The Queen's Scholars

In October 1884, the Colonial Secretary and Acting Governor of the Straits Settlement, Cecil Clementi Smith proposed an education scholarship scheme to sponsor promising young students to further their professional educations in British universities and to encourage students to remain and complete their educations in school. Hence, the prestigious award known as Higher Scholarships were created in 1885 and called as it is until 1890 before renamed to Queen's Scholarship in honour of Queen Victoria. 

In 1911, the scholarship was suspended due it's criticism for causing stiff competition among students and added with its high cost to maintain by the government. It was restored in 1924 through the efforts of former scholars such as Dr Lim Boon Keng, Song Ong Siang and Noel Clarke, and the scholarship was then opened to both genders. 

The list below shows the first part of the recipients covering from 1887 until 1939. The second part which is still in writing progress covering the years 1940 - 1957, where the awards were later given in the form of Scholarship and Fellowship. The Queen's Scholarship was later replaced when both Malaya and Singapore attained self government. 

Year	Recipient	Affiliation		Profession
1887	Lim Boon Keng (1868 – 1957)	Raffles Institution, Singapore	Edinburgh University MB, CM	Medicine
1888	Song Ong Siang (1871 – 1941)	Raffles Institution, Singapore	Downing College, Cambridge Middle Temple MA, LLM	Law
1893	Ung Bok Hoey (b. 1874)	Penang Free School	King’s College, Cambridge Middle Temple Did not complete his studies in law	Journalism
1894	Koh Leap Teng (1875 – 1956)	Penang Free School	Edinburgh University MB, BCh	Medicine
1896	Gnoh Lean Tuck (1879 – 1960)	Penang Free School	Emmanuel College, Cambridge MA, MD	Medicine
1897	Quah Sin Keat	Penang Free School	St John’s College, Cambridge BA, LSA	Medicine
1898	Phung Chock Kong	Penang Free School	Emmanuel College, Cambridge
	Goh Lai Hee (1881 – 1951)	Raffles Institution, Singapore	Emmanuel College, Cambridge BA, MA	Journalism
1901	Yeoh Guan Seok (1883 – 1926)	Penang Free School	St. John’s College, Cambridge Inns of Court Gray’s Inn BA, LLB	Law
	Chan Sze Pong (b. 1884)	Victoria Inst., Kuala Lumpur Raffles Institution, Singapore	Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge BA, MB	Medicine
1902	Koh Kheng Seng (d. 1958)	Penang Free School	St. John’s College, Cambridge BA Did not complete his studies in medicine	Teaching
	Tan Seng Suan	St. Xavier’s Inst., Penang	Cambridge University BA, MB, BC	Medicine
1904	Lim Guan Cheng (b. 1928)	Penang Free School	Cambridge University BA, MB, BCh	Medicine
	Chan Sze Jin (1886 – 1948)	Victoria Inst., Kuala Lumpur Penang Free School	Downing College, Cambridge Inns of Court BA, LLB	Law
1907	Khaw Oo Kek	St. Xavier Inst., Penang	Edinburgh University MBBS	Medicine
1908	Leong Yew Koh (1888 – 1963)	St. Xavier Inst., Penang	University of London Inner Temple BA, LLB	Law
1909	Khoo Heng Kok	Penang Free School	University of London Gray’s Inn BA, LLB	Law
No examinations were held and the scholarship was discontinued (1910 – 1923)
1924	Teh Say Koo	Penang Free School	Emmanuel College, Cambridge BA, ACA	Economics
	Tan Ah Tah (1906 - 1976)	Penang Free School	Christ’s College, Cambridge Inner Temple BA, LLB	Law
1925	Oei Khye Thuan	St. Xavier Inst., Penang		Law
	Yeoh Cheng Hoe	Penang Free School	Oxford University BA, MRCS, LRCP	Medicine
1926	Tan Teow Bok (d. 1994)	St. Xavier Inst., Penang	Oxford University Inner Temple BA, BCL	Law
	Oon Khye Beng (1907 –  1992)	Penang Free School	Downing College, Cambridge BA	Engineering (M&E)
1927	Lim Kheng Kooi	Penang Free School	St John’s College, Cambridge BA, LLB	Law
	Cheah Heng Sin	Penang Free School	Oxford University Middle Temple BA	Law
1928	Cheah Soon Hock (1906 – 1988)	St. Xavier Inst., Penang	Cambridge University Inner Temple BA, LLB	Law
1929	Ooi Tiang Eng	Penang Free School	Oxford University MA, BM, BCH, ETC	Medicine
	Tan Thoon Lip (1910 – 1959)	Raffles Institution	John’s College, Cambridge Gray’s Inn BA, LLB	Law
1930	Goh Liang Chuan	Anglo Chinese School, Penang	Cambridge University BA, MA, LLB	Law
	Miss Maggie Tan (1913 – 1995)	Raffles Institution	London School of Medicine for Women	Medicine
1931	Chuah Seng Chew	Raffles Institution	Cambridge University BA
	Liew Swee Cheng	Raffles Institution ACS, Singapore	Queen’s College, Cambridge BA, LLB	Law
	Ong Hock Sim (1913 – 1978)	St. George’s Inst. Taiping	Cambridge University BA, LLB	Law
1932	Tan Sim Eng	Raffles Institution		Law
1933	Keong Siew Tong (1914 - 1975)	St. Xavier’s Inst., Penang	St. John’s College, Cambridge	Medicine
1934	Lau Fook Khean	St. Xavier’s Inst., Penang	Downing College, Cambridge BA, MB, BChir	Medicine
1935	Ng Yok Hing	ACS, Ipoh	Cambridge University MA, BChir, MBBS, MRCP, DTM, H Eng	Medicine
1936	Lim Hong Bee (1917 - 1995)	Raffles Institution Outram Road Sch		Law
	Chia Kim Chwee (1917)	Raffles Institution ACS, Singapore	Downing College, Cambridge BA, MA	Law
	Ng Wah Hing	ACS, Ipoh	Christ’s College, Cambridge BA	Engineering (C&S)
1937	Lim Chong Eu (1919 – 2010)	Penang Free School	Edinburgh University MB ChB	Medicine
	Chin Kim Hong		MBBS	Medicine
1938	Lim Kok Aun (b. 1920)	Raffles Insitution ACS, Penang	Edinburgh University School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine BSc, MB ChB	Medicine
	Lee Lian Chye (b.1921)	Raffles Institution ACS, Singapore	Edinburgh University MBBS	Medicine
	Yap Pow Meng (1921 - 1971)	Victoria Institution, Kuala Lumpur	Cambridge University MD, DPM	Medicine
1939	Rodney Russell Lam (1993)	Victoria Institution, Kuala Lumpur	Edinburgh University MB ChB	Medicine