3714. Tanjong Lobang School

Tanjong, 1963/64

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In December 1962 my sister, Rose finished sixth form and she won a scholarship to go for further studies in Australia. She came back from Kuching and she was not very sure whether she should go out to find a job to support her younger brother and sister or should she continue with her own education. She consulted my uncle and guardian, Lucas Thien about her dilemma. He was not pleased at all with her scholarship award for some strange reasons because I remember even now what he said to Rose. It made her cry.

“What about your brother and sister? Don’t be selfish, Rose. Go out; find a job and work to support your own brother and sister!” This almost resulted in Rose giving up her Colombo Plan scholarship! Fortunately she didn’t. The next thing I knew she took me to see the district officer in Miri and arranged for me to enter Tanjong Lobang School as a boarder. I was the only local boarder from Miri town. All the other boarders came from remote parts of Sarawak like Bintulu, Sarikei and Kanowit. The day scholars were Paul Lee, Hata Solhi and Lucas Chua. They were my classmates in St. Joseph's Miri. As soon as I was settled into boarding school, Rose left for Australia. She attended the University of New England in Armidale, a small town north of Sydney.

First 6th form class

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First sixth form class of 1964:

Standing l to r (back row):

Timothy Liaw Aik Hon, Lankie Simbas*, Lucas Chua*, Richard Lau*, Thomas Lin. Thaddeous Demong, Anthony Najod.

Second row, l to r:
Sie Yuan Seng, Hatta Solhi, Paul Lee, Lee Ting Leong, Chih Ching Ping, Alphonsus Sia,Ting Huat Tung, David Chin, Innocent Wong, Paul Ling Hwa Ing, Dominic Wong.

Front row, l to r:
Joseph Nuing, Arbie Zainuddin, Matnor Daim, Denys Lang*, Leong Mei Kim,Jolhi Sa'ar, Tony Hung, Peter Hati, Jampong Seliong* (* diseased)

The first form 6 class was made up of students mainly from the ulu parts of Sarawak. They have come to Miri because their schools did not have sixth form. There were the St. Anthony’s boys from Sarikei: Ting Huat Tung, Paul Ling, Innocent and Dominic Wong, Thomas Lin and Lee Ting Leong. Tony Hung and Arbie Zainnudin came from Sacred Heart, Sibu. Danys Lang, Lankie Simbas, Anthony Najod, Thaddeous Demong and Mosko Ruben were from Kanowit. Chih Ching Ping came from Marudi. The Miri boys were Lucas Chua, Paul Lee, David Chin, Hatta Solhi and Jolhi Sa'ar. From Bintulu came Leong Mei Kim, the only girl in sixth form science. She later married Ting Huat Tung. They now live happily in Melbourne.

Most of these people later on won Colombo Plan, Sarawak Foundation or other scholarships and when they graduated from oversea universities and returned to work in Sarawak. They became heads of government departments and business leaders. A few stayed on overseas and never returned to Sarawak after they finished their courses. I chose to return to Miri in 1972 because my guarantor would go to jail otherwise.

On the whole, the Colombo Plan scheme back-fired. Instead of helping us, it began a brain drain from the developing countries to the donor countries which continued to this day. I am living in New Zealand. I know at least 20 other school mates living now in Canada, America and Australia. Two of my own children have again migrated from NZ to Australia. Where their children will go next is any one's guess. My grand father Chin Yu, a Haka ngin (gypsy) left Kwangtung province in 1905 during a famine. He migrated to Sabah and worked a rubber garden, tapping rubber. My father [migrated] to Sarawak in order to finish high school. I was born in Miri and know the place very well because I lived there for 45 years. I took my family to NZ in 1995. My sons are living in Australia and so it continues for the Chin family.

Hakas hold no allegiance to any one country because we have become world citizens. Many Haka ngin have migrated to all the famous gold fields all over the world. Some became farmers working on market gardens, planting vegetables. Others operated laundries and take-away restaurants. Their descendants attended universities and are now working as doctors, lawyers and engineers. A few became datuks, mayors and members of parliaments. One became prime minister of Singapore for many years.

School prefects 1964

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school prefects 1964.

(Standing l to r): Jampong Seliong*, Timothy Liaw Aik Hon,
Chih Ching Ping, David Chin, Tony Hung, Jolhi Sa'ar.
(Seated l to r): Lankie Simbas*, Mabel Chiew, Denys Lang*,
Leong Mei Kim, Mohd. Matasan*

Tanjong Lobang School was built by the New Zealand Government under the Colombo Plan scheme. It was completely built, staffed and funded by them. There was another school, Dragon school in Kuching funded by the Australians. These two countries were trying to outdo one another in providing education in Sarawak. It was good that developed nations helped the under developed countries in this way. I believe in giving a starving man a fishing rod; teach him how to catch a fish instead of giving him a fish! This way he and his children are still eating fish today (long after the foreign aid is discontinued).

Today as a just reward, the donor countries are harvesting in a hundred fold what the scheme has cost them originally. Returns came to the host country now in the form of good will and other immeasurable benefits like foreign tourists income from overseas students of previous recipient countries. Even our chief minister of Sarawak today, Taib Mahmud, was a law graduate from Adelaide, Australia. The finance minister, Dr. George Chan, was a medical graduate from Sydney U. Both of them were Colombo Plan scholarship students. Dr. Chan’s mother is Lukoo, who is a good friend of Mrs. Thien, my guardian. Lukoo was also James Thien’s guardian in Brunei in 1958.

The head master of Tanjong Lobang School in 1963, was Mr. Alan Ruthe. With him were kiwi teachers: Mr Dewhurst, Mr. Wanty and matron, Mrs Cosby. Local teachers were Sargunam, Lillian Loke, George Ong, Lulu Ong, Mrs. Philips, James Foh and Miss Ellen Liaw. Later on, Mr Ruthe left Tanjong and he was replaced by Mr. Henderson who taught us General paper in 1964. He also taught us how to play Rugby football, sing Maori songs ( Pokarekare Ana) and performing the Hakka, a Maori war dance! Mr. Theodore Sargunam was our Chemistry teacher and Mrs. Philips taught Biology. Mr. Wanty was our Mathematics and Physics teacher. I enjoyed most of all, the applied mechanics lessons.

I can still recall the formula for the horizontal component of a gravitational force P acting down a slope. It is Fh=P.cosine theta. The vertical component Fv=P.sine theta where theta is the angle of the slope in radians. My proudest achievement is being able to remember even now the cosine rule:

a square = b square + c square - 2bc.cosine theta!!

I learned this algebra formula in additional maths in 1963. It was over 40 years since I first heard of the cosine rule and function of a function in calculus. Mr. Wanty was certainly a good teacher; but some times I wonder what good was algebra and calculus to my life during the previous 40+ years?!

Later at Swinburne Technical College, Melbourne in 1966, I also learned about the workings of imaginary numbers i, matrices, entropy-enthalpy diagrams, lamina flow theory, carbon steel equilibrium diagrams, eutectic temperatures for various carbon and alloy steels. I learned Fortran 4 programming language, graphics, vernier callipers, inert gas welding techniques, machining and also how to read a bamboo slide rule. All this technical knowledge had very little use during my working life with Shell Lutong. They trained me further in supervisory and computer skills which were not covered in any of my academic courses in school. After retirement, I took up blogging as a hobby to help me pass the time. It was time well spent because now I have a very active presence on the internet! I have not less than 60 blogs. My foot print on the world wide web is huge!

A well rounded education

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Brunei Shell visit

Today, my brain is now crammed so full of a wide variety of information that I have become a Jack of all trades and master of none! I notice that my general knowledge is very good compared to most of my peers. I know a little about many things. I play golf (handicap 16), tennis, sail a trailer yacht, surf the internet, send e-mails and own 72 blogs. I know how to drill oil wells, service oil wells, analyse stocks, control spare parts inventory using mesc codes and a software programme (EMA3000), write books and now teaching English to new immigrants in New Zealand.

I have lived overseas in Melbourne for over 6 years, Hamilton for 14 years, previously lived in The Hague, Holland for 5 weeks (drilling course) and in Malaysia for 46 years! I have visited London, Belgium, France, Germany, Thailand, the Philippines, Beijing and Shanghai. Climbed the Great Wall of China and visited the Forbidden city.

At Tanjong, we were exposed to many things including English literature, Oliver Goldsmith and Shakespeare’s plays like Twelfth Night and The Pirates of Penzance who were poor orphan boys surrounded by water with not a drop to drink!

