Thursday, January 11, 2007

Sultan Abdul Hamid College(SAHC)~my Alma Mater

Sultan Abdul Hamid College SAHC aka Kolej Sultan Abdul Hamid KSAH. My Alma mater. Spent 5 wonderful years there. 5 dynamic years of adolescence and growing up away from parents and family. 5 inital years of independence from ' bawah ketiak mak'( under mom's armpits).5 years of joy and sorrow(during year end when classes breaks for long school holidays). Ahhh...those wonderful 5 years. With friends from all over Kedah( and still in touch with some). And to some, it was 5 rebellious years with the authorities( HM, prefect board and hostel master(Ustaz Minhad).

SAHC was initially set up in 1908 and called the Govt English School(GES). Its first building was an old wooden building which was the office of Menteri Besar Wan Md Saman situated between the Balai Nobat and Supreme Court. The first Master was Mr.Mohamad Iskandar, a senior teacher from Penang Free School PFS. He was requested to Kedah to start of GES, the first English school in Kedah( during this time Kedah was still under the Siamese govt). Mr Mohamad Iskandar was the father of our former PM, Tun Dr Mahathir.

School finally started on 8th December 1908( after trying to convince the Malays which refuse due to fear of Christianity) and Mr M.Iskandar was the HM until 1910 after which he resigned due to misunderstanding with the Education Dept( he went back to PFS) and his assistant Mr. Md Salleh became HM.

By mid 1911 due to encouraging enrollment, the GES was moved to a private dwelling house owned by Ku Baharuddin at Jalan Penjara Lama.By 1912 there were 160 students consisting of Malay,Chinese and Indians.The highest standard was Std 4.After that most students continue their education in Penang Free School or MCKK.

The present buildings were built at Tanjong Bendahara in 1915 and completed in 1916. It was formally opened om 1st January 1917 with Mr EAG stuart as the HM( and concurrently the Superitendant of Education. )

Name change: 25th October 1935 GES was officially changed to Sultan Abdul Hamid College(SAHC).

Due to increasing enrollment and students came from outside Alor Setar, a hostel was bulit in August 1928 and was ready in Jan 1930.



The HM's office with SAHC crest


Assembly Hall main entrance( view from SK Iskandar)


Stuart's Library


Hostel A


Hostel B

Kandungan posting mungkin ada kena mengena atau tidak dengan makhluk yang hidup atau yang telah tiada.Kalau sapa-sapa terasa nak buat macamana kan. Sapa makan cabai melaka dia pedaih laa

31 comments:

aofuad said...

Tokasaid,
Kolej tahun berapa. Nice pictures.

tokasid said...

aofuad: TQ kerana jengoi blog saya.
Saya class of '75-'79.
Ere you from SAHC too?

Kak Teh said...

aaaah, kenangan mengusik jiwa!

Anonymous said...

Sham, ni gambak baru ni, apa jadi depa tebang semua pokok tepi jalan tu, sayang lah pokok cantik.
munzar

tokasid said...

Kakteh: yes I agree. Memang kenangan mengusik jiwa. La ni dah ada raised road/jejantas depan pagar SAHC utk elakkan traffic jam kat gate keretapi. Deretan teachers' quarters kat depan( yg macam longhouse) dah di buat Surau kot. Masa time saya form 4 Stuart's Library di ubah jadi surau hostel B. Tapi skg dah jadi library semula.Yg lain saya tak tau pasai dah dekat 5 tahun tak pi SAHC.Gambat yg saya boh ni ada kawan( junior) ambek masa dia balik Raya haji di telaga Maih.

Munzar: Apa habar ya sheikh? Anta ada firgi tgk itu Asian games ka? Memang banyak pokok depa dah tebang dengaq ceritanya. Mungkin pokok pun dah season kot dan bahaya pada students.Bila hang nak balik cuti Malaysia? Aku mungkin pi Mesir bulan march. Baru cadang2

Anonymous said...

Sham: Tak pi dah kot Asian Games. Asian Games di Doha, Qatar. Aku di Dubai., UAE. Hari Raya haji hari tu aku pi Muscat, Oman. Driving. Hang nak pi Mesir nanti singgah lah di dubai. Bolih aku bawa jalan jalan. Dulu karnain mai kami pi makan...MANDI..Nasi arab. Hang ada HP aku dak??, Ha Ni dia +971507804668---Munzar

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aofuad said...

