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Victoria Institution

Field	Value
name	Victoria Institution (VI)
image	Victoria Institution logo.png
image_size	200px
motto	Be Yet Wiser - To be a scholar, sportsman and a gentleman
city	Jalan Hang Tuah, 55200
state	Kuala Lumpur
country	Malaysia
type	All-boys secondary school
established
principal	En Abd Samad bin Othman
colours	Oxford Blue
Cambridge Blue
accreditation	Cluster School of Excellence
newspaper	The Seladang
yearbook	The Victorian
alumni	Victoria Institution Old Boys Association (VIOBA)
website
grades	Forms 1 – 6
gender	Male
Co-educational (Form 6)

Cambridge Blue Co-educational (Form 6)

The Victoria Institution (commonly known as VI) is an all-boys secondary school located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is one of the earliest and most prominent secondary schools in the city and was established as a memorial school commemorating the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887..

VI is a secondary school for male students only from Form 1 to 5. Female students are accepted for Form 6 (Lower and Upper) and the students are known as Victorians.

History

VI was founded following a public subscription initiative to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887. The school was further supported by financial contributions from the Sultan and government of Selangor, as well as prominent residents of Kuala Lumpur.

The foundation stone was laid on 14 August 1893 by Lady Treacher, wife of the then Resident of Selangor, Sir William Hood Treacher. The school officially opened on 28 July 1894 at its original site along what is now Jalan Tun H.S. Lee.

Due to frequent flooding from the Klang River, the school relocated to Shaw Road (now Jalan Hang Tuah) on 26 March 1929.[[File:THE_BRITISH_REOCCUPATION_OF_MALAYA_SE6801.jpg|alt=THE_BRITISH_REOCCUPATION_OF_MALAYA_SE6801|thumb|252x252px|General Officer Commanding Malaya Command, Lieutenant General F W Messervy KBE, CB, DSO, receives the sword of General Itagaki, Commander of the Japanese 7 Area Army, which controlled Malaya, Java, Sumatra, Nicobar and Andaman Islands, parts of Borneo and Siam, at a formal ceremony of surrender held in the grounds of VI]] On 13 September 1945, the Victoria Institution was the site of the formal surrender of the 29th Imperial Japanese Army to Lieutenant-General Ouvry Roberts of the British 34th Indian Corps.

The old building was then used for the premises of the Technical College up until the 1950s when the new Technical College building at Jalan Gurney (now Jalan Semarak) was completed and officially opened on the 1 March 1955 by Sir Donald MacGillivray, the British High Commissioner to Malaya.

It then housed High Street School before relocated to Setapak High School.

From the 1980s, the old premises were managed as a cultural centre known as Taman Budaya and later came under the administration of the National Department for Culture and Arts.

In 2009, the school reverted from the name SMK Victoria to Victoria Institution following approval in recognition of its historical significance and heritage status.

Campus

The school campus features a clock tower flanked by two sports pavilions overlooking a large central field. It also includes a 25-metre swimming pool and athletics facilities, making it among the earliest schools in the region to have such infrastructure.

Victoria_Institution_front_view — The main building with the two pavillions facing the field

Student leadership and traditions

Prefect system

Student leadership at Victoria Institution includes a prefect system that has historically played a role in school discipline and governance. An opinion column in Malay Mail described the school’s prefects’ board as among the earliest established in the region, highlighting its longstanding influence within the school community.

Co-curricular activities

Victoria Institution maintains a cadet corps as part of its co-curricular activities, and according to the school’s official background information, the unit was established in 1901 by the school’s first headmaster, En. Bennet Eyre Shaw

The Pasukan Kadet Bersatu Malaysia (PKBM), with which school cadet units are aligned nationally, was formally established under the Pasukan Kadet Bersatu Malaysia Act 1967 (Act 68).

Victoria Institution Cadet Corps Infantry (V.I.C.C.I)

Sports

Rugby

Victoria Institution has a long-established rugby program and regularly competes in the Super Schools Rugby (SSR) championship, Malaysia’s premier inter-school rugby competition.

In 2025, Victoria Institution reached the final of the SSR competition but finished as runners-up after a closely contested match against MRSM Balik Pulau.

The school also organises the annual Victoria Institution Premier 10s Rugby Tournament, which has been reported as a significant event in the Malaysian schools rugby calendar.

