Facts about Prefects of MCKK

The first Prefects Board was appointed in 1906 by the HM William Hargreaves. There were just 7 of them back then. Nowadays the Prefects board has 3 times the amount (mainly because there are about 700 students in MCKK, giving a 1: 25 ratio of students to prefects. Back in the early years, the ratio was about 1:9 but the total number of students was about 50)

But, did you know? THAT

The earliest Prefects Board wore full Malay dress complete with ‘tanjak’

The Prefects Board was nicknamed ‘anjing’,

The badge that the Prefects wore were known as ‘lesen anjing’

In the early sixties, the Prefects Board was known as ‘PDRM’ (Polis Di Ryan Melayu)

Nowadays, a prefect is just call as ‘Fect’ (pronounced ‘fag’)

There was no Head Boy for the year 1915 (wonder why?)

Nowadays, the top perimeter of a prefect’s cubicle (except in Prep School) is closed with security grilles to keep ‘undesirable’ elements from crawling in.

The first Head Boy was Raja Kamarulzaman b. Raja Mansur, who was also the longest serving Pre-War Head Boy (1906-1910)

The first Head Boy to be knighted was Dato’ Sir Mahmud Mat(1916-1917), who went on to become the Menteri Besar of Pahang and the Speaker of Dewan Rakyat

There were three Head Boys that were sons of the rulers of the Malay States, YM Tengku Mohamed ibni Sultan Ahmad (1919), YM Tengku Mahmood ibni Sultan Mohamed IV (1934) and YM Tengku Jaafar ibni Tuanku Abdul Rahman (1940)

Two brothers became Head Boys, namely Raja Musa b. Raja Mahdi (1923) and Raja Yahya b Raja Mahdi (1926)

The father-son team Head Boys were Raja Kamarulzaman b. Raja Mansur ( 1906- 1910) with Raja Azam b. Raja Kamarulzaman (1937) and Dato Sir Mahmud b Mat (1916-1917) and Musapha b Dato’ Mahmud (1950)

The first Head Boy to become the Yang Di Pertuan Agung of Malaysia was YM Tengku Jaafar ibni Tuanku Abdul Rahman (1940)

The first Head Boy to become the Prime Minister of Malaysia was Tun Abdul Razak b Dato Hussain

The first Head Boy to become the first Malay Engineer and Head of a utility company was Tan Sri Raja Zainal b Raja Sulaiman (1929)

The first Head Boy to become the Director General of the Public Services Department was Ahmad b. Haji Husin (1927)

The first Head Boy to become Chief of the Malaysian Army Forces was Ungku Nasiruddin b Ungku Mohamad (1941)

The first Head Boy to become the Ketua Polis Negara (the Nation's Police Chief ) was Tun Hanif b. Omar , who was also the longest Post War Head Boy (1954 – 1956) and longest KPN

The first Head Boy to lead the Malay College Old Boys Association was Tan Sri Azmi b Dato Kamaruddin (1952)

The first Head boy to lead the Penang Turf Club was Sidek b. Lassim (1948)

The first Head Boy to head the Malaysian Malay Chambers of Commerce was Tan Sri Yahya Ahmad (1966). The other Head Boy to manage the feat was Dato Dr. Mohd Adam Harun (1962-1963)

The first Head Boy to lead the Malaysian Youth Council was Dato’ Saifuddin b. Abdullah (1980)

Two prefects left the Malay College on a year’s‘ sabbatical leave’ to join the AFS (American Field Service) and came back as Head Boy namely Razman b Ariffin (1968) and Ismail bin Ibrahim (1974)

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