St. George's Institution, Malaysia
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The historical 1915 academic block of St. George's Institution.
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Station Road, 34000 Taiping, Perak Malaysia |
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| Type | Government-Aided Non-Boarding all-boys secondary school |
| Motto | Honor Virtutis Praemium |
| Established | 18 January 1915 |
| School district | Larut, Matang and Selama |
| Principal | Mr.Goh Boon Kun |
| Grades | 1-6 |
| Gender | Boys Coeducational (Form Six) |
| Enrolment | 1410 (2008) |
| Colour(s) | Green and White |
| Founder | De La Salle Brothers |
| Chairman | Dato' Ong Chin Choon, DPMP, PMP, PJ |
| Employees | 83 teachers and 15 general staff |
| Abbreviation | SGI |
| Website | sgi |
Saint George's Institution (Malay: Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Saint George) is a secondary school for boys (and girls for Sixth Form) and is one of the oldest schools in Taiping, Perak. The school is widely known as by its initial "SGI" and the students of St. George's Institution are called Georgians for boys and Georgianas for girls.
It was founded by a group of La Salle brothers from Penang as a Catholic boys' school. The school is surrounded by four roads, Station Road (front), Barrack Road (behind), Cross Street No. 9 and Cross Street No. 10. The school motto is, Honor Virtutis Praemium which means honour is the reward of virtue.
On 4 March 1914, Brother James Joseph Byrne visited the town Taiping, Perak. He suggested to the then British Resident of Perak, Sir Reginald George Watson (1913–1919), for the establishment of a Catholic school for boys. His request was approved by the Perak State Government, and a piece of land nearby the hospital was granted. The land was donated by the Kwa Family, one of the wealthy Chinese families of the town. In 1914, the foundation stone was laid by the then Acting Resident of Perak, Oliver Marks, and the opening ceremony was attended by prominent European families and Malay rulers where most of them comprised from the State Council Members and the social elites in Perak.
The school was completed in 1915, with 7 teachers, 49 students and 6 classes, housed together in the original three-storey building. The St. George's main building was designed by a colonial architect from Penang, in the mixture of Neo-Grec and Neo-Romanesque architecture, with two wings and a main porch in front (facing the Station Road). The charming building is still standing today and serves as the school's front facade.
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