tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6971121721681714692024-03-13T15:28:07.568-07:00A Tribute to Mr and Mrs JMB HughesThis blog has been set up to organise and prepare the proposed tribute to our dear old HM and his wife who recently passed away in March within a few days of each other. This tribute will come from the old boys and girls of the school who knew them and hope that we can include all your contributions and sentiments in the final write-up. Please send your views to me at tribute2hughes@gmail.com. Updates on the tribute will be posted as and when we receive them.Poh Soon Chewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10738324990278970874noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697112172168171469.post-90764605630491043712015-06-13T02:07:00.000-07:002015-06-13T02:07:39.784-07:00Mary Hughes talks on her father Mike Hughes's Book during her recent Penang visit<br />
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Mary Hughes on J.M.B Hughes and “The White Crocodile’s Tale”</h2>
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Caption: Mary Hughes talks about her father. Video taken in Areca Books. If the volume is too soft, turn on the subtitles.</div>
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Mary Hughes talks about her father JMB Hughes and his memoirs “The White Crocodiles’ Tale”</h2>
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My Father, John Michael Broome (Mike) Hughes wrote his memoirs for life-long Malaysian friends and his family. He would not have written anything if he had not been pushed, so thank you to those who pushed hardest (you know who you are and several can hear me now!)</div>
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His children are proud to tell you we joined the plot, bought him a computer and taught him to use it!</div>
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but for whom he wrote matters.</div>
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First, because the memoirs are written with the playfulness of stories told after dinner to those held in closest affection and trust. Friendship was one of his core values because when he felt safe in friends, he could achieve so much more than he ever thought he could. I believe writing his memoirs made him realise this.</div>
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Second, in his eighties when he started writing, Mike was looking back over the best part of a century of relentlessly emerging change, invention, pain and marvels. One of the challenges for any story teller is to connect the past to the future – whilst living in the present.</div>
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And the 20th century is a challenge much written of. Dad’s stream of words swell a river of much wider interest than the audience he wrote for. I hope they will be valued in this way as much as for the memories they evoke. Many voices helping to make sense of the complexity of history.</div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“So, What is The White Crocodile’s Tale all about?”</em></strong></h2>
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(It is good NOT to have to explain what the crocodile thing is all about! British audiences don’t get that.)</div>
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It is the life of a middle-class British school teacher, committed to the code of good behaviour of his time, devoted to his wife, his family and community, that’s what.</div>
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“<em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Another sentimental read about past times from a relatively privileged European cultural perspective?”</em></div>
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Well, if you wish, yes it is, but this one writer was delighted to be the last of the British (I was old enough to eves drop!) and thrilled to see the door of Merdeka flung open in peace (I too stood there out in the sun watching one flag go down and another go up watching the smiles on my Parents’ faces)</div>
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“<em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">So back to Friendship with its siblings, loyalty, trust and love.”</em></div>
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My Father was as hungry for affection and approval as we all are. He knew that of life’s drivers for change, many are painful, but none are so transformational and freeing as love.</div>
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<em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> “Well isn’t this exactly what our Sacred or philosophical texts tell us?”</em></div>
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Love for a person (my Parents had a very happy marriage) but also for Place with all its richness of scenery, peoples and cultures.</div>
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It was Place that began this love story…..</div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Supremely, Malaysia and the island of Penang.</strong></h2>
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What that taught, is that personal transformation may be less about a conscious decision to change and more about being relaxed, open and receptive, ready to be surprised by what really is good, trust it then working to sustain it – even over vast distances.<a href="http://arecabooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/IMG_1278.jpg" style="border: 0px; color: #828282; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Mary Hughes" class=" wp-image-10761 alignright" height="236" src="http://arecabooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/IMG_1278-225x300.jpg" style="border: 0px; float: right; height: auto; margin: 5px 0px 10px 10px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;" width="177" /></a></div>
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“<em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Hughes family are an odd bunch. I hope we are good entertainment to read about.</em> But it is the Malaysians who stay with you once you put the book down.”<br />-Mary Hughes</div>
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The cast of high-achieving, funny, bright, mischievous, talented and wholly honorable young people who enter the book in Chapter 5 with their schools, The Penang Free School, The Malay College and Sultan Ismail College, soon take it over and are there right to the end – as old men and women themselves.</div>
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Their delight in learning and their respect for knowledge, apparently so refreshing after their more war-jaded, pessimistic British contemporaries, prompts reflections on the importance of where and when you originate for potential to be set free and to flourish.</div>
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But potential has to be noticed first. I think my Father knew great potential when he met it realised that it fed on learning, which in turn fed on experience (Lankawi trips not endless theory!) and being allowed to get things wrong in safety so you can get them right when it matters.</div>
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And safety takes friends.</div>
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“well, in some respects he might have been a pioneer. A zillion modern business writers are growing rich on this stuff today!”</div>
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We travelled widely after our Malaysian days but no time else was ever quite like them. Nor the extraordinary, brilliant people we met there, and whose friendship was so generously offered to my Father and Mother and which became their happiest, most treasured gift in life, alongside family.</div>
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JMB Hughes, educator and star pupil</h2>
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I suppose, the real question about education, leadership and realised potential raised in the Malaysian chapters of the <em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">White Crocodile’s Tale</em> and referred to throughout the rest of Dad’s thinking is about exactly who it is doing most of the learning, when and why.</div>
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I often think the star pupil here was one JMB Hughes and he had many, many teachers. Learning is a two-way thing and to stop learning is to die.</div>
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The pain of life, war, hardship, we read, makes you doubt old traditions and slaps you wide awake to possibilities. But avoiding lazy, unhelpful choices means staying awake to constant learning and supporting the learning of others. This takes love.</div>
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Malaysia kept Dad awake for the rest of his life, sustained by friends, contacts and mutually helpful exchanges that never ceased. I believe he lived as long as he did, with steadfast spirit, intact mind and strong body because of it, and so my family have so much to be grateful to Penang and Malaysia for. Thank you so much.</div>
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Terima kasih banyak-banyak.</div>
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“The White Crocodile’s Tale” by J.M.B Hughes is now available at our bookshop at 15 Jalan Masjid Kapitan Keling (Pitt Street) and through our online bookshop!</div>
