History of Scouts Malaysia

Scouting in Malaya (now Malaysia) was first introduced in Penang in 1908 as an experimental troop in YMCA before spreading throughout the entire peninsula.

Scouting took roots in 1908 and welcomed Lord Baden-Powell and Lady Olave Baden-Powell during their historical visit in 1934 to Penang, Kuala Kangsar, Ipoh and Kuala Lumpur.

After gaining independence on August 31, 1957, the Boy Scouts International Bureau formally issued membership on September 1, 1957 to the nation's Scouting body which took shape as Federation of Malaya Boy Scouts Association and officially established as Persekutuan Budak-Budak Pengakap Malaysia or Boy Scouts Association of Malaysia and officially regulated by an act of Parliament through The Boy Scouts Association of Malaysia (Incorporation) Act No. 38, 1968.

It took on its current name as Persekutuan Pengakap Malaysia or Scouts Association of Malaysia following an act of Parliament; Boy Scouts Association of Malaysia Act No. 143, 1974.

The current patron of the PPM (Persekutuan Pengakap Malaysia) is the Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia Sultan Abdullah of Pahang while the President of the PPM is the Prime Minister of Malaysia Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad. The current acting Ketua Pengakap Negara (Acting National Chief Scout) is Major General (R) Professor Dato' Dr. Haji Mohd Zin bin Bidin and Ketua Pesuruhjaya Pengakap Negara or National Chief Scout Commissioner is Major General (R) Professor Dato' Dr. Haji Mohd Zin bin Bidin.

Founders of Scouting in the states of Malaysia

The founding of Scouts movements in the states of Malaysia were, by date and founder

• 1908 - Penang, YMCA experimental Troop

• 1909 - Selangor, 1st Selangor (now 1st Kuala Lumpur) in Victoria Institution by B.E. Shaw

• 1912 - Pahang, by G.M. Laidlow in Pekan, restored in 1927 by H.P. Hertslet

• 1913 - Sabah, by Reverend Thomas Cecil Alexander in Sandakan Scout Association of Malaysia Sabah Branch

• 1913 - Sarawak, by Reverend Thomas Cecil Alexander in Kuching (active only from 1930 onwards).^[7]

• March 27, 1915 - Penang, by Harold Ambrose Robinson Cheeseman in Penang Free School

• 1922 - Kedah, by E.C. Hicks, E.A.G. Stuart, R.P.S. Walker and C.W. Bloomfield at Sultan Abdul Hamid College

• 1925 - Negeri Sembilan, in 1923 by British Resident Edward Shaw Hose at a missionary school in Seremban and by R. Brunstone, then in 1925 by Bird and Roger Smith who started organising for the entire state.

• 1926 - Perak, by L.R. Wheeler at Malay College Kuala Kangsar

• 1926 - Melaka, by R. Brunstone in Malacca

• 1927 - Terengganu, by A.J. Gracle

• 1927 - Kelantan, by Y.M. Tengku Ahmad Temenggong

• 1928 - Johor, by Harold Ambrose Robinson Cheeseman in the English College Johore Bahru (now Maktab Sultan Abu Bakar).

• 1931 - Perlis, by Bird and Roger Smith