My Grandfather's Class

COMPILED AND EDITED BY 

Siu Kang Fook 

Designer: Teo Cal-Vin 

Publisher 

Raffles Institution 

1, Raffles Institution Lane, 

Singapore 575954 

Tel: 63538830 

Fax: 63538357 

www.ri.edu.sg 

ISBN: 978-981-09-7871-6 

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Dedicated to: 

E W Jesudason 

PRI 1963-1966

RAFFLES INSTITUTION 

Bras Basah Road entrance circa 1965 

The mass exodus from the school gates at the end of each school day characterised 

the unbridled enthusiasm, austere spirit and boundless ingenuity; 

that was us during those halcyon school days

Contents 

07 Foreword 

08 Introduction 

09 Principal’s Message 

10 About this Book 

16 Class Directory 

28 History of RI 

30 Insight Into Our Founder 

36 Class Subjects 

38 RI Rules & Regulations 

41 Scenes from Bras Basah 

46 Staff (1961) 

48 Staff (1963) 

50 The Year Before: 1964 

51 Highlights of 1964’s Events 

54 Founder’s Day / Speeches 

58 Sports Day 

60 After School Activities 

- Sports and Games 

- Musical Groups 

- Clubs and Societies 

80 Class Projects 

Sec 3 A Arts (1967) students happy that the final exam was over. 

Front: Nicky Tay, Ismail Hamid, Sinwan,Low Chek Kwang, Jacob Chacko. Mid-centre: Ratan, Sim Cheok Leng. 

Back row: Lee Fook Heng, Young Ser Thern, Yeo Tong Puay, Ong Meng Cheong, Lim Eng Meng, Sachi, Jaffarullah

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84 The Year 1965 

158 Tribute to Mr 

Jesudason 

206 Konfusion in Spelling 

207 My Neighbourhood 

208 The effects of the Colombo 

258 The Raffles Family 

86 A summary from our class 

160 Contributions of EWJ 

Plan on participating countries 

260 Sec 1 

88 A challenge to new 

Rafflesians 

92 School Calendar 

165 Editorial: Farewell Sir 

162 Our Principal To Retire 

166 Prefects’ Investiture 

210 Student 

Recollections 

294 Sec 2 

320 Sec 3 

370 Sec 4 

94 School Staff 

96 Editorial 

98 Founder’s Day 

98 - Speech by Ong Pang Boon 

(Minister of Education) 

101 - Speech by Principal 

106 - Prize Winners 

108 Sports Day 

115 Swimming Carnival 





142 The Year After: 1966 

172 Response from Jeffrey Chan 

178 My Father as I Remember 

Him 

184 Welcome, Mr Philip 

Liau 

186 Welcome Mr Philip Liau 

188 About Mr Philip Liau 

189 Philip Liau as Prefect Master 

190 Student-written 

Articles 

192 The Class Types in IX A 

(1953) 

212 Message for Bishan Campus 

Opening Ceremony in 1992 

215 My Grandfather Stories 

222 Five Friends for 50 years 

228 What Happened at School 

50 Years Ago? 

236 Teachers of Bygone Era 

248 The Pain of Schooling 

250 The Pangs of Nationhood 

252 The World Around Us 

253 Raffles Fellowship 

254 The Effects of Extra Mural 

Activities 

256 10 things you need to know 

406 Pre U 1 

432 Pre U 2 

456 1966 Sec 1s and PU1s 

464 Beyond 1966 

468 Achievements 

469 Our Gratitude 

470 Sports & Games 

482 Founder’s Day 

Speech by Dr Toh Chin 

Chye 

486 We salute: 

488 Goodbye, RI 

194 Role of RI in Nation Building 

490 1968 Staff 

144 Independence Day 

200 Books for Reading 

495 Acknowledgements 

Message 

200 A Poem 

496 And the Badge passes on 

146 Founder’s Day 1966 

201 Bahasa Melayu Ia-lah Suata 

502 Index 

148 Head Prefect’s Speech 

Bahasa Yang Mudah Di- 

150 Sec 1 A to Sec 1 H 

Pelajari 

157 Prefects 

202 “Be Prepared”

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Introduction 

he was here 

Grandfather’s name 

Grandfather’s Class/Year

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Foreword 

Dear fellow “grandfathers” 

races - Malay, Tamil, Eurasian, 

from a labour-intensive industry 

the success of these changes is 

I am not one yet. 

and Chinese. No preaching of 

into a modern economy. I also saw 

the responsibility of the BoG. And I 

I am honoured to write a message 

racial harmony was required then. 

the change of political governance 

am glad to lead as the Chairman 

for this book, and I play a few roles: 

However, Principal EW Jesudason 

- from being a British colony (till 

of my alma mater here. Without 

introduced the singing of various 

1959) to self-rule, and becoming 

a doubt, RI has a role to play in 

1. I write as a student of the 

1966 cohort 

What’s so ‘grand’ about being 

admitted into RI? Well I guess 

because it was a premier school 

then, and the students were the 

best from the respective primary 

schools. In 1961, there were 400 

of us who got into RI. We studied 

hard and we played just as hard 

and I managed to get into a preuniversity 

science class in 1965. 

Friendship was forged in and out 

of the classroom and we kept 

in touch even to this day. My 

friends in school were of various 

community songs of the different 

races. We enjoyed singing Tamil 

songs (because the rolling of the 

tongue is a special skill!). In our 

time, we witnessed racial riots and 

later the separation of Singapore 

from Malaysia. Thereafter, we 

became an independent nation. 

2. I write as a Singaporean 

I was awarded a Colombo Plan 

Scholarship in 1967 and studied 

naval architecture in the UK. Upon 

graduation, I returned and served 

in the ship-building industry. I saw 

the transformation of Singapore 

part of Malaysia (in September 

1963), and then becoming 

independent (August 1965). Credit 

of our national success these past 

50 years or so must go to the 

founding fathers, many of whom 

were from RI. 

3. I write as a BoG (Board of 

Governors) member 

RI went independent in 1990, 

implemented the Raffles Programme 

in 2004, and reintegrated with 

Raffles Junior College in 2009. These 

changes were made to improve 

the life of Rafflesians. Ultimately, 

nation-building, and its success lies 

in preparing Rafflesians to serve 

Singapore in various roles. 

With that, I wish you a happy 

reading. 

Choo Chiau Beng, Chairman, RI 

Board of Governors

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Introduction 

Introduction 

09 Principal’s Message 

10 About this Book 

16 Class Directory 

28 History of RI 

30 Insight Into Our Founder 

36 Class Subjects 

38 RI Rules & Regulations 

41 Scenes from Bras Basah 

46 Staff (1961) 

48 Staff (1963)

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A Message from the 

Principal 

Dear old boys of 1965, 

You were in Raffles Institution 50 

years ago. I’m sure you can still 

remember this song: 

I love to sing an RI song, 

and happy days recall 

And as I sing, I love to bring, 

the Raffles cheer to all. 

Valeri, valera, valeri, 

valera ha ha ha ha ha 

Valeri, valera, 

The Raffles Cheer to all. 

It is a rather unique project as it 

published for the first time almost 

2,000 of our students’ (1965 

cohorts) individual photos in it, 

as well as their respective class 

photos. 

You have enjoyed your RI school 

days. Turn these pages once again, 

and have Happy Days Recall. 

Chan Poh Meng 

Principal, RI (2013 to Present) 

I invite you to this project “My 

Grandfather’s Class, 1965” by 

sharing your fond memories with 

us. Tell your stories as you would 

to your grandchildren. 

This is the book we have produced.

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Introduction 

About this Book 

written by Inez Tan Meixuan 

originally published in the October 2015 issue of The Rafflesian Times 

When Mr Siu Kang Fook’s (RI, 

1968) former schoolmates 

opened his recent email they were 

astonished – looking back at them 

from faded photographs were 

younger versions of themselves 

In the days before digital 

databases like the Stamford Portal, 

the General Office was home to 

stacks of Student Life cards, each 

with a student’s passport-sized 

photograph, their name, address, 

Archives & Museum), opened the 

box nearest to the entrance of 

the storeroom and found it full of 

Student Life cards from the 1960s. 

“It was a few months before I found 

mine,” he smiled. 

who were studying in RI in 1965. 

The compilation will take its name 

from the ‘grandfather stories’ (i.e. 

long-winded tales from days of 

yore) shared by the old boys of that 

era: My Grandfather’s Class. 

and their friends from fifty years 

ago. “My goodness I was so tiny 

and thin, cannot recognise myself!” 

exclaimed Mr Lionel Lee in his 

reply. The old boys had submitted 

these passport-sized photographs 

to the General Office when they 

first entered RI, and had never seen 

them since. 

birthday, nationality and House. 

When RI moved to Bishan, these 

cards – the profiles of every student 

that passed through the portals 

of RI from the 1960s to the early 

1990s – were packed into more 

than forty boxes and kept in a 

storeroom. Mr Siu, an alumnus 

helping out at the RAM (Raffles 

Thus, an idea was born. Mr Siu, 

whose previous undertakings 

include a book on Scouting in 

RI titled To SIR with Love, felt it 

was time for a new project that 

coincides with Singapore’s 50th 

year of independence – an online 

yearbook for the 2000 Rafflesians 

The Rafflesian, as younger 

Rafflesians know it, refers to none 

other than the school’s Yearbook. 

But back in the 1960s it was really 

more of a magazine, with features 

on school happenings, studentwritten 

articles, lists of student 

achievements, and reports on the

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and 1966, class photographs 

principal who wrote the lyrics of 

key part of Rafflesian life, and 

when available, Student Life Card 

the Institution Anthem, penning 

the students spent part of their 

photographs of those who studied 

it according to his vision of the 

assemblies belting out songs 

in RI from all three years, alumni’s 

kind of students Rafflesians should 

together in various languages. 

accounts of their schooldays, and 

be. He thoroughly believed that 

“Every week, he wanted us to sing 

a dedication to Mr E W Jesudason, 

music has the power to build 

songs like Ging Gang Gooli, My 

the Principal of RI at that time. 

camaraderie, and often wrote 

Grandfather’s Clock, and Funiculi, 

“We like him so much,” said Mr Siu 

inspiring lyrics about school spirit 

Funicula, so we started singing! 

wistfully. “He always stressed that 

and friendship to tunes like Danny 

And the other schools, CHIJ, SJI, 

we should “serve the country”, and 

Boy. “The community feeling which 

St Andrew’s, they all said that RI 

that we had to have a high level 

is so important in a school can be 

boys were very sissy, singing all 

of discipline because “we are the 

inculcated in several ways, but the 

those Primary school songs again. 

premier school”. The late Subhas 

most enjoyable way of doing it is 

But Jesudason felt that singing 

Principal Jesudason 

Anandan (RI, 1965) who was one of 

Singapore’s most famous criminal 

by singing together,” he mused in 

the foreword of the RI Song-book, 

together would lift all our spirits. 

So he came up with the song-book, 

goings-on of the Houses, clubs, 

societies and uniformed groups. 

The high lithographic printing 

costs of the publication were offset 

by advertisements from companies 

like Air India and OCBC, and 

students only need to pay a dollar 

for a copy of their own. 

lawyers, also remembered Mr 

Jesudason with great fondness. 

“He was one of those who made 

life in RI a little more pleasant for 

me with all his amusing, sometimes 

even political comments,” he 

wrote in his book, The Best I Could. 

“I remember him as a tough 

man who didn’t treat the sons of 

a collection of these songs. 