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Big plus for students: (From left) Khoo Salma sharing a light moment with Abdur- Razzaq, Mohd Radzi and Mary Hughes during the books presentation ceremony at the Penang Education Department in Jalan Bukit Gambier.</div>
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ARECA Books has donated 280 copies of two English books to the Penang Education Department for the benefit of secondary school students.</div>
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The books that themed Malaysia’s post-independence would be placed at the libraries of selected secondary schools on both the island and mainland.</div>
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The two titles are ‘The White Crocodile’s Tale: My Memoirs’ by J.M.B Hughes, and ‘Giving Our Best: The Story of St George’s Girls’ School, Penang, 1885-2010’ by Khoo Salma, Alison Hayes and Sehra Yeap Zimbulis.</div>
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Mohd Radzi Idris, representing the state’s Education Department, received the books from Areca Books managing director Khoo Salma during a simple ceremony at the department’s building in Jalan Bukit Gambier recently.</div>
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He said the interesting stories shared by the authors would inspire the students and help teachers to improve the standard of education.</div>
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“These two titles carry deep symbolic meaning for those born after Merdeka.</div>
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“It is about the aspiration of early educators in Penang,” said Mohd Radzi.</div>
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He added that it was admirable for private owned business to contribute reading materials for the benefit of students.</div>
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Khoo said local students should have access to books about Penang and its educational excellence.</div>
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“Hopefully, this will inspire them so that they can continue with the state’s fine tradition of achieving academic excellence,”she said.</div>
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Also present were Areca Book founding partner Abdur-Razzaq Lubis, J.M.B Hughes’s daughter Mary and a leading alumni of Penang Free School J.C Rajarao.</div>
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Mary said she was happy that students would be able to read the novel written by her late father.</div>
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“This is because the story was inspired by his days of teaching in Penang Free School,” she said.</div>
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Poh Soon Chewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10738324990278970874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697112172168171469.post-82553761299112949392013-08-03T04:53:00.001-07:002013-08-03T04:57:51.881-07:00Hair Today Gone Tomorrow<div style="line-height: normal;">
<span><span lang="EN-MY" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I
just returned from my 3rd chemo in KL. Feeling well except for slight
nausea and malaise. With medicine, able to eat a whole bowl of chicken
porridge at lunch. The photo showed a clump of hair lost in one day<b> </b>2
weeks after the first chemo. Since then hair continues to drop but at
slower rate. At least save money from hairdressing. Next photo, wearing
Sherlock Holmes cap. <br />
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<span><span lang="EN-MY" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Below poem composed while having the chemo treatment.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta;"><span lang="EN-MY" style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-MY" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Tube Tube Tube</span></b>
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<span style="color: magenta;">
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<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-MY">Tube Tube Tube </span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><div style="line-height: normal;">
<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-MY">From bags like balloons in the fair</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><div style="line-height: normal;">
<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-MY">Filled with hazard liquid not air</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-MY">Drip Drip Drip</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><div style="line-height: normal;">
<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-MY">With solutions clear white and red</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><div style="line-height: normal;">
<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-MY">Into my blue vein after bled</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><div style="line-height: normal;">
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<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><div style="line-height: normal;">
<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-MY">Drop Drop Drop</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><div style="line-height: normal;">
<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-MY">Like drizzle after the rain spell</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><div style="line-height: normal;">
<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-MY">With bullets to kill the rogue cells</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-MY">Pill Pill Pill</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><div style="line-height: normal;">
<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-MY">White and coloured, big round and small</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><div style="line-height: normal;">
<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-MY">Sweets to relieve the bitter gall</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-MY">Jab Jab Jab</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><div style="line-height: normal;">
<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-MY">With many needles sharp which prick</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><div style="line-height: normal;">
<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-MY">Through skin, muscle and fat so thick</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><div style="line-height: normal;">
<br /></div>
<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><div style="line-height: normal;">
<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-MY">Test Test Test</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><div style="line-height: normal;">
<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-MY">Count cells red and white in action</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><div style="line-height: normal;">
<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-MY">Know liver and kidney function </span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><div style="line-height: normal;">
<br /></div>
<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><div style="line-height: normal;">
<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-MY">Bill Bill Bill</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span><div style="line-height: normal;">
<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-MY">Medicines cost a hundred per tab</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><span lang="EN-MY" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Injections in thousands per ja</span></span></span><div style="line-height: normal;">
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teohskeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03168413075661158497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697112172168171469.post-85600075882441283552013-07-28T21:37:00.001-07:002013-07-28T21:37:40.102-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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With my mother, aged 92 years.<span id="goog_867288234"></span><span id="goog_867288235"></span><br />
<br />teohskeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03168413075661158497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697112172168171469.post-66583106367231366902013-07-28T21:17:00.000-07:002013-07-28T21:17:22.199-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Family at home during Chinese New year 2013teohskeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03168413075661158497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697112172168171469.post-47720136568879827602011-04-14T18:35:00.000-07:002011-04-14T18:35:00.861-07:00Mr JMB Hughes<span style="font-size: medium;">A Headmaster who inspired students to greater heights. And earned the highest respect and love from them. Amazing but true.<br />
That's Mr JMB Hughes, Extraordinaire</span>.<br />
