The Star :: Sunday September 17, 2006

BEAUTY and the Beast is a story well loved by both young and old – little wonder then that a full house turned up at the musical play put up by Year Four and Five pupils of Sri Kuala Lumpur Primary School recently. 

“Although a maiden venture by the youngsters, the primary pupils are in fact keeping up the tradition established by their older buddies in the secondary school who have staged productions like “The King And I,” said Sri Kuala Lumpur general manager Hanif Merican.  

He was pleased that the talent of the 10 and 11 year olds was being nurtured in tandem with the school’s philosophy of developing students to their full potential.

 
Some of the cast of Beauty and the Beast.

The school’s executive chairman Tan Sri Datuk Othman Merican praised the entire primary school team for putting on the production, noting that the teamwork and dedication displayed had greatly enriched their school experience. 

The young cast was led by Bara Ying from Year Four as Belle and Muhammad Nicholas Malcolm from Year Five as the Beast.  

The hour-long drama had the audience glued to their seats. It was held in the school auditorium in Subang Jaya. 

The school’s principal Dr Tan Khun thanked parents for being supportive, both in spirit as well as in action, as the proceeds from their donations were channelled to the University Malaya Medical Centre's Paediatric Unit for critically ill children. 

Sri Kuala Lumpur pupils accompanied Dr Tan to the the hospital’s Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) to present the collection of RM3,030 to its head, Assoc Prof Dr Lucy Lum.