In fact, it was Mr Jesudason who 

commissioned the catchy Tamil 

song Munnaeru Vaalibaa (‘Move 

Forward, Youth’), a staple of 

Singapore’s National Day parades. 

In 1966 he asked RI Tamil teacher 

Mr S Jesudassan to write a song for 

the students to sing along to, and 

and we still treasure it today,” said 

Mr Siu. Fifty years on, he and his 

friends could still sing the same 

songs with great gusto. 

Mr Jesudason was also a strict 

disciplinarian; he dished out 

corporal punishment when he felt 

it necessary, and did not hesitate 

Tribute to a Great Principal: 

EW Jesudason 

In My Grandfather’s Class, Mr Siu 

will supplement material from 

the 1965 issue of The Rafflesian 

with even highlights from 1964 

ministers and presidents differently 

from other students. His stint as an 

RI principal lasted only from 1963 

to 1966 and I feel fortunate that my 

time in RI coincided with his tenure 

as a principal.” 

Mr Jesudason is best known as the 

one year later Mr David Lim Kim 

San (RI’s head of music and MOE’s 

music director) decided to make 

it one of the official community 

songs that would be taught and 

sung in every school. 

Community singing became a 

to cane male students publicly 

(but not before asking female 

staff and students to leave the 

school hall). Nevertheless, he was 

a fair man. In The Best I Could, 

Subhas Anandan related how Mr 

Jesudason once reprimanded him

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Introduction 

shouted. Later that day, the 

with pride how, at the 1964 Sports 

field decked in a riot of colours 

football master explained to him 

meet where Mrs Lee Kuan Yew was 

as the Houses competed for the 

that Subhas was late because he 

guest of honour, Mr Jesudason had 

Best-decorated Shed award (‘shed’ 

had represented the City District 

assured her that no boy would steal 

referred to the stands from which 

in the Inter-District Cross Country 

the unguarded trophies. Not only 

the students cheered). Guests of 

race at MacRitchie just minutes 

were the trophies untouched, the 

honour included dignitaries like 

ago. Feeling rather bad, Mr 

winners and supporters also lined 

Mrs Lee Kuan Yew, and Toh Puan 

Jesudason asked Subhas why he 

up before the podium when they 

Noor Aishah, wife of President 

did not defend himself. 

were called. Mrs Lee Kuan Yew was 

Yusof Ishak. For the Founder’s 

“I didn’t want the principal and 

impressed and commended the 

Day ceremonies, guests of honour 

students of the other school to see 

students for their behaviour. 

included President Yusof Ishak 

that you were making an ass of 

and then-Minister od Education 

Subhas Anandan as a student 

yourself,” came the reply. 

Grand School Functions 

Mr Ong Pang Boon. The grandeur 

The highlights of the years detailed 

of the 1963 and 1964 Founder’s 

before the principal and football 

players of Johore English College 

during the half time of the match 

between their school and RI. Mr 

Jesudason had seen Subhas, a 

key player, arriving late. To make 

matters worse, he had also spotted 

football teacher-in-charge Mr 

Sidhu personally handing Subhas 

his jersey. 

Mr Jesudason looked at him 

angrily, and then burst out 

laughing. “You know, Subhas, that 

is the Rafflesian spirit. You didn’t 

want to embarrass your principal.” 

He proudly shared this incident at 

the next school assembly. 

Mr Siu explained that Mr 

Jesudason’s strictness was due in 

part to his salient belief that his 

in My Grandfather’s Class were 

undoubtedly Founder’s Day, Sports 

Day and the Prefects’ Investiture. 

During Mr Jesudason’s tenure, 

these school functions became 

very grand affairs. He instituted the 

Prefects’ Investiture, a ceremony 

in which elected students 

essentially became his right-hand 

men. During Founder’s Day, the 

Day ceremonies were further 

underscored by performances 

by the Singapore Police Band, 

but in 1965, it was supplanted 

by something much closer to the 

school community’s heart: the RI 

Brass Band, which was formed in 

January. 

Despite the formality of these 

occasions, there was one school 

“What is wrong with your football 

master, holding on to your jersey, 

giving it to you and spoiling you? 

This is a breach of discipline of 

the highest order,” Mr Jesudason 

students should – and would – hold 

themselves to high standards. 

He trusted the boys to behave, 

and in turn, many of the boys 

were determined to live up to his 

expectations. Mr Siu recounted 

entire school community would 

congregate on the field, with the 

students wearing ties despite the 

heat. Teachers who were university 

graduates don academic robes. 

Sports Day would see the school 

rule Mr Jesudason could not 

enforce. “He couldn’t ask all of us 

to wear white shoes,” laughed Mr 

Siu. “Most of us weren’t the eldest 

in our families; we were not born 

right after the war. All our clothes

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were hand-me-downs; we wore 

black shoes, brown shoes, beige 

shoes. But we were all proud to 

have entered this school on our 

own merit.” 

Racial Riots 

The 1960s were tumultuous nationbuilding 

years for Singapore. Mr 

Low Hou Loke vividly remembers 

that fateful day in 1965 when the 

nation became independent. 

“Some of us recalled PM Lee 

Kuan Yew breaking down and 

crying as he answered a reporter’s 

question, and the telecast 

had to be paused until he had 

control of his emotions,” he 

wrote in his contribution to My 

Grandfather’s Class. “I declared to 

my schoolmates that I will try my 

best not to let him have any more 

reasons to weep again, as it broke 

my heart to see him so sad.” 

For Mr Siu, the racial riots left 

a great impression. “We, the 

younger students, were happy 

to be dismissed early. But all the 

Malay students had to be escorted 

home by a teacher. The teachers 

also set up a fund and bought 

canned food, in case Malay and 

other students stayed in school 

overnight because they were 

too scared to go home; RI was 

surrounded by streets inhabited by 

Chinese’. 

Our Mischief and Lows 

My Grandfather’s Class will also 

encapsulate the lighter side of 

growing up in the 1960s, such as 

schoolboy pranks like this one 

recounted by Mr Lionel Lee: “We 

had a Malay teacher we nicknamed 

“Tupai”, which is “squirrel” and 

the title of the first chapter of our 

textbook. Mr Tupai had a strange 

habit of ending his sentences 

with “eh”. One day, we recited 

the national pledge as a class 

with Tupai presiding, and all of us 

punctuated every phrase with “eh”: 

“We the citizens eh of Singapore 

eh pledge ourselves eh as one 

united people eh.” Tupai turned 

around and screamed, “Who made 

that screeching noise?” 

“In those days, we played very 

hard and then last minute chiong,” 

said Mr Siu, referring to how he 

CSM Chan Shelt Tsong receiving the Efficiency Shield from PM Lee Kuan Yew, 1967, for 

best Army Cadets Unit in Singapore. RI won this award for four consecutive years (1964 to 

1967). 

From left: Low Hou Loke, Lionel Lee, Lim Soon Hock

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Introduction 

and many of his schoolmates used 

to leave studying to the eleventh 

hour. “But when I got my first term 

results I was so scared as I cycled 

home; there were red marks all 

over my report card. I thought I’d 

surely be caned. But my father 

said, “It can’t be helped, this was 

the prime minister’s (Lee Kuan 

Yew’s) school.” 

Mr Lim Soon Hock, a member of 

RI’s Board of Governors, recalled 

a similar experience: “(My father) 

gave me words of encouragement: 

that I have to learn how to compete 

with the best and to meet exacting 

standards, and not give up. It 

had a profound bearing on what I 

accomplished in later life.” 

We Achieve and Owe 

Mr Siu, too, decided to run his own 

race – he knew that he may not 

be at the top of his class, but he 

was determined to graduate with 

a Grade One for the Cambridge 

examinations. He eventually did 

well for his A-levels, as did many 

of his schoolmates, who became 

President’s and Colombo Plan 

scholars. 

“We’re all proud of our 

achievements. Looking back after 

50 years, we realized how much 

the school has done for us, and it’s 

time for us to “give back” in one 

way or another. Not just to RI, but 

to the country,” said Mr Siu. 

“We have passed through the 

turbulent times (of the early 1960s) 

and seen the transformation of 

Singapore into a first world country. 

We have benefitted tremendously. 

This book will remind us how 

fortunate we were.” 

2101 Venture Scouts 

conquered Gunong 

Tahan (Pahang) 1971 

in new record time.

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Institution Anthem 

In 1963, Principal Jesudason wanted a school song composed by RI students. A competition was held, but there 

were no satisfactory entries. Therefore, Mr Jesudason penned the lyrics of the song, which was set to music by 

Benjamin Khoo. 

Auspicium Melioris Aevi 

When Stamford Raffles held the torch 

That cast Promethean flame, 

We faced the challenge of the day 

To give our school a name. 

The eagle eye and gryphon strength 

They led us to the fore, 

To reign supreme in ev’ry sphere, 

The sons of Singapore. 

Come heed the call Rafflesians all 

And let our hearts be stirring; 

We’ll do our best what e’er the test 

And keep our colours flying. 

Let comradeship and fervent hope 

With one voice makes us pray, 

Auspicium melioris aevi 

With God to guide the way.

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Introduction 

Class Directory 1965 

BAYLEY HOUSE (1966) 

FRONT row: Cheong Yuen Kay, Lau Kheong Thye, Mr Jasvantlal, Mr Lee Kok Cheong, Ms de Fonblanque, Mrs Dennison, 

Lam Pin Kwee, Wun Khai Ping. 

2ND row: Ram Labhaya, Kishore Kumar Chandulal, Chan Weng Kee, Tay Boon Seng, Veronica Chew, Lim Peck Hoon, 

Amy Cheang, Yip Mang Meng, Kulwant Singh, Tan Boon Khiong. 

3RD row: Mak Kum Thong, 4) Shafeek Ahmad, 5) TC Phua, Zakaria, Goh Boon Kiat. REAR: Lim Ee Koon, Low Hou Loke, 

Tan Lian Ann, Chua Jee Muay, Archibald Kang, ?, Sharif, Yeo Ek Thoe, Phua Chye Toon. 

classes 

Sec 1 A 

(page 262) 

Abraham Philips 

Alimin b Rahim Ishak 

Amha 

Ansari 

Bhupindarpal Singh 

Bok Thye Huat 

Chan Cheow Keng 

Chan Kok Kay 

Chan Teck Hon 

Chang Wai Kiat 

Chin Yoke Pang 

Choudhury Fayez 

Chow Chee Keong 

Chua Siow Leng 

Chua Tiong Meng 

Fong Hong Yuen 

Foo Cheong Kam 

Goh Chwee Guan 

Hasan S Mirza 

Hsu Tar Su 

Ishak b Salam 

Jimmy Hsu 

Kok Wai Leong 

Kuan Kim Seng 

Kuan Wai Cheng 

Lai Ching Chuan 

Lee Fook Heng 

Lee Kie Tiok 

Lee Yue Cheong 

Leslie Chew Kwee Hoe 

Lim Beng Sun 

Low Khai Sun 

Mustaza b Kassim 

Ng Kai Leong 

Ng Meng Hiong 

Ngiam Kia Huat 

Ong Meng Cheong 

Ravi Chandran 

Sin Boon Kwang 

Tan Tiow Hee Edmund 

Wong Toon Yuke 

Yang Pow Sing

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Sec 1 B 

(page 264) 

