A section of the students, teachers and church parishioners showing their great respect for Rev Hutchings.
THE ongoing pandemic did not deter past and present students from coming together once again for the annual thanksgiving memorial service for Reverend Robert Sparke Hutchings, the founder of Penang Free School (PFS).
Some 25 people turned up at the Northam Road Protestant cemetery to honour the founder of the first English-medium school in South-East Asia established on Oct 21, 1816.
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A section of the students, teachers and church parishioners showing their great respect for Rev Hutchings.
Harish (squatting, left) with other Form Six students paying their respects to Rev Hutchings during the thanksgiving memorial service at the Northam Road Protestant cemetery. — CHAN BOON KAI/The Star
Students, teachers and church parishioners posing for a group photo during the annual thanksgiving memorial service.
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