Timeless Tech71 Legacy: Celebrating 55 Years of Penang Technical Institute’s Class of ’71
In 2025, we are celebrating 55 years of our lives since we started our upper secondary education of Form 4 at Technical Institute, Penang.
We had our 50th Anniversary Reunion on Sat 03.12.2022 in Penang. Enjoy the photos and videos here.
We called ourselves the class of Tech71.
We joined the Technical Institute Penang's Form 4 class in 1970. In 1971, we were in Form 5, and some of us left the school, while some continued into Lower 6 in 1972 and Upper 6 in 1973.
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The above is the front view of our Technical Institute main entrance to the administration and classroom block.
We had 8 classes for Form 5 in 1971. Almost all of us came from the northern states of Perlis, kedah, Penang, Perak and upper part of Selangor.
There are Technical Institutes in Kuala Lumpur, Kuantan and Johor Bharu, so students residing in these states would join these institutes.
We joined the Technical Institute Penang's Form 4 class in 1970. In 1971, we were in Form 5, and some of us left the school, while some continued into Lower 6 in 1972 and Upper 6 in 1973.
Some of us continue into Lower Six and Upper Six. The above was one of the 2 Lower Six classes.
The above was the school prefect for 1971
We had 8 classes for Form 5 in 1971. Below were the class of Form 5E, the best of all the 8 classes.
My name is Wong Tooi Giap, and I was in the Form 5E class.
Giap’s Ambition As An Architect Began at the Technical Institute, Penang
This is my hard and long journey of realizing my burning ambition as an architect, from the first desire that began in Technical Institute, Penang, in 1970 to ultimately set up my own architectural practice Acromas Arkitek from 1988 to 1996.
One of the many school extra curriculum activities like The Girls Guide above
Our teachers.
School activities.
School activities.
School activities.
We had our 50th Anniversary Reunion on Sat 03.12.2022 in Penang. Enjoy the photos and videos here.
Tech71 Lunch • Peranakan Place Signature • 1 Utama Shopping Centre. Petaling Jaya on 16.08.2022.
Before and After: Cheng Wooi Meng, Leong Beng Hock, Sham Chee Keong and wife, Pau Hau Joo and wife Emily Wong. View more here.
Some of us visited our school on Fri 02.12.2022
Our Lives with Tech71 • Technical Institute, Penang Class of 71
Tech71 Gatherings in Petaling Jaya, Butterworth, Ipoh
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