Be Prepared

Many of our schoolmates were Boy Scouts back at St Joe. The Scout movement was started by Robert Baden-Powell in UK in 1907, and has spread to more than 200 countries around the world, with some 38 million members. Scouting in Malaysia started with the state of Sabah in 1913. Sarawak followed in 1915. "Be prepared", the motto of the international scout movement, has always been a good reminder for facing the vicissitudes of life.

Here's a photo, courtesy of Pierce Chow, showing the IX Kuching Scout Group of 1978.

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See how many individuals you can name.


Further Additions

Sky Sim (Form 5 in 1976) just sent me another old  photo. I'll leave it to Sky to tell you the year and occasion. He was the Group Leader then.

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Here are a few more from Sky. Unfortunately some of these are not as clear as the first one. We're trying to get a better scan, but in the meantime you'll just have to squint a bit  :-)

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Don't get all knotted now ... share any photos and stories from your scouting days ...