A Look Inside Penang Free School

By Ridhuan Abu Bakar

January 2016 PHOTO ESSAY
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Penang Free School (PFS) was founded on October 21, 1816 by a committee headed by Reverend Robert Sparke Hutchings. The school was open to all children regardless of race or religion, hence the name “Free School”.The current location at Jalan Masjid Negeri is not the original location of the school; before that, it was located in rented premises along Love Lane in the heart of George Town. Not until 1927 was the school fully moved to Jalan Masjid Negeri due...

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