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Dr Chin Wah SengPoh Soon Chewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10738324990278970874noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697112172168171469.post-24755764171434870592011-04-10T08:32:00.000-07:002011-04-10T08:36:36.015-07:00TRIBUTE TO MR. J.M.B. HUGHES by Hwang Hong Shi, DJN, PPN, PKT, PJK, PJM.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0COeYDwdLRk/TaHHpDxOm8I/AAAAAAAABMs/XjzucaxO-gQ/s1600/jmbHughes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0COeYDwdLRk/TaHHpDxOm8I/AAAAAAAABMs/XjzucaxO-gQ/s320/jmbHughes.jpg" width="236" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 3.5in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Algerian; font-size: 24pt;">TRIBUTE TO </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 3.5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Algerian; font-size: 24pt;">MR. J.M.B. HUGHES </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 3.5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Algerian; font-size: 24pt;"> (1957–1963)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif";">PFS’ most beloved Headmaster Mr. J.M.B. Hughes passed away on 16.3.11 in his home turf in England. Though I have been requested by the OFA Management Committee to write this tribute, I am skeptical about my literary ability do justice to such a legendary figure in the history of the school even though I had served for 15 years as a teacher in PFS, 5 years of which were under his dynamic leadership.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif";">I had association with Mr. Michael Hughes way back in 1957 in my capacity as the Hon. Secretary of the Penang Outward Bound Association. He was one of our Advisors as well as the Acting Chief Education Officer of Penang. He was instrumental in getting me to PFS teaching Staff because of my Scouting and Outward Bound activities.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif";">Mr. J.M.B. Hughes, M.A.(Oxon), Dip Ed. (Lond) was born in England in 1917. He graduated in 1939. He served in the Indian Army for the next seven years in World War 2. As he put it, he got a taste for the East, which explained why he came here in August, 1948. He was a big hit with the students and outshone the local staff. While he was doing his teaching practice at a school in North London, he met some Old Frees there and that started his relationship with PFS. He was impressed by the attitude of the students who considered learning as a privilege. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif";">His first task as a teacher was to know his pupils quickly and understand their needs in education. He believed in education outside the confines of a classroom. Getting out was his way of getting to know his pupils better and enhancing their learning experience. As an Assistant Master in PFS, he noticed that the Staff was split into two Staff rooms – one for Europeans and the other for Malayan staff. Eventually, only one Staff room was created in order to encourage the Staff to know one another better. He had, over the years, promoted a close rapport with the Staff and the students.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif";">It was in Penang where he met his wife, Jean. She taught English Literature in PFS. Two of their children were born in this tropical island. Thus, Penang, the Pearl of the Orient, always had a special place in his heart.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-J-2yRA2UBuo/TaHH4LUpc-I/AAAAAAAABMw/wqqglMANWoA/s1600/hughesAssembly.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="283" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-J-2yRA2UBuo/TaHH4LUpc-I/AAAAAAAABMw/wqqglMANWoA/s320/hughesAssembly.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif";">His love for the outdoors was shown in his outings to Pulau Langkawi a few times. His made a sampan sea trip from Tanjong Tokong round the island from 10.00 p.m. to 10.00 a.m. the next day. He also arranged a day trip in his planters’ ship for my Scouts to sail to Pulau Rimau.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif";">As the Headmaster, he also had to look into the funding of the school. He had the able assistance of his Secretary, Mr. Tan Chong Bee. With the introduction of Bahasa Malaysia, he was the first Headmaster of the school to use this language on the rostrum on Speech Day. Fortunately, he had the assistance of Capt. Mohd. Noor, a member of his teaching Staff. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif";">In his time, all school gates were open. The Sixth Form Block near Green Lane was also erected. Initially, only boys were admitted. The top floor was used as a hostel. The excellent academic tradition, which by record was the most distinguished in the country, had to be upheld. The school continued to win places at the local Universities and under the Colombo Plan scholarships. Dato Lim Chong Keat was one of the best pupils he had taught together with many other very able scholars. The last Queen Scholar of the school was our former Chief Minister, Dr. Lim Chong Eu.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif";">He believed in the quality of education absolutely. The students excelled through the excellent quality of their work in school. ‘Not everybody is successful, but you must start with the objective and hopefully you will succeed in the long run. I know that sounds pompous but it must be true,’ he said. Quality covers many aspects: academic, sports, treating people as individuals and caring the less fortunate and disabled.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif";">His Return to Penang</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="position: relative; z-index: 251659264;"><span style="height: 32px; left: 49px; position: absolute; top: -2px; width: 614px;"> </span></span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif";">His passion for the school was forever burning. He was the only Headmaster, if I am not mistaken, who had returned to visit the school four times. His first trip back with his beloved wife Jean was in 1983 after being away for 20 years. We were delighted to welcome them with a reception at the Penthouse at Ming Court Hotel. Thirty-two old boys and former teachers hosted the party. The OFA also entertained them with a tea-party in its premises. Much camaraderie and fellowship prevailed. He represented OFA and spoke at the Speech Day on 21<sup>st</sup> October, 1983. His second and third visits were made in 1996. His fourth visit was in October, 2000. I had the opportunity to welcome him and drove him from the airport to Dato’ Lim Chong Keat’s residence. Again, I accompanied him to visit the school. A plague commemorating his three previous visits to the school was mounted on the landing of the front school staircase. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xR2tGhc7Veo/TaHITqfYXLI/AAAAAAAABM4/lLKAUDjhqxE/s1600/penangClub.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="289" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xR2tGhc7Veo/TaHITqfYXLI/AAAAAAAABM4/lLKAUDjhqxE/s320/penangClub.jpg" width="320" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="left: 0pt; position: absolute; z-index: 251660288;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 8pt;"> </span></i></b></span> </div><span style="left: 0pt; position: absolute; z-index: 251660288;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 8pt;">H</span></i></b></span><span style="left: 0pt; position: absolute; z-index: 251660288;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 8pt;"> </span></i></b></span><span style="left: 0pt; position: absolute; z-index: 251660288;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 8pt;"> </span></i></b></span><span style="left: 0pt; position: absolute; z-index: 251660288;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 8pt;">H</span></i></b></span><span style="left: 0pt; position: absolute; z-index: 251660288;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 8pt;"> </span></i></b></span><span style="left: 0pt; position: absolute; z-index: 251660288;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 8pt;">Hughes at Penang Club with Hwang & Dennis Lee on 14.10.2000</span></i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif";">No headmaster of PFS had ever made such an impact and created such a rapport with the school after his </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif";">We all thank him and Jean from the bottom of our hearts. May their souls rest in peace as they rejoice in heaven forever.</span><b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">NB: Perhaps, like his predecessors Messrs Hargreaves, Pinhorn and Hamilton, a road in the vicinity of PFS should be named in memory of J.M.B. Hughes as the last expatriate Headmaster of PFS, </span></i></b></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody>