Abdul Ghani 

Chan Kok Yong 

Chan Kwan Teck Peter 

Chan Soon Ee 

Cheong Chee Moon 

Chia Boon Hong 

Chia Chee Kiong 

Choo Hock Yeow 

Eu Mun Leong 

Ganaraj S 

Goh Sin Bin 

Ho Boon Thong 

Khoo Choon Kiat 

Koh Kah Aik 

Lee Hock Choon 

Lee Kee Huat 

Leong Puah Kuan 

Leong Wai Sung 

Lim Eng Chong 

Lim Fung Tong 

Lim Sing Tee 

Lo Kok Leong 

Loh Kah Weng 

Low Ching Sian 

Lu Thiam Seng 

Michael Lelah 

Ng Thin Kong 

Seah Kwee Leng Derek 

Selamat b Sapuan 

Sim Kwan Ser 

Soh Tze Chien 

Sumardi b Ali 

Swee Choon Kiat 

Tan Eng Lee 

Tan Kim Thor 

Tan Nee Kiam 

Teh Kong Leong 

Wang Mong Lin 

Wong Joo Kok 

Wong Shee Meng 

Yeo Ek Seng 

Young Ser Thern 

Sec 1 C 

(page 266) 

A.T. Jasudasen 

Abedeen A Kader 

Anil K Adhikary 

Chan Mun Lye 

Eng Buck Chua 

Goh Hiang Fong 

Harpal Singh 

Ismail b Hamid 

Kamal b Johari 

Lee Chiaw Boon 

Lim Kok Ming 

Lokman 

Low Chek Kwang 

Low Mun Kit 

Low Peng Sum 

Mirza 

Mohan Prakash Vij 

Mohd Ibrahim 

Mohd Rohmat 

Ng Kwok Hong 

Ng Seng Chuan 

Probin 

Sadasivan Rajaratnam 

Sim Ngoh Hwu 

Sukhdev Singh 

Tan Denis 

Tan Koon Liang 

Tay Soo Min 

Tng Swee Huat 

Tung Meng Choong 

Yeo Chee Teck 

Yip Kuan Lee 

Yong Yin Min 

Sec 1 D 

(page 268) 

Abdul Ghani Karim 

Ahmad Zohri 

Chan Wai Meng 

Foo Chit Pheng 

Jaafar b Mohamad 

Jaffarullah 

Joseph Chellapain 

Koh Peng Cheok 

Koh Sa Ti 

Lam Peng Kuen 

Lee Thiam Koon 

Leow Ghian Seng 

Lian Yew Leong 

Liew Leong Poh 

Lim Eng Meng 

Liow Siew Choon 

Liu Tsun Kie 

Loh Chwee Hua 

Mohd Ghazali 

Mohd Zaki Hakim 

Mok Keng Cher 

Oei Chooi Leng 

Ow Chong Sam 

Pang Kim Jong 

Quek Choon Teck 

Seow Peng Fai 

Sim Cheok Leng 

Sim Siang Kok 

Sirisena Mervyn 

Soon Eng Teck 

Tan Koon Kee Kenny 

Tan Liat Chew 

Tan Yam Kim 

Tay Swee Kheng 

Teo Guan Chye 

Teo Seng Choon 

V.Palanivelu 

Whye Yip Khuen 

Wong Chai Kee 

Woo Wai Seng 

Yeo Tong Puay 

Yong Chee Min 

Sec 1 E 

(page 270) 

Ahmad Salleh 

Azman b Hamid 

Chan Kin Yan 

Chang Kim Fie 

Chay Kim Fun 

Chew Soon Kheng 

Chia Kong Hin 

Chia Siew Kwong 

Chow Chee Meng 

Chua Thiam Chye 

Eng Lam Seng 

Foo Juan Tong 

Goh Oon Tong 

Jacob Chacko 

Kang Beng Ho 

Khng Eu Meng 

Khoo Teng Chye 

Lau Wah Kee 

Lee Charlie 

Lee Kwok Weng 

Lee Weng Fatt 

Lee Yew Cheong 

Lim Beng Kuan 

Lim Tien Jit 

Loh Boon Song 

Loh Sze Ti 

Loong Say Meng 

Low Kam Fook 

Munir Shah 

Ng Peng Kin 

P. Subramaniam 

Poh Yew Tay 

RamaKrishnan 

Seo Puay Chong 

Sinwan b Kaslan 

T. Sachithanathan 

Tan Hang Khee 

Tan Sui Siang 

Teo Seow Kok 

Wong Seng Kuen 

Yong Tai Choong 

Sec 1 F 

(page 272) 

Abdul Ghaffar 

Abdul Kader 

Abdullah b Suaib 

Boey Tak Hap 

Chan Kum Khung 

Chin Chiat Foo 

Chye E Sien 

Daniel James 

Khoo Chin Hean 

Koh Cheong Teck Ernest 

Kwan Fook Seng 

Lee Chee Nang 

Lee Joo Koon 

Leong Tuck Sum 

Lim Tong Kee 

Lim Whay Yuan 

Loh Fook Hong 

Low Poh Huat 

M. Mahendran 

Mok Poh Wah 

Ong Teck Hock 

Pham Kow Seng 

Png Geok Puah 

Prem Mansukhani 

Siu Kang Fook 

Soh Eng Sim 

Soh Ying Chian 

Tan Hiang Keng Robert 

Tan Kiat Boon 

Tan Tiew How 

Tan Wo Heem 

Teo Kiang Seng 

Teo Ming Kian 

Tham Quin Yew, Robert 

Teyng Kian Min 

Thong Soo Seun 

Wong Chye Guan 

Yap Beng Khoon 

Yeo Boon Leng 

Yeo Yew Hock 

Yi Pak Weng 

Yoong Yuen Howe 

Sec 1 G 

(page 274) 

A. Subramaniyam 

Adrain Patrick Watts 

Anthony Tan 

Chen Tek Khiun 

Chiang Yeow Mun 

Chow Kok Kee 

Chua Thiam Chwee 

Edmund Wee 

Fok Seng Fatt 

Ho Hin Cheong 

Ho Yee Choong 

Hon Chan Juan 

Hor Siew Fu 

Kwok Phoon Nga 

Lam Khin Siak 

Lee Chun Yen 

Lee Soon Huat 

Leo Teng Tong 

Liew Wan Kong 

Lim Kin Hock 

Lim Sing Lip 

Low Hock Siew 

Nah Yam Kim 

Pang Tow Min 

R Manappan 

Seow Boon Cheng 

Seow Yeow Soon 

Sim Teow Hong 

Tan Hai Pheng 

Tan Kay Choong Jimmy 

Tan Siak Kwang 

Tan Tai Chew 

Tan Thian Poh 

Tay Mui Seng 

Teng Kay Sing 

Wong Leong Wah 

Woo Fong Wah 

Woo Kwok Cheng 

Yap Cheng Huat 

Yeo Teow Chong 

Yuen Yue Mun

18 

Introduction 

Sec 2 A 

(page 296) 

Abdul Karim Baba 

Abdul Rahim Rajubin 

Chan Bok 

Chan Hong Hei 

Chan Yau Seng 

Chen Wen 

Chen Yin Fei 

Cheong Moon Foo 

Chua Fook Kee 

Fok Fook Keng 

Fong Kum Hor 

Gangan Prathap 

Gan Chong Man 

Heng Hiang Khng 

Koh Ah Meng 

Koh Kuek Chiang 

Kong Soon Chew 

Lee Dan Lin 

Lee Keng Hiang 

Lee Kim Hock 

Leong Teep Khee 

Lim Chor Lian 

Lim Heng Kian 

Lim Kim Quee 

Lim Kim Tiang Alec 

Lim Kou 

Lo Tai Yin 

Loh Hock Leng 

Lui Eng Yee 

Mohd Tahale Selamat 

Mohandas Menon 

Ng Choon Siew 

Ng Tze Pin 

Oh Soon Huat 

Png Siak Khoon 

Quek Joo Hee 

Rajan 

Soh Keng Joon 

Subrahani Jaideva 

Tan Niang Mok 

Tham Kheng Keong 

Wong Woon Liong 

Yap Cheng Hua 

Sec 2 B 

(page 298) 

Abdul Majid 

Chin Woon Fong 

Choo Choong Khim 

Chua Eng Hee 

Chua Wee Kwang 

Goh Lian Meng 

Jeman b Sulaiman 

Joseph A.G. 

Koh Chet Foo 

Lai Chee Seng 

Lau Hong Thye 

Lee Nung Hing 

Lee Wah Meng 

Leo Chin Seng 

Leong Wai Keat 

Leong Yit Siong 

Lim Gim Cheng 

Lim Kim Chew 

Lui Chew Yin 

Lui Sit Pui 

Loke Fook Seng 

Low Yong Kwee 

Lye Soon Ngian 

Nan Chee Sam 

Ng Sin Heng 

Pang Johnny 

Poon Teng Heng 

Quek Meng Poo 

Sarwan b Atmore 

Sathiyamoorthy C 

Syed abdul Rahim 

Tan Boon Tee 

Tan Chek Jim 

Tan Kim Chwee 

Tan Meng Seng 

Tan Tiow Yong Edwin 

Tan Yong Tong 

Teo Chee Khiang 

Teo Heok Tong 

Teo Joo Huak 

Tjua Jang Long 

Wong Chin Loon 

Yeow Sze Muan 

Foo Moo Pao 

Sec 2 C 

(page 300) 

Chan Chew Keak 

Chan Kai Sing 

Chey Chor Wai 

Cheong Kah Meng 

Chin Cheing Onn 

Chionh Chye Khye 

Chong Huai Seng 

Chow Kim Wah 

Chua Cheok Kwang 

Foo Khee Fong 

Ho Phak Chuan 

Ho Wah Hoi 

Ho Wee Chan 

K. Jayaprakash 

Kong Yew Keng 

Lai Chee Fan 

Lau Tong Weng 

Lee Kwang cheng 

Lim Chye Lye 

Lim Poh Seng 

Lim Siak Meng 

Liu Nan Chuen 

Loh Kuan Meng 

Low Chek Tong 

M. Logendran 

Neo Hock Cheng 

Ng Soon Wang 

Ong Meng Jip 

Padat Devadas 

Pang Boon Chye 

Poh Kheng Leong 

Quek Seng Yeow 

Seow Yeow Teck 

Sng Hock Seng 

Tan Chin Teck 

Tan Choon Tat Roland 

Tan Kho Chew 

Tan Kwong Wah 

Tay Tuan Ngee 

Teo Hoon Seng 

Toh Swee Hwee 

Vignehsa Ponnampolan 

V. Suntheralingam 

Wang Swee Chuang 

Yong Shan Chi 

Sec 2 D 

(page 302) 

Abhilash Balakrishnan 

Adnan b Abas 

Chan Hiap Kong 

Chow Kah Kiong 

Chow Kok Weng 

Chow Kok Yuen 

Clarence Sirisena 

Goh Siang Seng 

Goi Meng Wah 

Heng Chai siang 

Hia Hui Kim 

Ho Chip Chiew 

Krishna Kumar A 

Lau Mun Wai 

Lee Chak Yong 

Lee Cheong Hoh 

Lee Cheong Kuan 

Lee Churk Yin 

Lim Kim Seah 

Lim Luck Thong 

Lim Tze Chiow 

Lo Thin Soong 

Low Sian Teng 

Mok Who Tai 

Ngeow Khim Sooi 

Ng Jui Keng 

Ng Koang Heng 

Oh Thiam eng 

Palaniappan A 

Paramesvaran K 

Poh Yee Tuan 

Ramakrishnan S 

Subhrankar M 

Swami S.R. 