Science fair

I learned to play rugby; but I hated to be in the scrum. Every time I came out of the scrum, all my pimples and acnes burst and were bleeding! Those native students were really strong. Marcus, Henry, Gerawat Nulun and Lankie Simbas* were huge in stature compared to poor scrawny me. We also learned to do the hakka and sing Maori songs, Pokarekare Ana. A net was pulled across one of the basketball courts by Sargunam, our chemistry teacher. He taught us lawn tennis. His wife, Lillian Loke (Lai Lan) was the eldest daughter of Loke Yi Wai a friend of tai-yi and Lukoo in Seria.

Lulu Ong taught the sixth form class how to dance the cha-cha. She claimed that we would need to know how to dance properly if we were going overseas for our degrees. Little did she know that Waltz and Foxtrots were no longer the most popular dance steps any more. The twist, jive and rock n roll were more appropriate in the mid 60's when most of my class mates were attending uni overseas.

Dormitory

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contributed by Sam Teo

Our boarding houses where we stayed had names like: Kiwi, Hornbill , Clarke and Dearnley hostels. We have showers in the open air with just a towel or sarong around us. Meals were served in a huge dining room. We lived like kings and had corn flakes with milk for breakfast! What luxury! We thought we were in paradise. I realised now that this corn flakes and milk powder, although delicious to starving boys in the boarding schools, were probably supplied in bulk from UNESCO as overseas aid to under developed countries and they had most likely gone past their used-by date. I hope that they were not also genetically engineered!

Kiwi hostel, my home 1963/64

However, during the long school holidays, I noticed that not all the native students went home because some were so poor that they could not afford the boat fares to go home more than once a year. These bumiputras were land rich but cash poor! Being a town boy, used to having at least some pocket money, it was a shock to me that some other students who had parents were actually poorer than me! It was an overwhelming discovery for me. I have won a Shell Bursary of $750 per year. After paying boarding fees of $50 per month I still had some pocket money. Very often during the weekends, I joined some boarders clandestinely cooking and eating Maggi mee in the kitchen! Richard Lau and Paul Ling Hwa Ing were always hungry!

Rural poverty

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Tanjong Lobang beach

My sister Rose, during her teaching practice and supervisions of trainee teachers in later years, travelled the length and breadth of Sarawak. She came across a great deal of real poverty, especially in the ulu areas. All her stories confirmed my inner most fears and have made me very hard and unforgiving in my dealings with people for a long time, especially strangers. I was convinced that soft people go hungry and perish in this world! So, I had better be tough! Although I am really a softie at heart, I did not intend to perish! I have never allowed anyone to come close enough to see the real me. All the while I had to have a wall built around me for protection and putting up a tough front for the whole world to see. For a long time, I was convinced that I needed that wall for my survival.

I am also a racist, a pessimist and a bigot. My strongest weakness is being constantly too judgemental and negative in my thinking. For some strange reasons, I am unable to look on the brighter side of things and have become more cynical with age. It is also a constant battle for me to stop talking and start listening to people. My sister Rose also has this same weakness. The Chin family trait, so to speak! Only now as I grow older and mellow with age, that I slowly realized that no man is an island really. I have lately become much more tolerant and friendly in my dealings with people, friends or otherwise.

I am starting to listen to people. I found that some times they do have something worthwhile to contribute to the conversation. Hey! I don’t know everything, after all! Give it time; I am sure I can become a good listener! I am also afraid to make new friends, perhaps for fear of losing them too, like my parents. Otherwise, I am perfect! Ha-ha!

Where are the ex-Tanjongs now?

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Most ex-tanjongs are still living in Malaysia, mainly in KL, Miri or Kuching.

Samuel Teo in Missouri USA (previously Orlando, Florida)
Andrew Lau in England

Canada
Edward Bol Assim (PJ in winter)
Thaddeus Demong

Moi Lap Kun, Larry
Helena Zukowski (Helen Wooldridge)
Paul Ling Hwa Ing

China
She Joo Chin in Hong Kong
Yeo Geok Hoe in Shanghai (previously Auckland, NZ)

New Zealand
Lisa and Teng Wang Khiew,

Linda Ruthe,

Dominic Wong,

Lee Ting Leong,
Tam Chi Kim
David Chin

Melbourne

Ting Huat Tung and Leong Mei Kim,

David Wong,

Mabel Chiew

Chung Sie Hiung

Perth

Timothy, Liaw Aik Hon

Chih Ching Ping,

Frank Voon Siew Nam

(and children of Chang Yi, KCL, David Chin.)

Brunei

Haji Mohamad (Haji)

Hasmadi Mois

Abeng Lim
Christopher Sawan and Chang Yi

Dyg Feridahanam bt Hj Abg Zen

KK, Sabah

Chai Tze Ming

Kuala Lumpur
Andong Marzuki (Uki)
Zainal Abidin Matassan* (ZAM)
Ling Liang Wei (Smiley)
Zenorai Rambli (ZR)
Wayne Kalang
Baki Bakar
Dolly Chye,
Edward Bol (part time only)

Heng Hock Cheng (previously Bejing)

Abang Arabi bin Hj Abg Narudin (79-80) Form4 and 5

Dyg Fatimah bt Hj Abg Narudin (75-76) Form6
Baihiki bin Tepoli (77-78) KL/Kerteh

Margaret Greta (77-78)

Mariam Hj Vatsaloo(77-78)

Hajijah bt Jais(77-78)

Taiping Perak
Robert Madang (RM or Rizal Abdullah)

SARAWAK:

Kuching
Talib Zulpilip (TZ)
Henry Lian Aran
Lim Lian Hun
Patrick Panai and Anne
Anthony Belon
Reggie Tersan
Mahmud Yusuf
Peter Sie Yuan Seng
Chang Foh Soon
Joseph Nuing
Mohd Sabil

Abdul Rahman Abdullah (ARA)

Thomas Iboh
Ding Seling
Liaw Watt Chiaw(watt Chua)

Dyg Mordiah bt Hj Abg Narudin (72-73)

Rebecca Beka Bana (77-78) on/off Miri

Narawi Hussin (77-78)

Azizah Hj Abdullah (77-78)

Abg Azahari b Hj Abg Zen

Chai Min Sen

Margaret Dreba(77-78)

Jeffery Parang(Prisons Dept) 77-78

Baru Bian

Bintulu
Chong Tiong Liap (Song Liap)

Mukah
Kong Chiong Liing (Sebastian, Ah Long)

Bario
Gerawat Nulun

Martin Paul

Gerish Balang

Isaac Iboh

Philip Lakai Tuanaiee

Kalang Akup

Miri
Dr. Chong Hoi Hee, (CHH, owner of this Google group)
Sawan and Chang Yi (house in Miri)
Dr. Nuing Jeliung, (NJ)
Dom Mattu
Yeo Bee Chai working in Labuan

Dick Bala
Alex Isut ?
Katut Achong?

Dyg Hajijah bt Hj Abg Narudin(dina babe)

Abg Usop bin Hj Abg Narudin 77-79 (frm4-Lower 6)

Marcel Usop Pak

Dayang Lasung

Belon Assan (Labuan?)

Abd Aziz bin Taiee (77-78) - GB SK Riam Bt 2

Dyg Hashimah bt Hj Abg Zen (Pengetua KTDTHB)

Abg Affendi b Hj Abg Zen

Abd Sani(77-78)

Dara Yaakup (77-78)

Husniah Buang (77-78)

Hjh Serina Sauni(Pengetua SMSain)

Lily Morni

Lucy Aran Bulan (Pengetua SMK Baru)

Hjh Khatijah Hj Muip - Councillor Miri City Council

Fatimah Nawi (GB SK Pulau Melayu)(74-75)

Hjh Dyg Mariam Awg Sulaiman(GB SK Kpg Luak) 75-76

Christina Sio (GB SK St Joseph)

Limbang

Beda Agog(77-78)

Laurentius Thomas

Sibu

William Baja Jap

Indonesia

James Bedindang

Teaching Among the Giants

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by Bob Lynn,
a Peace Corps teacher

In early 1963, I was thinking that I needed to reconsider my career choice. I was at that time a graduate student in English at Yale University, preparing to teach literature for the rest of my life, and I began to think, “Is my whole career going to be just like graduate school? If so, I need to jump ship”. As an undergraduate, I’d had a wonderful time studying literature. You read masses and masses of the best works of the best writers, you and your classmates talk about all the things you’re reading, and then you write papers that say (you hope) deep things about life, literature, and wisdom in general. Ah, but that was undergraduate work. In graduate school, I’d found, you kept on reading, but now you filled in your knowledge by spending your time on the very minor works of major writers, or sometimes on the major works of very minor writers. And instead of tackling The Big Issues of Life, you wrote papers on tiny bite-size issues to show your professors that you were ready to be a “scholar”.Part of the trouble was that I was adjusting to being mole-like scholar, and I could really imagine myself becoming perfectly happy to be a dusty, safe professor wrapped in tweeds and tenure. So I figured it was time for a break. The biggest break I could see at the time was joining the Peace Corps, the volunteer service based in part on the British V.S.O. (Voluntary Service Overseas) that also had a New Zealand counterpart called Voluntary Service Abroad.