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<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> FW: Exemplary HM: Take a leaf out of Hughes' book</span></span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Editor,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">New Straits Times.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I refer to A. Shukor Rahman’s letter “Exemplary HM – Take a leaf out of Hughes’ book (NST Thu 24 Mar 2011).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Sorry for the delay in responding as I was traveling this past week.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">J.M.B. Hughes who passed away in England on 16 March 2011 was headmaster of Ismail English School (IES) Kota Bharu<span style="color: navy;"><span style="color: navy;"> from Oct 1952 to June 1955 before being headmaster of Penang Free School (PFS) from 1957 to 1963. In Jan 1956 IES</span></span> <span style="color: navy;"><span style="color: navy;">became</span></span> <span style="color: navy;"><span style="color: navy;">present day </span></span>Sultan Ismail College<span style="color: navy;"><span style="color: navy;"> (SIC)</span></span> and Sultan Ismail Primary School<span style="color: navy;"><span style="color: navy;"> (SIPS).</span></span> His wife Jean <span style="color: navy;"><span style="color: navy;">taught English </span></span>at <span style="color: navy;"><span style="color: navy;">IES</span></span>. His daughter, Mary said that as requested by him the song <span style="color: navy;"><span style="color: navy;">“</span></span>Rasa Sayang<span style="color: navy;"><span style="color: navy;">”</span></span> was played at his funeral.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">My late father taught under him through out that period<span style="color: navy;"><span style="color: navy;"> at IES</span></span>. Around 1995 my father met him for the first time since June 1955 at the home of an Old Ismailian in Petaling Jaya and it was very clear from my father’s reaction that Mr Hughes was no ordinary man. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I have been told that Hughes spent World War II in India and was very aware of our Oriental Culture.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">He was one of the last colonial headmasters to leave our shores because the then Governor of Penang, the late Raja Tun Uda had specially requested that he stay on as headmaster of PFS till 1963.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Shukor said that if only some of our headmasters/headmistresses would take a leaf out of his book, he is sure there would be less problems in our schools today. This can only happen if we document his <span style="color: navy;"><span style="color: navy;">administrative style</span></span> and <span style="color: navy;"><span style="color: navy;">make sure it is disseminated</span></span>. It would be nice if Old Ismailians of that period would write about his contributions to <span style="color: navy;"><span style="color: navy;">IES</span></span> just as Shukor did about PFS. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Kuldip Singh </span></span><br />
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</style> <![endif]--> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">We have been advised that the venue of this remembrance event for Mike and Jean at 4 pm on Sun 17th April 2011 has been changed to</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">THE OLD FREES' ASSOCIATION</span></b><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">41 JALAN SULTAN AHMAD SHAH</span></b><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">10050 PENANG.</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">We have also been informed that<b> </b></span><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Mary, John & Kate Hughes</span><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">(& family) plan to attend.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The event will be coordinated by </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Hwang Hong Shi, Chng Jin Teik and Nehru. Please contact Hwang Hong Shi <span> </span><</span><span class="gi"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="mailto:davidhshwang@gmail.com">davidhshwang@gmail.com</a>>, </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Khoo Boo Yeang <<a href="mailto:dakhoos@gmail.com" target="_blank">dakhoos@gmail.com</a>> <span class="gi">Deputy President OFA, Pg</span></span><span class="gi"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span> </span>or <span>Winnie Kung</span> <<a href="http://au.mc1125.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=winnieofa@gmail.com" target="_blank">winnieofa@gmail.com</a>> at the </span><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Management Office, The Old Frees' Association d</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">irectly if you require more details.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Your support of this event to remember Mike and Jean with members of their family will be much appreciated. </span><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div>Poh Soon Chewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10738324990278970874noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697112172168171469.post-9574512222622468912011-03-31T07:01:00.000-07:002011-03-31T07:01:53.624-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-48CIc4HROvg/TZSItekkT-I/AAAAAAAAABU/v3NYbGvUFyE/s1600/Remembering+Mike+%2526+Jean.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-48CIc4HROvg/TZSItekkT-I/AAAAAAAAABU/v3NYbGvUFyE/s320/Remembering+Mike+%2526+Jean.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xfZADIZTnC4/TZSI1LE8taI/AAAAAAAAABY/bzHYCHOzhQ8/s1600/Remebering+1949+%2540+PFS.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xfZADIZTnC4/TZSI1LE8taI/AAAAAAAAABY/bzHYCHOzhQ8/s320/Remebering+1949+%2540+PFS.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>Lim Huat Seng (Class of 1957-1963)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06777894950878008808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697112172168171469.post-12179578050723238582011-03-28T08:22:00.000-07:002011-03-28T08:22:52.752-07:00Memorial Meeting for Mike and Jean on 27/3Check this link for photos and short excerpts of yesterday's meeting <br />
http://ja-jp.facebook.com/ofaklsel?sk=wall#!/ofaklselPoh Soon Chewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10738324990278970874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697112172168171469.post-29951728112786490082011-03-27T08:09:00.000-07:002011-03-27T08:09:15.861-07:00Tribute to Mr. JMB Hughes by Harris Beh<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-MY</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:DontVertAlignCellWithSp/> <w:DontBreakConstrainedForcedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> <w:Word11KerningPairs/> <w:CachedColBalance/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/> <m:smallFrac m:val="off"/> <m:dispDef/> <m:lMargin m:val="0"/> <m:rMargin m:val="0"/> <m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/> <m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/> <m:intLim m:val="subSup"/> <m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Black","sans-serif";"> I was in PFS from 1959 to 1965.</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: red; font-family: "sans-serif","serif";">I remember much.</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: red; font-family: "sans-serif","serif";">I can say with pride, Mr. JMB Hughes was from a pedigree of illustrious Headmasters of PFS.</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: red; font-family: "sans-serif","serif";">JMB Hughes inspired and motivated thousands of PFS Students and his group of dedicated teachers.</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: red; font-family: "sans-serif","serif";">I remember as Headmaster of PFS, ... his leadership, his presence and his stewardship brought the best out in many of us.</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: red; font-family: "sans-serif","serif";">Headmasters make, shape and advance the school . Mr. JMB Hughes was a champion at that.</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: red; font-family: "sans-serif","serif";">In an institution like PFS, the oldest English school in the region, JMB Hughes revered its tradition,</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: red; font-family: "sans-serif","serif";">its quality and academic excellence, and the School's performance on the playing field.</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: red; font-family: "sans-serif","serif";">He persisted and gave us some of the best and most unforgettable teachers and characters in PFS and ensured we benefited from the best school environment in the country.</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: red; font-family: "sans-serif","serif";">I remember JMB Hughes was everywhere in the school.</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: red; font-family: "sans-serif","serif";">He would make his rounds almost every other morning... almost always at a specific time going by every class in the school.</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: red; font-family: "sans-serif","serif";">He was always at inter-school matches, at the rugby field, the football field, the hockey field, the badminton hall and the Saturday cricket matches., not just at the School's Annual Sports Day. He was always at our School Concerts and School Plays.</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: red; font-family: "sans-serif","serif";">But what was inspiring to many,... was his frequent presence at inter-house games and school practices. At the school field, the badminton hall, the basketball courts and the cricket nets. And we knew it. His palpable presence engendered high energy, fantastic morale, pride, enthusiasm and commitment with us as students. </span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: red; font-family: "sans-serif","serif";">I remember..JMB Hughes had a memory like an elephant. He called us by name in the class room and in the field. He seems to remember events past and people involved.</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: red; font-family: "sans-serif","serif";">I remember… the school assemblies in the hall on Monday mornings,... Mr. JMB Hughes in his brisk stride through the aisle </span></b><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Black","sans-serif";">on to the school stage in his favourite light brown suit .</span></b></span><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Black","sans-serif";"><br />
