Victoria Institution

Victoria Institution (VI)
Jalan Hang Tuah, 55200
,
Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia
Information
TypeAll-boys secondary school
MottoBe Yet Wiser - To be a scholar, sportsman and a gentleman
Established14 August 1893 (1893-08-14)
PrincipalEn Abd Samad bin Othman
GradesForms 1 – 6
GenderMale
Co-educational (Form 6)
Colours  Oxford Blue
  Cambridge Blue
AccreditationCluster School of Excellence
NewspaperThe Seladang
YearbookThe Victorian
AlumniVictoria Institution Old Boys Association (VIOBA)
Websitesites.google.com/moe-dl.edu.my/victoria-institution/

The Victoria Institution (commonly known as VI) is an all-boys secondary school in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[1] It is one of the earliest and most prominent secondary schools in the city and was established as a memorial school commemorating the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887.[2]

VI is a secondary school for male students only from Form 1 to 5. Female students are accepted for Form 6 (Lower and Upper) and the students are known as Victorians.

Victoria Institution in 2025

History

Victoria Institution in 1905

VI was founded following a public subscription initiative to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887.[1] The school was further supported by financial contributions from the Sultan and government of Selangor, as well as prominent residents of Kuala Lumpur.[2]

The foundation stone was laid on 14 August 1893 by Lady Treacher, wife of the then Resident of Selangor, Sir William Hood Treacher.[2] The school officially opened on 28 July 1894 at its original site along what is now Jalan Tun H.S. Lee.[1]

Due to frequent flooding from the Klang River, the school relocated to Shaw Road (now Jalan Hang Tuah) on 26 March 1929.[3]

THE BRITISH REOCCUPATION OF MALAYA SE6801
General Officer Commanding Malaya Command, Lieutenant General F W Messervy KBE, CB, DSO, receives the sword of General Itagaki, Commander of the Japanese 7 Area Army, which controlled Malaya, Java, Sumatra, Nicobar and Andaman Islands, parts of Borneo and Siam, at a formal ceremony of surrender held in the grounds of VI

On 13 September 1945, the Victoria Institution was the site of the formal surrender of the 29th Imperial Japanese Army to Lieutenant-General Ouvry Roberts of the British 34th Indian Corps.[4][5]

The old building was then used for the premises of the Technical College up until the 1950s when the new Technical College building at Jalan Gurney (now Jalan Semarak) was completed and officially opened on the 1 March 1955 by Sir Donald MacGillivray, the British High Commissioner to Malaya.[3]

It then housed High Street School before relocated to Setapak High School.

From the 1980s, the old premises were managed as a cultural centre known as Taman Budaya and later came under the administration of the National Department for Culture and Arts.[6]

In 2009, the school reverted from the name SMK Victoria to Victoria Institution following approval in recognition of its historical significance and heritage status.[7][8]

The original VI badge with actual Oxford & Cambridge Blues

Campus

The Main Hall at E Block.

The school campus features a clock tower flanked by two sports pavilions overlooking a large central field. It also includes a 25-metre swimming pool and athletics facilities, making it among the earliest schools in the region to have such infrastructure.[9]

Aerial view of VI
Victoria Institution front view
The main building with the two pavillions facing the field
View from Jalan Hang Jebat

Student leadership and traditions

Prefect system

Student leadership at Victoria Institution includes a prefect system that has historically played a role in school discipline and governance. An opinion column in Malay Mail described the school’s prefects’ board as among the earliest established in the region, highlighting its longstanding influence within the school community.[10]

Co-curricular activities

Victoria Institution maintains a cadet corps as part of its co-curricular activities, and according to the school’s official background information, the unit was established in 1901 by the school’s first headmaster, En. Bennet Eyre Shaw[11]

The Pasukan Kadet Bersatu Malaysia (PKBM), with which school cadet units are aligned nationally, was formally established under the Pasukan Kadet Bersatu Malaysia Act 1967 (Act 68).[11]

Victoria Institution Cadet Corps Infantry (V.I.C.C.I)

Sports

Rugby

Victoria Institution has a long-established rugby program and regularly competes in the Super Schools Rugby (SSR) championship, Malaysia’s premier inter-school rugby competition.

In 2025, Victoria Institution reached the final of the SSR competition but finished as runners-up after a closely contested match against MRSM Balik Pulau.[12]

The school also organises the annual Victoria Institution Premier 10s Rugby Tournament, which has been reported as a significant event in the Malaysian schools rugby calendar.[13]

Victoria institution rugby

Football

The Victoria Institution football team has achieved success at state and national levels, winning the Manchester United Premier Cup Malaysia in 2009 and 2013 and representing Malaysia at regional competitions.[14][15]

MU Premier Cup

Cricket

Cricket at Victoria Institution has recently been strengthened through a joint venture with the Malaysian Cricket Association (MCA), with the school designated as a “State Centre of Excellence” under the National Cricket Development Programme following a formal agreement involving MCA, KLCA and VI.[16]

The school cricket ground hosted eight matches during the 1997 ICC Trophy.[17] It also hosted List A cricket matches during the 1998 Commonwealth Games, including fixtures involving Pakistan, Scotland, Malaysia, and Jamaica.[18][19]

VI Green as the main ground for rugby, football and cricket

Headmasters and Headmistresses

The following is a chronological list of headmasters and headmistresses of Victoria Institution.[20]

