jan 1, 1905 - Malay College Kuala Kangsar (1905)

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Known as “the Eaton College of the East”, Malay College was established in 1905 by Richard James Wilkinson, the British Inspector of schools for the Federated Malay States, to educate boys of Malay royalty. The idea was supported by The Sultan of Perak at the time, Sultan Idris Murshidul Azan Shah I and was the first fully residential school in Malaysia. Wilkinson argued the need for,-


“establishing at a suitable locality in the F.M.S., a special residential school for the education of Malays of good family and for the training of Malay boys for admission to certain branches of Government service”.

bina benih, tanam dalam government.

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