I applied to the Peace Corps in March 1963 and was sent a letter in April asking me to report for training for service in Gabon, I think – or perhaps it was Togo. My training was to start in the middle of May.Very, very fortunately, I had a job teaching summer school for that summer, and I couldn’t get out of it. I asked the Peace Corps to take me off that assignment, explained why, and more or less begged them not to strike my name off their list, but to give me another chance.And that’s how I ended up being invited to report for training that October, and of course how I ended up in Sarawak, a place that I certainly knew even less about than Gabon or Togo.

My next lucky break came in Kuching, where the Education Office or whatever it was called then told me I was being sent to Tanjong Lobang School. I heard good things about Tanjong Lobang in Kuching, but of course I had no idea, when the Malaysia Airways Dakota hopped up the coast in late January, 1964 and dropped me off in the midst of Shell-land in Lutong, that this was going to be the most pleasant teaching experience of my life. I’ve had a couple of jobs that stretched me more, especially a job in the Singapore Civil Service that was far out of my usual range and kept me learning new things every day, but I’ve never had a more enjoyable time in a job.Many of the ex-Tanjong students who have written recently have said very kind things about the teachers there, so now it’s time for a teacher to say kind – but quite true – things about the students.

In my view, and this is the view of all the teachers from that era that I know, the outstanding thing about teaching at TLS was the students, from the cheery little Form 1 kids whom Robert Nicholl used to refer to as “the tiny tots” to the generally noisy strong personalities of Form 6. The most obvious thing one can say about those Sixth Formers is that they were very bright. Think a bit about the winnowing process that occurred in Sarawak in the 50s and 60s, the process through which students worked their way up to the top forms. Many Sarawakians of school age in the 40s and 50s, of course, never had a chance to attend school. Of those who did have a chance and who completed Primary 6, roughly two thirds were dropped at that point. Of the one-third who entered Form 1, two-thirds were dropped after the Sarawak Junior. I don’t know for sure how many moved from School Certificate classes into Form Six, but I’ve always understood it to be closer to one-quarter than one-third.Do the calculations and you’ll find that if you were a Form Six student anywhere in Sarawak in those days, you were one of the top three or four percent of those who had started school so

many years before. Now of course it’s true that some of those who never even entered school may have been much more intelligent than any Tanjong students, and it’s also true that the ability to pass examinations and get promoted to a higher form isn’t the only ability one needs in life.Still, for teachers it was just heaven to be surrounded by so many very bright kids, all of whom had already learned the skills and attitudes that students need to have if they’re to succeed. Sometimes these splendid students were too good, at least for me. My most challenging class in my first year at TLS was General Paper, the make-or-break paper that tested for good writing skills, but also for clear and sophisticated thinking. Students in a writing course need above all things to write, so I started off having my students write an essay of about 500 words each week. There were lots of things we needed to do in class, so I had them write those essays as homework. Their

essays were remarkably good, so good in fact that I was quite confident no examiner would ever fail anyone in the class. But then came the mid-year school exams, and I was shocked. Their writing was terrible! They would all pass their individual papers in other subjects, but they would fail GP and thus fail to get their precious HSC --and it would be all my fault!

Fortunately, they still had a year and a half before they faced the dread exam, so I had time to investigate a bit and wake up to the actual problem. As it turned out, the problem was simply that these students worked too hard. Quite unlike American students I had known, these kids really pushed themselves.

I’d given them something to write, so by golly they tried to come into class with something worth reading. I have no idea how many hours those students spent writing the homework essays I’d assigned, but it must have been about five times the time I thought they would put into the task. But of course the ability to write beautifully through several revisions, dictionary in hand, is quite different from the ability to impress an examiner by whipping off a good paper in something less than an hour, so I’d just been wasting their time. From then on, for my remaining three and a half years at TLS, all GP essay-writing in my classes was done in class under exam conditions, and they always were given, as they would be given later in the examination itself, six choices of essay topics so that each student could develop a sense of what sorts of questions worked well for him or her and what sorts didn’t. With that sort of preparation they began to produce essays that would warm the heart of any examiner and I continued to learn that these students were even better than I’d realized when I first encountered them.

So Tanjongers, not only in Form Six but throughout the school, were bright, and that made life very pleasant for their teachers. It also made life better for the students as a whole, of course. I’ve spent some time in third-rate educational institutions, and a lot of time in elite ones, and I can guarantee that a bright student benefits much more from being around other bright students than he or she does from spending a few hours a week with bright and capable teachers. Really capable students educate and challenge each other, and teachers aim higher and teach better when they’re stimulated by their students. What’s more, the energy of students like those at Tanjong generally spills over into all sorts of non-academic pursuits, so the place always seemed to be a hive of activity ranging from flute-playing and trying to get mice to thread their way through a maze to seining, weight-lifting and boat-building.

For a couple of years, the last part of most lunch periods featured an immensely noisy percussion band operating out of an upstairs classroom next to the library. As far as I know, the students at St. Thomas and St. Joseph, the other two secondary schools in Sarawak that had Sixth Forms in those days, were just as bright as Tanjong kids. I have a hunch, though, that the Tanjong kids had another secret weapon: they were nicer. Why were they nicer? I think the answer is that Tanjongers were poorer than those in the well-established Kuching schools, and that they were lucky enough, if poverty is ever a piece of good fortune, to be poor in a place and at a time when being poor was not likely to crush one’s spirit. I’ve recently been reading descriptions by Mabel Chiew and Henry

Lian of their earliest months at TLS. They and other members of the ex-Tanjong Google Group have emphasized time and again that money was scarce for them, both in their homes and while they were at Tanjong. Saving fifty cents or a dollar by denying oneself a luxury really made a difference to most Tanjongers. Finding a way of earning five dollars was a huge victory. Henry has pointed out that being poor was something that bumis and Chinese shared, a common ground for nearly all boarders, as well as for most day scholars. If you’re going to be poor, it’s a good idea to get yourself born in a place where you’re not seeing lots of rich people lording it over you, you’re not angry at the corruption and nepotism of the rich, and envy is not one of your chief emotions. Sarawak in general, and even the town of Miri, qualified as that sort of place in the 1960's.

There were very, very few people in Miri who were truly rich, and people in the middle class were not competing to display their good fortune. I can’t recall a single house that could remotely be described as a palace or as a temple dedicated to the pride of its owner. One could see people who were doing well, of course, but that was probably more of a stimulus to the Tanjong students of that time than a cause of resentment. My impression was that very few Tanjongers had clear ideas about what sort of career they wanted to get into – and of course that was a very sensible thing, since so much depended on what scholarship opportunities might come along – but all knew that it was reasonable to expect that their education would move them into the middle, or even the upper-middle class, and what more could one hope for?If you have a group of very bright kids who aren’t used to a pampered life, if those kids are generally inclined to be nice to one another, if they don’t have any reason to hold major grudges against the

society around them, and if they have good reason to be optimistic about their personal futures, of course they’re going to form a school community that any teacher would love.Terrible teachers and administrators might be able, in a year or two, to ruin the morale of kids like those at Tanjong, but fortunately the teachers and administrators in the 60s were adequate. Some of the former students writing recently have seemed to be remembering a staff that was superb, but I think they’re getting carried away by their generally happy memories of the school as a whole. For the years when I was there, I’d say the staff was about what teaching staffs everywhere tend to be. That is, we always had a reasonable number of excellent teachers, and we always had some teachers who were merely adequate, as well as some who were inadequate. It’s not even quite true that every teacher loved the school and its students. One, a Kiwi, decided that the syllabus laid out for Fifth

Form chemistry students didn’t really expose students to the spirit of science, so she spent weeks and weeks teaching totally off the syllabus, leading her students through the mysteries of the chemistry of a candle flame. Her students, worried about passing their School Cert exams, were to say the least unenthusiastic, and after one term the teacher took off for Sabah. Her replacement, if I have my dates right, was Chen Cheng Mei, one of Tanjong’s great teachers in my estimation, so things worked out very well in the end. Another teacher, a Canadian, stayed for even less time. His time at Tanjong was so short that I can’t even recall what he was supposed to be teaching, but he stays in my memory because he essentially stole all the PWD furniture in the house he was living in. It was all crated up and sent home with his other belongings, so at least he gets high marks for audacity. Having mentioned Chen Cheng Mei, i'd love to

spend a few paragraphs listing and reminiscing about all the outstanding teachers I knew at Tanjong, but I’d certainly forget someone and then feel guilty for the rest of my life. My point, though, is that we were a reasonably good staff, but not the giants that some former students seem to remember. The students, taken as a whole, had far more giants among them than the staff ever did, and every former teacher at the school remembers the Tanjong students well and knows how lucky he or she was to spend a few years among them.