Tan Chin Hor 

Tan Koon Wah 

Tao Nan Wah 

Tay Chye Siew Gerald 

Teo Chong Wee 

Wong Choong Ann 

Woo Chee Khiong 

Yoong Siew Kay 

Leow Kee You 

Sec 2 E 

(page 304) 

Bok Thye Pok 

Chan Kwok Wah 

Chatterji Sushil 

Chen Chow Kong 

Chew Chong Beng 

Chiam Teik Hock Cecil 

Chia Ngiang Hong 

Chow Hock Leong 

Choy Chan Wah 

Daniel Jacob 

Hah Yan Chuan 

Heng Wee Jin 

Kalaiyeswaran 

Koh Boon Teck 

Lee Chee Sing 

Leong Keng Sin 

Leong Kok Hong 

Leo Ting Ping 

Lim Keng Siong 

Loh Chock Pien 

Loh Siew Wah 

Mah Kah On 

Mah Seow Haung 

Mani Maran 

Manmohanjit singh 

Mohd Kamil Salleh 

Ng Peng Hean Henry 

Ong Yeah Heng 

Osman b aman 

Ponnalagu Manickan 

Paramasuaram A.M. 

Quek Keng Chiang 

Rajendran M. 

Ratnam G 

Soon Hock Bee 

Tan Chow Chen 

Teo Kwan Hai 

Valliappan K 

Vijay Chandy 

Wong Peng Soon 

Yeo Kian Guan 

Yeo Teng Geok 

Venkitaraman B 

Hui Chee Seng 

Vijayarao B.S. 

Sec 2 F 

(page 306) 

Achilles R Coloud 

Baldhiraj Singh 

Chan Chee Keong 

Chandrasegran E 

Cheang Kwan Wai 

Chan Pei Yuan 

Cheong Kein Sung 

Chew Wui Teck 

Chua Song Chye 

Elangkovan 

Fong Chiew Min 

Hui Chee Seng 

Jaganathan V. 

Jiang Suan Wah 

Juay Chee Pong 

karuppiah N. 

Kishin A Kishnani 

Koh Hock Leong 

Kok Yuen Hin 

Kong Su Vui 

Lai Moon Thong 

Lam Choon Seed 

Lee Cheng Seng 

Lee Jim Teck 

Lee Jim Yong 

Lee Yoon Moi 

Levy Eyal 

Lim Lay Yew 

Lim Seong Thiam 

Loh Jooi Cheong 

Loh Koon Weng 

Menon Karunakara 

Ragunathan Chinniah 

Tan Niap Chiang 

Tham Kok Tong 

Trinad Chakraborty 

Wan Lai Choong 

Yap Andrew 

Yong Pui Cheng 

Yuen Chee Mun 

Foo Moo Pao 

Quek Keng Chiang Phil 

Tay Tuan Ngee 

Kishore P. 

Zainal Abidin Mahamon

19 

Sec 3 A 

(page 322) 

Abdul Khalid 

Chan Yuke Wan 

Cheong Yuen Kong 

Chia Chuan Thong 

Choo Hock Heng Maurice 

Choo Lee Ken 

Foo Cheng Kow 

K. Matthew Linus 

Khoo Beng Hock Michael 

Koh Poh Kian 

Kwek Siew Jin 

Kwok Wai Keong 

Lee Zee Ming 

Lim Kim Hock 

Lim Meng Kin 

Liu Mun Seng 

Loh Yan Poh 

Loke Tat Luen 

Mak Kum Thong 

Miles Russell 

Mohd Iqball Aslan 

Nair Dileep 

Ng Chee Kheon 

Ng Hwee Hin 

Ng Siew Wah 

Ng Teck Chin 

Noordin b Abdullah 

Omar b Salleh 

Ong Chin Hwee 

Pang Kim Phong 

Peregrin Daroesman 

Rajakulandran S 

See Chark Wah 

See Khay Soh 

Sing Kong Yuen 

Syed Omar b Alwi 

Tan Khee Huat 

Tan Kin Theng 

Tan Sen Lai 

Tang Teck Chye 

Teo Keng Seng 

Tjan Kee Nam 

Tow Heng Fong 

Wong Koi Weng 

Sec 3 B 

(page 324) 

Amin Nordin 

Chan Kin Kheong 

Chan Shelt Tsong 

Chan Wai Chong 

Chong Kim Chye 

Chua Choon Lan 

Chua Chwee Seng 

Chua Kian Meng 

Chua Kim Poh 

Chuang Kwong Yong 

Dieu Eng Hoh 

Goh Seng Mui 

Kwok Pon Hong 

Leong Chuen Weng 

Lim Eng Lian 

Lim Kheng Huat 

Lim Kok Chuan 

Loke Swee Fatt 

Mohd Moaspan 

Ng Choong 

Ong Cheng Huat 

Ong Meng Peng 

Ow Weng Fye 

Sam Sui Chee 

Tai Say Kiat 

Tan Boon Kwang 

Tan Chung Koei 

Tan Kim Leong 

Tan Kim Pong 

Tan Tiong Bee 

Tang Eng Swee 

Teo Choo Soo 

Teo Eng Liang 

Teo Soon Hoe 

Tham Wai Keong 

Thavasukannu R 

Toh Pang Chun 

Umesh P Doshi 

Wee Toon Boo 

Wong Foon Wah 

Wong Toon Kwok 

Wong Wee Fatt 

Yap Beng Huat 

Yip Kang Fie 

Sec 3 C 

(page 326) 

By Gek Heng 

Chan Tat Wong 

Chan Weng Kee 

Chang Chan Fong 

Chao Kuo Liang Donald 

Chee Fook Seng 

Cheng Hoo Wah 

Cheng Lian heng 

Chia Swee Cheong 

Chia Teck Swee Ronald 

Chong Meng 

Choo Siew Meng 

Chua Hai Sen 

Chua Seng Chew 

Chua Tak Heng 

Fong Yin Leong 

Foo Hee Tim 

Ho Tew Hong 

Ho Tian Lam 

Kuan Choon Hock 

Kwong Shiu Yoong 

Lam Ti Ngian 

Lee Eng Lock 

Lee Hock chye 

Lee Yew Meng 

Leong Kok 

Leong Who Cheong 

Leow Huat Siong 

Lim Lan Yuan 

Lim Lian Chye 

Mak Wai Nam 

Ng Bee Woo 

Ng Kim Guan 

Ong Lee Cyn 

Pang Phui Weng 

Tan Boon Kwang 

Tan Oon Ho 

Tan Seong Kok 

Teo, John 

Thiagarajah A 

Wong Hoe Sang 

Wong Leong Thong 

Sec 3 D 

(page328) 

Ang Kie Meng 

Bin Hee Heng 

Chan Ah Tuck 

Chan Kue Kong 

Chan Mun Cheng 

Chang Hui Boon 

Cheok Kiat Huat 

Cheong Poh Wah 

Chong Siew Kian 

Choo Teck Huat 

Choy Khee Kwok 

Chua Jee Muay 

Ho Soon Bun 

Lau Chee Kin 

Lau Wei Fatt 

Lee Kai See 

Lee Wai Hong 

Leong Kee Nam 

Leong Wei Weng 

Letchumanan P 

Lim Boon Hua 

Loh Kin Mun 

Low Yew Bin 

Mohd Hajireen Rajudin 

Naranjan Singh 

Ng Yan 

Ong Tech Chin 

Pandian D 

Phee Thian Chye 

Sathyadevan G 

Sim Poey Teck 

Tan Kwang Seng 

Tan Tee Yong 

Tay Keng Leng 

Tay Poh Huat 

Teo Swee Hock 

Tham Chat Moi 

Thng Pheng Soon 

Tong Chee Chew 

Wang Chian Moon 

Wee Yew Yong 

Wong Shuen Chong 

Wong Tuck Meng 

Wong Weng Kee 

Yip Seng Leong 

Sec 3 E 

(page 330) 

Anirudh S Dhebar 

Chan Cheng 

Chan Seng Heng 

Chan Tso 

Chee Teng Yew 

Chiang Sin Foo 

Chin Tien Sung 

Chow Weng Onn 

Eng Chwee Pioh 

Gunasulan Karthigesu 

Koh Eng Joo 

Leong Guan Hing 

Lim Kim Keang 

Lim Soon Hock 

Lim Tian Seng 

Low Sing Ngan 

Mok Ah Sam 

Nadaison Prush 

Ng Soon Chye 

Ng Wun Fei 

Ng Yiak Hua 

Ong Boon Ann 

Ong Chuan Kian 

Ong Tiong Hiap 

Selvarajah Kanaga 

Sharma Vijay Kumar 

Sim Cheng Kim 

Szeto Yee Jean 

Tai Jimmy 

Tan Kay Kok 

Tan Tze Chye 

Tan Wellington 

Tay Tong Mau 

Teo Han Beng 

Teo Kok Peck 

Tey Yoh Huat 

Toh Kok Tak 

Toh Kwok Pui 

Wong Choon Kwong 

Woo Ah Ngan 

Woo Miaw Sen 

Yap Wong Peng 

Yew Woo Liang 

Sec 3 F 

(page 332) 

Aw Kum Wah 

Awtar Singh Dhillon 

Chan Chiz Heong 

Chan Fook Kong 


Chng Bee Teck 

Chng Meng Ngee 

Foo Say Kum 

Han Thien Fong 

Kishore Chandulah 

Koh Geok Huat 

Lam Ga Huat 

Lee Lian Song 

Lim Seng Tee 

Loh Yun Yue 

Low Kok Yan 

Mohd Jiffry Muljee 

N Nagappan 

Ng Ching Thiam 

Ng Choo Kiong 

Ng Kee Biang 

Nihal P Kulat 

Ong Chee Hiong 

Ong Eng Hock 

See Seng Guan 

Seow Siong Tuan 

Sim Cheng Lin 

Sim Poey Teck 

Sundarariah C. 

Tan Choon Huat 

Tan Poh Puay 

Tang Pak Khin 

Tay Eng Huat 

Tham Kat Yan 

Thong Cheok Wah 

Tien Kim Swee 

Tong Yoon Ho 

Wee Poh Lin 

Yeo Ker Soon 

Yuen Hon Pew

20 

Introduction 

Sec 3 G 

(page 334) 

Abdul Hamid 

Ang Chay Chuan 

Chan Kin Fai 

Chan Wah Teck Jeffery 

Chee Tah Kong 

Chek Ai Ming 

Chen Yin Swee 

Chia Siew Whye 

Chiang Boon Yong 

Chin Koo Leng 

Chong Hong Leong 

Chong Kwok Choo 

Chow Mun Kwong 

Eu Seong Beng 

Fong Chee Keong 

Ho Gim Thian 

Kandiah Silva 

Kwok Kum Chiew 

Lee Hong Kwang 

Lee Wah Seng 

Lim Cher Guan 

Lim Peng Chek 

Lim Swee Piow 

Loke Pak Chee 

Mohd hakim Hassan 

Ng Tze Kwong 

Ng Wee Yong 

Ng Yew Teck Andrew 

Ow Weng Kee 

Quah Kok Hua 

Sin Mun Kay 

Tan Yeow Chin 

Teo Tee Chin 

Vijayan Cumarasamy 

Wang Toon Chay 

Wong Kok Leong 

Wong See Keon 

Yap Thiam Por 

Yeo Tuck How 

Yong Mon Loon 

Sec 3 H 

(page336) 

Chan Cheng Leong 

Cheong Kee Loke 

Chew Wing Cheong 

Chin Kok Ngian 

Chong Chee Hoe 

Choo Weng Kee 

Chua Kok Meng 

Eio Siak Guan 

Goh Thiang Hock 

Heng Kow Mui 

Karthikeyan S 

Koh Boon Keow 

Lam Sin Chai 

Lee Chiang Huat 

Leong Kum Kong 

Lim Chin Seng 

Lim Heng Folk 

Lim Jit Suan 

Lim Kee San 

Lim Yew Ying 

Loh Yong Sun 

Looi Boon Teck 

Mohd Shariff 

Neo Tay Keng 

Pang Wing Seng 

Phoon Kok Cheng 

Phoon Kok Kheong 

Prabhat S 

Ramesh P.K. 

