Merdeka mood hits SXI
By JOSEPHINE JALLEH
josephine@thestar.com.my
Photos by ZHAFARAN NASIB
THE National Day spirit was in full swing as over 1,500 students of St Xavier’s Institution (SXI) in George Town celebrated it with songs and a costume parade.
They sang patriotic songs and waved the Jalur Gemilang enthu-siastically as the school’s band provided the background music.
Around 50 students were also decked in traditional costumes amid the air of patriotism and festivity.
The special ceremony, which involved students from Form One to Form Six, was held yesterday morning in conjunction with the country’s 54th National Day.
‘Merdeka’ reverberated through the air when the students, with raised hands, yelled those memorable words.
School principal Loh Kea Yu said this year’s celebration was different than other years because there was a flag-raising ceremony in front of the school.
“The flagpole was last used many years ago. We needed a custom-made flag to fit the pole. Now it adds colours to the Merdeka celebration,” he said, adding that tourists could also look at the flag as they walked by the school.
He said the celebration was among the school’s activities to foster goodwill and the 1Malaysia concept among the students.
He also said that an electronically-printed mural would be added to the walls along six classes to depict the country’s history before the school’s 160th anniversary in April next year.
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