Students register 1957 to 1960

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1957 to 1960 students list
Abdul Wahab bin Moktar
Ahmad bin ABang
Anyi Imang
Bujong
Elias bin Mahmud

LaKai Tuan'
Lian Aran (Henry)
Marcus Don Suit
Matali Moksen
Mohammad Matasan

Mohamad Suhaili
Mustapha Besar
Nordin Naswhir
Ngau Wan'
Rosli bin Madani
Sakai Lasong
Sakan Belarek
Simon Ajang Lawai
Jilan Aank Badar
Talip Hadi

Tamparik Banta
Wan Noh bin Lee
Chih Ching Ping
(Chee King Cheong - Baram -LLW) -- same (?) person as Chih Ching Jang DWK
Chen Yong Siong
Chin Tze Yong
Yu Chin Sing
Lau Ming Kwong
Chai Choon
Ling King Hong
Ung Si Kin

Chong Kuon Kee
Niang Ting Chung
Huang Huat Kee
Liaw Leong Eng
Huong Yam Ping
Chau Han Siong
Lai Heng Chang
Wong Hua Ung
Si Soo Kheng
Chih Ching Jang

Leong Wai Fong
Liaw Aik Hun
Chung Look Hwa
Tee Ngion Naxn
Than Chong Chong
Tai Chai May (Mrs. Thomas Sia/Mary, her father owned chop Look Kee, Lutong)
Huong Huat Diong

1958 register of students (two groups)

Chai Yeak Yun,
Philip Lim,
Phang Sam Fatt,
Chong Tung Fatt,
Ho Mok Yin,
Dunstan Ludan,
Kiprawi Sweasi,
Raphael Scott Abeng,
Peter Boyer,
Awangku Jaafari

Sylvester Juan,
Ghazaili Ismail,
Danson Gaygne,
Abdul Wahab,
Frank Apau,
Leo Ambrose,
Walter Chambers,
Alfred Jabu S
Solomon Buyong,
Noel Hudson,

Henry Jantum,
Nicolas Answer,
Averil Rodegers,
Mohammad Joni,
Grace Tze,
Liaw Leong Pei,
Abdillah Hassan
Agan Kapong
***************************
Baram Nalo,
Ding Seling,
Jacob Dungan,
Johny Ragi,
Gerawat Nulun,
Jok Ajeng,
Jok Anyi,
Karim bin Budin,
Laing Jau,
Lamban Sakalai,

Ludan Kuleh,
Mahmud bin Hamid,
Masi Nael,
Mohammad bin Hj Sabil,
Musa,
Cheng Yun Tong,
Chen Yun Chian,
Chiew Kie Hung (Mabel)
Chiew Kie Ing (Kathleen)
Chong Kui Hua,

Chong Song Laip,
Chung Han Shan,
Chung Sie Hyung,
Deng Wang Kiew,
Hii King Leong,
Hii Yii Eng,
King Chiew Kiat,
Ku Fong Ying,
Kung Wan Ying ? - (Brother of Teacher Kung Wan Chou) LLW -- he joined 1962 (F4) DWK
Huang Hing Tuong,
Leong Man Wan,

Leong Yit Lain,
Lim Chong Hoi,
Ling Ho Hui ,
Ling Liang Wei (LLW)
Ling Kwong Yu,
Ling Mee Yong.

Ting Pik Hung - Marudi -- DWK
Ting Lian Kiew - Sebauh (1968 only) - LLW
Yu Ching Haw - Sebauh (1958 -1965) - LLW
Wong Hua Chiew - Miri (1958 - 1963 ?) - LLW
Phang Neng Kheng - Batu Niah (1958 - 1963) - LLW
Chin Nyuk Thong - Riam Road, Miri (1958 - 1965) - LLW
Wong Sai Han - Miri (1958 - 1963) - LLW
Wong Hie Ing - Baram (1958 - 1963?) -LLW

(These students reported on 20th January 1958. Altogether 95 students reported for the second year after the Tanjong Lobang School was established. This boosted the total school population to 165.)

1959 register of new students

Mong bin Ramli, Lutong
Gabriel Uking, Long Palai Baram
Chang Yong Ngai, Miri
Chen Shick Pei, Lutong
Chong Kai Tung, Puyut,Baram
Choo Lian Yin, Sibuti
Chu Dan Shie, Miri
Cheng Chun Min, Miri
Chung Lee Chong, Miri
Hii Hui Ing, Bintulu

Huong How Yieng, Puyut,Baram
Huong Keng Tuong
Hwong You Chyen, Baram
Koh Kim Geok, Miri
Kho Poh Ting, Limbang
Lee Yueh Kui
Kong Sui Ping
Leong Yee Pan, Miri
Liaw Aik Kua, Lawas,
Liaw Watt Chua Lawas

Ling Ching Lang
Phang Khin Chat
Puang Mee Yeng, Sebauh, Bintulu
Song Chee Seng, Miri
Tan Khoon Kee, Limbang
Tang Yok Mee, Miri
Voon Siew Nam, (Frank)
Yee Chee Fatt, Lutong
Yee Kim Eng, Miri
Yeo Kheng Fatt, Miri

Yong Wei Yan,Miri
Abi Omar, Sibuti
Ahamd bin Sabeng,Miri
Aloysius Lisu,Baram
Dayang Kamariah Jalil, Limbang
Ganang Ibuh,Long Lellang
Idang Yamoh, Brawang Limbang
Jail Langub, Long Semado
Joannes Dian Anyi
Kadri bin Junaidi

Kedung Sakai (Fredda)
Kirprawi Ahmad
Masleh bin Mess
Msulim bin Abd.Latip
Sahari bin Besar
Sakai Rugu
Samual Agong
Saran Singa
Sawan ak Jiram (Christopher)
Sunang ak Impang

Laman bin Shaikumar
Yassin bin Maksin
Yundor ak Tabang
William Laing
Zainal Abidin bin Mat
Zainab Mahmud
Zainal Bin Tuah
Lian Ngerong
Sile Ngerong
Bakar Matasan

Md Zain Makktor
Pahang Lah (for some reasons Pahang Lah left on 12/2/1959)
Daud Ibuh

1960 register (61 new students)

Joan Tze
Lee Kim Yin
Chang We Ming
Chen Lee Yee
Tam Chi Kim
Wong Siew Jyu (Mrs. Bob Lynn)
Ng Ngeat Jin
Wong Siew Chook
Chin Nyet Chyen
Shim Yee Chin
Kau Chin Hwa
Lee Nyuk Lan
Goh Beng Choon
Chang Chang Jet
Lee Chang Kok
Lau Chee Seng
Alice Chin Yuh Hua
Chih Hwa Chuong
Chai Tze Ming
Ang Boon Siong

Leong Yew Jen (Gerard)
Moh Mee Ing
Yik Siew Hong
Bau Chin Hung
Liaw Soon Ann
Liaw Kow Choi
Soh Huat Ming
Liaw Kee Kun
Chik Hun Hua
Yong Kui Hua

Uteh Binti Johari
Musafa Abang Omar
Zainal bin Ujang
Alice Shim
Anyi Laing
Benjamin Bakar
Chee Yee Toh (muscle man)
Long Yun Fah
George Liew
George Ngau Lian

Gurdarsahn Singh
John Benard Jolly
Lau Kok Hin
Leong Yee Chong
Mary Antonia Chapman
Matali bin Manap
M. Affendi Tready
Paul Lee
Sharkawi Esmith
Sim Su Chai

Tommy Sia
Benard Tobing
Wu Song Boo
Gilbert Yeo Tiong Hee
Yong Kee Chau
Jenkin Cheung
Gilbert Jau Imang
Atta bin Pekok
Morshidi bin Beji

by kind courtesy of Christopher Sawan ak Jiram**
copied from his blog, bluetanjong
also thanks to Chang Yi for doing all the actual typing!

