My x School - Kolej Sultan Abdul Hamid

My x School at a glance..

1908 - 2008

The Sultan Abdul Hamid College (SAHC, now Kolej Sultan Abdul Hamid) is a premier school in Alor Star, Malaysia. Formerly known as the Government English School, it is one of the oldest English schools to be established in the country. It boasts of an illustrious alumni roster that includes Prime Ministers Mahathir bin Mohamad (b. 1925) and Tunku Abdul Rahman (b. 1903 d. 1990) and the present Sultan of Kedah, His Highness Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah ibni al marhum Sultan Badlishah (b. 1927). A former student and teacher, Daim Zainuddin, later went on to become the Finance Minister of Malaysia.
The Sultan Abdul Hamid College is also known as SAHC (English), KSAH (Malay) or just simply and fondly "College" to the students and teachers of the school. Its yearly magazine or schoolbook is named "Darulaman" (the abode of peace), referring to the Arabic title for the state of Kedah.
Primarily a boy's school, it's students comprise of boys of Form 1s to Form 5s and mixed sexes of Lower and Upper 6s. The student population had increased tremendously from the date of the school's early inception: from less than 50 in 1908 to more than 1,200 in 2007.
The school recently celebrated its 100 years of existence(1908 - 2008).

School Song

Strong loyalty we give our king

Firm friendship we would like to bring

We march along with strength and will

To help our country win

We aim for truth and courage

For virtues and for values

We're girls and boys of College

Good Collegians are we
K.S.A.H Alma mater

K.S.A.H young Collegians all
The problems of the world we face

Seem very small like earth in space

The rainbow of the sky we chase

A great and worthy race

We pupils here are happy

We're cheerful with no worries

For aren't we young Collegians

We are and proud to be
K.S.A.H Alma mater

K.S.A.H young Collegians all

School's House
SULTAN House - Yellow colour
STUART House - Red colour
GURNEY House - Green colour
KEDAH House - Brown colour (My School's House)
DAYS House - Blue colour