From the OBA president

[Pepper Lim]

Dear Fellow Ex-BBians and Friends,

For many years, the school has not been given much funding from the government for the maintenance and upkeep of the school buildings and facilities. For a long time, schools have very much been self-reliant for such expenditure. Raising funds from the PIBG and from former students can only go a very limited extent. As a result, the physical condition of the school deteriorated over the decades for lack of proper upkeep and maintenance.  

Thankfully in the past couple of years the government realized that the upkeep of the school facilities is as important as the curriculum and academic performance of the school.

Since 2012, the school has been getting some much needed funding under the 10th Malaysian Plan for upkeep and maintenance. 

Last year the school listed many areas that needed repair and maintenance. I have been very much directly involved with another member of the school board in the planning and implementation of the school renovation and maintenance.

I think it will be informative to former students if I update some of the repairs and maintenance work that the school has undertaken lately. 

Here is a short summary of some of the major maintenance and repair work has been carried out during the last 2 school holiday seasons (November to January 2013 and March 2013).

Renovation of McGregor Hall (Old School Hall) 

One of the bigger projects that has been undertaken was the complete renovation of the school’s single-storey multi-function school hall (now named Dr. Alastair McGregor Hall, the first Principal of the school).

The school board had earlier planned a major upgrade and extension of the hall. However, due to other more important priorities, the board has decided to repair and renovate the hall instead. 

Since January 2013, the McGregor Hall has been repaired and renovated in the following manner :- 

Repaired roof which had leaks at several places

Replaced and raised the former “collapsing “ ceiling 

Replaced the flooring of the stage which was badly damaged by termites 

Tiling the flooring which was previously cement rendered

Closed or covered up some of the  louvered windows  

Rewired the original old electrical wiring and added additional lights and fans

Other Renovation

Apart from the work done for the McGregor hall, the school has also done the following maintenance work:-

School Canteen 

Replaced flooring with new tiling  

Refurbished canteen tables and chairs

Repainting of the school 

External perimeter wall, 

McGregor Hall 

All classrooms 

Installation of additional ceiling fans for every classroom 

Rehabilitation of slope behind and near the Badminton/Assembly Building and former canteen due to the dangerous erosion that has taken place and that is progressively deteriorating. For safety reasons we have to get this attended.

The maintenance work is still ongoing.  Some of the ongoing maintenance and planned works are : -

Rehabilitation of school field – improving the drainage of the water-logged field, removal of stones and debris, replacement of sand and soil and the replanting of grass. This is another major work has started about a month ago.

Conversion of the girls’ toilet to a Men and Ladies Toilet. BB has only a handful of female students in 6th Form. The conversion of the toilet is to cater mainly for visitors coming to the school. We need a proper washroom facility whenever a function or event is held at the McGregor Hall.

Replacement and adding of roof gutters and drainage pipes. The roof drainage system of some buildings has not been maintained for decades and is in rather dilapidated condition.

Renovation of all the laboratories – flooring, ceiling, windows, sink and amenities etc.

Extension of the concrete section of the sepak takraw courtyard (also used as the assembly area) and the relandscaping of the neighboring grass areas.

We anticipate the maintenance work to continue for several more months and I will update news about the progress periodically.  

If you are a former student and if you drop by the school, I am sure you will notice some changes and improvements that have been done to your alma mater.

If there is any former school student would like to contribute materials or services to the school, please contact any of the alumni committee members or contact me directly.

Lawrence Hie

President 

The Bukit Bintang Boys’ Secondary School Alumni Association

[CY Chowie]

Hi there

Are you Ms Lim who taught physics ?

Regards
Chow

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[mahavishnu chelliah]

hi!  Lawrence,

Noted with thanks. By the way, when is the OBA  AGM.  Please advice

Regards,

Mahavishnu

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Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:03:49 +0800
Subject: Re: [BBBSS Alumni] From the OBA president
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[takminglai]

Who me? nope.

 

Warm regards,

 

Tak Ming

 

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Subject: Re: [BBBSS Alumni] From the OBA president

 

Hi there