Kolej Universiti St.John??

SMK St John rancang miliki kolej universiti sendiri

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SMK St John rancang miliki kolej universiti sendiri

Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan St. John (gambar) merancang untuk menubuhkan kolej universiti yang menumpukan kepada pendidikan vokasional dalam usahanya menyediakan peluang pendidikan lebih luas.

Menurut Pengerusi Lembaga Pengelola sekolah Megat Mizan Nicholas Denney, kolej universiti itu bermatlamat memberi pilihan tambahan kepada pelajar untuk menyambung pengajian.

"Kami faham tidak semua pelajar cemerlang dalam bidang akademik tetapi jika diberi pendidikan seperti vokasional, pelajar ini mempunyai peluang untuk berjaya di masa depan dan tidak tercicir terus daripada pendidikan," katanya dalam majlis memaklumkan sambutan ulang tahun ke-110 SMK St. John di Kuala Lumpur hari ini.

Megat Mizan berkata sekolah itu percaya setiap pelajar harus diberi peluang untuk memilih apa yang mereka mahu lakukan dalam kehidupan mereka.

"Di St. John, mungkin tidak semua pelajar kita akan peroleh semua 'A', tetapi mereka diasuh menjadi insan budiman," katanya.

Mengenai sambutan itu, Megat Mizan berkata sekolah berkenaan yang lebih dikenali sebagai St. John Institution akan meraikan ulang tahun ke-110 pada tahun depan.Pelbagai aktiviti telah dirancang untuk sepanjang tahun bermula dengan jamuan hari jadi sekolah pada 25 Jan selain jamuan gala pada 17 Mei dan acara 'homecoming' pada 28 Jun, katanya.

Antara yang hadir dalam majlis hari ini ialah Presiden Persatuan Alumni St. John Datuk Zulkifli Ishak, Pengetua sekolah Lim Hean Hwa dan Pengerusi Persatuan Ibu Bapa dan Guru St. John Wan Abdillah Wan Embong.

Ditubuhkan pada 1904, St. John merupakan antara sekolah tertua di Kuala Lumpur dan antara alumninya ialah Sultan Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah, Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Razak, Menteri Pertahanan Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein dan Gabenor Bank Negara Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz. – Bernama, 29 November, 2013.

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No Action For 6 months..!!

No action for six months

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Tree left unattended after falling on scouts den

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2013 - 14:46

by Amanda Murthy

BY Ushar Daniele

Location: 

Kuala Lumpur

NOT CLEARED: The tree left to rest on the roof of the scouts den

A FALLEN tree on the roof of the SMK St John scouts den which had been left unattended for six months is causing uneasiness to parents, teachers and students.

All scouting activities have been put on hold after the tree collapsed during a landslip in May.

Concerned parents and teachers are wondering how long more the authorities need to remove the tree.

“The tree fell six months ago and yet, it is still lying on the roof. If the tree gets struck by lightning, the whole den might catch fire,” says ABDUL RAHMAN ABDUL GHANI, whose son is a student at the school.

“Soil from the erosion and discarded wood pieces are also clogging drains in the area.” ABDUL RAHMAN says the school field is flooded whenever it rains because of the clogged drains.

ERODED: The area where the landslip took place in May

Another parent, who wishes to be known as LOH, says there are six schools in the area and the students’ safety is at risk.

“We do not know if the slope is safe or if more trees will fall as no remedial works appear to be taking place,” he says.

“What will happen if trees fall on the students? Who is going to be responsible?”

A teacher, who requests anonymity, says she fears for the safety of her students because the slope where the landslip occurred is located just opposite the school field.

“The school took measures to restrict the students from using the field and the scouts den to avoid any unwanted mishap,” the teacher says.

“Our scoreboard was also damaged during the incident.”

Anotherl teacher expresses concern that more trees from the adjacent Bukit Nanas Forest Reserve area might fall on the school grounds if the authorities continue to neglect the situation.


CLOGGED UP: A drain next to the Bukit Nanas forest reserve filled with debris and pieces of wood

“We have already notified City Hall about the existing problems in May but no action has been taken since,” the teacher says.

THE Forestry Department’s head of corporate communications and public relations Mohd Puat Dahalan says the department is aware about the collapsed tree.

The incident, he says, occurred on May 7 following a downpour which also effected several other areas in the city.

Mohd Puat says although the fallen tree is from the Bukit Nanas Forest Reserve, the responsibility to remove the tree lies with City Hall.

“City Hall has been appointed by the Public Works Department Engineering Division Slope and Public Works Institute of Malaysia (Ikram) to carry out slope strengthening, removal of fallen trees as well as cleaning up soil debris in the area.

