Persatuan Pandu Puteri Malaysia

The Girl Guide movement in what is now Malaysia began in the early 20th century. The first Girl Guide unit in Malaya was formed in 1916 at the Methodist Girls' School in Kuala Lumpur; the movement was registered at the Headquarters of Girl Guides, Calcutta, in 1917. During the interwar years and the period of British colonial administration, Guiding in Malaya grew largely through school and community units and was administered alongside Guiding in neighbouring Singapore. After World War II the movement was reorganised and expanded by leaders active in the post-war period, notably Agnes Pinnick, who played a prominent role in reorganising the Guide movement in Malaya and Singapore and served as Chief Commissioner in the late 1940s. In the 1950s the national headquarters was established in Kuala Lumpur: the original headquarters building (known as the Agnes Pinnick Hut) was inaugurated in 1955, and on 25 October 1969 a new national headquarters on Jalan Pantai Bharu was officially opened to replace the earlier building. Following Malaya's independence the organisation continued to formalise its national status. The Girl Guides Association of Malaya became a full member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) in 1960; after the formation of Malaysia in 1963 the Girl Guide associations of Sabah and Sarawak were incorporated into the national body. PPPM continued to expand its programmes and membership through the late 20th century into the 21st century. The centenary of Guiding in Malaysia was celebrated in 2016, when national and local units marked 100 years since the earliest recorded unit in 1916. The association today operates national headquarters (Wisma Pandu Puteri) in Kuala Lumpur and continues to run programmes across Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah and Sarawak. ==Program and ideals==