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Methodist Boys' School, Kuala Lumpur

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Methodist Boys' School
Kuala Lumpur
MBSKL Crest
Headmaster ?
School type Public
Founded ?
Location Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
School Motto Ora et Labora : Pray hard and work hard

Methodist Boys' School, Kuala Lumpur is a secondary school located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

History

Starting with a humble shophouse with just a handful of boys more than a hundred years ago, MBSKL today is located at a site almost dominating the heart of Kuala Lumpur's ChinaTown. In its natural geography, Petaling Hill, on which MBS now stands, the school overlooks one of the oldest business sections of Kuala Lumpur which consists of many of the oldest Chinese business establishments.

The reason for Rev Horley in choosing this site for the Wesley Church, the parsonage and the school was not different from other pioneer missionaries who chose sites for church, school and living quarters in other parts of the country. It was to be close to the community whom they wanted to serve, but yet sufficiently removed to have the quiet serenity for school and church to function and the incumbent pastor who used to also head the school, to dwell in peace.

It is not surprising that as the country developed and as towns became cities, churches and schools which were at onetime at the fringes of towns, are now engulfed in the midst of city centres.

In the hundred years of the existence MBSKL has more than fufilled our role in providing education and nurture for those who passed through the portals. Numbered among the former students are successful citizens in all walks of life and professions.It is quite impossible to enumerate or name each one of them simply because they are far too many and we do not have a record of the progress and achievements of students who have left the school.