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man was allowed to watch girls playing games or doing physical exercise. Although St. George's exemplar of a girls' education gained a foothold, underlying social attitudes took much longer to change. In July 1934, a debate was held under the auspices of the Penang
Teachers' Association on the topic "Women's Place is in the Home". The redoubtable B.H. Oon who was Malaya's first female barrister, argued the example of Queen Victoria as both a ruler as well as a homemaker and Amy Johnson as a female pioneer in aviation, but lost the motion by a vote of 57 to 18. Later, Mrs. Oon would take up the fight to secure federal funds for the rebuilding of her alma mater after World War II, against the objections of the Chief Minister of Perak who objected to the $ 1.6 million rebuilding grant for St. George's. During the reconstruction after the war, the students worked hard to restore the school's reputation, achieving 100% pass rate in the Cambridge examinations, for 1946, 1947 and 1948.
367:. As an indication of the school's role in leading the quiet revolution that took place in the social attitudes of the country, St. George's had an all-female football team that traveled to Parit Buntar in 1961, to play in a charity football match in aid of the World Refugee Fund, astonishing the residents of the sleepy town of Perak who saw women playing football for the first time. The football team no longer exists, but students can choose to participate in handball, netball, badminton, gymnastics, table tennis, tennis and fencing, with hockey, golf and archery being popular choices.
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Ministry of Education's emphases on early preparation of science education starting at the high school level, the national supply of local medical graduates (resulting in 1 doctor for every 454 persons in the country in 2020, which exceeded the World Health Organization's recommendation of 1 doctor for every 500 persons), has exceeded the number of permanent employment positions available in the country's public healthcare system.
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356:, and further expansion occurred with the acquisition of two bungalows. For a short time, boys also attended St. George's, likely due to the school inspector's report of overcrowding in the boys' schools on the island. A brief coeducational experiment was started in 1916 and abandoned as unsuccessful in 1920, with St. George's remaining an all-girls establishment.
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