25 September 2006

Engr. Hj. Mohamed Ali Yusoff

Mohamed Ali Yusoff
Class of 59
Retired Director of Telecoms. Dept.

Colonel (R) Nik Mohamed Zaki

Nik Mohamed Zaki
Class of 59
Joined Tecnical College Kuala Lumpur then joined Malaysian Armed Forces and specialised in digital Communications Technology and eventually retired with the rank of Colonel

24 September 2006

Per Ardua Ad Astra

Good evening, and welcome.

In a book called "People of the Mist" by Sir Henry Rider Haggard, in the first chapter was the passage, "To his right were two stately gates of iron fantastically wrought, supported by stone pillars on whose summit stood griffins of black marble embracing coats of arms and banners inscribed with the device 'Per Ardua ad Astra'"


The RAF took it from there and this is their Badge:







We are talking here about How it was at Sultan Ismail College Kota Bharu, Kelantan known as SIC. How did we get the motto Per ardua Ad Astra. I guess one of the old headmasters must have served in the Royal Air Force, for that is where it came from. It means through Adversity to the Stars and is supposed to inspire success through hard work.

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