Seah Siew Par 

See Yeow Yuen 

Sivarajan V. 

Sng Boh Khim 

Soon Chai Kian 

Tan Eng Leong 

Tan Kok Tai 

Tan Yong Chew 

Teng Pok Chye 

Wong Cheong Boon 

Wong Yat Heng 

Yeo Loy Tong 

Yeo Peng How 

Sec 3 I 

(page 338) 

Anantharaman V 

Ang William 

Chan Wing Yuan 

Chang Kwok Yeong 

Chee Sin Kong 

Chew Aik Choo 

Chng Buck Chwee 

Chong Kwek Kim 

Choo Hung Boey 

Choo Seng Tiang 

Gan Kok Hoon 

Ho Han 

Khoo Kim Heng Alan 

Koh Tin Fook 

Koong Bong Toong 

Kow Boo Huat 

Lai Tat Keong 

Lau Chee Kian 

Leong Toh Kiat 

Leong Weng cheong 

Liew Men Khek 

Lim Han Khuang 

Lim Yeng Kok 

Loo Teong Heng 

Loon Chee Poon 

Ng Hee Tong 

Ngoei Foong Nghian 

Poon Lee Kwee 

Shih Teck Yen 

Sirasubramaniam B 

Tan Hong Thye 

Tan Jwee Song 

Teo Boon Hoe 

Tham Soh Jee 

Varughese e.K. 

Wan Lai Meng 

Wong Chee Kee Michael 

Wong Kok Weng 

Yap Biaun Giok 

Yap Teck Hian 

Yeo Hung Kiat 

Yeo Kwee Tiong 

Sec 3 J 

(page 340) 

Chan Than Foong 

Chee Boon Keng Dennis 

Chan Fook Koong 

Chan See Seong 

Chiam Tow Hiang 

Chua Teng Hui 

Chong Yoke Sen 

Foo Kok Eng 

Ho Yew Chun 

Koh Tat Boon 

Lam Kwong Wei 

Lee Chai Thiam 

Lee Khin Loo 

Lee Suan Hiang 

Lee tiong Peng 

Lee Wai Tuck 

Lee Yew Huat 

Leow Yoong Cheong 

Lim Kim Hock 

Loh Meng See 

Mulki Ashok Vasuder 

Ong Ah Cheng 

Ramamoorthy R.C. 

Ramesh Kumar 

Seah Su Beng 

Seow Kin Siong 

Sim Puay Hua 

Sum Weng Yew 

Tan Chia Yee 

Tang Khin Wai 

Tan Kok Tong 

Tan Seng Nan 

Tay Kah Beng 

Tay Ling Yeo 

Teo Chye Hock 

Teo Kar Lee 

Tham Kit Weng 

Wong Kok Yong 

Wong See Cheong 

Wong Jip Fun 

Yee Kam Chuen 

Yeow Kok Hoong 

Sec 3 K 

(page 342) 

Abdul Latiff 

Ang Tiong Soon 

Balram T Lakkiani 

Chakkroboty Tripet 

Chan Kouk Weng 

Chan Pak Tho 

Chen Yee Yin 

Chiang Hai Keong 

Fong Heng Boo 

Gek Chee Sin 

Goh Yong Kwang 

Heng Gee Guan 

Heng Ngian Thye 

Ho Wah Yan 

Jumaat b Yusoff 

Khoo Chek Hang 

Khoo Peng Khoon 

Lok Boon Yan 

Md Osman Hussain 

Ng Kum Weng 

Ngoh See Wie 

Noor Sam Affandi 

Oh Chye Seng 

Ong Jim Leong 

Ong John 

Rahmat b Sawalin 

Ranjeet Singh 

Seck Ngee Huat 

Sim Cheng Hua 

Tan Kim Hock 

Tan Kim Hui 

Tay Kiong Long 

Tay Wee Lee 

Ti Ching Kang 

Woodworth D 

Wong Mun Peau 

Yeow Beng Wan 

Sec 3 L 

(page 344) 

Abdul Aziz Karim 

Ashok K Mahtani 

Balasubramaniam K 

Boey Chark Hoong 

Chew Suan Ching 

Gopalan Nair 

Han Chung Juan 

Ho Fook Cheong 

Hong Ah Kee 

How Wai Chew 

Hui Chee Heng 

Kong Seng Kwong 

Kwok Kar Wah 

Lai Tshun Loy 

Leong Fook Heng 

Lim Chee Seng 

Lim Seng Bock 

Manmohan Singh 

Ng Chee Seng 

Ng Choon Loi 

Oh Chai Lai 

Pang Kheck Eng 

Poon Weng Keung Allan 

Premnath Tiwari 

Queck Meng Chua 

Rahmat b Sariman 

Sng Chye Kiat 

Sutresnoh 

Syed Alwi Aidid 

Tan Beng Hock 

Tan Boon Choon 

Tan Ting Leow 

Tan Mui Khim 

Tan Wee Hoon 

Teo Hock Meng 

T. Jegathesan 

Thomas Mathew K 

Yew Hoy Ying 

Zaimi b Bustami

21 

Sec 3 M 

(page 346) 

Abdullah Thani 

Barzi Ahmad 

Chan Kok Fan 

Chan Tuck Sang 

Charles Edmund Victor 

Chin Sik Yang 

Chua Ban Choon 

Daud b Mamat 

Ee Tiang Siew 

Fathullah b Jamil 

Ho Ann Chew 

Ho Kian Fak 

Jacob Abraham 

Jamil b Rahman 

Johari b Yusoff 

K. Anandan 

Kang Chiang Meng 

Khoo Thiam Hock 

Lai Poh Wah 

Lai Seck Kiong 

Lee Soon Cheng 

Lim Chin Seng 

Low Siew Sie 

Mohd Isa 

Murli Issardas 

Ng Joon Teck 

Ngai Kok Leong 

Ong Tiong Eng 

Soon Mah Chye 

Sodirman b Ghani 

Surjit Singh Bal 

Tan Khuan Kiat 

Tan Siok Chye 

Tan Soon Guang 

Tng Bee Huat 

Tham Keng Kuang 

Wee Harry 

Wong Nam Sang 

Woon Wee Juai 

Yong Kee Ching 

Sec 3 N 

(page 348) 

Ab Hamid b Ahmad 

Azza Salim 

Chee Hock Leong 

Chia Li Sen 

Chia Poy Moi 

Chng Eng Chye 

Devendran K 

Eng Sew Chiw 

Fesal b Idris 

Gnanasundram S 

Goh Cheng Tian 

Goh Soo Kiat 

Khong Hing Seng 

Lee Chee Seng 

Lee Kiow Kwang 

Lim Cher Tuck 

Lim Hock Leng 

Lim Tong Hua 

Md Fawzi b Rahna 

Md Salleh b Aziz 

Md Taib b Sulaiman 

Md Yassim b Jantan 

Ng Jea Sing 

Ong Teong Law 

Poh Lee Jin 

Sim Beng Siang 

Soo Tuck Kheng 

Tan Kok Thai 

Tan Teck Boh 

Tay Hwee Chuan 

Teo Choa Chee George 

Teo Eng Thye 

Teo Guan Thye 

Wan Yeng Phui 

Wee Tai Tian 

Wong Bun Yeck 

Yam Kok Leong 

Yeo Siew Wei 

Yuen Chan Foo 

Ho Wah Nam 

Sec 4 A (Sc) 

(page 372) 

Abdul Aziz 

Baldev Singh 

Catherasoo Christopher 

Chan Guan Chye 

Chang William 

Chee Lai Yong 

Cheng Heng Lee 

Chew Cheng Leong 

Chew Teck Hin 

Choy Chan Pong 

Er Seow Whye 

Fock Kwong Ming 

G. Devathasan 

Goh Boon Kiat 

Goh Kee Fong 

Goh Kee Hock 

Ho Cheok Yuen 

Ho Wah Tong 

Imran b Yusof 

Leong Hon Kheong 

Lim Kin Choon 

Loo Choon Yong 

Low Choon Sin 

Lum Kum Poh 

Maik Seck Hoe 

Mohd Ismail Ibrahim 

Ng Beng Lee 

Ngiam Thye Eng 

Pillay Naganatha 

R. Shankar 

S. Rajalingam 

See Hung Foo 

Tai Foong Leong 

Tan Kian 

Tan Kim Heng 

Tan Kin Lian 

Tan Liong Kew 

Tay Soi Kheng 

Teh Kong Chuan 

Wong Siew Seng 

Wong Sin Hee 

Yang Hong Ping 

Yeo Ek Thoe 

Yeo Hui Cheng 

Sec 4 B (Sc) 

(page 374) 

A. Ilancheran 

Chander Tikamdas N 

Chan Seow Khoon 

Chan Shau Him 

Chan Soh Har 

Chew Kang Ngoh 

Choo Khoon Meng 

Chua Harry 

Chua Thye San 

Chung Weng Siong 

Goh Teck Tham 

Hira Singh 

Ho Hon Wah 

Ho Kay Leng 

Kang Ho Soon 

Kok Moon Seng 

Kok Sin Cheong 

Lau Kheong Thye 

Lee Ming Kwang 

Lee Yuen Hung 

Liew Cheng Sin 

Lim Giok Seng 

Lim Heck Seng 

Lim Soon Wah 

Lim Yeow Hwee 

Lim Yun Chin 

Loh Kok Hua 

Lui Chew Wah 

M. Chinnaraja 

Mani Dharma Rajan 

Neo Kian Tee Irving 

Pang Boon Ngan 

Phua Chye Toon 

Quek Cheng Meng 

Rohan Kamis 

Soh Guan Bin 

Tan Ah Hui 

Tan See Heng 

Tan Teck Lee 

Teo Chwee Beng 

Teo Teow Meng 

Yap Kian Tiong 

Yeo Loy Kiang 

Zainul Abidin 

Sec 4 C (Sc) 

(page 376) 

Ang Tock Seng 

Chan Fook Weng 

Chan Kwok Weng 

Chan Peng Kin 

Cheah Sin Chee 

Chee Fong Tim 

Cheong Kwok Yen 

Chew Li 

Chin Lai Seng 

Goh Beng Koon 

Goh Seng Kit 

Ho Kee Chin 

Ho Lai Seng 

Jeyandran M 

Kavipurapu v. Ratnam 

Kwan Hon Meng 

Kwok Kah Kie 

Lai Weng Kwong 

Lee Chak Boon 

Lee Thiam Seng 

Leo Ah Bang 

Lim Boon Hoe 

Loh Ah Chew 

Loh Kian Muan 

Lum Siew Kay 

Lum Yew Meng 

Mohd Salim b Daud 

Neo Ban Leong 

Quek Joo Seng 

Seah Lim Soon 

Seo Puay Yong 

Soh Cheow Beng 

Sung Ying Chow 

Tan Hoe Him 

Tan Kim Soon 

Tan Lai Watt 

Tan Seng Chuan 

Tay Boon Keng 

Tay Hock Seng 

Tham Kim Fei 

Wee Seng Poh 

Wong Chay Fatt 

Wong Sye Sum 

Wu Yhee Chi 

Sec 4 D (Sc) 

