book Lists ... from 1933 V.I. and 2001 V.I.        ON THE LIGHTER SIDE :) V.I. 2000 ... How accurate was the 1975 prediction? Ho Sui-Jon - Cartoons of V.I. Life          ABOUT US Ten Years of VI Web

LISTS/COLLECTIONS/ARCHIVES The V.I. Image Gallery ... an album of images of the school and of the graphic works of artistic Victorians.   Feb 20, 2011 V.I. Personalities - over 2,000 names   regularly The V.I. Literary Archives   ... a repository of articles from The Seladang, The V.I. Echo, The Victorian and The Analekta and selected works of Victorian literati. Pic-of-the-Month Photos   ... Archive of the photos run from 1998 to 2003 A Gallery of V.I. Headmasters: 1893-2005 The V.I. Honour Board   HMs, Sports Captains, Scholars etc from 1923 - 2001 The V.I. Staff List, 1894-2001 Contact Your Old Teacher        SCHOOL HISTORY/HISTORIC EVENTS The Old V.I. - the School at the River Bend The Big School   1958     A Near Tragedy   (Dec 8) The Proudlock Saga ...It began with a murder at the HM's Bungalow ... The School Bell ... looking back over the decades The Opening of the New V.I. (1929) Mr Shaw's Last Visit (1929) A Letter from Java (1938) The Japanese Surrendered at the V.I. - TWICE! HMS Malaya Watch Bell Presentation (1947) A Concise History of the V.I. 1893-2002  Dr R. Suntharalingam's A Short History of the V.I. - the Official History (1893-1961) Historic Events of the V.I. The Centenary Celebrations (1993) Galeri Patriotik launched (2003) Happy 110th Birthday, V.I. (2003) V.I. declared National Heritage (2009) V.I. Scout Centenary (2010) - as remembered by Dennis Loh          FEATURE ARTICLES Bhaskar Guha Raye - VI's Top Gun Pilot Chan Fu Ho - the First Rodger Scholar-School Captain Composing the V.I. Centenary Song The Frangipani Tree ...Dr Lewis' Nostalgia Trip Harry Lau - an Eulogy to a V.I. teacher Jane Luton - visits her VI roots Kamahl - our Singing Star Down Under Lim Chooi Tee - V.I.'s SuperSportsman Dato' Loke Wan Tho - the Cinema King & Bird Lover Richard Liu Tai Fung - a Life Remembered The Stratton Brown Brothers -Henry and Charles The Talalla Brothers - Duty and Valour Tan Sri Dr Tan Chee Khoon - a Life of Service        SCOUTING A History of V.I. Scouting   from 1910 to 2001 Mr Foo Chee Wee's Scouting Memories ('35-'39) Prof Ooi Boon Teck's Scouting Memories ('51-'56) Dr Koh Tong Bak's Scouting Memories ('56-'62) The 30-year Search for 1st KL SM John Lever        INTERVIEWS IN SCHOOL PUBLICATIONS Tan Sri Yaacob bin Latiff General Tan Sri Hashim Md Ali Mr Ganga Singh Dato Jaffar Indot -  A Tribute Mr Ng Seo Buck Mr Richard Pavee -  the Old Boy who never left Tan Sri Dr Noordin Sopiee Tan Sri Dato' Francis Yeoh Dato Harun Idris Tan Sri Dato' Gunn Chit Tuan Dorakim - the First School Peon Cikgu Othman Md Ali - A Tribute        THE SPORTS FIELD The Annual Sports Meet The Cross-Country Run The V.I. Water Carnival (1949) The Golden Age of Athletics 70 years of VI Sports Records Our Badminton Greats        LINKS TO OTHER V.I. SITES The Official VI Home Page The Official VIOBA Home Page VIOBA Events Blog The Victorians Community Blog VIOS Worldwide Forum VICC Face Book   VI Facebook Group Dr Ng Yen Yen's Personal Website Utih - Celebrating Krishen Jit VI Photographic Society VI Yahoo Group - 1 VI Yahoo Group - 2 VI Yahoo Group - 3 VI class of '70 Yahoo Group VI Yahoo Group - U6-60,61,62 VI class of '77 Yahoo Group VI class of '82 Home Page VI class of '83 Home Page VI class of '86 Yahoo Group VI class of '86 Home Page VI class of '87 Yahoo Group VI class of '88 Yahoo Group VI Hostel '97 Yahoo Group VI class of '99 Blog The V.I. Cadet Corps Band Home Page Victoria Scout Group Alumni Yahoo Group First KL Scout Blog First KL Scout Group Victoria Institution Class of 2009   The Second KL Scouts Second KL Scouting Blog Victoria Scout Group Online VIOBA Golfers Ex-VICC Band NCOs Let us now with Thankfulness - VI Blog '66-'72 Hepponstall/Lee Kwan Yew House Blog Loke Yew House Blog Rodger House Blog SAS House Blog Shaw House Blog Thamboosamy House Blog Treacher House Blog Yap Kwan Seng House Blog SMK Jalan Hang Tuah Blog T. Wignesan's Literary Works and Personal Home Page   Malaysian Explorer - VI quick facts        REUNIONS/GATHERINGS Melbourne Old Pupils   - Feb 18, 2006 Sydney Old Pupils   - Aug 12, 2006 Sydney Old Pupils   - Oct 7, 2007 Sydney Old Pupils   - Feb, 2008 Perth Old Pupils   - Apr, 2008 The Class of 64-70  - Sep, 2008 Miss Chiew Pek Lin meets with her Old Pupils   - May, 2008 The Class of U6, 1961  - Apr 14-15, 2007 The Class of U6, 1961  - Apr 30, 2009 VIOBA 114th Gala Charity Night   - An Evening with Legends, 2007 The Arts Classes of 1962  - Nov 4, 2007 The Class of 1962/1964  - Jun 13, 2008 The Arts Classes of 1962/1963  - Aug 16, 2008 Sydney/Melbourne Reunions  - Sept./Oct., 2008 Adelaide Old Pupils  - Mar 14, 2009 The Visit of Oz by TC Koh  - Oct, 2009 The Arts Classes of 1962/63  - July, 2010 Sydney/Melbourne Reunions  - Aug, 2010

