Victoria Institution (Kuala Lumpur)
| school, secondary education
Malaysia /
Kuala Lumpur /
Kuala Lumpur /
Jalan Hang Tuah, 71
World
/ Malaysia
/ Kuala Lumpur
/ Kuala Lumpur
World / Malaysia / Selangor
school, secondary education
Address:
Victoria Institution
No. 71, Jalan Hang Tuah
55200 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Phone: (+603) 2078 2489
Website(s):
www.viweb.cjb.net/
www.vioba.com.my/
Founded on August 14, 1893, by Sultan Abdul Samad, Willaim Hood Treacher, Loke Yew, Thamboosamy Pillai, and Yap Kwan Seng. Victoria Institution is a secondary school for boys (and girls for Form 6) and one of the oldest schools in Kuala Lumpur. It is named after Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, and was established by the British to commemorate her golden jubilee. The school is widely known as V.I. and a student of Victoria Institution bears the name Victorian. V.I. achieves well in academic fields and sports at secondary school level and considered one of the best non-residential schools in Malaysia. The school has produced many national and industry leaders and prominent sportsmen.
V.I. has its rivals, both in Kuala Lumpur and nationally. St. John's Institution and Methodist Boys' School (Kuala Lumpur) are V.I.'s traditional regional archrivals for the past 100 years. This rivalry can be observed during sports tournaments between these three schools. Nationally, V.I. also has a rivalry with two elite institutions - the Royal Military College, Kuala Lumpur and the Malay College Kuala Kangsar. The rivalry with the former is apparent in football and rugby MSSKL state level tournaments and the rivalry with the latter is evident in the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, a football playoff between the premier schools of Kuala Lumpur and Kuala Kangsar, Perak.
There are eight sport houses in V.I. The sports houses compete against each other on sports day. The Victoria Institution Sports Day has been held since 1897, and is widely regarded as a citywide event, with huge crowds converging on the Victoria Institution campus. The houses were named after the founders and forefathers of the school. The houses are:
1. Thamboosamy (Green)
2. Lee Kuan Yew (Yellow)
3. Sultan Abdul Samad (Purple)
4. Rodger (Orange)
5. Loke Yew (Brown)
6. Shaw (Red)
7. Yap Kwan Seng (Light Blue)
8. Treacher (Dark Blue)
The alumni association of V.I. is known as the VIOBA (Victoria Institution Old Boys' Association) and was founded in 1922. The games competition between the Current Victorians and the Old Boys is known as 'Daniel Shield' and this tournament is held every year.
Victoria Institution
No. 71, Jalan Hang Tuah
55200 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Phone: (+603) 2078 2489
Website(s):
www.viweb.cjb.net/
www.vioba.com.my/
Founded on August 14, 1893, by Sultan Abdul Samad, Willaim Hood Treacher, Loke Yew, Thamboosamy Pillai, and Yap Kwan Seng. Victoria Institution is a secondary school for boys (and girls for Form 6) and one of the oldest schools in Kuala Lumpur. It is named after Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, and was established by the British to commemorate her golden jubilee. The school is widely known as V.I. and a student of Victoria Institution bears the name Victorian. V.I. achieves well in academic fields and sports at secondary school level and considered one of the best non-residential schools in Malaysia. The school has produced many national and industry leaders and prominent sportsmen.
V.I. has its rivals, both in Kuala Lumpur and nationally. St. John's Institution and Methodist Boys' School (Kuala Lumpur) are V.I.'s traditional regional archrivals for the past 100 years. This rivalry can be observed during sports tournaments between these three schools. Nationally, V.I. also has a rivalry with two elite institutions - the Royal Military College, Kuala Lumpur and the Malay College Kuala Kangsar. The rivalry with the former is apparent in football and rugby MSSKL state level tournaments and the rivalry with the latter is evident in the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, a football playoff between the premier schools of Kuala Lumpur and Kuala Kangsar, Perak.
There are eight sport houses in V.I. The sports houses compete against each other on sports day. The Victoria Institution Sports Day has been held since 1897, and is widely regarded as a citywide event, with huge crowds converging on the Victoria Institution campus. The houses were named after the founders and forefathers of the school. The houses are:
1. Thamboosamy (Green)
2. Lee Kuan Yew (Yellow)
3. Sultan Abdul Samad (Purple)
4. Rodger (Orange)
5. Loke Yew (Brown)
6. Shaw (Red)
7. Yap Kwan Seng (Light Blue)
8. Treacher (Dark Blue)
The alumni association of V.I. is known as the VIOBA (Victoria Institution Old Boys' Association) and was founded in 1922. The games competition between the Current Victorians and the Old Boys is known as 'Daniel Shield' and this tournament is held every year.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 3°8'19"N 101°42'11"E
- Convent Bukit Nanas Secondary School 1.7 km
- Kuala Lumpur Aminuddin Baki Secondary School 2.7 km
- Cheras Secondary School 4 km
- Alam Shah Science Secondary School 4 km
- Selangor Science Secondary School (SMSS) 4 km
- Technical Institute of Kuala Lumpur 4.3 km
- Pandan Perdana Primary School 4.9 km
- The International School of Kuala Lumpur - ISKL 6.2 km
- Taman Tasik Ampang Secondary School 7.8 km
- Cempaka Cheras Campus 8.8 km
- Pudu 1 km
- Golden Triangle 1.7 km
- Kwong Tung Cemetery 1.8 km
- KL Central Park - The Lake Gardens (Perdana Botonical Garden) 2 km
- Perdana Botanical Garden 2.1 km
- Brickfields 2.2 km
- Old Kuala Lumpur 2.2 km
- Simpang Airport/Bandar Malaysia (Former Royal Malaysian Air Force Base, Sg. Besi) 3 km
- Cheras 6.4 km
- Selangor 37 km
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