(page 378) 

Chan York Meng, Alan 

Chee Cheow Eng 

Chin Hai Kwang 

Chow Kum Wah 

Chua Kim Choon 

Tjoe Jong Hong 

Foo Suan Kok 

Ho Soo Kam 

Onkar Nath Kashyap 

Kuruvilla George 

Kwok Kah Keong 

Lee Kim Sin 

Lee Siong Pin 

Lee Yew Kwong 


Lim Chong Tea 

Lim Siak Seng 

Lim Tiong Jee 

Loh Fang Yong Alfred 

Patrick Allan Nugawela 

Oh Swee Hong 

Pang Kok Kong 

Phua Hong Chiang 

Poh Ah Peng 

Seah Seow Hian Bertie 

Shaikh Esa Mattar 

Tan Boon Hock 

Tan Chin Lock 

Tan Jiak Kai 

Tan Keng Hong Richard 

Tan Sze Jin 

Toh Seng Huat 

Tow Boon Toon 

Wee Eu Tong 

Wee Eng Poh 

Wong Kwong Soon 

Yam Kah Sing 

Yap Thiam Teng 

Yeoh Jeok Thean 

Yong Wai Tong 

Tan Kah Khong 

Tan Kah Thuan 

Wong Kim Ming

22 

Introduction 

Sec 4 E (Sc) 

(page380) 

Sec 4 A (Arts) 

(page382) 

Sec 4 B (Arts) 

(page384) 

Sec 4 C (Arts) 

(page386) 

Sec 4 D (Arts) 

(page 388) 

Sec 4 E (Arts) 

(page 390) 

Ajith P Ragavan 

Aminuddin Yusof 

Jaikishin R Bhojwani 

Chan Peng Chuan 

Chow Ngee Fook 

Chng Chee Kea 

Chng Tiong Kheng 

Chua Siew Wah 

Chua Teck Hong 

Dieu Eng Seng 

Ding Yew Mui David 

Foo Chien Ho 

Foo Siang Heng 

Gay Beng Toong 

Ho Kin Kheong 

Hoon Soon Kwan 

Koh Robert 

Lau Swee Kwong 

Lim Kok Guan 

Lim Tiang Sang 

Lim Yan How 

Loh Hung Ghee 

Loh Kok Wah 

Madhavan M Rajan 

Mak Kum Seng 

Mohan George Mathews 

Neo Boon Eng 

Ng Choon Hua 

Nguyen Tinh Chau 

Phua Soo Phuan 

Prakash Sankaran 

Ramaswamy Chellappa 

Seah Soon Cher 

Tan Kwang Ming 

Tan Liat Song 

Tan Sim Chye Edward 

Tang Kwok Kin 

Tham Loke Moy 

Tham Wah See 

Yip Kwan 

Vijayendra Arulampalam 

Dinakaram Appiah 

Tong Hean Leng 

Chan Kai Cheng 

Chan Lye Hoe 

Cheong Cheng Kiat 

Chia Poh Pheng 

C. Karuppiah 

Eswaran Sukumar 

Goh Kim Seng 

Han Tuck Kwong 

Heng Chin Hien 

Heng Thye Yong 

Hon See Meng 

Jaswant Singh 

Kassim b Sariman 

Kong Yong Yeo 

Kulwant Singh 

Shaik Fauzi 

Lek Seow Yam 

Edward Lim 

Loo Swee Hock 

Low Chin Ming 

Phua King Song 

Quek Hiong How 

R. Kalamohan 

Reginald Colin Schooling 

Sim Ah Eng 

Soo Meng Thong 

Tai Oh Hoon 

Tan Bak Choon 

Tan Cher Ping 

Tan Chuan Beng 

Tan Soo Hock 

Tay Kok Wah 

Teo Keng Soon 

Teo Sok Nguang 

Tang Tuck Foon 

Wee Eng Lim 

Wong Chee Seng 

Wong Kum Chong 

Wong Peng Keung 

Wong See Meng 

Ernest Lim 

Foo Tai Siow 

Abdul Houmayune 

Abraham Selveraj 

Ali Arhiari 

Ang Lay Tim 

Chan Soon 

Chan Teck Leong 

Cheong Kok Fu 

Chin Peng Wah 

Chionh Chye Beng 

Chow Chee Wing 

Fong Keng Kiong 

Goh Hai Yong 

Ho Tiat 

Khoo Kay Koon 

Kong Pak Seng 

Lee Ah San 

Lee Cheng Kin 

Lee Chuen Chong 

Lim gin Swee 

Lim Heng Wah 

Lim Kim Hock 

Lim Sin Chin 

Ng Ah Tee 

Ng Chin Siong 

Ng Kee Choon 

Ong Theng 

Poh Beng Swee 

Kuek Eng Chye] 

Rawi Jumid 

Sim Chin Thiam 

Tan Hock Leng 

Tan Hong Chuan 

Tan Kwee Chew 

Teo Herbert 

Teo Kim Ngo 

Teo Mong Teck 

Teo Soon Lye 

Wong Foo Chee 

Yeo Kiat Kim 

Chan Yam song 

Lee Cheow Meng 

Wong Chee Meng 

Chung Song Meng 

Chan Kar Wai 

Cheong Kok Mun 

Chew Soo Beng 

Chia Kim Hung 

Chua Hua Teck Philip 

Fernando Sisira 

Gopal Singh 

Ha Sip Khian 

Ho Sui Ha 

Khalid b Salleh 

Kok Pin Loong 

Lee Sek Meng 

Leong Siew Kwong 

Liang Yee Wah 

Lim Ah Ong 

Lim Hua Kee 

Lim Lai Huat 

Lim Soon Choon 

Lim Teck Ank 

Mok Wan Thai 

Ooi Seng Soon 

Paramjit Singh 

Quek Teong Choon 

Selvaraja B. 

Sim Lwi Hong 

Sim Thiam Heng 

Sukumaran Nard 

Tan Hock Kee Kenneth 

Tan Kim Khim 

Tarlok Singh 

Tay Huan Mui 

Teo Choon Hee 

Teo Soon Bock 

Teong Ah Min 

Tham Yew Leong 

Wan Lai Kwong 

Wong Kuey Hoe 

Yip Kwok Kwan 

Yuen Say Wing 

Chong Fook Choe 

Thamboo Thenandran 

Goh Soo Hock 

A. Piyaratne 

Chee Kow Chai 

Chai Yee Seng 

Chong Chee Phang 

Cheah Hock Beng 

David Chandra 

Daing Mohd Farhan 

Ho Wah Pak 

J. Jayachandra 

Kwoh Choo Hong 

Lee Kim Hong 

Lee Lye Teck 

Leong Cheng 

Leong Keen Sun 

Lim Chye Heng 

Loh Kim Cheng 

Low Hwee Chiang 

Mukund Doshi 

Neo Choon Aik 

Ngiam Kee Jin 

Ngoh Tee wah 

Ong Yew Jee 

Ooi Hock Lim, Robert 

Ow Peng Siong 

Pang Choon Wah 

Prabhakaran Nair 

Quek Kwong Pow 

Sapuan Sarmani 

Seah Kee Kho 

Seong Kok Wah 

Sin Wye Sun 

Tan Aik Hin 

Tan Boo Hock 

Tan Cheng Hong 

Tan Gek Huat 

Tan Kho Hai 

Vijay Lekhraj 

Wong Kow Teng 

Wong Kum Heng 

Rahmat Bachok 

Lee Hua Khiang 

Balashanmugam, G. 

Chan Hoong Kwun 

Chan Seng Chow 

Chia Wong Chye Georgie 

Chong Chee Eng 

Chua Cheng Soo 

Ee Cheng Huat Eric 

Ee Thian Phong 

Foo Say Boon 

Ho Yoke Leng 

Ismail Osman 

Jamaludin Zaiforrullah 

Kho Kok Meng 

Koh Hiok Joo 

Lai Andy 

Lee Hoong Fatt 

Loh Fang Kwee Daniel 

Loh Soi Meng 

Low Lai Long 

Low Yan Khin 

Mohd Aris 

N. Mayyappan 

Ng Weng Wah 

Oh Keng Hoe Edward 

Rajan Jacob 

Seah Muah Aun 

Seah Muah Hock 

Seet Eng Tiong 

Seow Chin Teck 

Tan Hock Leong 

Tan Jin Chuan 

Tan Kia Heng 

Tan Kok Keng 

Tang Eng Huat Robert 

Teo Ah Hock 

Teo Chin Heng 

Teo Kian Huat 

Teo Kien Lee 

Tey Meng Wah 

Tse Sui Poh 

Yee KIt Hong 

Yen Wan Nan 

Yip Sam Fong

23 

Sec 4 F (Arts) 

(page 392) 

PreU 1 ArtsA 

(page 408) 

PreU 1 Arts B 

(page 410) 

PreU 1 Arts C 

(page 412) 

PreU 1 Med A 

(page 414) 

PreU 1 Med B 

(page416) 

Amrik Singh 

Ang Ah Tee 

Boy Ang Moh 

Chan Yeng Keen 

Chay Peng Cheong 

Chee Fook Chew 

Chen Chin Chi 

Cheong Lay Soo 

Chia Lai Fun 

Chng Teck Kok 

Chong Fook Choon 

Chou Mun Kit 

Chua Eng Kat 

Gan Kah Chwee 

Ho Kum Weng 

Ho Ping Chan 

Ho Yiu Pang 

Khong Wing Hoi 

Khoo Kian Voon 

Lai Kiew Kong 

Lam Miao Lai 

Low Heng 

Lim Chin Seng 

Lim Chye Poh 

Lim Seng Teck 

Mong Boh Heng 

Phua Kian Soon 

Jaya Prasad 

R. Veeraputhiran 

Seah Arthur 

Singham Dennis 

Tan Huan Tiow 

Teo Jwee Tio 

Thomani Francis 

Ting Boon Sin 

Toh Chye Seng 

Wang Yow Hsiong 

Yeo Arthur 

Yap Ah Teck 

Chee Teck Chuan 

Wong Ah Gan 

Ban Kah Choon 

Basant Kumar Kapur 

Chan Jer Hing Peter 

Chen Ee Hoon 

Ann Chiang 

Corinna Ther Mei Ean 

Ho Beng Huat 

Kam Chuan Aik 

Kek Soon Eng 

Khoo Saik Chin 

Koh Siew Gim 

Lee Kah Chuen 

Lee Kwang Foo Edward 

Leong Peck Chang 

Lim Thiam Hock 

Low Sek Fun 

Lee Teng Kim Mary 

Nadaisan Logaraj 

Ng Ah Kow 

Neo Hin Chai 

Ng Tian Khean 

Ong Chuah Keh 

Philip Nalliah Pillai 

Poh Choon Jin 

Ram Labhaya 

See Poh Lin 

Susan Lim Chiew Im 

Tan Chew Peng 

Tan Choo Neo 

Tan Khay Quee 

Tan Wang Joo 

Tan Yang Howe 

Wong Kim Yoke 

Wong Seen Kwun 

Yeo Kok Phuang 

Ying Meng Siong 

Young Siew May 

Yung Mun Sung 

Ng Kiat Chong 

Abdul Aziz Yat 

Abdul Rahim Jalti 

Amy Koh Siang Boon 

Archibald Kang 

Ashadevi 

Chan Heng Wah 

Cheong Yuen Kay 

Chua Cher Yak 

Chua Swee Huang 

Ding Yew Teik 

Hamidabai abd 

Huri Harjani 

Iskander Badarudin 

Kallyapan R. 