“We also notified City Hall about the matter after the incident and they have the expertise to remove the tree.”

Mohd Puat says his department has already carried out pruning and felling of small trees within the forest reserve area to prevent any further mishaps.


As to the damages which occurred on the school’s scouts den and sports score board, Mohd Puat says the incident was an act of nature and the department was not bound to pay any compensation to the school in accordance with provisions under the National Forestry Act.

A City Hall spokesman however, says, its department only received a notification on the matter last Friday.

“The Public Works Department were supposed to remove the tree and debris from the area. However, the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry has now requested City Hall to carry out long-term remedial works in the affected areas.

“We will send our emergency squad to the area today to remove the tree and debris.

Constant flooding after landslip


WORRYING SIGN: Cracks on the retaining wall next to the forest reserve

THE poor drainage system around Jalan Bukit Nanas is also affecting operations in the Titular Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur which is located next to SMK St John.

A staff met by the Hotline Roving Team says that whenever it rains an open car park within their premises will flood.

“Our car park is open to staff and visitors. Whenever it rains heavily, the water in the car park will rise and the problem worsen after the landslip.”

“It has been six months since the landslip but no one appears to be doing anything to rectify the problem.”

                                                           

ST. JOHN'S A NATIONAL HERITAGE SITE

SMK St John Recognised As National Heritage Site

KUALA LUMPUR, May 21 (Bernama) -- Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) St John, more popularly known as St John's Institution, has become the second school in the country to be recognised a national heritage building.

Deputy Information Communication and Culture Minister Datuk Joseph Salang said, among the factors for the recognition was the school's age.

This year, he said, the school turned 106, since its establishment on Jan 18, 1904.

Moreover, he said, the school had flourished into an important educational institution in the country's history, having produced some of Malaysia's prominent figures, including Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

"With this recognition, we believe that the school building and other sites on Bukit Nanas will be preserved and protected by the Heritage Act.

"If there are parts of the building that need to be repaired, we will do the needful," he told reporters after a ceremony proclaiming SMK St John as a national heritage site at the school on Friday.

So far, over 70 buildings nationwide have been given recognition as national heritage buildings.

SMK St John, officially opened by the La Sallian brothers, began in 1904 as a two-storey wooden structure with a brick pillar and verandah situated on Bukit Nanas.

Over the years, various additions were made to the school, including a hall, science block, gymnasium, two lecture halls named Shaw Brothers Building, Lee Kuo Chuan Building and a Form Six block called Tan Sri Dominic Vendargon Building.

However, despite new construction projects, the school still retains its distinctive Grecian-Spanish architectural influences with its red-and-white arches.

-- BERNAMA

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UTUSAN MALAYSIA: 21 MEI 2010 : SMK ST JOHN DIIKTIRAF WARISAN KEBANGSAAN

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KUALA LUMPUR 21 Mei - Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) St. John atau lebih dikenali sebagai St. John's Institution muncul sekolah harian kedua yang menerima pengiktirafan sebagai warisan kebangsaan.

Timbalan Menteri Penerangan Komunikasi dan Kebudayaan, Datuk Joseph Salang Gandum berkata, pemilihan itu dibuat kerana usia sekolah tersebut telah melebihi satu abad sejak penubuhannya pada 18 Januari 1904.

"Sekolah ini telah berkembang sebagai institusi pendidikan yang penting dalam sejarah pendidikan negara selain melahirkan tokoh ternama negara termasuk Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak,'' katanya.

Beliau berkata demikian pada sidang akhbar selepas majlis pengisytiharan SMK St. John sebagai tapak warisan kebangsaan di sekolah itu di sini hari ini.

Menurut Salang, sebagai tapak warisan kebangsaan, SMK St. John di Bukit Nanas itu akan dipelihara dan dilindungi di bawah Akta Warisan.

"Kementerian akan mencari jalan supaya bangunan yang berusia 106 tahun ini kekal terpelihara sebagai warisan kita,'' katanya.

Sementara itu, Pesuruhjaya Warisan, Prof. Emeritus Datuk Siti Zuraina Abdul Majid berkata, selain SMK St. John, lebih 70 bangunan di seluruh negara telah diberi pengiktirafan warisan kebangsaan.

Menurut beliau, pihaknya akan mempertimbangkan pemberian bantuan kepada warisan kebangsaan bagi tujuan pemuliharaan dan pemeliharaan.

"Pemberian bantuan akan diberikan bagi membiayai kos penyelenggaraan keadaan fizikal sesebuah bangunan dan infrastruktur,'' katanya

Turut hadir Pengerusi Lembaga Pengelola sekolah, Megat Mizan Nicholas Denney dan Pengetua SMK St. John, Leong Kum Loy.