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<span class="apple-style-span">I remember on one dreary Monday morning he made us sing the Negara-ku again. With passion. We rocked the school hall that morning.</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: blue; font-family: "sans-serif","serif";">Mr. JMB Hughes helped unleash the power of turned-on students, sportsmen and even the teachers. Quite simply, he gave us PRIDE.</span></b></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: blue;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: red; font-family: "sans-serif","serif";">I remember ... he came into my class after the results of one of the school exams. He not only mentioned the top 5 students, he picked out the bottom 5..and those who excelled in English and Maths. When he left the class we all felt good. We all got a pep talk and lots of encouragement..</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: red; font-family: "sans-serif","serif";">I remember.,.... when I was appointed a School Prefect in Form Five together with Teng Kok Seng, he called all the new Prefects in to his office. There was Tan Cheng Keat, Fong Soo Hoi, Tang Hong Tatt., Lee Kim Siem, Lim Kwee Hiang, Jawhar Hassan... </span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: red; font-family: "sans-serif","serif";">He made specific pointed observations of us individually including some shortcomings and his expectations of our leadership.</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: red; font-family: "sans-serif","serif";">When we left his office, we knew he knew us individually.., our strengths and our challenges. He must have observed us.</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: red; font-family: "sans-serif","serif";">I was not one of the fortunate many that Mrs. Jean Hughes taught in Class. The many students that she taught, loved her for her endearing qualities as a teacher. They speak of her refined, and gentle manner ..and her compassion. They looked forward to her English and Literature classes. </span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: red; font-family: "sans-serif","serif";">I remember,... Mrs Jean Hughes was at the helm of the Music & Drama society. I remember how she engaged the students.. They all speak fondly of her.</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: red; font-family: "sans-serif","serif";">Somehow, I remember Mr. and Mrs Hughes are ..have been a great part of our history, of Penang Free School and the profound effect they had in the quality of our school life.., our education. We are grateful, we had the privilege of their time in PFS.</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: red; font-family: "sans-serif","serif";"> I had the privilege of being there then.</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: red; font-family: "sans-serif","serif";">Mr. JMB Hughes gave us Pride, not because we were the best students that got into PFS, but he got most of us to give our best..to do our best in our studies and in the playing field. He imbued Character and discipline.</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: red; font-family: "sans-serif","serif";">In my mind he made champions of us. But behind that.. <span> </span>Mr. JMB Hughes was the champion of the students, the teachers and the School. He was the Heroe that made heroes of the students.</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: red; font-family: "sans-serif","serif";">He was proud of us. But more significantly, we were proud of him, as our Headmaster.</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Black","sans-serif";">Harris Beh</span></b><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Black","sans-serif";"></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Black","sans-serif";">PFS: </span></b><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: red; font-family: "sans-serif","serif";">1959 to 1965</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></div>Poh Soon Chewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10738324990278970874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697112172168171469.post-37201860854616100202011-03-25T09:47:00.000-07:002011-03-25T09:47:15.015-07:00An Old Sea Salt from Kim Gooi’s blog http://kimgooi.wordpress.com/<!--[if !mso]> <style>
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</style> <![endif]--> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">From Kim Gooi’s blog<span> </span>http://kimgooi.wordpress.com/</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">March 21, 2011 · 8:01 pm </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 24pt;">An Old Sea Salt</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">An Old Sea Salt</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">by Kim Gooi</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">1st published in Penang Club magazine 2002</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">[<i>Author's note: The most beloved headmaster of Penang Free School Mike Hughes passed away on 16 March 2011, six days after his wife Jean Hughes. Their joint funeral will be held on Tuesday 22 March at Chapel of Rest, Okehampton, Devon. Legions of old boys scattered around the world mourn their demise.</i><br />
<i>"They contributed greatly to enhance the school's already excellent academic, sports, arts performances...and made huge impacts on many of us personally. Stories of their generosity of their time, words and acts of support and encouragement, and in kind to the students are legendary, writes Chew Poh Soon, among tributes that poured through the internet.]</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://kimgooi.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/mike-hughes.jpg"><span lang="EN-MY" style="color: blue; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="http://kimgooi.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/mike-hughes.jpg?w=390&h=255" border="0" height="255" src="file:///C:/Users/CPS/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.jpg" width="390" /></span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Feeling top of the world - Kim Gooi(left)and Tan Poay Lim with Mike Hughes on top Penang Hill in year 2000. Mike was 84 then. Photo by Kim Gooi</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In early 1900s I have a pleasant surprise when the last English headmaster of Penang Free School, JMB Hughes who retired and went back to England in 1963, wrote to me in Bangkok.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">“Are you Gooi Mong Kim, the one I taught geography in Form Two? I don’t know you are now known as Kim Gooi. Heard you are a journalist based in Bangkok. I got your address from one of the old boys.</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://kimgooi.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/beach.jpg"><span lang="EN-MY" style="color: blue; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="http://kimgooi.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/beach.jpg?w=390&h=293" border="0" height="293" src="file:///C:/Users/CPS/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image002.jpg" width="390" /></span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Beach Boys, December 1961 - Photo by Mike Hughes who sent and wrote the caption: "Forty years ago Batu Ferringhi! The most cheerful bunch of kids I ever knew. As ever - Mike" Front row (L-R) Tan Poay Lim, Chan Weng Thim, Chor Hock Lye, Ahmad's (the fisherman) son. Back row Chuah Lye Heen and Gooi Mong Kim</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">“Remember our dunking days in the sea of Batu Ferringhi. (He used to take a bunch of us camping in front of ‘Silver Sand’, while the family stayed in the bungalow)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">“How is Weng Thim, Say Kok, Lye Heen?” He said he is still in contact with Poay Lim and some of the old boys but among all the students he remembers us best and the liveliest. Must be due to the fact we were the last group taught by him and the one who dunked him in the sea.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">“One good dunking deserves another,” he says. And Mike, as he now wants to be called, would dunk as back in return.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">After a week of sun and surf, just as we were about to cycle home with our piles of ruck sacks and camping gears, I remember vividly, Mike coming towards me and dished out about fifteen dollars (ringgit, quite a lot of money in those days). “Take this and have a meal in the coffee shop,” he said.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Those were the days – great school, great teachers! “I would always make it a point to take my students outdoor as part of the education,” he would say. Among the field trips he had taken were to Pulau Langkawi in the early remote days (Lim Chong Keat among the group), he said. And the most memorable – when the whole school took a day off to hike up Penang Hill in 1962, the year I was in Form Two.