The porch of the main building of Penang Free School with itsdistinctive tower.
IN history textbooks at schools, Penang Free School (PFS) is described as the oldest English school in South-East Asia.
But this passing mention of the 202-year-old school does not do justice to what it went through to become the crowning glory of Penang’s educational history.
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