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Trip of a life time

Huntly Press, October 19, 1983

Institution. Penang Technical Institute.
Penang Free School. Science School. Kuala
Lumpur, and United World College of South

We were the first rugby school team to
visit these schools and the welcome was

While Ngaruawahia High is celebrating
its 21st birthday this year, Chris says, most
of the Asian schools they visited were
s, and had already

lights of the trip was
sailing and motor scooters on

Penang was the tropical paradise. The
hotel was really flash. Most of the boys had

The group had been billeted when they
were in Singapore, but staying together in
the hotel in Penang was more enjoyable, he

The boys were accompanied by four “Virtually everyone came back with a
Though Asia had its exotic food teachers and 14 supporters. stereo.”
delicacies to offer the boys, Kentucky Fried But the boys did take advantage of the “Do the boys want to go back?”
Chicken and McDonalds proved more shops in Singapore. “Quite a few of the boys have got the

“Everyone came back with some desire to travel now,” says Chris.
But we were enthusiastic about the bargain or so. We had to apply for excess
luggage!”