In 1975,if i had remained in College i would have been in Upper 6.
Your headboy when you joined is a good buddy of mine.

tokasid said...

aofuad: kalu macam tu you supersenior saya lah. macamanapun janji sahoca.
Masa U mungkin Pak non dah jadi HM.
Mr Menon guru Chemistry form 6.
Cowboy guru IA tapi tak pernah mengajar asyik dok cerita dia wakil Malaysia dalam acara menembak.
LEH bodo dok jerit kat kadet2 askar dan budak2 rugby.

Unknown said...

Salam dr. tokasid

Saya class 77-81, junior anta la.
Saya mmg kenai sgt dgn anta, kalu kemana2 mesti dgn tok Adam. Aduh !!! mmg mengusik jiwa.
Member anta si Ucop Osman (Guar Cempedak) tu keje satu organisasi dgn saya.
Saya masih ingat lg dgn hashim badak, kri mugam, munzar(satu kampung ngan saya), rashid tiger, man toya, syed pillai dll.

pon said...

kalau x silap zulhisham ghazali(dr)

pon said...

saya yr 76 - 80 batch ngan mibaba

tokasid said...

Salam Pon:

Hang sama ngan mibaba?Aku setaon ataih hang laa...
December yg lalu batch aku batch hang pakat ramai2 pi kenuri ustad Minhat. batch hang ramai yang mai.nanti aku buat posting baru dan boh gambaq sapa yg hadir masa tu.

pon said...

betui la tu hang lani kat melaka lagi ka.mentua aku melaka kat pokok mangga.tak brapa nak cam pasaai nampak dah gebu sikit,tapi bila baca commnet dlm blog aku dah agak ni zulhisham.masa kenduri last yr tau tp ada hal.

pon said...

once a collegian always a collegian

pon said...

off n on aku ada p main futsal ngan shed pele,husin wahab,bashir kat pj.ada turun kat sini ka?ari tu ramai juga ada car9,anuar tikus n pak arab.tp lani aku pun dah lama x p .

pon said...

aku tau masa tu ada hal kat sini ,lani hang ada kat mana melaka lagi ka.mentua aku kat melaka pokok mangga.betuila tu 1tahun jr.aku lani kadang2 joint juga main futsakl ngan shed pele,husin wahab,bashir kat pj.tak berapa nak cam muka dah gebu sikit.tp bila baca blog aku dah agak mcm zulhisham

tokasid said...

Pon:

Oh..hang dok main futsal ngan depa. Dulu pernah depa ajak tapi takkan aku dari melaka nak pi pj pasai futsal kot.

Kalu hang mai melaka hang bagitau aku.
HP aku 0176283123

pon said...

0k no problem.

pon said...

ok no prob

Anonymous said...

Salam tokasid,
pahabaq la ni.
tringat masa2 dulu bila tokasid dok main shoalin pas balik dr panggung deluxe.
aku senyum sorang2 bila dok kenang the good old days bersama.

salam utk semua kawan2 dr langkawi

Anonymous said...

Ada sesiapa kenal Norizan binti Abdul Aziz, lepasan kolej tahun 1978? Beliau berasal dari Tanjung Pauh, Jitra. Kalau kenal, tolong beritahu bagaimana boleh berhubung dengan beliau.Terima kasih.

Abu Bakar (class of 77)

Anonymous said...

salam collegian...
berminat nak beli stiker keta 100 years kolej...
RM5 saja sekepin...
contact cek kat taqiuddinarshad@gmail.com...
masey...

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Anonymous said...

Tokasid...saya tahun 90 & 91 ..form six jer..nak minta kebenaran boleh dak pick foto2 kolej tu nak boh dlm site budak form six thn 90 & 91. Harap dpt contact saya di mimieziss@yahoo.com.sg. Kebenaran amat diperlukan.

Terima kasih

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Mr.G said...

nice blog Mr.Tokasid. U must have lot of expereience and sweet memories back there. I'm Ganesan, collegian class of '81.

Anonymous said...

Salam tokasid,

1979 tu kelas mana? Saya kelas 1st Aliran Melayu Form 4 tahun 1978.

"Lee Hong"

Unknown said...

`.....we are young collegians all......etc.
The nostalgic feeling and pride of being a collegian is unmeasurable. SAHC is itself an icon recognised worldwide. The exemplary qualities of both SAHC and as a collegian has been very well moulded and instilled onto us by our great teachers right from our very first day we set foot onto the college greens. Both teachers and students alike, we always carry the SAHC spirit in everything we do.
SAHC! SAHC! SAHC!

The Twins
Class of 1973

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KSAH is the best school in Malaysia. Wonderful memories. Best teachers. best friends. Dr Chew Nee Kong, kuala Lumpur.