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Penang Free School then was noted for its academic excellence and sports prowess nationally. The teachers were a different breed compared to now.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Many of us Old Frees, now in our autumn years, would agree that the Penang Free School is special in many ways and hold fond memories of the alma mater. From its founding in 1816 until 1963 when the last English principal left for home, it has always been headed by a British headmaster.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">When Old Frees meet, they would inevitably inquire: “Which year (were you in)?…..Todd?, Hargreaves?, Pinhorn?… and so on. For me the greatest headmaster will always be Michael (JMB) Hughes.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Already an octogenarian when I heard from him, Hughes has not lost his shine and humour. “We can stage the biggest dunking of all times if you come to England,” he wrote. “Except it won’t be as warm and sunny as Batu Ferringhi; yours Old Sea Salt,” he signed off.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Coincidentally at that time Old Frees of my year had just started email contacts; Lye Heen when informed of Hughes suggested we pooled resources and get him a laptop.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">But it was OK. A few weeks later Mike emailed saying: “Thanks for your kind thoughts but it’s not necessary, my daughter and son-in-law, just got me a computer and ‘wired’ me up.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">“Times have changed, what I understand as a mouse and hardware are no longer the four legged animal and tools I used to know,” he wrote amusingly.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We were in regular email contact. In year 2000, Hughes visited Penang at the invitation of Lim Chong Keat and company. I met up with Mike at Chong Keat’s Penang Hill Hotel. At 84, except for the cane he uses when walking, he was robust and healthy, his mind as sharp as ever, rattling off names of old students and events, to the amazement of all.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In 2001 I was the Southeast Asia editor for Outthere News, a London based news portal, actively reporting on the American attack of Afghanistan Taliban forces. My job was to get ordinary people to comment on the Afghan War, their fear, worry and so on.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Mike and I were in regular contact. Needless to say Afghanistan featured mostly in our exchanges. Being a newsman, I was amazed at the profound insight and knowledge Mike had of the Afghans and the region.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I sent his comments to london and sure enough the editor, Paul Eedle, was astonished. “This is great stuff!” the Editor commented.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Below is the commentary of Michael Hughes as it appears in OutthereNews. I am sure Old Frees who were with Hughes would be delighted to read about the Old Sea Salt’s vast experience, knowledge and empathy for the people.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red; font-size: 12pt;">megastories from</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
<span style="color: red;">OUTTHERE NEWS</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Wednesday 21 November 2001</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: navy; font-size: 12pt;">[I SERVED IN AFGHANISTAN IN 1942</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: navy; font-size: 12pt;">Michael Huhges, now 84, is the former headmaster </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
<span style="color: navy;">of Penang Free School in Malaysia, the oldest English</span><br />
<span style="color: navy;">school in southeast Asia (founded in1816). He served</span><br />
<span style="color: navy;">in the British army in India, Ceylon and Burma in World</span><br />
<span style="color: navy;">War II before his life as a teacher in Malaysia. he </span><br />
<span style="color: navy;">retired to Britain in 1963.]</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: navy; font-size: 12pt;">I am not surprised those reports were killed in Afghanistan. in 1942 I was stationed not far away from there. The road from Peshawar to Landi Kota (a frontier fort) had one role. Any British officer straying 50 yards from the track could be shot and several were. There was a guide book telling you this. British officers had to wear pagris like their men. It has always been a fierce area. Tribesmen could be feasting you and going overboard with hospitality one day and trying to put a bullet in your head the next. You never called them ‘Pushtuns’ then but ‘Pathans’ who spoke a language called Pusthu. My orderly was one such man and he was the salt of the earth.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: navy; font-size: 12pt;">When I left the army in Rangoon in 1946 and he left me, I wanted to give him 400 rupees to help create a better life for him and his family. At first he refused but I insisted and he took it. Six months later when I was back in the UK I got a letter from the village headman signed by every man in the village. He had gone home</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
<span style="color: navy;">and distributed the money between the whole community. this was a man who lived in a mud and wattle hut with one room divided from another by a rough partition. The animals on one side, the people on the other. Mostly they slept outside on a string bed called a charpoy.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: navy; font-size: 12pt;">With all respect you have to know these people well because robbery is common and westerners would be targets. I respected them and loved them. Allah was everything to them and Mohammad their guide. I know that there is no excuse for what happened in western eyes but in theirs there was nothing wrong. I could tell you more about them but it would take me half a book. One thing I do know. They do not fear death. Of course one cannot condone with murder but they live in a harsh climate where life is a constant struggle and death very common. Probably the infant mortality rate is higher than 60% and the death rate at about the age of 50. Of course I am talking about 60 years ago and things may have changed but I doubt very much whether attitudes have.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: navy; font-size: 12pt;">Mike Hughes</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div>Poh Soon Chewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10738324990278970874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697112172168171469.post-90705786254304520352011-03-25T03:46:00.000-07:002011-03-25T03:46:42.448-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Direction to Venue of Event to commemorate Mr. & Mrs. Hughes at 4-00 pm on Sunday, 27 March 2011<img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-yNVJHHfOoKU/TYxxfReKnGI/AAAAAAAAABQ/rAO--J0JXC0/s320/Direction+to+PLUS+HQ.jpg" width="226" /></div>Lim Huat Seng (Class of 1957-1963)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06777894950878008808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697112172168171469.post-39891241466164818212011-03-23T20:46:00.000-07:002011-03-23T20:46:27.379-07:00Penang event on Sunday 17th April: "Remembering Mike & Jean Hughes",<div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(228, 228, 228); font: 10pt arial;"><b></b><a href="mailto:foliamy@foliamy.com" target="_blank" title="foliamy@foliamy.com"><br />
</a> </div><div style="font: 10pt arial;">Thanks, Syed for forwarding this email from Dato Lim Chong Keat. Hope many can attend that event too. </div><div style="font: 10pt arial;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 10pt arial;"><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 24, 2011 10:46</div><div style="font: 10pt arial;"><b>Subject:</b> Re: Memorial Tribute to the Hughes, Plus Expressway Headquarters, Subang Interchange</div><div><br />
</div><div> <div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Dear Abdullah</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Please note and inform others attending the 27th gathering at Subang (ahead of the circular to be finalised) that we shall,be organising another event <u>in Penang on</u> <u>Sunday the 17th April</u>: "Remembering Mike & Jean Hughes", from 4pm onwards, at Alpha Utara Gallery, China Street. Will circulate those on email.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Regards</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Lim Chong Keat</span></div></div>Poh Soon Chewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10738324990278970874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697112172168171469.post-55508132088638896502011-03-23T18:51:00.000-07:002011-03-23T18:51:21.173-07:00Exemplary HM - Letter from Shukor Rahman in the NST todaySyed Abdullah sent me this nice tribute to Mike and Jean in the New Straits Times this morning. Many thanks, Syed for sharing with us.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><div> <div><span style="color: maroon; font-family: Andalus; font-size: medium;"><em>2011/03/24<br />
