Famous school may be on its last lap


An icon: St Thomas was one of the premier schools in the east coast of Malaysia.

A top missionary school in Kuantan is on the verge of being reduced to just a mention in the history pages.

AS pupils enrol into Year One today, my thoughts wandered to 1968 when I entered Standard One.

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