English books to inspire students June 15, 2015 – Posted in: In The News

ARECA Books has donated 280 copies of two English books to the Penang Education Department for the benefit of secondary school students. The books that themed Malaysia’s post-independence would be placed at the libraries of selected secondary schools on both the island and mainland. The two titles are The White Crocodile’s Tale: My Memoirs by J.M.B Hughes, and Giving Our Best: The Story of St George’s Girls’ School, Penang, 1885-2010 by Khoo Salma, Alison Hayes and Sehra…

30 May 2015: Mission Pioneers of Malaya June 8, 2015 – Posted in: Newsletters

This book pays special tribute to the incomparable legacy of the La Salle and Infant Jesus Institutes in Malaysia and Singapore. With the other Missions, they gave to our cities places of honour. — Keith Tan The birth of the Mission Schools are an encapsulation of the very beginnings of formal education itself in the country’s history, including establishing the word which would come to represent schooling in Malaysia – escola. As Tan puts it, the…