A. SHUKOR RAHMAN, Penang <br />
<a href="mailto:letters@nst.com.my" target="_blank">letters@nst.com.my</a></em></span></div><div> <div> <div><span style="color: maroon; font-family: Andalus; font-size: medium;"><em> </em></span> <div><br />
<span style="color: maroon; font-family: Andalus; font-size: medium;"><em>J.M.B. HUGHES (or Michael to those close to him), one of the most popular headmasters of Penang Free School, died in England on March 16. His wife Jean, who also taught at the school, had passed away five days earlier. </em></span></div></div></div></div></div><span style="color: maroon; font-family: Andalus; font-size: medium;"><em>Both had been in poor health for some time. Their joint funeral was held on Tuesday in Exeter.<br />
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What made Hughes, who was headmaster from 1957 to 1963, so highly popular and respected among students and staff? </em></span><br />
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<span style="color: maroon; font-family: Andalus; font-size: medium;"><em>I entered Penang Free School as a Form One student in 1962, which it happened to be Hughes' final year as headmaster. For one year, I had the opportunity to experience his style of "hands-on" administration.</em></span><br />
<span style="color: maroon; font-family: Andalus; font-size: medium;"><em>He treated everyone fairly and decently irrespective of whether you were a teacher, a student, the office boy or the school gardener. <br />
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He engaged everyone as a friend and an equal. He would make the class rounds when the end-of-term examination results were out. </em></span><br />
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<span style="color: maroon; font-family: Andalus; font-size: medium;"><em>Apart from picking out the top two in each class for mention, he would also call up the bottom two, and try to find out why they had not done well. Instead of harsh words, he always tried to encourage them to do better the next time.<br />
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He joined Penang Free School in 1949 as the senior Geography teacher. As chairman of the Geographical Society, he would organise numerous activities, such as making excursions to (the yet undeveloped) Pulau Langkawi.<br />
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Hughes and Jean had no airs about them. Jean taught English Literature and was active in the Music and Drama Society. They were humble, warm and friendly, and never threw their weight around. </em></span><br />
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<span style="color: maroon; font-family: Andalus; font-size: medium;"><em>Former students were warmly welcomed when they visited the Hughes in England. He considered former students who kept in touch with him as members of his extended family. On several occasions, some successful former students even sponsored Hughes' visit to Malaysia to meet up with Old Frees. This showed how highly they regarded him.<br />
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Almost to the end, Hughes was in touch with a group of Old Frees, exchanging views, banter and memories via email. <br />
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If only some of our headmasters would take a leaf out of his book, I am sure there would be less problems in our schools today.<br />
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Thank you, Mr Hughes, for your warmth and kindness and for being a friend to all. And thank you for making the sun shine even on bleak, gloomy days</em></span><br />
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<span style="color: maroon; font-family: Andalus; font-size: medium;"><em>Read more: </em></span><a href="http://www.nst.com.my/nst/articles/21hughe/Article/#ixzz1HTSsWnUb" style="color: #003399;" target="_blank"><span style="color: maroon; font-family: Andalus; font-size: medium;"><em>Exemplary HM: Take a leaf out of Hughes' book</em></span></a><span style="color: maroon; font-family: Andalus; font-size: medium;"><em> </em></span><a href="http://www.nst.com.my/nst/articles/21hughe/Article/#ixzz1HTSsWnUb" style="color: #003399;" target="_blank"><span style="color: maroon; font-family: Andalus; font-size: medium;"><em>http://www.nst.com.my/nst/<wbr></wbr>articles/21hughe/Article/#<wbr></wbr>ixzz1HTSsWnUb</em></span></a></span>Poh Soon Chewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10738324990278970874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697112172168171469.post-37118468208596859592011-03-23T18:41:00.000-07:002011-03-23T18:41:23.454-07:00Mike's visit and school speech in 1983 in Quah SS's blog http://ssquah.blogspot.com/<!--[if !mso]> <style>
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</style> <![endif]--> <div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">I think this visit by Mike was his first to Malaysia since he left school in 1963 and if I am not mistaken was mainly organised by Dato Rahim, It's the first time I have seen this inspiring speech which says so much about the man. Seng Sun has also captured well how the old boys and girls, and teachers under his charge, feel about him and Jean in his article. Enjoy it. </span> </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">And thanks to Seng Sun for permission to reproduce his article on our blog.</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Tuesday, 22 March 2011</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="" name="1787472321960637805"></a><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><a href="http://ssquah.blogspot.com/2011/03/hughes-lesson.html"><span style="color: blue;">A Hughes lesson</span></a> </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">It was quite obvious that JMB (Mike) Hughes had a tremendous attachment for the Penang Free School. Though he was the headmaster for only seven years, his tenure meant a great deal to him. It was just about the best years of his life. He touched the lives of the boys and girls who had studied in the school from 1957 to 1963 and left an indelible impression on them. Even after retirement, he returned to Penang several times for holidays and never once could he say that he was not the centre of attention.<br />
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I never got to meet him but having heard some stories about him, it felt as if I had. When my batch of schoolmates held our reunion last month and we had invited some of our own old teachers to the function, one of them even asked me whether I had any news about Hughes. She was mighty worried, she said, because she hadn't heard from him for a very long time.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-mFkMjohF0EE/TYf70pBrMLI/AAAAAAAARKg/Ijx4vQO-ED0/s1600/JMB_Hughes.jpg"><span lang="EN-MY" style="color: blue; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;"><span><img alt="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-mFkMjohF0EE/TYf70pBrMLI/AAAAAAAARKg/Ijx4vQO-ED0/s200/JMB_Hughes.jpg" border="0" height="200" src="file:///C:/Users/CPS/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.jpg" width="147" /></span></span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Hughes was the guest of honour of the Old Frees' Association when he visited Penang in October 1983. As his trip would coincide with the School's Speech Day, it was proposed - and readily accepted by Hughes - that he should speak as the official OFA representative. Thus, it was a proud moment for him to return to the school on 21 Oct 1983, walk along the corridors, enter the hall and walk down the aisle, mount the steps onto the old stage, listen fervently to the School Rally and beam down on the expectant faces before him.<br />
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Someone emailed me a scanned article on the address that Hughes made during that Speech Day. I would like reproduce an excerpt from it here:</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-RAX2c56UDE8/TYf7yjaGYvI/AAAAAAAARKc/36wvza4lLzk/s1600/Hughes1984.jpg"><span lang="EN-MY" style="color: blue; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;"><span><img alt="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-RAX2c56UDE8/TYf7yjaGYvI/AAAAAAAARKc/36wvza4lLzk/s400/Hughes1984.jpg" border="0" height="352" src="file:///C:/Users/CPS/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image002.jpg" width="400" /></span></span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">"From the time I first knew the Free School, it had a tradition - it looked back with reverence to its past: concentrated upon its present and anticipated its future. The quality and academic excellence it aspired to was the key to all three, linked closely to its pride in its performance on the playing field. This spirit built up over generations had made it a wonderful place to be in 20 years ago. It is still with you today.</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
