Sultan Abu Bakar School (SABS), Kuantan

Sekolah Menengah Kebangasaan Sultan Abu Bakar SABS Kuantan
Alah Bisa Tegal Biasa Through Endeavour We Succeed
Address
Jalan Beserah,25300 Kuantan Kuantan, Pahang Malaysia
Coordinates	3°49′34″N 103°20′15″E / 3.82611°N 103.33750°E / 3.82611; 103.33750
Information
Type	Secondary School
Established	16 August 1957
Principal	Pn. Hjh. Rakiah binti Daud
Grades	Form 1 - Pre University
Medium of language	Malay
Colour(s)	Blue, yellow, red, white
Front entrance of school

Sultan Abu Bakar School (SMK Sultan Abu Bakar/SABS/SMKSAB) is a secondary school situated in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia. It is entitled as a Premier School by the Malaysian Ministry of Education due to its excellence in academic and co-curriculum. Nowadays, the Ministry of Education accepts UPSR candidates who got Sekolah Kebangsaan(SK) not less than 3A and Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan(SJK) not less than 5A.

View From Block M

School bus

Bimbingan and Kaunseling

History

In 1955, when Kuantan was made the state capital, a new site was chosen for the school in Jalan Beserah. A site near Jalan Beserah, with the area of 10 acres (40,000 m²), was the new site for the school. Construction started in 1956. The school was officially opened on 16 August 1957 by the then Sultan of Pahang, Al-Marhum Sultan Abu Bakar Riayathuddin Al Muadzam Shah Ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Abdullah Al Muktasim Billah.^[1] Datuk Idris bin Babjee was the first principal of the school.

Motto

Through Endeavour We Succeed, "Alah Bisa Tegal Biasa"^[2]

Notable alumni

Rahim Bakar - former Menteri Besar of Pahang and Chairman Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
Siti Zaharah Sulaiman - former Minister
Jamaluddin Jarjis - former Malaysian Science, Technology and Innovation Minister
Tan Sri Adam Kadir - Pos Malaysia Chairman and senior politician
Abi Musa Asa'ari Mohamed Nor - Chairman of Lembaga Tabung Haji Malaysia
Payet Paprik - Chairman of Mr. P: PC & Phone Services
Zack Tee Keat Teong - Director of Blackstone Process Solutions
Sudirman Arshad - Malaysian singer
Yasmin Yusoff - former Miss Malaysia^[1]
Colin Kirton - Malaysian actor/director
Zamberi Mazleh - Malaysian footballer
Mohd. Nasir Ismail - Malaysian footballer
Azman Arifin - Malaysian hockey player
Sim Chon Siang - Politician of Parti Keadilan Rakyat(PKR) of Kuantan

References

External links

List of schools in Malaysia

States	Johor Kedah Kelantan Malacca Negeri Sembilan Pahang Perak Perlis Penang Sabah Sarawak Selangor Terengganu

Federal Territories	Kuala Lumpur Labuan Putrajaya

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