Football

The Victoria Institution football team has achieved success at state and national levels, winning the Manchester United Premier Cup Malaysia in 2009 and 2013 and representing Malaysia at regional competitions.

'''Cricket'''

The school cricket ground hosted eight matches during the 1997 ICC Trophy. It also hosted List A cricket matches during the 1998 Commonwealth Games, including fixtures involving Pakistan, Scotland, Malaysia, and Jamaica.

Alumni

Vioba_club_house_victoria_institution — Victoria Institution Old Boys' Association, the school's alumni

The school's alumni organisation, the Victoria Institution Old Boys' Association (VIOBA), was founded in 1922 and remains active in Malaysia and abroad.

Notable alumni

Royalty

Hassanal Bolkiah – Sultan of Brunei; attended Victoria Institution in Kuala Lumpur from 1961 to 1963.

Politician

Prabowo Subianto – 8th President of Indonesia; attended Victoria Institution in Kuala Lumpur from 1962 to 1964 .
S. Rajaratnam – Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore (1980–1985)
Rafidah Aziz – Malaysian politician and former Minister of International Trade and Industry.
Harun Idris – Malaysian politician; former Menteri Besar of Selangor
Zulhasnan Rafique – Malaysian politician and diplomat; former Minister of Federal Territories
Shafie Apdal – Malaysian politician and former Chief Minister of Sabah

Military

K. Thanabalasingam – Malaysian naval officer who served as the first Malaysian Chief of the Royal Malaysian Navy from 1967 to 1976
Mohamed Hashim Mohd Ali – Malaysian military officer; former Chief of the Malaysian Armed Forces

Banking

Ismail Mohamed Ali – 2nd Governor of the Central Bank of Malaysia and Chairman of Permodalan Nasional Berhad

Business

Ananda Krishnan – Malaysian entrepreneur and business magnate
Francis Yeoh – Malaysian businessman (YTL Corporation).

Law and judiciary

Anuar Zainal Abidin – Malaysian jurist and former Chief Judge of Malaya; served in the Malaysian judiciary for over 30 years before retiring as Chief Judge in 1997.
Gunn Chit Tuan – Malaysian jurist and former Chief Judge of the High Court of Malaya
Gopal Sri Ram – Malaysian lawyer and former Federal Court judge
Yong Pung How – Singaporean jurist and former Chief Justice of Singapore
Tommy Thomas (barrister) – Malaysian lawyer and former Attorney General of Malaysia (2018–2020)

Policing

Abdul Rahim Noor – former Inspector-General of Police
Mohd Zaman Khan – Malaysian police officer and former Commissioner General of the Malaysian Prisons Department

Sports

Mani Jegathesan – Malaysian athlete, sports administrator, and medical doctor
Mokhtar Dahari – Malaysian footballer.
Lall Singh – Malaysian-born cricketer who represented India in its inaugural Test match in 1932; he began his cricketing journey playing for Victoria Institution in Kuala Lumpur.
Misbun Sidek – Malaysian badminton coach and former player.
Razif Sidek – Malaysian badminton player.
Jalani Sidek – Malaysian badminton player.
Rashid Sidek – Malaysian badminton player.

Entertainment

Amir Muhammad – Malaysian filmmaker and writer.

References

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"Latar Belakang – Victoria Institution". Victoria Institution (Ministry of Education Malaysia).
(28 July 2025). "MRSM Balik Pulau get landmark win over two-time champs VI". The Star.
(10 April 2019). "Battle of the champions". The Star.
"Sejarah Politik Selangor". Arkib Negara Malaysia.
"Zulhasnan Rafique biography". Malay Wikipedia.
"Mohd Shafie Bin Apdal profile". MYMP.
"PTL 5: Laksamana Muda Tan Sri Dato’ Seri K. Thanabalasingam (Bersara)". Royal Malaysian Navy.
"Former Armed Forces chief Hashim Mohd Ali dies". Bernama.
(10 October 2018). "BNM book on Tun Ismail will leave readers in awe". Bernama.
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(23 May 2013). "In Memoriam: Tan Sri Gunn Chit Tuan".
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(22 June 2019). "No-nonsense Zaman Khan". New Straits Times.
(14 June 2020). "Dirotan kerana pura-pura pengsan". Sinar Harian.
(21 December 2024). "Indian cricketer Lall Singh Gill once owned a nightclub in Paris". The Telegraph India.
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