Students register, 1961 to 1966

2005-04-28T14:31:00.003+12:00

1961 register (88 new students)
Abdul Ghani Sulaiman
Omar bin Puyon
Ramli bin Jaya
Hang Bin Morin
Kho Bee Choon

Wong Yun Min
Leong Nin Chang
Lee Jaw Luen
Kok Yung Seng
Yang Thian Seng

Chang Chan Teck
Chung Shu Chin
Yang Mei Lan
Chen Yun Chin
Chin Hion Yee
Yip Chin Hua
Yau Chit Sing
Ting Pik Keing
Mak Lee Yun
Tiie Ching Yung

Mak Koon Kong(Sundar)
Peh Her Seng(Sundar)
Hong Lai Ho
Wong Sie Ting
Chin Kim Yu
\Mariat bin Wahar
Soo Kian Kiong
Ching Nei Chue
Lee Bing Kang
Wong Chang Yii

Yong Siew Moh
Turki bin Hamzah
Samuel Teo Thian Soo (19 Main Bazaar, Limbang) (65_Samuel Teo Thien Soo_6164)
Abdullah b Mohd Noor(Limbang)
Abun Tadam
Ahmad Sulaiman(Limbang)
Ali Salleh (Limbang)
Asi Iboh
Ding Laing
Entemong ak Jerah (Limbang)

Heng Yee Yang (Limbang)
Imran Awang Sulaiman (Limbang)
Kidang ak Anggau (Limbang)
Lawai Ipoh
Lee Kheng Siong (Limbang)
Mostaffa Mahlee
Mustapha Dollah
Ramlee Piee
Wan Mohammad Wan Yubi
Kebing Wan
Jok Eng
Jok Imang

Abraham Saat (Limbang)
Ngau Jok
Suffiaf Deris
Ladis Pandi
Agan Rajah
Sedua Abraham
Baniyamin Khan
Abdullah Aziz Khan
Awang Moh Annie
Jolhie Saar                                 (64_Jolhie Saar_6164)

Michael Jan Eng
Mohidin Seman
Razali Ahmad
Salleh Yusof(Limbang)
Said Mohidin (limbang)
Waslee b Ramblee
Zadil Bin Jeman
Zamiran bin Ujang
Salim Hj Ibrahaim
Aggan

Anchang Kana
Musa Giri
Abraham Baling
Maurice Bujang
Stephen Kuntain
Ahmad Saidi

1962 register of 82 new students
Ningkang Ujoh
Goh Meng Wai
Faisah bt Tepoli
Aminah Lampam
Wan Shazali
Henry Muda
Radin bin Akip
Khong Wang Yin (Limbang)
Johari bin Abang
Assim buin Bushrah

Cho Siek Way
Yusoff bin Sebli
Nawawi Hj Sabil
Francis Lutan
Telun Ibau
Chellenga Manjan
Semat bin Bakar
Leo Lease
Sharifah Aini
Umang

Sia Pei Hoon
Halena Jeliuing
Anuar Yassin Khan
Wali Madihi
Loni Hj Jelani
Mazahar Khan
Haidar Khan
Bujang bin Omar
Huang Ai Ting'
Ling Ching Sin

Suen Lik Chin
Lee Lang Hui
Chung Choo Ting (Angela)
Chong Yean Kee
Dara Bt Paee
Jok Ngau
Daniel Gassan
Paul Garau
Gaeraie bin Bakri
Ishak Ibuh

Haji Mohamed (21 Main Bazaar Bintulu)
John Reba
Sana Kamarau
Paran Sibu
Garish Balang
Usang Malang
Edward Panggang
Heng Seng Yien
Hii Ngih Yung
Tie Yin Ming

Lau Ung Ngie (Law Vun Ngee)
Wong Kong Hoo
Siti Rohani
Ramba Japong
Asoi Lukoi
Philip Belong Jau
Tom Jalong
Ann Tze On Yung
Liu Check Hong
Liew Keit Koing

Kong Meng Yu
Wan Ali Wan Yubi
Abdullah bin Piee
Liman Bin Bab
Buang bin Senea
Kiprawi bin Medin
Jaman binSamad
Wak Paran
Pasang Saging
Garawat Maran Nulun

Wan Imang
Merang Bilong
Anyi Joh
Guang Bangga
Merang Wan
Madang Langi (Robert, Rizal Abdullah from Kampong Lachau, Simanggang)
Hwong Kain Chin
Ann Scott (Father was William Scott)
Patricia Scott (as above)
Ngau Jalong

John Wanty (son of B.C. Wanty)
Laurie McIntosh (daughter of G.L McIntosh)

1963 register of 84 new students.
Yong Siew Yin
Chen Kok Chiong
Sim Hock Hoe
Wu Ying Ching
Lau Chiew Choon
Foo We Ru
Chia Siew Moi
Lai Nguk Soon
Liew Kim Foong
Voo Soo Chin

Choo Mui Lan
Soon Mee Chong
Yuan Ah Fung
Lee Fui Yin
Sin Yiau Kuan
Wee Hang Chang
Susy Lee
Ting Huat Tung                           (64_Ting Huat Tung_6364)
Alphonsus Sia Sek Kui               (64_Alphonsus Sia Sek Kui_6364)
Sie Yuan Seng                           (64_Sie Yuan Seng_6364)

Paul Ling Hwa Ing                       (64_Paul Ling Hwa Ing_6364)
Thomas Lin Kwong Ling              (64_Thomas Lin Kwong Ling_6364)
Lee Ting Leong                           (64_Lee Ting Leong_6364)
Lucas Chua* (Miri)                       (64_Lucas Chua_6364)
Thaddeus Demong                      (64_Thaddeus Demong_6364)
Naruddin Zainorin
Denys Lang*                                (64_Denys Lang_6364)
Chin Shin Lai*
Lee Hock Seng
Lau Siaw Lian

Liew Ah Khiong
Wee Pek Tiak
Sim Seng Kwong
Poh Swee Lian
Lai Lian Hup
Chung Shin Chong
Lee Ming Sheng
Yip Chee Seng
Lau Seok Hong
Lee Sian Lan

Kong Moi Kwei
Chai Chan Fook
Chong Ted Chin
Chai Lian Hua
Arbie Zainuddin                            (64_Arbie Zainuddin_6364)
Jampong Seliong                          (64_Jampong Selion_6364)
Micheal Elly Supit (Bawan Assan)  (64_Michael Elly Supit_6364)
Mohammad Ahmad
Peter Hati                                     (64_Peter Hati_6364)
Philip Ganie

Rosnah Ahmad (Miri)                     (64_Rosnah Ahmad_6364)
Pui Kwei Yin
Michael Teo
David Chin (Hamilton, NZ)            (64_David Chin_6364)
John Lau Chee Ching (Miri)
Yong Chong Ping (Miri)
Dominic Wong                             (64_Dominic Wong_6364)
Innocent Wong Pak Thai                (64_Innocent Wong Pak Tai_6364)
Lankie Simbas*                              (64_Lankie Simbas_6364)
Mosco Rueben                             (64_Mosco Rueben_6363)

Antony Najod                               (64_Antony Najod_6364)
Sia Doo Yuen
Yunus Bin Masrah
Wan Long bin Johar
Yunus bin Gani
Medahan bin Sibam
Matnor bin Daim                          (64_Matnor bin Daim_6364)
Hajiji binti Abang
Attariah Rakami
Bernai anak Agai

Lauzi bin Jeraee
Hussin bin Sapit
Yousof bin Meran
Gaun Gurri (Limbang)
Ali bin Muip
Yahya Mutnor Sarrudin
Richard Lau Ming Hing *   (64_Richard Lau Ming HIng_6364)
David Hung Tong Lok
Maimunah Rakawei
Baidah Shadon

Balentine Jubang                         (64_Balentine Jubang_6363)
Joseph Nuing                               (64_Joseph Nuiig_6364)
Tony Hung                                   (64_Tony Hung_6364)
Francis Kong
Linda Ruthe (daughter of Principal Mr. Alan Ruthe)

