Bukit Bintang Girls' School
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| Bukit Bintang Girls' School (BBGS) | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
The Brethren Church | |
| Established | 1893 |
| Founder | Miss Betty Langlands (and British missionaries) |
| Status | Closed |
| Closed | 2000 |
| Grades | Form 1 – Form 5 |
| Gender | Female |
| Campus | Formerly in Bukit Bintang |
| Colour(s) | Green and white |
| Affiliations | Malaysia Ministry Of Education |
| Abbreviation | BBGS |
| Website | bbgs |
Bukit Bintang Girls' School (abbreviated BBGS) established in 1893[St. John's Institution, Kuala Lumpur.
In 2000, the school changed its name to
School song
The school song is adapted from a hymn (Presbyterian Hymnal) entitled "Land of Our Birth" after the Second World War. In 1989, Miss Yeo Kim Eng, a former student and teacher of Bukit Bintang Girl School, translated the lyrics into the country's national language,
Bahasa Melayu.[citation needed
]
Sport houses
The school consists of five sports houses. The sports houses compete against each other on sports day. The houses are named after the headmistresses of BBGS.
- Blue - Maclay
- Yellow - Cooke
- Purple - Prouse
- Green - Green
- Red - Shirtliff
Notable alumni
- Sasha Saidin, singer
- Poesy Liang, founder of Helping Angels, survivor of spinal tumours, designer, writer, artist, Her World Woman Of The Year 2011.
- Fong Foong Mei, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist.
- Yasmin Yusuff, former Miss Malaysia, celebrity DJ and Host.
- Shayna Zaid, New York-based singer/songwriter & recording artist.
- Juwita Suwito, singer, recording artiste.
- Suridah Jalaluddin, CEO of NTV7.
- Carolyn Au Yong, Commonwealth Games Gold Medalist Gymnast.
- Ras Adiba, Ras Adiba, TV celebrity presenter
- Amber Leong, entrepreneur, first Malaysian on the America's reality TV show, Shark Tank.
- Wong Ming Yang, doctor, late wife of Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
References
- ISBN 978-967-978-407-7
- ^ "Malaysia Begins to 'Wire' Its Classrooms". www.iht.com. Archived from the original on 20 October 2005.
- ^ HighBeam
- ^ "Tales from a smart school pioneer". Archived from the original on 3 August 2009. Retrieved 3 August 2009.
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