Wednesday, September 21, 2011

MAHSOPA EXTENDS BEST WISHES TO ORGANISING COMMITTEE OF MHS 185th. ANNIVERSARY BASH

22nd. September 2011

MAHSOPA Committee has been officially invited to attend the Malacca High School 185th. Anniversary Celebrations and Dinner from 24th. to 25th. September 2011.

MAHSOPA was invited by the Organising Committee of the Malacca High School 185th. Anniversary which consists of former MHS pupils and teachers in Malacca.

MAHSOPA will be sending a delegation from Kuala Lumpur to attend the Grand Reunion Dinner while our President shall be meeting with old pupils most likely at the Golf site i.e. at Ayer Keroh Golf and Country Club.

MAHSOPA wishes to extend our heartfelt congratulations to the Organising Committee for inviting us to celebrate together this auspicious occasion of our Alma Mater. We congratulate you for taking the initiative in organising these celebrations and the Grand Reunion Dinner.

SYABAS AND BE SEEING YOU ALL IN THE CELEBRATIONS AND DINNER.

MELIORA HIC SEQUAMUR

MALACCA HIGH SCHOOL 185TH. ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS PROGRAMME (24TH.-25TH. SEPTEMBER 2011)

Malacca High School celebrates 185th anniversary

2011/09/21

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MALACCA: With an illustrious history dating back to 1826, the iconic Malacca High School will be celebrating its 185th anniversary this weekend with an exciting line-up of games and activities for its past and present pupils and teachers.
The celebrations will kick off with the Games Carnival on Saturday and Sunday where students will pit their skills at cricket, hockey, netball, golf and football.

The cricket, netball and football matches will be held at the MHS Padang while the 6-a-side hockey tournament and the golf tournament will be held at the Bukit Serindit Hockey Stadium and the Ayer Keroh Country Club, respectively.


Past pupils and their families can also reminisce about their schooldays during a trip down memory lane at their alma mater on Sunday from 9am followed by a fellowship and nostalgic tuckshop fare at the MHS hall from 11.30am to 12.30pm.

The highlight of the celebrations is the 185th anniversary dinner specifically for former pupils and staff, their spouses and current employees of the school.

The dinner, priced at RM80 per person, will be held from 6pm to 11pm on Sunday at Hotel Equatorial Malacca. For details, call Dr Ee Tiang Lock at 06-282 0161/06-286 8146 or Aljan at 016-284 4684.


The Malacca High School, a premier school, is the second oldest school in the country. It is now a cluster school.

Founded on Dec 7, 1826, MHS was initially known as the Malacca Free School. Its name was changed to Malacca High School when the government took over its management from the Christian mission in 1878.

Some of MHS's prominent alumni include statesmen Tun Tan Cheng Lock and his son, Malaysia's first finance minister Tun Tan Siew Sin, former deputy governor of Bank Negara Malaysia and former managing director of Petronas Datuk Rastam Hadi, former chief secretary to the government Tun Abdullah Salleh, High Court Judge Tan Sri Lal Chand Vohrah who was also ad litem judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and Shirley Geok-Lin Lim, a UCLA Professor of English, who chairs the School of Education of UCLA and winner of Commonwealth Poetry Prize and National Book Award.

MHS 66 GRAND REUNION DINNER ON 1ST. OCTOBER 2011

The Malacca High School of 1966 (MHS 66) will be holding its 2nd. Grand Reunion dinner at Mahkota Hotel, Malacca on 1st. October 2011 at 7.30pm.

For details, call Seet Kim Seng at 012-639 6428, Chua Eng Him at 016-660 6739 or Leo Ann Mean at 012-606 8265