1964 register of students
Daniel Teho Regan (65_Daniel Teho Regan_6465)
Patau Rubis (65_Patau Rubis_6465)
Putit Matzen (65_Putit Matzen_6465)
Ilias Razali
Morshidi Kawi
Edward Assim (in Canada)  (65_Edward Assim Bol_6465)
Halimah Ibrahim
Fatimah Suhaili
Hadi Abdul Rahman
Ahmad Hamid

Masleh Yahya
Sulaiman Ladis
Spuan Annu (65_Sepuan Annu_6465)
Boon Ching siong
Kueh Chiung Ming
Wong Tian Chow
Chye Sew Meng (Dolly, sister of Tony) (65_Dolly Chye Siew Meng_6465)
William Hii Hiong Ing                              (65_William Hii Hiong Ing_6465)
Kong Shou Chong                                 (64_Kong Shou Chong_6465)
Robert Merayang

Jepet Achoi
Sia Dak Yuang
Chye Min Liu (Tony)                             65_Tony Chye_6465
Tang Chok Nging                                   (65_Tang Chok Nging_6465)
Rose Wong (sister of Innocent)
Andrew Kiew
Edward Goh
Suen Chong Siong
Sinclair Tan
Paul Voo

Lee Chui Wah
Yahya bin Drahman
Reduan Frederik
Awang Basri
Khadijah Muip
Moh bin Marais
Salleh Yahya
Ahmad Kawi
Zainuddin Latif
Bahari Drahman

Loh Siew Moi
Adenan Mohammad
Rokiah Haji Jailani
Hj Minah Rambli
Normah Ahmad
Annuar Along
Freddy Vatsaloo
Zakaria binYusof (65_Zakaria Yusof_6465)
Siner Anak Sipeng (65_Siner Sipeng_64
Ariffin Hj Ibrahim (Limbang)

Michael Balan
Siti Zaharah Hussaini
Joshua Jenan
Ismail Hussin
Abeng Lim (Kuala Belait) (65_Abeng Lim_6465)
Amdrew Bangkang
Justin Kirim
Umpang Ujai (65_Umpang Ujai_64
Hilary Nyambau (65_Hiliary Nyambau_6465)
Ahmad Tajuddin (65_Ahmad tajuddin_6465)

Frankie Jurem (65_Frankie Jurem_6465)
Linus Ngiroi (65_Linus Ngiroi_64
Cecelia Frederiks
Razali Awg Putit
Johan Yahya
Yusoff Abang
Tabib Muip
Abdul Rahman
Kong Fen Leong (Limbang)
Paul Hii Sing Kiong

Rohayah Saar
Rosni Shebli
Kong Nguk Yin
Yusoff Bunut
Gela Baul (Edward)
Empeni Lang (65_Empeni Lang_6465)
Zamhari Ediwi (65_Zamhari Ediwi_6465)
Ismail Sahari
Mariam Dawood
Horace Brodie (65_Horace Brodie_6465)

Joseph Jinap
Kadir ali
Ishak Dawood
Huong Yew Hu
Chu Lee shie

1965 register of students
Thomas Lee Kok Choo (66_Thomas Lee Kok Choo_6566)
Kathleen Graeme
Albert Tang Sing Kang  (66_Albert Tang Sing Kang_6566)
Pau Kiew Ping              (66_Pau Kiew Ping_6566)
Peh Yang Hua               (66_Peh Yang Hua_6566)
Gramong Juna              (66_Gramong Juna_6566)
Angki Kaboy                (66_Ankie Kaboy_6566)
Chen Yen Sun               (66_Chen Yen Sun_6566)
Mary Hii
Ngipa Lindang              (66_Ngipa Lindang_6566)

Lim Gin choo
William Tanyuh             (66_William Tanyuh_6566)
Nillie Tangai                  (66_Nillie Tangai_6566)
Andrew Nyabe              (66_Andrew Nyabe_6566)
Chin You Wee (Chin Jiu Boi?) (66_Chin Jew Bui_6566)
Phang Chung Shin        (66_Phang Chung Shin_6566)
Lee Yan Kee                 (66_Lee Yan Kee_6565)
Julius Nohib Linggod     (66_Julius Nohib Linggod_6566)
Lo Thien Siong             (66_Lo Thien Siong_6566)
Chong Hoi Hee     (66_Chong Hoi Hee_6566) (owner of extanjong group)

Wan Alshagaf (66_Wan Alshagaf_6566)
Thomas Uchang (Limbang)
Tan Chong Peng (Limbang)
Lim Teck Seng (Limbang)
Lim Kim Swee (Limbang)
Liaw Bee Kee (Limbang)
Martin Rinyab (Limbang)
Patrick Panai Sagar (Limbang)
Gerald Perait Itai (Limbang)
Waslie Tuah (Limbang)

Ahmad bin Sulaiman (Limbang)
Ibrahim bin Saat (Limbang)
Taib bin Mohidin (Limbang)
Chia Tze Tau
Kiu Ai Lang (Limbang)
Chong Wei Sang
Marzukie Andong  (Uki)                   (66_Marzuki Andong_6566)
Patrick Angkasan                               (66_Patrick Angkassan_6566)
William Chin                                       (66_William Chin_6566)
William Liew                                       (66_William Liew_6565)

Gani Idris
Vince Makim

1966 register of students, part 1/3
Alec Kaboy from Kanowit                 (67_Alec kaboy_6667)
Ambi bin Nen                                    (67_Ambi Nen_6667)
Baijuri Kipli
Blawan Embayau
Bolhan Tahir
Boris Jarop
David Ong
Faith Sylvia Lee
Francis Wong King Soong
Gendin Wood                                  (67_Gendin Wood_6667)

Jemat Unding
Lew Chin Foh                                 (67_Lew Chin Foh_6667)
Liew Thian Koh                               (67_Liew Thian Koh_66
Mohd Ali Junaidi
Mohd Asfia Nassar                         (67_Mohd Asfia Nassar_6667)
Reggie Tersan                               (67_Reggie Tersan_6667)
Sharkawi Bohari
Stephen Chai                                  (67_Stephen Chai_6667)
Wan Ahmad Tuanku Mohd
Zainal Abidin Ahmad

Anthony Lau                                   (67_Anthony Lau /Lau Toh Nee_6667)
Chai Nyit sin                                   (67_Chai Nyit Sin_66
Chan Chang Ming                          (67_Chan Chang Ming_6667)
Felix Law
Foo Kong Fah                               (67_Foo Kong Fah_6667)
Hassan Zainudin
Hamdan Ahmad
Joseph Wong Lian Cheong
Lawrence Lee Jin Chun (Miri )     (67_Lawrence Lee Jin Chun_6667)
Lee Joon Shin                              (67_Lee Joon Shin_6667)

Liew shu Liong                            (67_Liew Shu Liong_6667)
Teng Hie King
Teng Hie Siong ( Ref : Night of the Anteater)
Wong Siew Chook
Yeo Kee Seng
Adi Tuah
Annuar Abu Bakar
Awangku Sazali
Awang Zaini
Bani Amin Salleh

David Manjah Takin
Dick Bala
Edward Wong
Eugene Yeo
Francis T Lim
George Ngo Epoi
Heny Paul Iboh
Madhi Hassan
Mahmud Arshad
Michael Brain Jantau (Tatau)

1966 register part 2/3
Nicholas Beketan Kiling
Robert Laing Anyie
Sallamun bin Ibrahim
Sarkawi bin Suud
Shiekh Aminuddin
William Sinai Atom
Wong Yong Weng
Anyi Ngau Emang
Bujang bin Abdul Hamid (Limbang)
Chai Hong Mui

Charlie Baya
Romeo Daniel Selutan
Emang Wan
Fidelis Assan Ingkie
Goh Kheng Ho
Hasan Bin Ismail
John Trang
Julina Lim Siaw Siok
Liaw Kim Sing (Sundar)
Ling Kai Siew

Moi Lap Kun (Larry, in Canada) 69_moi Lap Kun_6669
Martin Paul
Paul Hii Yii Kwong
Philip Ngau Jalong
Richard Baya Lejau
Samuel Daring
Suen Yik Chaw
Sulong bin Narak
Su Mee Ling
Thomas Ibuh