Khong May Yue 

Koh Chwee Lam 

Kok Wai San 

Lai Yew Kong 

Lee Hock Lye 

Lim Choo Eng 

Lim Peck Hoon 

Lim Soy Nia 

Low Hou Loke 

Mahmood Fadjiar 

Ng Chin Fong 

Rajmala V. 

Sim Geok Hwa Eunice 

Sio Tat Hiang 

Tan Chin Siong 

Tan Swee Lan 

Tang Yew Kay 

Tay Boon Seng 

Wong Wee Chwee 

Wun Khai Ping 

Wye Quee Inn 

Yeo Boon Hian 

Yeo Hock Neo 

Yeo Pee Pin 

Zakaria Ahmad 

Adnan Hani 

Ang Lay Beng 

Chan Cheng Lock 

Chew Tiat Bin Veronica 

Chua Bee Lin Irene 

Chue Wai Tat 

Diljeet Singh 

Han Kathryn 

Jimmy Wee Jin Ho 

Koh Chye San 

Leong Fook Kwong 

Leung Yam Kwan 

Lim Dora 

Lim Meng Swang 

Lyn Jessie 

Farid Rahna 

Ng Ser Chuan Carolyn 

Ng Jui Ping 

Ng Pau Yin 

Ng Puay Koon 

Noel Selvarajoo 

Poh Yew Lay 

Quek Chin Yiok 

R.P. Sharma 

Shafeek Ahmad 

Shawal Ismail 

Sukhbir Kaur 

Tan Boon Khiong 

Tan Kah Hin 

Tan Kim Thiam 

Tan Ting Meng 

Tony Yap Chee Seng 

Wee Patrica 

Wee Priscilla 

Yeo Ek Khuan 

Zainal Abidin Akib 

Chia Chiu Leng 

Ainon Bt Ismail 

Chan Chwee Yin 

Chan Yue Meng 

Cheang Won Heng Amy 

Chew Gian Moh 

Chia Yang Pong 

Chia Yuit Keen 

Chin Ming Lek 

Choa Teck Cheng, Adrienne 

Choy Poh Chun 

Chung Wai Kwong 

Goh Ek Ek 

Han Chew Ching 

Hsu Moh Leong 

Kathleen Chua Lee Hwa 

Kwok Syn Wun 

Lam Pin Kwee 

Lee Ah Huat 

Lily Sim Jui Eng 

Lim Ee Koon 

Lim Keng Chye 

Lim Khek Koon Paul 

Lim Liong 

Lim Siew Leng Vivienne 

Loh Lum Kit 

Long Fung 

Low Seng Kim 

Low Tut Choon 

Magdalene Chan Oi Yoke 

Mohd Mashhoordin 

Ong Guek Im Doreen 

Ow Cynthia Lay Ha 

Pang Fei Ling 

R.N.V. Prasad 

Tan Hong Ang 

Tan Teow Hin 

Tan Yong Teck 

Tang Kwok Choon 

Teo Kian Tong 

Tong Yoke Chin 

Wan Pong Lim 

Wong Wee Nam 

Yeo Siam Yam 

Abdul Latiff 

Chan Peng Mun 

Chee Gim Chiang 

Cheok Yen Aik 

Chong Chin Ching Ella 

Chow Kwok Wah 

Chuah Betty 

Daya Shankar singh 

Dorothy Tan 

Foo Chew Yin 

Foo Shang Jiam 

Frances Cheang Chin Neo 

Goh Choo San 

Kalia Kumar 

Lee Kia Jiam 

Lillian Wong 

Lim Hui Mei 

Lim Isabella 

Lim Tiong Chee 

Mathews Mathews 

Muriel Tok 

Ng Hee 

Ng Ngah Lee 

Ong Boon Khim 

Ong Hong Huat 

Ong Lin Na 

Pang Siok Guan 

Phillip Chan Yee Foo 

Seah Kai Meng 

Seow Pau Chern 

Shanthi Deva A 

Sharifuddin Burhan 

Sim Teow Leng 

Sonia Tan 

Tan Kok Kong 

Tan Lian Ann 

Toh Chun Choong 

Verghese Kurian 

Wan Meng Cheng 

Wan Shirley 

Wong Kwang Pin 

Yeo Boon Khim 

Yip Mang Meng

24 

Introduction 

PreU 1 Sc A 

(page 418) 

PreU 1 Sc B 

(page 420) 

PreU 2 Arts A 

(page 434) 

Pre U 2 Arts B 

(page 436) 

PreU 2 Med A 

(page 438) 

PreU 2 Med B 

(page 440) 

Au Hon Tuck 

Chan Kwan Ho 

Chia Pak chong 

Chinniah Manohara 

Chong Kok Pan 

Choo Chiau Beng 

Chow Sheng Choy 

Chow Tat Kong 

Chua Hock Choon 

Foo Siew King 

Robert Goh Soon Huat 

Goh Teck Soon 

Mohandas Kamath 

Koh Kock Eng 

Lee Chiok Sing 

Lee Kheng Nam 

Lee Sian Tee 

Lee Thian Teck 

Ling Swee chan 

Lim Woon Lieng 

Low Ah Mui 

N V Prasad 

Ng Beng Hong 

Ng Hark Cheng 

Ng Kim Poh 

Ong Lin 

See Leong Kit 

Seow Hong Pheow 

Su Guaning 

Tan Cheng Hui 

Tang Tuck Kim 

Tham Choon Tat 

Teo Seng Kee 

Toh Kai Hua 

Toh Kim Huat 

Wong Kok Choy 

Wong Thye Kiew 

Yap Gim Chui 

Yee Wee Hong 

Yeo Kheng Hong 

Goh Leng Seng 

Kong Yew Chye 

Tan Huck Jin 

Tan Peng Ann 

Ang Chin Soon 

Ang Richard 

Ang Tang Chor 

Boey Wing Kee 

Chia Peng Hong 

Chong Hong Siong 

Evelyn Chiam Tsu Hua 

Gan Huat Tatt 

Goh Yew Hong 

Ho Chee Keng 

Ho Hwee Keng 

Ho Soo Meng 

Kwok Kah Yien 

Lai Yuen Poh 

Lee Kin Fong 

Lee Wah Cheong 

Lim Tow Seng 

Loh Kok Kee 

Loke Yue Chong 

Lua Soo Theng 

Ng Kay Woo 

Ng Poon Teck 

Siew Mun Choy 

Sundaram P Maheson 

Syed Akhtar Shah 

Tan Chin Wan 

Tan Pong Tyea 

Wee Ban Lock 

Yee Kek On 

Yeo Teck Leong 

Goh Leng Seng 

Kong Yew Chye 

Tan Huck Jin 

Tan Peng Ann 

Anandan Subhas 

Ang Ai Boon 

Aswani Jaikishin 

Cheong Bick Mui 

Chong Fook Choy 

Davamoni Joyce 

Gan See Kham 

Goh Khee Kuan 

Ho Kum Yin 

Hong Tat Soon Mark 

K Sathasivan 

Koh Boon Kim 

Koh Cher Siang 

Kumarasamy Sarojany 

Kwa Ser Eng 

Lee Bon Leong 

Lee Chee Yeng 

Lee Hoong Cheong 

Lim Chiew Sun, Michael 

Loong Thim Kui Peter 

Mansoor Marican 

Marar Indra 

M.K. Latiff 

Ng Geok Sean 

Ng Shui Heng 

Ng Soo Meng 

Oh Sok Cheng 

Tan Kin Mee 

Tan Leng Cheo 

Tan Mei Hua 

Tan Oon Poh Arthur 

Tan Tsu Haung 

Vanderput G Audrey 

Wee Kiat 

Yeo Bor Hee Pearl 

Leo Loy Hoon 

Yu Sau Kuk Geoffrey 

Low Teo Ping 

Bernard Chan Cheng Wah 

Lai Mee Lee 

William Phoa Hui Liam 

Yushea Degani 

Shirley Chee Kar Leng 

B. Vijayalakshmi 

Boh Tuang Teck 

Chan Heng Wing 

Chen Hui Teck 

Cheong Chee Mun 

Chiu Hock Peng 

Chong Lee Kian 

Goh Lee San 

Zainol b Hussein 

Kan Ting Chiu 

Kernail Singh 

Koh Meng Wee Judy 

Kwan Yue Yeong 

Lau Liat Hoe 

Lee Mui Noi 

Liew Chin Choy 

Lim Lee Chin 

Lim Peck Tee 

Lim So Jean 

Loh Ai 

M Rajalakshmi 

Murugasu Sheela 

George Paul 

Quek Sai Chai 

Retnam Sivasagthy 

S Screpathy 

Sant Singh 

Seah Meow Kim Vivien 

Sia Poh Wah 

Sum Chong Hong 

Tan Kee Lian Roney 

Tan Kok Keng 

Wang Min Lee 

Wong Loi Fatt 

Wong Yoong Khiang 

Yeo Inn Siong 

Yeo Meng Swa William 

Yeo Oi Leng Jeanne 

Deepak Kumar Kapur 

Nabi Gulam 

Lau Yuet Ni 

Teo Chin Hee 

Chin Heng Fook 

Chong Yoong Hin 

Chua Soon Tee 

Goh Kim Soon 

Ho Yew Kee 

Narendran Kanagasunt 

Rajendran Kanagasunt 

Khoo Pong Tiah 

Koh Stephen 

Lee Choon Huat 

Lee Hin Peng 

Lee Wah Hin 

Lee Yuen Keung,Edward 

Leong Chee Whye 

Lim Chin Hian 

Lim Poh Chuan Jane 

Ling Siew Meng 

Loh Sze Yung Vincent 

Low Miang Chew 

Mehta Minakshi 

Ng Lee Ngo 

Ong Geok Hwee 

Ow Kok Keng Richard 

Quah Kit Khoon 

Retnam Pryadarshini 

Tan Kok Sheng 

Tan Ser Kiat 

Tan Yang Chye Arthur 

Tay Beng Chye Alfred 

Teh Hue Hang 

Teo Cheng Soon Raymond 

Tong Mei Wen Christina 

Veltath Elizabeth 

Wee Shirley 

Yue Anni 

Ratna Devi Arulampalan 

Ang Poh Tee 

Bee Bee Marguerita 

Chin Siat Yoon 

Chong Chin Kah 

Choo Yong Mei 

Chua Wee Seng 

Ding Yew Soong 

Ee Soo Hoong, Joy 

Foo Chuan Pow 

Jan Mohammed 

Kee Wee 

Kwee Kai Liang 

Lam Chung Kai Simon 

Lai Kin Ming 

Lee Cheow Seng 

Lee Yew Mun 

Liew Kuan Wye Daron 

Lim Tuan Neo, Renee 

Loh Wee Tiong, David 

Pan Tien Chor 

Quek Li Lian 

See Boon Tiong, Benny 

Shariffudin b Burhan 

Sinha Ashok 

Tan Hock Bee 

Tan Kiat Choon 

Toh Chong Mun Albert 

Tong Tek Liong 

Wan Soon Yong 

Wong Sen Chow 

Woo Fong Meng Michael 

Yong Yin Vui Alvin 

Chong Chuan Siong 

Lim Hoa Aek 

Chan Hiang Chye 

Thomas John 

Kumarasamy Nagaswari

25 

PreU 2 Sc A 

(page 442) 

