Datuk Dr Anthony E. Sibert believed in good, all-round and wholesome education. Photo: Benedict Morais
Tall, well–built and possessing a humble and disarming demeanour, Tony was my senior when I joined St Joseph’s Training College (SJTC) in Pulau Tikus, Penang in 1964. I had joined this small La Sallian college for a two-year teacher training programme alongside the La Salle brothers.
In all, over the few years of its establishment, nearly 200 lay individuals were trained in this impressive college. They then went on to serve with dedication in the many La Salle schools in Peninsular Malaysia such as St Xavier’s in Penang, St George’s in Taiping, St Michael’s in Ipoh, St John’s in Kuala Lumpur, St Paul’s in Seremban and St Francis in Melaka.