Yeo Chu Hua
Angelina Lim Chang Hian
Anyi Ding
Catherine Koh
Chen Cheng(Chong?) Tye
Cheng Diak Chu
Roland Dom Mattu
Francis Hwang Jeng Yong
Frederick Assu Kamarau
Hii Chee Wong

1966 resgister, part 3/3
Jimmy Chan Seng Peck (Now still in Miri Ocean Park)
Kho Thong Soon
Liaw Huat Hin (Limbang)
Patricia Liew Fui Ngoh
Lim Eng Thai (Brunei)
Ling Kah Chung
Masir anak Ajak
Matthias Sumbang(Limbang)
Musa Na'ol Razak
Nicholas Patrick (Rh Langop, Limbang)

Sarjit Singh
Sheikh Nasruddin
She Joo Sin                 (50, Temple Street, Bintulu)
Simeon Kalong Jau
Tan Kon Kan, Limbang (Koon Kee's brother)
Teo Chiau Liang
Ting Lik Ching
Wong Teck Sing
Sukiman Domo
Philip Assan

by kind courtesy of Christopher Sawan
copied from his blog, bluetanjong

bold (member of extanjong, Google group)
* diseased

1967 students list

2005-04-24T13:45:00.001+12:00

1967 name list part 1 of 5

(In 1967, several groups of Sixth Form were opened up and a very large group of science came from all over Sarawak. The school was slowly changing from one established to cater for poor remote rural students to a bigger sixth form college with students originating from towns also. And that included a large number of Miri town students.)

Albert Chai Sin Fatt

Adelbert Entalai Sawing

Abu Kassim Hamzah

Atong Chuat

Edwin Assu

Gia Bala

Hamdan Madlan

Hazmi Zaini

Langgan Ratih

Mahmud Yusuf

Mohamad Arsat

Mohidin Edris

Phang Mee Hong

Robert Seli

Rosalind Assan

Ramlah Kambar

Siang Bee Liang

Tang Tiong Kong

Wong Liang Chee

Enche Abdullah Enche Ali

Abdullah Awang Nassar

Awang Abdul Rahim Awang Adon

Ang Boon Hiang

Jack Umong

Joseph Remo

Judy Hung man Min

Lee Swee Ding

Lucas Mara

Mutang Maran

Francis Poh Eng Hua

1967 name list part 2 of 5

Sim Teng Fong

UItap Anyie Ajang

Ali Asghar Khan ( Sabir Alik Khan)

Lau Nyut Ha

Goh Chin Hwa

Wee Han Wen (mayor of Miri)

Heng Hock Cheng (ex-technical director of Shell Lutong)

Wee Hui Chiew

Yahya Daud

Paul Klanang

Joseph Wong Lok Chin

Lau Chong Un

Lam Lee Khiong

Arthur Yong Tshe Liung

Liu Thien Chon

Robert Rae Vatsaloo

Victor Silvester Lee

Ong Wei Hue (or Ong Wei Hui)

Kho Boon Ming Abdul Hamid bin Mohd Yusof (alias Bujang Fatimah Hotel)

Abdullah Ahmad

Jaraee Zakaria bin Kawi

William Phoa Boo Leong

Sahrir bin Abdul Rahman

Lawrence Foo Shi Wan

Regina Szetu Mee Chan

Walter Thomas Dior

Peli Aron

Douglas Endawi Ujai

Hilda Yee Sau Phing (in Dunedin)

Hilary Giang Ngelambang

Watt Lanyau Entaban

1967 name list part 3 of 5

Peter Raig Rohai

Phang Chung Nyap

Joseph Pita

Jelaing Mersat

Liew Si Chung

Loji Saibi

Kushairi Suut

Boniface Deyoi

Asber Jive Kaur

Amin Sahmat

Albert Rony Assim

David Leong Hin Keong

Then Hon Chew (in Dunedin)

Chong Chon Chee

Teo Siak Pheng

Nicholas Yee

Chang Foh soon

Bong Ai Lam

Abdul Rahman Marbot

Abdul Khalek Yusuf

Ibahahim bin Mohammad (or Mohd Ibrahim Shah)

Katut achong

Loh Sia Hian

Liew Men Chian

Leo Francis Michael Toyad

Liew Mui Lan

Lim Chu Kia

Hillary Kerish Santan

Patuna Rashid

Jemat Unding

Lily Hii Hiong Huan

Kolony Jeti

Kalang Akub

Ajeng Jau Uyo

Abdullah Sanee bin Sarujee

Raden ak Garan

Ngu Siok Hiong

Symeon Ngabong Beduru*

Phusu Lugun James

Robert Renang*

Ling Kai Ming

Justin Sigoh

*deceased

1967 name list part 4 of 5

Talib bin Zulphilip (TZ)Abang Hj Kassim

Sahri bin Man

Anthony Lawai Kulai

Ling Kai Chiew

Esmawi Othman

Jacinta Bulau Insol

Awang Drahman Awang Reduan

David Chin Kee Hin (Lawas) *

Johnson Huong Tang Ing

Junaidi bin Pee

1967 name list part 5 of 5

Mohidin bin Ishak

Ngen Meng Kiang

Ngu Lee Nah

She Joo Chin (in Hong Kong)
Tee Kong Yoke (Lisa, now in Hamilton, NZ)

Ting Chin Teck

Yeo Geok Hoe (joined 13.05.2010, Auckland) 70_Yeo Geok Hoe_6770, guru_7985

Yusof Awg Nassar

Kho Bee Lian

Kho Tze Tzang

Yu Chu Ngee

Yew Chu Fu

Ho Chow Yong

Yee Yong Yaw

Abdillah bin Aton

Liu Ng Leen

Louis Huong How King

Masar Talenta Teddy

Lee Kee Pui

Yong Chung Nyen

Joshua Betie Kunchit

Henry Garner

Ho Wun Kun

Chan Tze Chon @ Chan Jin Chiew

Ding Seling (feeding the leeches)

Gabriel Uking

1968 students list

2005-04-22T13:46:00.001+12:00

1968 student register, part 1 of 3 (the last entry into the old registry book)

Anoi Sang

Anthony Balare Sagan

Aren Anyie Ajeng

Cecilia Sendi

Sylvester Chondi Ujang

Cliff Emang Jau

Andrew Dundang

Entri Gemong

Mazlee Gapor Haji Isa

Gilbert Ding Wan

Heng Chieng Leng

Hii Toh Chuang

James Mersing Luhat

Jammuddin Bubin

Jeffery Jok Jau

John Sikie Tayai

Kho Thian Wah

Latiff Raup

Liew Bee Sien

Lipeh Karia

1968 student register, part 2 of 3

Tan Jik Kaw

Tay Jui Seng

Teo Boon Pheng

Wahab Hj Dollah

Yong Suk Kin

Catherine Lina

CeceliaTh'ng

Choo Chen Kiang (birthday 13.6)

Goh Choo Kee(birthday 14.6)

Gregory Goh Hack Pheng

Ho Teck Nam

Kho Leng Kwang (Richard)

Koo Kit Harn

Liding Jonyian (birthday 3.6)

Morshidi bin Tundok

Mary Ng Oi Chin

Phang Nyuk Kiong

Tan Yik Pang

Wong Ping Ging

Yusuf Hadi

Andrew Alphonsus Hai

Awang Jaya

Chai Chiew Fong

Christopher Tan Kim Hui

Francis God

Heng Chin Chye

Jamayah Hj Hamdan

Jong Ah Moi

Andrew Lawai Ngau

1968 student registry, part 3 of 3

Anoi Sang

Anthony Balare Sagan

Aren Anyie Ajeng

Cecilia Sendi

Sylvester Chondi Ujang

Cliff Emang Jau

Andrew Dundang

Entri Gemong

Mazlee Gapor Haji Isa

Gilbert Ding Wan

Heng Chieng Leng

Hii Toh Chuang

James Mersing Luhat

Jamuddin Bubin

Jeffery Jok Jau

John Sikie Tayai

Kho Thian Wah

Latiff Raup

Liew Bee Sien

Lipeh Karia

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Missing names of 1968 list

Mahli bin Haji Suhaili

Moh Wang Sing

Nawawi bin Mahzen

Ngau ding Ngau

Sharifah Aisah

Sidek Malim

Sim Hui Geok

Sirat Ismail

Tinggang Raja

Wen Ajeng Wen

Yu Teck Kiong

Zenorai bin Rambli

Audrey Kedung Imat

Ding Cheng Ngen

Duncan Ranting Baba

Edward Unting

Goh Meng Chiang

Francius Alexius Atom

Goh Yong Tze

Hamzah bin Sulaiman (Deceased 2000)

