Lam Chee Fong

Principal

A Chartered Accountant by profession with a CPA Australia qualification and an MBA specialising in Accounting, Ms Alicia came into education more than a decade ago when she began her career in teaching before moving onto an administrative position at college. She was a Senior Lecturer at KDU University College before moving on to Sri KDU Secondary School.

Her attention for her students is beyond academic boundary, as providing pastoral care is integral to her duty while maintaining a good balance of authority. One who understands the challenges and demands in dealing with staff, community and students, Ms Alicia hopes to continuously create a school atmosphere where we all do what we do best in sustaining a successful school, such as Sri KDU Secondary School

With an M.Ed in Education Management and Instructional Design, Ms Lili Mariah was also a scholarship recipient for the B.Ed TESL degree from the University of Exeter, UK. Furthermore, she has also attained professional certifications on competitive management, innovation, virtual education and professional education and teaching from professional institutions and universities abroad such as University College Plymouth St Mark and St John.

A passionate educator, with an extensive education experience close to 20 years, Ms Lili had worked with few high schools in the UK, such as the Tomlinscote School in Surrey as well as our local government and private secondary schools. She was also a principal for more than 5 years, and she has held the positions of an academic director and education consultant prior. She joined Sri KDU Secondary School as the deputy principal in 2019 and hopes to assist in creating a culture of excellence, universal integrity and supportive, holistic development for our children.

Mr Hew has been a member of the Senior Leadership Team since 2014. He graduated from University of Malaya with First Class Honours in Mathematics after completing STPM in year 1997, in which he was a top scorer with five distinctions. He then completed his Postgraduate Diploma in Education at Technical Teacher Training College with two awards, the Excellence Award (Academic) and Excellence Award (Overall).

Mr Hew has 16 years of experience as a teacher. He joined Sri KDU Secondary School as a Mathematics and Additional Mathematics teacher in 2003 and was assigned the role of Head of Subject (Mathematics) for Upper Secondary in 2005 and Senior Head of Subject in 2009. During his tenure as Head of Mathematics, the school’s SPM results for Additional Mathematics improved every year from 52% distinctions in 2005 to 79% distinctions in 2013. Likewise, the results for Mathematics improved every year (bar 2011 where there was a 2% drop) from 68% to 91%.

Asokan Thatchinamurthi Pillay

Head of Academic & Assessment (Lower Secondary)

Sarawanan Arumugam

Head of Co-Curricular Activities

Foo Mei Kay

Head of Structured Performing Arts

Ms Bong Sew Hwa joined Sri KDU Secondary School in 2004 and previously held the Head of Subject (Mandarin Department) position from 2011 to 2015. She joined the school’s Senior Leadership Team as the Head of Special Programmes in 2018. Ms Bong graduated from the University of Malaya with a Master’s Degree in Education with distinction, Bachelor of Arts Degree (Major in Chinese Study and History) with Honours Class II Upper, as well as Diploma in Education with distinction.

Prior to joining Sri KDU Secondary School, Ms Bong was the Senior Editor and one of the founding members of Citta Bella, an international Chinese lifestyle magazine. She has been a writer for the Textbook Division under the Ministry of Education Malaysia where she has written Mandarin textbooks for Secondary Two used in all schools over a period of 14 years (2003 to 2017). She has also written some workbooks for the Mandarin subject.