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Toh Boon Huah Last of the VI Pillars (Jul 1)

"Let us now with thankfulness" Installment #4 (Jul 1)

1961 Batch hold second reunion (Jun 1)

Adelaide Victorians hold first Reunion (Apr 1)

Ah Fatt Stories The fatty of the 50s & 60s returns (Mar 1)

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V.I./VICTORIANS IN THE NEWS VICC Band off to Italy (2/7) PM takes swipe at V.I. (27/6) VICC Band Centennial Tattoo (2/6) VI get revenge over BJSS (1/6)        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 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        THE REMINISCENCES OF Mr Chan Kum Hei Chang Sow Kong - The Accidental Soldier Mr Daniel Chan - Under Ten Headmasters Tun Ismail Mohamed Ali 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 Dato' Mahadev Shankar - The Glue that Binds Tan Sri Dr Majid Ismail Dato' Dr R. S. McCoy 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 Toh Boon Huah The last of the VI Pillars (Jul 1)  Mr A.C.J. Towers Dr Yoong Yan Yoong - the First V.I. Girl        FROM THE MEDIA Tan Sri Alex Lee Yu Lung  - Sportsman and Philanthropist Azmi Khalid - Human Rights Advocate 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 Lee Ching Boon - World Bank's Catalyst for Change Dato' Mahadev Shankar - An Interview 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 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 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 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

LISTS/COLLECTIONS/ARCHIVES The V.I. Image Gallery ... an album of images of the school and of the graphic works of artistic Victorians. 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   (Feb 1)   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. Victoria Institution declared National Heritage   (Feb 14)          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 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        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 Victorian Times on YouTube   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 Group Victoria Institution Class of 2009   The Second KL Scouts Victoria Scout Group Online VIOBA Golfers Ex-VICC Band NCOs donplaypuks - An ex-Victorian's satirical blog Let us now with Thankfulness A VI Blog from '66 - '72   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          ABOUT US Ten Years of VI Web

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Rivalry Games 2009 - SJI vs VI 13 June - St. John's Institution, Kuala Lumpur. It was a special day for current students and ex-students of two of Kuala Lumpur's premier schools and sworn rivals, St. John's Institution (SJI) and Victoria Institution (VI) who were there at the SJI grounds to witness the soft launch of the inaugural Rivalry Games between the two schools. The idea for the games was mooted by the alumni associations of both schools, SJI Alumni Association (SJIAA) and VI Old Boys' Association (VIOBA) and over the coming months five events are scheduled to be played out between these two great institutions. Football was the first event of the games and the present boys of SJI and VI took the field to kick start Rivalry Games 2009. The VI boys came out trumps with a 5-0 scoreline over the SJI boys. Next up, the Presidents of both alumni associations, Dato' Zulkifli Ishak of SJIAA and Encik Amul Zeflin Anim of VIOBA gave brief speeches and officially launched Rivalry Games 2009. The committee members of both association then faced-off in a penalty shootout which acted as a launch gambit for the games. The VIOBA won 4-2. The highlight of the day came next when ex-Johanians and ex-Victorians played out an interesting and closely fought match. The ex-Johanians took an early lead but in the end the ex-Victorians won the match with a 3-2 scoreline. The day ended with the prize giving ceremony for the winners on the day, but the icing on the cake was the singing of the school songs by students and ex-students of both school. The next event for Rivalry Games 2009 is badminton which is scheduled on 4 July 2009 at SJI. Come along and cheer our side!

VI Heritage Umbrellas at only RM 93 each. A special souvenir certificate commemorating VI's declaration as a National Heritage is included free with each purchase. RM 10 from the sale will be donated for VI Board of Committee Society. Please call Mr Raie at 016 - 230 6589 to purchase.

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