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The Malay College Kuala Kangsar, or MCKK, is where the cream of the Malay society received their education. I explored it along with the other heritage sites in Kuala Kangsar when doing the documentation for the AsiaExplorers Kuala Kangsar Self-Guided Tour.
When it was first opened in 1905, under the name Malay Residential School, only the children of the Royal Family, high ranking Malay dignitaries and royal court officials were received. At that time, it operated in its original attap premises. The syllabus was a fusion of modern education with knowledge of Islam and Malay culture mixed in. The first headmaster was W. Hargreaves. The name of the school was changed to Maktab Melayu, or Malay College in 1909.
Malay College Kuala Kangsar
In 1929, the Malay College Old Boys Association was formed. During the Japanese Occupation, it was used by the Japanese Army as the Administrative Office.
In 1947, the college adopted the motto Fiat Sapientia Virtus.Fiat Sapientia Virtus, which means "Let manliness come through wisdom."
Today, the Malay College Kuala Kangsar is regarded as one of the best boarding schools in the country, and some of the Malay political and corporate figures hail from this institution. Among them was Dato' Onn Jaafar, one of the founding members of UMNO; the first Yang Dipertuan Agung, His Majesty Tuanku Abdul Rahman ibni Al-marhum Tuanku Mohammed; and the Deputy Yang Dipertuan Agung, His Highness Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah ibni Al-marhum Sultan Aladdin Sulaiman Shah of Selangor.
