• La Salle Brothers Kota Kinabalu
• La Salle Brothers Tambunan
• La Salle Brothers Nabawan

in 1951, Father Bernard Davies a Mill Hill Missionary started secondary classes at Karamunsing to prepare students for Senior Cambridge Examinations. Soon after the Catholic Mission secred a 7.653 acre site at Tanjung Aru where the new secondary school was built. It was occupied in 1953. The school was named Sacred Heart Secondary School. In 1958, three La Salle Brothers came to Jesselton (now Kota Kinabalu) to assume management of Sacred Heart Primary and Secondary Schools. Brother Raphael Egan became the first La Salle Brother Principal succeeding Father Arthur Crowther. 15th May 1958 was an auspicious day for the school because on that day the name of the school was changed to La Salle Secondary School after the Founder of the Brothers, St. John Baptist De La Salle.

Brother Brendan Dunne became Principal of La Salle in 1966 taking over from Brother Raphael. This, too, was the year that the three storeyed "New Community House" was built for the Brothers. In December 1969, Brother Brendan Dunne, handed over principalship to Brother Charles O'Leary who began his seventeen year service as a dedicated and progressive principal. Brother Charles was succeeded by Brother Justin Mobilik as assistant principal in 1986 and then by Mr. Stanley Liew in 1987. The present principal is now Dr. Edward Miku Tiongsu. Apart from being fine administrators, they have carried on the torch to make La Salle 'something more'.

In 1983, La Salle celebrated the silver jubilee of the arrival of the brothers and this too marked the 80th year of the foundation of the school.

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The administration of St. Martin's school was handed over to the La Salle Brothers on 26th August 1976 from the Mill Hill priest, Father Henselmans. Brother Justin Mobilik became the school principal. In 1st January 1978, Brother Peter Phelan became the third principal. In early 1987, Brother Peter Ng was the school principal till the end of 1995.

Boys' Hostel

Although La Salle Brothers are no longer in St. Martin's school, the La Sallian mission of educating the youth continues in St. Martin's Hostel (SMART Hostel). Brother Peter Ng is the present Brother in-charge of the hostel with the help of some St. Martin teachers.

Girls' Hostel

Contact
Brother Peter Ng
St. Martin's Tampasak
P. O. Box 29,
89657 Tambunan,
Sabah, Malaysia
Tel: +60 88 774 077
E-Mail: phmng29@tm.net.my

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HOSTEL LIFE

School

Prayer

Manual Labour

Recreation

In 1991, a small hostel was opened by the La Salle Brothers in a temporary location. The project is to help students from surrounding more remote localities.

Nabawan itself is rather remote - 195 kilometers from Kota Kinabalu, the capital of Sabah. About 90% of the population of Nabawan district is Murut. Due to the lack of infrastructure and its remoteness, it can be considered an underpriviledged area. There is only one secondary school in the district at present.

However, the construction of the extension of the school (SMK Nabawan 2, approximately 10 kilometers from the present SMK Nabawan) is on progress. It is expected to be fully operated some time this year (2003).

The hostel has been successful over the past 10 years and now with the acquisition of a suitable site of 2 acres, a new hostel was erected and completed. Apart from the provision of dormitories, dining room and kitchen, it also includes an office, study rooms, audio-visual room. library, chapel, computer room, indoor recreation room, toilet and bathroom, a workshop and staff quarters.

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