YOURSAY | Save our century-old Convent Bukit Nanas
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Vijay47: I look back with intense affection and pride at the six years I spent at St Michael’s School in Alor Setar, Kedah, followed by seven years in St John’s Institution, Bukit Nanas, Kuala Lumpur.
Yes, we are right next door to Convent Bukit Nanas whose girls the St John’s boys always considered their little sisters. In turn, the convent girls would be our staunchest supporters as we took on our great rival, Victoria Institution - boooooo!
Today, our precious neighbours are fighting for survival - today, Convent Bukit Nanas, tomorrow St John’s, and next week, St John’s Cathedral. Is it any surprise that we are suddenly seeing an upsurge in fanaticism from every quarter?
BBGSians Reminisce Of Good Old Days After Photographer s Tweet About Grandma Goes Viral
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A tweet by part-time photographer @lamkanahraf recently blew up after he revealed that his grandmother used to be a teacher at Bukit Bintang Girls School (BBGS)
The now-viral Twitter thread sparked responses from several former students as well as children of former teachers at the school.
Long before Bukit Bintang became the busy shopping hub that it is today, BBGS was an iconic landmark in the area
BBGS
- Victoria Institution (1893)
- Methodist Boys School Kuala Lumpur (1897)
Historic site: A file photo from 2014 showing part of Convent Bukit Nanas s interesting architectural features.
The news that Convent Bukit Nanas has not been granted an extension of its land lease by the Federal Territories Lands and Mines Department was met with horror and disgust by many of us. That was followed by the thought, “Lease? Shouldn’t it have been gazetted a long time ago, along with the Victoria Institute, as a heritage site?”
Convent Bukit Nanas, fondly known as CBN, was established in Kuala Lumpur in 1899. It was founded just five years after the Victoria Institution and is one of the oldest schools in the country.
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