My 11 - Where Leaders Were Born

"When you have all the best students cramped into one place, there is bound to be a lot of jostling to be no. 1."
- Wan Abdul Hakim (Class of 85); ADUN Air Putih, Terengganu.

The Malay College Kuala Kangsar
(Established 2nd January 1905)

I didn't have much entry for Taiping. A lot of places that we planned were eventually have to be ceased in view of weather and other unexpected reasons. Place like Bukit Larut or famous known as Maxwell Hill has to be canceled as we missed the jeep-ride time. But we did go to the Night Safari - the finest zoo in Malaysia, if you ask me.

From left : the school's canteen and the cloaktower; stairs leading to 1st floor.

After a night spent in Taiping, we moved to Kuala Kangsar; a particularly sentimental place for my father. Being one of the 'Old Boys', Kuala Kangsar was a second home for him as he spent nearly 5 years there. For me - being Hamidians, WTH! But I cannot ignore the fact that most our leaders were from MCKK. Only now that the college showed some declined as they're not performed well as they should be.

From left : the main building of MCKK; there're 4 houses in the college -origins name from the previous ruler - house of Ahmad, Sulaiman, Mohd Shah and Idris.

MCKK or Malay College of Kuala Kangsar - often some dubbed it as 'Eton of the East' (based on Eton College, England famously known as the chief nurse of England's statesmen) was establised by Mr R J Wilkinson - Inspector of Schools for the Federated Malay States during that time in January 2nd 1905. It was built as a special resedential for the education of Malays of good family and for the training of Malay boys for admission of certain branches of government services. Well it's seems a long history.

The Clock Tower. The tower and the administration block was opened by the High Commissioner for the Federation of Malaya Sir Donald MacGillivray in 1955.