A Scout for all seasons


Khoo sharing his adventures with young scout members after receiving the Bintang Kesetiaan Mutiara at the World Scouts Day celebration at Ixora Hotel in Prai, Penang. — Photos: MUSTAFA AHMAD/The Star

NINETY-YEAR-OLD former Penang State Scout Commissioner Datuk Khoo Yeoh Gan Hong was the oldest Scout to receive the Bintang Kesetiaan Mutiara during the World Scouts Day award ceremony at the Ixora Hotel in Prai, Butterworth.

Khoo, a father of five and grandfather of eight, was a school teacher before he joined the Penang Education Department as the Organiser of Schools. He retired from service in 1983.

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