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The government agreed to extend Convent Bukit Nanas’s (CBN) land lease for another 60 years. A statement published by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said that Putrajaya recognized CBN’s century-long contributions to the nation and approved of the extension specifically for educational purposes. The government hopes that the school will continue producing quality-educated individuals for the good of the country and remains on the Education Ministry’s Cluster School of Excellence list of top institutions. Malaysians recently began a movement to “Save SMK Convent Bukit Nanas” afte...

Historic site: A file photo from 2014 showing part of Convent Bukit Nanas's interesting architectural features. The news that Convent Bukit Nanas has not been granted an extension of its land lease by the Federal Territories Lands and Mines Department was met with horror and disgust by many of us. That was followed by the thought, “Lease? Shouldn’t it have been gazetted a long time ago, along with the Victoria Institute, as a heritage site?” Convent Bukit Nanas, fondly known as CBN, was established in Kuala Lumpur in 1899. It was founded just five years after the Victoria Institution a...

Malaysians banned together to liberate the century-old Convent Bukit Nanas (CBN) school in Kuala Lumpur. An online petition to “Save SMK Convent Bukit Nanas” began with news of the government’s refusal to extend the school’s land lease – which expires on 6 September 2021 – to the school’s administration run by the Lady Superior of the Society of Saint Maur convent. (Credit: Change.org) With the school board challenging the Federal Government’s decision in court, many like former minister Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz, who herself is a CBN alumnus, request that the historic institution,...