No. Name Tenure Notes
1 G. W. Hepponstall 1893 Acting
2 Bennett Eyre Shaw 1894–1922
3 R. F. Stainer 1897 Acting
4 Rev. Knight-Clark 1900 Acting
5 J. H. Tyte 1905 Acting
6 William J. Proudlock 1910 Acting
7 C. G. Coleman 1914 Acting
8 M. Wheatley Apr 1922–Feb 1923 Acting
9 Richard J. H. Sidney Feb 1923–Feb 1926
10 G. C. Davies Feb 1926–Jun 1930
11 R. F. Gunn Jun 1929–Aug 1929 Acting
12 Frederick L. Shaw Aug 1929–Mar 1930 Acting
13 Edgar de la Mothe Stowell Jun 1930–Dec 1930 Acting
14 Frederick L. Shaw Jan 1931–Jul 1936
15 H. R. Carey Feb 1934–Nov 1934 Acting
16 J. B. Neilson Jul 1936–Jun 1937
17 C. E. Gates Jun 1937–Jan 1942
18 E. H. Wilson Nov 1939–Aug 1940 Acting
19 M. Vallipuram Feb 1946–Sep 1946 Acting
20 Ng Seo Buck Oct 1946 Acting
21 Frederick Daniel Oct 1946–May 1949
22 E. M. F. Payne May 1949–May 1952
23 A. H. Hill Jul 1951–Dec 1951 Acting
24 A. Godman May 1952–Jul 1952 Acting
25 J. N. Davis Jul 1952–Apr 1953
26 G. P. Dartford 1953–1955
27 A. Atkinson May 1954–Dec 1954 Acting
28 Peter Roberts May 1955–Dec 1955
29 Gerwyn E. D. Lewis 1956–1962
30 A. G. Young Apr 1958–Aug 1958 Acting
31 Lim Eng Thye Feb 1961–Aug 1961 Acting
32 Alan D. Baker 1962–1964
33 V. Murugasu 1964–1969
34 Tan Cheng Or 1970–1971
35 V. Somasundram 1971–1973
36 Victor Gopal 1973–1976
37 Abdul Rahim bin Che Teh 1976–1978
38 Baharum bin Othman 1978–1979
39 Abdul Shukor bin Haji Abdullah 1979–1982
40 Abdul Rahim bin Abdul Majid 1982–1988
41 Shuib bin Dahaban 1988–1992
42 Robeahtun Haji Ahmad Damanhuri 1992–1995
43 Othman bin Husin 1996
44 Salha Othman 1996–1998
45 Baharom Kamari 1999–2001
46 Taslim Sarbini 2002–2003
47 Muhamad Khailani Abdul Jalil 2004–2007
48 Azizah binti Othman 2008–2009
49 Maslan bin Buniran 2010–2016
50 Kamarul Azman bin Md Arif 2016–2020
51 Nur Elisa Tee Lee Hwa 2021–2023
52 Abdul Samad bin Othman 2023– Incumbent

Alumni

Vioba club house victoria institution
Victoria Institution Old Boys' Association, the school's alumni

The school's alumni organisation, the Victoria Institution Old Boys' Association (VIOBA), was founded in 1922 and remains active in Malaysia and abroad.[21]

Notable alumni

Royalty

  • Hassanal Bolkiah – Sultan of Brunei; attended Victoria Institution in Kuala Lumpur from 1961 to 1963.[22]

Politician

  • Prabowo Subianto – 8th President of Indonesia; attended Victoria Institution in Kuala Lumpur from 1962 to 1964.[23]
  • S. Rajaratnam – Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore.[24]
  • Rafidah Aziz – Malaysian politician and former Minister of International Trade and Industry.[25]
  • Harun Idris – Malaysian politician; former Menteri Besar of Selangor.[26]
  • Shafie Apdal – Malaysian politician and former Chief Minister of Sabah.[27]
  • Yaacob Abdul Latiff – Former Mayor of Kuala Lumpur (1972–1983) and Malaysian politician.[28]
  • Zulhasnan Rafique – Malaysian politician; Minister of Federal Territories (2006–2008).[29]

Military

  • Mohamed Hashim Mohd Ali – Malaysian military officer; 9th Chief of the Malaysian Armed Forces.[30]
  • Abdul Latif Ahmad – Malaysian military officer, retired brigadier general who served during Confrontation, Communist insurgency and led special forces in Somalia.[31]
  • K. Thanabalasingam – Malaysian naval officer who served as the first Malaysian Chief of the Royal Malaysian Navy from 1967 to 1976.[32]

Banking

  • Ismail Mohamed Ali – second Governor of the Central Bank of Malaysia and Chairman of Permodalan Nasional Berhad.[33]

Business

Diplomacy

  • Ramanathan Vengadesan – former Malaysian ambassador to Italy who served 35 years as a career diplomat.[36]

Economics

  • Ramon Navaratnam – Economist and civil servant.[37]

Law and judiciary

  • Anuar Zainal Abidin – Malaysian jurist and former Chief Judge of Malaya; served in the Malaysian judiciary for over 30 years before retiring as Chief Judge in 1997.[38][39]
  • Gunn Chit Tuan – Malaysian jurist and former Chief Judge of the High Court of Malaya [40]
  • Gopal Sri Ram – Malaysian lawyer and former Federal Court judge [41]
  • Mahadev Shankar – Malaysian lawyer and former Court of Appeal judge. [42]
  • Yong Pung How – Singaporean jurist and former Chief Justice of Singapore [43]
  • Tommy Thomas – Malaysian lawyer and former Attorney General of Malaysia (2018–2020) [44]
  • Mohd Zaman Khan – Malaysian police officer and former Commissioner General of the Malaysian Prisons Department [45][46]

Sports

Medicine

  • Ronald McCoy – Obstetrician and peace activist.[50]
  • Abdul Latiff bin Abdul Razak (1889–1956) – Physician.[51]

Arts

  • Amir Muhammad – Malaysian filmmaker and writer.[25]
  • Aziz Mirzan Murad (Jit Murad) – Actor and writer.

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