^Cardon, R. (1938). Catholicism in the East and the diocese of Malacca, 1511-1888. The Paris Foreign Missions. m/s. 4-6. "As soon as he arrived there, Francis hastened to get the approbation of his friend the Viceroy, Don Afonso de Castro, for the opening at Malacca of a school. On the 28th May, 1548, Father Francisco Peres and Brother Roque de Oliveira arrived at Malacca where they were given an enthusiastic reception by the population and the clergy. The following day, de Oliveira opened the school in a house close to the Hospital. [...] Within a few days, 180 children frequented the school."