Helena Mary Goh Boi Tin

Henry Metthew Lajang

Hii Toh Toun

Huong Eng Kian

Huong Siok Ling

Ian Unyang

Kook Teck suen

Lee Siew Kong

Leo Jok Hee

Liong Jiew Kiong

Maria Libut

Moh Mee Ping

Ngen Eng Cheng

Ngin Kwang Phek

Ong Gee Ching

Peter Hii Chee Huat

Ramlee B Shahdan

Salina Lallang Sakai (Mrs. Jeffery Pasang)

Sim Kit Choi

Ting Lieng Kiong

Tan Song KianTheresa Hii Yik Hwa

Ting Lick Tee

Richard Tsen Wei Tseng

Wong Teck Ho

Yong Sai Chee

Yong Pak Hiong

Yu Chui Chi

Peter Jok

Julian Perry

Chong Kui Sin

Ivanhoe Anthony Belon (of Rumah Sabang,Pantu, Ulu Lingga )

Jonathan Jetie ak Jelian

Ho Thian Fah, Philip

Leong Yoke Kin

Liew Nam Boon

Goh Khi Huang

Lai Peng Seng

Kueh Kee You

Charles Fam Chung Ting

Comments : We hope that some of the spellings can be corrected by those who know them. The list is from a rather faded photocopy from an original handwritten list.

Chang Yi

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CHH,

We were missed out in the 1968 list ( all in Lower Sixth ) : ( all from Three Rivers School, Mukah )

1. Andrew Itai

2. Madihah

3. Ho Tze Yee

4. Ngui Hua Choon

5. Sim Soon Kia

6. Loh Wei Ming

7. Elizabeth Tong

8. Teresa Phoa

9. Polet Hamzah

10. Heng Cheng Ai

11. Alexander Isut

12. Razak Suhaili

13. Zaini Ojea

14. Justin Jawa

15. Jaru Sawat

16. Putang Bala

17. Han Hipnie

18. Kong Chiong Liing .

Already in your 1968 list ( all in Lower Sixth ): ( all from Three Rivers School , Mukah )

1. Awang Jaya Adeni

2. Gregory Goh

3. Ho Teck Nam

4. Jamayah Hamdan

5. Kho Leng Kwang

6. Morshidi Tundok

7. Teo Boon Peng

8. Yusuf Hadi .

KCL (1/11/2010)

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For 1968 list - I think a group from St. Columba entering L6 is not there - Raymond Szetu, Saadiag Bujang, John Leong, Stephen Leong, Annis Lim, Chiew Kian Sing, Yong Suk Khim, Mina Southwell, Marlene Yong, and others, plus Rosalind Leong (from Brunei)Datu Dr. Hj. Adi (3/11/2010)

1969 students list

2005-04-20T13:47:00.001+12:00

1969 students list part 1/3

Abdullah Webb

Ali Yusuf

Anyie Ngau Laing

Anyi Ngau Ding

Augustine Constatine Baba

Awang Ranil

Albert Chiew Hoo Ching

Cosmas Sing Lian

Edison Joh Urud

Egai Laga

Gayan Sarie

Imang Anyi

Ittak Sigi (Rh.Penghulu Abok)

Jackson Gawing

Albert Jalong Kirew

Joseph Balan Lah

Laing Imang Ngau

Laing Ngu Unga (sorry cannot really make out the name)/Laing Jau (Long Pilah)

Latif Sapong (Limbang)

Liang Yew Chi

Macmillan Bau Nyawai

Matthew Nuga

Morris Kapong Senap (Limbang)

Omar Ali Khan

Saadan Haji Sibam

Sahari bin Hasbi

Talib bin Ranek

Tamin bin Sibam (Limbang)

Tan Kwong Leong

Tan Meng Lee

Tayun Raja

Wong Teck Ming

Griff Usah Ujoh

Chai Goh Men

Chai Joon Fah

Chai Min Sen

Chia Mong LiengChiam Tow Jin

Cho Chung Tek

Chong Hoi Eng

Christina Chieng Tung Ing

Dorani bin Johari

Drenny Poh Kee Geng

Fong Hee Doh alias Fong Chee How (Limbang)

Fong Siew Khing

Hii Mee Chung

Lai Lian Hong

Lee Khiun Chiew

Liew Chew Choi

Ling Huok Mee

Ling Kwok Huong

Lo Chin Meng

Moo Chuan Ching

Ngieng Nyuk Hung

Saet Gadug Wilfried

Tay Cho Jui

Tay Yang Phuan

Tie Yiu Liong

Ting See Lok

Voon Choon Khing

Wong Siong Kai

Basil Hii Sing Dee

Elbson Marajan anak Pengiran

Awangku Ali Omar Pengiran Maharan

Galwyn Kelon

Hilary Mukit Guroh

Irene Wong Kui Tee

Jeffery Fung

Johnny Ating Kading

Joseph Boong Choon Fah

Joseph Salangak Gandom

Lai Chaw Thin

Lee Tiong Seng

Liew Siat Kiaw

Lo Ngi Yit

Lucy Lau Ting Ting

Michael Sma Nam

Nicholas Ugul Kuman (70_Nicholas Ugul Kuman_6970)

Nuing ak Jeluing (Dr. Nuing)
Razzaliee Bajkar

Suan Yik Juian

Tan Jek Lai

Wong Hua Seh

Udie Salleh

Yee Teck Foo

1969 students list part 2/3

Yong Sze Kui

Zubaidah Hj Addar Rahim

Cho Kwong Ming

Goh Hua Theng

Albert Kong Jiu Fatt

Ang Thian Chin

Annette Yip Chui Jin (Bintulu now)

Chan Chong Hock

Chong Siaw Wan

Choo Nyit Chong

Chua Wan Chong

Clement Lim

Jean Brodie

King Chiu Tiong

Kon Chian Fatt

Lim Ka Ming

Maurice Fielis

Ngen Meng Kiang

Robin Fago

Siew Woo Kee

Stephen MacMon

Tay Choon Chiaw

Then Joon Hua

Ting Chio King

Vincent Lau King Kong

Wee Hui Ming

Ajaib Suut

Anthonius Lapan (Limbang)

Ayor Beluban

Barbara Johnson

Basah Kesing

Bohan Raswit

Bonnie Voon

Cheong Shyut Moi

Christopher Sanggau Bajiong

Davy Nyelambau

Evelyn Tebari Along

Fatimah Hj Uni

Helen Jane Kiai

Jenny Fung Lee Sar (Kanowit)

Johnny John Enggah

John Yapp Kui Khien

1969 students list part 3/3

Julaihee Salleh

Kho Lee Chiang

Lee Chui May

Lim Oi Choo

Maria Wong Hak Hee

Marcos China ak Juing

Morris Unongak Legam

Patrician Voon Oi Lian

George Robin Bawin

Sigan Ibun

Tan Gake Hua

Terence Temenggong Jayang

Vasco Sabatak Singkang

Yong Chung Phing

Zakiah Omar

Laing Ngau

King Chui Huat

Wong Hin Hwa

Yap Tiong sun

David Fam Min Kui

Lim Ai Luan

George Guan

Joseke Toging Ruth

Jeluing Kebing Emgang

Lee Sin Nam

Lim Swee Hong

Chew Chi Yong

Abang Abdul hamid

Mohd. Kassim Kinchu

Marjian Suud

Elwi binPli

Jennifer Minah Nanang

Abdul Rahman bin Deen

Joseph Gindie Willie

Abg Suhaili Abg Hj Abdul Majid

Ding Ibau

Rama Kumari Anand

Upinder Kumar Anand

Headmasters list, 1957- 1969

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The Principals of the School from 1957 to 1969 were:

1.Rev. Fr. D.R. Rawlins -    1957-April 1958
2. Mr. A. L. Whiteman -        May - Dec 1958
3. Mr. E.C Hicks -                   Jan - Jun 1959
4. Mr. W.L.S.Britton -     Jun 1959 - Jun 1961
5. Mr. G.G.Dearnley -    Jun 1962 - Dec 1963 (William Scott acting for a short period?)
6. Mr. A.D. Ruthe -        Feb 1962 - Dec 1963
7. Mr. H.A. Henderson - Jan 1964 - Dec 1965
8. Mr. Robber Nicholl -   Jan 1966 - Aug 1969