Pay Fong High School

Pay Fong High School (培风中学), also referred to as Pay Fong Middle School, is a Malaysian Chinese Independent High School located in Melaka, Malaysia.[1] It was set up in 1913 and is currently the only Chinese school in the state of Malacca.[2]

The school is located along Jalan Tan Chay Yan and Jalan Kampong Empat, near Kubu. Set up in 1913, it is one of the oldest Chinese schools in Malaysia. In the 1950s and 1960s, the school was a centre of activity for "leftist" students and teachers.[3] In November 1957, more than a hundred students staged a protest against the government's educational policy. After meeting in the basketball ground, the students locked the gates and kept the keys. Riot squads arrived at the school within minutes and encircled it to break up the protest. The students eventually dispersed though some booed at the police.[4][3] A few years later in 1959, two students were arrested and jailed for possessing "subversive documents". The school's website was allegedly hacked by an unknown student in 2017 and student details are leaked online.[5][3]

References
  1. Arunaand, P; Chiam Shiying, Crystal (16 October 2014). "Private schools bear cost of non-exempted items". The Star. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  2. "Long queue to join school". The Star. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  3. M. Veera Pandiyan (26 September 2014). "Colonial buildings tell interesting tales of history". The Star. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  4. "Malacca students demonstrate". The Straits Times. 30 November 1957. p. 5. Retrieved 24 July 2016 – via NewspaperSG.
  5. "Jail for two girls who had subversive documents". The Straits Times. 26 March 1959. p. 4. Retrieved 24 July 2016 – via NewspaperSG.


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