Currently located at 600H, Vale of Tempe Road, 11200 Tanjung Bungah, it was the pioneer deaf school in Malaysia.
[citation needed] In 1952, Dr C Elaine Field, a medical specialist, visited Penang to treat deaf children.
Students who completed Standard 6 did not continue their education, but were given the opportunity to gain vocational skills such as sewing, woodworking and repairing.
Hicks resigned as principal and was succeeded by Miss Lee Kooi Jong, originally a nurse at the Penang General Hospital, who had previously served as the first Secretary to the Board of Governors and as a teacher at the school.
Lee persuaded businessmen and entrepreneurs in Penang to give opportunities to the deaf children to gain work experience at their companies.
FSD students who completed Standard 6 received offers to work at companies doing printing, sewing, and other trades.
At the end of 1963, a 12-hectare site at Vale of Tempe Road (Jalan Lembah Permai) in Tanjong Bungah was bought at 65 cents per square foot, with Mr (later Tan Sri) Loh Boon Siew, the director of the company that sold the land, sponsoring 15 cents per square foot.
As a result, Shih Chung Primary School was chosen to accommodate the FSD students during the afternoon session.
The school was finally reopened in 1970, the opening ceremony was attended by the first Malaysians Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman.
In 1976, Frances Parsons visited FSD, and persuaded Saleena and other teachers that the Total Communication system would help to increase the understanding and mastery of American Sign Language.
Sundram) (1961–1987) Mrs. Saleena Yahaya Isa (Miss Lee Kooi Jong) (1987–1990) Mr. Francis Chai Voon Oon (1990–1995) Mrs. Chan Sew Lian (1995–1996) Mdm.