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Henry Gurney School

Malaysian school network for young offenders

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 7, 2026
Entity authorityQ5722333 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Henry Gurney Schools (Malay: Sekolah Henry Gurney) are centres established in 1949 under Juvenile Courts Act 1947 [Act 90] to care for young offenders in Malaysia, and were known as High Moral Schools before 15 May 1950. They are for children and young people aged 14 to 20.

List of Henry Gurney schools

Initially, only two Henry Gurney schools were created.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Henry Gurney School” as malaysian school network for young offenders. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA strong contextual entry point for chronology, institutions and public events when official records are distinguished from later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1949, 1947, 1950—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1949-01-01. The account is most persuasive where Henry, Gurney and School can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the history & society register because the source frames it as malaysian school network for young offenders. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Chronology, provenance and viewpoint should be read together before a broad social or political interpretation is accepted. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 7, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5722333. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1949, 1947 and 1950.

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This entry incorporates text from “Henry Gurney School” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.