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<i>"All of you are now on the threshold of adulthood and may look forward to positions of responsibility and trust. You will be thinking about freedom and you may realise that this is impossible without order. You may also seek liberty but you will find out that only through discipline can you have all three. Order is the key to freedom and liberty so that your fellow citizens may go about their daily tasks unimpared. But it is the kind of discipline which means self control to which I refer. A self control which will both enable you to succeed in your studies and also to take responsibility for others when that responsibility is given to you. Always be the master of yourself and others will respect you for it. However high you may rise in status and authority, never forget the problems of others less fortunate. Only then can you be complete, educated, men and women.</i><br />
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<i>"It seems to me that Malaysia has progressed in an astonishing fashion. Ever since I arrived, people have swarmed around me eager and willing to take me in their latest Mercedes to see the latest development either soaring into the sky or stretching along the beach until former familiar places seem entirely new. With all these gains around you, you may be tempted to look for wealth first and seek knowledge second. Perhaps it might be advisable to pursue knowledge to its utmost and then it may not be necessary to look for wealth. I am sure the many men and women who have graduated from here may agree with me. The PFS Spirit implies this - perhaps it might help you also."</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
Note: The joint funeral of JMB Hughes and his wife Jean will be held today in Okehampton, England. Hughes died on 16 mar 2011 and his wife passed away five days earlier. Both had been sick for quite a while. A condolence book was opened at the Old Frees' Association, Penang last week. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Posted by Quah, Seng-Sun at <a href="http://ssquah.blogspot.com/2011/03/hughes-lesson.html" title="permanent link"><span style="color: blue;">09:58:00</span></a> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6871598845038438285&postID=1787472321960637805"><span style="color: blue;">0 comments</span></a> </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/email-post.g?blogID=6871598845038438285&postID=1787472321960637805" title=""Email Post" "><span lang="EN-MY" style="color: blue; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;"><span><img alt="http://www.blogger.com/img/icon18_email.gif" border="0" height="13" src="file:///C:/Users/CPS/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image003.gif" width="18" /></span></span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></div>Poh Soon Chewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10738324990278970874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697112172168171469.post-32662328925671178592011-03-23T08:57:00.000-07:002011-03-23T08:57:44.956-07:00JMB (Mike) Hughes by Quah Seng Sun '66 http://ssquah.blogspot.com/<div> <h2><span>Many thanks, Syed Abdullah for drawing our attention this post of Seng Sun's on his blog http://ssquah.blogspot.com/.</span></h2><h2><span>Thursday, 17 March 2011</span></h2><div> <div> <div><a href="" name="12ee1a0e021e7fe5_9094958832291968635"></a> <h3><a href="http://ssquah.blogspot.com/2011/03/jmb-mike-hughes.html" target="_blank">JMB (Mike) Hughes</a> </h3><div> <div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ljvMyx6pyPw/TYGwOllrsnI/AAAAAAAARKU/5O5K2kOf-Kc/s1600/JMB_Hughes.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=30b906be58&view=att&th=12ee1a0e021e7fe5&attid=0.0.1&disp=emb&zw" width="295" /></a></div>It is with regret that I mention here of the death of J.M.B. (Mike) Hughes who was the last European headmaster of the Penang Free School from 1957 to 1963. He died on 16 Mar 2011 in Okehampton near Exeter in the United Kingdom. His death came five days after the passing of his wife, Jean Hughes. Both had been sick since Christmas with Hughes reportedly having suffered a stroke very recently.<br />
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Hughes was before my time as I only entered the School in 1966 but from what I've been learning from the Old Frees who passed through the School during Hughes' tenure, he was a well-liked headmaster. His old students held him in high esteem and the feeling was mutual.<br />
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He returned to visit the School many times after he went back to England and his last visit was in the 1990s when he entered the school hall with the headmaster of the day during the usual Monday morning assembly, walking stick in his hand, looking very healthy and strong, and beaming with pride. He spoke to remind the students about the importance of good education and of course, about the School itself.<br />
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</style> <![endif]--> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Mail from Jimmy Yeoh </span></div><span class="gI"><span class="go"><jimagic46@yahoo.com></span></span><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Guys,<br />
</span><b><u><span style="color: #ff4040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Memorial Tribute to the Hughes, Plus Expressway Headquarters, Subang Interchange, Sunday,27th March, 4.00pm</span></u></b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
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Tan Sri Dato' Mohd Sheriff Mohd Kassim, Past President of OFA, KL and Selangor has risen to the occasion and kindly stepped up to support our planned Memorial Tribute to Mike and Jean Hughes by arranging for us to meet at the Plus Expressway Head Office which has a suitable meeting room to accommodate our entire group - though admittedly, I am still uncertain of the number who would turn up on Sunday as not many have actually confirmed their intention to attend the meet. I can only appeal to you guys to just drop me a note (even if you have confirmed earlier as, like Poh Soon, my email is choc-a-bloc with messages from everybody, re-directs etc that I am now utterly confused. As such appreciate you email me again to confirm your attendance to enable me to at least have sufficient drinks of coffee, tea or even plain water not to mention space for all. Please email immediately as I will want to communicate with Enc. Marwadi, the head of Facilities Management of Plus who is doing his best to accommodate us all. Once I have your confirmation (please advise if you also have other friends accompanying you), Enc Marwadi and I will have to do a bit of head scratching to see how we can accommodate all - not to mention we will have to look at the possibility of those who will just walk in unannounced. Further, there are those (about 9 chaps) who have called me/smsed me or whatever to say they are coming except they hang up before I can ask for their names. I also wish to thank some of you who have either emailed me or smsed me separately to offer your assistance in contacting your classmates and friends from the PFS to ensure a larger turnout. I do hope that I can also count on all of you who are in this internet group to do your bit to help Rally the troops for our final salute to our "Big White Chief" and his wife.<br />
Final details therefore,<br />
1. Date - Sunday, 27th March 2011<br />
2. Time - 4.00pm - 7.00pm<br />
3. Venue - Training Centre, Plus Head Office, Subang, Subang Interchange<br />
4. Directions - If you are approaching the Subang Toll Plaza on the Plus North South Highway from Kepong and Damansara, keep left and turn left immediately after exiting the Toll Plaza. This will lead you to the admin building, I beleive, where you can increase value on your toll cards and of course use the toilet. Proceed straight ahead - follow the signboard saying Persada PLUS to again turn left through a tunnel under the Highway. You will exit and approach the rear gate leading into the Plus Building. There is ample parking space for many cars.<br />
If approaching from the Federal Highway, take the normal turn that leads you to Subang Airport and then turn left up the ramp that will take you to the Subang Toll Plaza. Keep left as you approach the Toll gate and turn left at about 100 meters from the Toll Plaza, into the FRONT Gate of the Plus HQ, <br />
The Training Centre is located on the ground floor of the main (tallest) building. <br />
To help you guys, attached here is a road map to ensure you don't get lost. Happy Treasure Hunting and don't be late. <br />
I record here our very thanks to Tan Sri Dato' Mohd Sheriff Mohd Kassim for his very kind help.<br />
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Thank you all in advance and look forward to see as many of you as possible. Call me if need be but please identify yourselves please.<br />
Fortis Atque Fidelis,<br />
</span><span style="color: #4040ff; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Jimmy Yeoh <br />
Class of '62 (Form 5)<br />
012-2352035 </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4040ff; font-size: 13.5pt;">Should you have any trouble locating the venue, please call <b>Zam - 017- 333 3071</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4040ff; font-size: 13.5pt;"><b>p.s. I have problems posting map to the venue here. Please let me know in the comments here and I shall email it direct to you. Meantime, I shall ask Huat Seng if he can assist and post it for us. </b></span></div><img alt="" src="file:///C:/Users/CPS/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot.png" />Poh Soon Chewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10738324990278970874noreply@blogger.com0