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St. Michael's Institution Secondary High School

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  • Address, Directions, & Map:
    • Jalan S.P. Seenivasagam, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
  • Telephone Numbers:
    • +605-2540418
    • +605-2540487 (fax)
  • Official Website: [1]
• History & Memorable Moments

St. Michael's Institution started off as a very small roti channai stall on a small plot of land in a coconut field. In the year 1912, Reverend Father J.B. Coppin from St. Michael's Church initiated the idea. Despite Brother James' (a Brother Visitor) reluctance concerning the shortage of teachers, Father Coppin managed to buy a small plot of land in Kampong Pisang. A bungalow served as the school building situated on Clayton Road. P.J. Morsingh was appointed as the first Headmaster. For the convenience of students, a well was built beside the school. The foundation of the bungalow and the well remains to this day. Father Coppin was given the task of administering the school and obtained the necessary grants from the Perak government on the undertaking from Brother Visitor that the management of the school would be taken over by the Christian Brothers as soon as possible. The first school day began on 4 December 1912 with 37 students.^[1]

World War II caused the obstruction to the running of the school, when Japan declared war in December 1941. On 8 December 1941, the British army wanted a hospital base and St. Michael's Institution became an army transit hospital camp. 15 days later, Japanese planes machine-gunned the building and damaged the roof. Looters stole furniture and books and even tried to wrench the tabernacle door from the altar of the school chapel. For three days, the Brothers stayed in St. Michael's church. Soon, St. Michael's Institution became the headquarters of the Japanese government of Perak and became known as "Perak Shu Seicho". The school served many purposes during the Japanese occupation. The first floor of the main building and the hall was used as the police department and the treasury respectively. A petrol kiosk was built near the porch of the building of the Primary school. The lecture theater was the air raid shelter for Japanese officers and the top floor was used as the governor's rooms. The first classroom on the ground floor served as a telephone exchange. All these miseries ended after the Japanese surrendered and the school reopened on 24 September 1945.^[1]

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  • Chee Sian, Yee (September 2007 - Present)
  • Leong, Howe Kwong (January 1966 - January 1971)
  • Shahrir Said, Mohd (January 1983 - June 1987)
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