			Search our VIWeb collection above using ... a Single Word, e.g.: hockey a Phrase, e.g.: "Cross Country Run" or "Loke Yew"       [add "quotes" around an exact phrase or name] multiple words/phrases, e.g.: "Club 21" AND gangsters

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DESPERATELY SEEKING THEIR OLD VI PALS .......

Chang Soo Kong is looking for Lim Pang Hon U6B1 1962, BSc (Hons) UM 1966, Lever Brothers 66-?? Located 18/1/12

Chang Soo Kong is looking for Tan Hak Lim U6B1 1962, BSc (Hons) UM 1966, hometown Seremban

Chang Soo Kong is looking for Low Koon Chuan U6B1 1962, BSc (Hons) UM 1967, lived in Sentul

Alan Tan Woo Tee is looking for John Kay Soon Hon PRES then VI 1958 1962. He lived in London. Wife Helen Kay runs a website. Was with IBM as a Computer Operator.

Alan Tan Woo Tee is looking for Eric Tan (Form 1) in VI in 1962 or 1961. A swimmer, water polo player, tall and lanky. Met him in UK M'sian Golfing Soc. Goes to mainland China a lot. Last place he lived in was Milton Keynes, in East Anglia.

Please email Chung Chee Min with any information.

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Created: 7 March 1995.
Last update: 12 January 2012.

PageKeepers:
Dr. Alan Teh atkh99@yahoo.co.uk
Ooi Boon Kheng ooibk@pop.jaring.my
Chung Chee Min cmchung@excite.com