Roads named after Old Frees

Discounting three roads in the Green Lane area of Penang which are named after Penang Free School itself -  Jalan Free School, Halaman Free School and Taman Free School - presently, I have uncovered 54 other roads in Malaysia and Singapore that have been named after various Old Frees. This list would also include a road named after the School's founder and six five roads named after three Headmasters and a towering teacher. 

Prominent among these roads are the Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway and Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman in Penang. In Kuala Lumpur, there are Jalan Syed Putra, Lingkaran Syed Putra, Medan Syed Putra Utara, Lorong Syed Putra Kiri, Persiaran Syed Putra and the five roads named as Persiaran Syed Putra 1-5.

Two roads in Singapore are named after the Old Frees, while there is one each in Kota Baru, Alor Star and Kuching, three in Taiping, five in Ipoh and two more in Kuala Lumpur. But it is in Penang that I found the most number of roads, totalling 34, which reflected the prominent roles that the Old Boys had played in Penang's past.

Here then are the remaining roads named after Old Frees: Jalan Sir Hussein, Taman Sir Hussein, Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim, Jalan Aziz Ibrahim, Jalan Cheah Choo Yew, Jalan Cheah Seng Khim, Jalan Dato’ Dr. Cheah Toon Lok, Jalan Choong Lye Hin, Solok Choong Lye Hin, Tingkat Hock Hin, Jalan Choong Lye Hock, Lebuh Tye Sin, Jalan Foo Wha Cheng, Jalan Geh Chong Keat, Lorong Geh Chong Keat, Jalan Dato’ Khong Kam Tak, Lebuh Dato’ Khong Kam Tak, Jalan Khoo Sian Ewe, Jalan Seang Tek, Jalan Lam Looking, Jalan Lim Eow Thoon, Jalan Kek Chuan, Jalan Chow Kit, Jalan Chow Thye, Lorong Chow Thye, Jalan Ismail Cik Matt, Lebuh Noordin, Lebuh Ong Chong Keng, Jalan Saw Ah Choy, Lorong Saw Ah Choy, Kheam Hock Road, Jalan P. Ramlee, Jalan Toh Khay Beng, Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman, Taman Wu Lien Teh, Jalan Wu Lien Teh, Jalan Yeoh Guan Seok and Jalan Zainal Abidin, I shall leave it to readers to figure out which are the roads considered outstation to Penang. 

The ones named after the Founder and the old educationalists are Taman Hutchings, Jalan Cheeseman, Jalan Hamilton, Jalan Hargreaves, Lilitan Hargreaves, Halaman Hargreaves and Jalan Pinhorn.

[UPDATE 29 July 2019: I have since discovered two roads in Bukit Mertajam that are named after two colonial teachers of Penang Free School who might have contributed more towards Bukit Mertajam High School than Free School; the two roads being Jalan Stowell and Jalan Rees in the vicinity of the High School and Stowell Primary School there. Edgar de la Mothe Stowell was their first headmaster while N Rees was at least a teacher there.]

[UPDATE 05 Nov 2019: One more road to add to this list is Jalan Dr Wu Lien Teh in George Town, Penang. This is a completely new road, not to be confused with Taman Wu Lien Teh in the suburbs of the city. At this time of writing, Jalan Dr Wu Lien Teh is so new that even Google Maps has yet to recognise it.]

[UPDATE 09 July 2023: In Kota Baru, Lorong Merican was named after Dr Ali Othman Merican (popularly known as Dr AO Merican) who had uprooted himself from the west coast to Kelantan in 1927.]

{UPDATE: 19 March 2024: I uncovered Persiaran Dr Geroge Lim Ah Soo in Kuala Lumpur. Lim Ah Soo was the Head Boy at Penang Free School in 1950-1951. He went on to make a name for himself in horse racing.]