Chan Wai Mun 

Chan Yew 

Chen Yin Choong 

Chia Soon Keng 

Chong Chui 

Chung Thiam Eng 

Er Kwong Wah 

Kan Kim Mun 

Lam Pin Foo 

Lee Kian 

Lee Leong Ying 

Lee Yock Suan 

Leo Chin Fook 

Leong Yu Kiang 

Liao Kuo Tang 

Loh Hoong Sum 

Low Chui Wing 

Moh Siew Meng 

Ng Fook Sang 

Ng Seng Sum 

Ong Eng Kian 

Sim Boon Chai 

Sng Cheng hwa 

Tan Swee Tee 

Tan Thuan Heng 

Tan Tiong Thiam 

Tan Wai Liang 

Tan Yong Seng 

Teo Hock Hin 

Teo Oon Hock 

Wong Heng Tem 

Wong Leng Hung 

Yip Fook Seng 

Yong Mee Swee 

Bhee Ping Ching 

R. Balakrishnan 

PreU 2 Sc B 

(page 444) 

Chan Heng Choon 

Foo see Giap 

Gan Huat Seng 

Goh Chee Fong 

Koh Yong Guan 

Lee Chai Hock 

Lee Churk Pui 

Leow Siew Beng 

Lim Ah Kheng 

Lim Chor Hwee 

Lim Ming seong 

Lim Weng Yew 

Liew Kuan Sing 

Loh Seng Whye 

Low Boon Chye 

Low Gek Piow 

Low Seng Chua 

Ng Yew Chong 

Quek Pin Hon 

Sim Hui Thong 

Sydney Sng 

Song Sin Liang 

Tan Chin Hock 

Tan Teow Hong 

Tay Ah Ong 

Teo Kin Sing 

Wong Choon Hon 

Wong Sin Huat 

Yeo Kok Seng 

Thomas John 

Soon Yee Ping 

Sivayogini Thambipillai 

Kumarasamy Nagaswari 

Lee Lilian 

Jeanette Lim Kim Lian 

1966 

Sec 1 

Sec 1 A 

(page 457) 

Chandran Muthusamy 

Cheng Fook Jam 

Cheng Kwok Weng 

Choong Kwong Chong 

Goh Chin Wee 

Goh Choo Leng 

Heng Swee Khoon 

Ho Loong Chan 

Ho Soon Fatt 

Ho Wah Yin 

Jais Singh 

Kwa Guian Sin 

Lai Mun Chew 

Lau Sum Wing 

Lee Chin Poh 

Lim Kew Leong 

Lum Tian Fore 

Ng Gan Cheong 

Ng Hon Cheong 

Pang Siew Hon 

Quek Jin Poo 

Seah Heng Cheng 

Siew Kam Onn 

Sitoh Tuck Cheong 

Sum Cheong Kee 

Tan Beng Teck 

Tan Choon Tee 

Tan Boon Hui 

Tang Hock Guan 

Tann Kah Huat 

Tham Kwok Liang 

Thong Tuck Weng 

Wong Chan Kok 

Wong Choong Chun 

Wong Fook Weng 

Wong Kok Seng 

Wong Kwong Yew 

Wong Peng Khuen 

Wu Chiew 

Yan Kum Seng 

Yap Kim Meng 

David Soh Eng Hock 

Sec 1 B 

(page 458) 

Abdul Rashid Mordiffi 

Amirudin b Abbas 

Baharuddin b Idris 

Chan Kai Mun 

Chan Wah Soon 

Chandran Robert 

Chong Teow Swee 

Goh Peng Khoon 

Hamzah b Said 

Han King Juan 

Haresh Maniar 

Ho Yew Loon 

Hum Wee Whye 

Kang Kum Meng 

Kao Keng Hua 

Khushwant Singh 

Koh Chee Wah 

Kwok Chow Thim 

Lam Chong Weng 

Lam Hoew Yae 

Lee Theng Kiat 

Leong Chun Nam 

Leong Sze Hian 

Lim Keng Cheong 

Lim Seng Fatt 

Lim Su Lip 

Loo Choon Beng 

Low Chor Teck 

Marlon G McCall 

Mohd Fauzi b Said 

Mohd Saed b Osman 

Pek Beng Choon 

Prem N Dass 

Shaari b Mohd 

Tan Lip Hee 

tan Ngin Heng 

Teo Soon Hock 

Wong Nam Fook 

Wong Soong Kit 

Yeo Tiong Peng 

Zani b Ismail 

Vaithilingam Yogalingam 

R. Chandrasekhar 

Sec 1 C 

(page 459) 

Abdullah b Hussein 

Abu Bakar b Rajudin 

Ang Siew Hock 

Bilahari Kim Hee 

Chan Heng Loon 

Chang Weng Fatt 

Chang Yue Shoon 

Chng Teck Lum 

Ding Hock Hui 

Dzulghifly b Mohd 

Foo Koong Cheun 

Gopalan Prabhakaran 

Heng Kim Chuan Fred 

Hoon Dai Loon 

Jamil b Hassan 

Kang Chuan Hock 

Kwok Fook Kee 

Lam Kai Kwek 

Lau Thiam Yew 

Lee Soon Tai 

Lee Yew Kwong 

Lee Wee Beng 

Lim Choon Boo 

Lim Eng Hock 

Lim Kwong Ju 

Lim Teck Boon 

Ling Choon Wah 

Loh Fatt Kheong 

Loh Fook Lum 

Low Koon Hoong 

Mok Kwong Hoong 

Ng Chee Fei 

Ng Choon Teck 

Ng Kian Min 

Sim Yong Kok 

Soo Tat Kun 

Sri Indra, Tengku 

Tan Hock Hin 

Tan Hock Huat 

Tan Kim Teck 

Toh Kim Heng 

Loh Chang Bah

26 

Introduction 

Sec 1 D 

Sec 1 E 

Sec 1 F 

Sec 1 G 

Sec 1 H 

(page 460) 

(page 461) 

(page 462) 

(page 463) 

(page 465) 

Chan Hwa Seng 

Chan See Hiang 

Chen Tze Penn 

Chiam Teck Oon 

Chin Lian Toon 

Gan Chin Yean 

Ho Wye Keong 

Ibrahim b Mohd 

Koh Eng Heng 

Lee Eng Koon 

Leong Chee Fatt 

Lim Seow Chai 

Long Sze Kee 

Low Hong Thong 

Md Afandi Noh 

Mok Kwong Weng 

Ng Chee Kwee 

Ng Khai Heng 

Ng Meng Loo 

Ngiam Hai Guan 

Ngoh Tee Peng 

Ong Chee Lee 

Ong Eng Hin 

Poh Geok Teng 

Quek Poh Chye 

Razalee b Amin 

Singh Nirmal 

Singh Santokh 

Tan Boon Tou 

Tan Chin Seng 

Tan Hye Teck 

Tan Soo Hoon 

Tay Kim Teck 

Ting Ngook Choon 

Whye Yip Kwong 

Wong Chin Hong 

Wong Yat Meng 

Woo Siew Fook 

Yong Choon Kong 

Yong Kee Seng 

Yong Yew Chong 

Tan Lye P 

Ai Chai Kong 

Cheong Kein Fook 

Chio Poh Leng 

Chionh Chye Hion 

Chua Kim Hoe 

Ee Guan Hock 

Emirzon b Idarves 

Goh Koon San 

Goy Liak Meng 

Ho Seow Phuan 

Hor Siew Weng 

J Rajendran 

Khoo Teng Ann 

Lau Kwong Chung 

Lee Chee Keong 

Lee Kee Sen 

Lee Keen Whye 

Lee Kwok Pui 

Leong Chee Ming 

Liew Chee Seng 

Lim Tia Song 

Lui Chue Hong 

M Vaithilingam 

Ma Mong Pak Loong 

Mohd Najeb 

Ng Heng Hoong 

Ong Boon Kiang 

Pang Khek Phat 

S Asokan 

S Maruthappan 

Soh Gim Chuan 

Somesha Ponnapulam 

Tan Chee Ming 

Tan Ching Fu Mervyn 

Tan Kok Leng 

Tay Boon Hai 

Tham Hoi Peng 

Uthaman Suppiah 

Wong Kai Yeng 

Woo Kwong Fatt 

Yeung Hang Chye 

Putheohthu 

Aw Chee Beng 

Chan Wai Siok 

Cheah Sin Hean 

Cheong Seck Yuen 

Chong San Chew 

Chow Kwok Weng 

Chua Yew Lee 

Dayanadan 

Foo Thiam Fong 

Goh Swee Yeow 

Goh Yong Meng 

Han Fook Kwang 

Ho Peng Wee 

Khiu Shen Woo 

Krishnan Gopala 

Lee Hong Khim 

Leong Weng Kee 

Lim Chong Hai 

Lim Ju San Francis 

Lim Kian Joe 

Lim Yong Joo 

Mak Yew Choong 

Menon Narayanan 

Nadaison Kumar 

Nambiar Soman 

Oh Tiong Huat 

Poh Eng Seng 

See Kiok Beng 

Surendran 

Suresh Mitter Gupta 

Tan Chin Hwee 

Tan Hiang Tong 

Tan Wee Ngee 

Tan Wee Teck 

Tang Yang Seng 

Wee Soon Eng 

Wong Chin Yeow 

Yeo Hoon Huat 

Yim Foon Chin 

Yong Nguan Huan 

Yoong Yuen Soo 

Rudhran Viagasu 

Abdul Aziz b Mahat 

Abdul Malek b Musbah 

Ang Thiam Hong 

Anthony Lee 

Balasubramaniam 

Boon Swan Ngee 

Chan Fook Keong 

Cheng Heng Yu 

Chew Lin Seng 

Chia Lye Hock Andrew 

Chiang Hai Eng 

Chiang Shao Soong 

Chiu Wu Chang 

Chong Joon Kwang 

Foo Kit Meng 

Goh Chuan Ooi 

Goh Kng Yan 

Govindarajalu Asokan 

Jothi Kumar 

Lee Chew Fai 

Lee Fatt Ping 

Lim Choo Siang 

Low Boon Liang 

Prasad Sreedharan 

Ramachandra Jaiprasksh 

Ramlee b Ahmat 

Ronald Goh Chin Teck 

Satish Ahuja 

Seah Miang Kaw 

Seet Kheng Guan 

Seow Sim Hock 

Shekaran 

Sim Puay Huat 

Syed Abdul Rahman Al 

Tang Chee Keat 

Teo Khee Seng 

Thiagayson S Pillai 

Woo Chue Wah 

Yeap Khek Ming 

Lim Chong 

Poh Thiam Huat 

Alexander Joseph 

Asaad Sameer 

Chow Mun Lup 

Gopalan Mohana K 

Ho Nai Sun 

Kapur Kumar Swaran 

Khoo Keng Gie Edmond 

Kong Hock Heng 

Kong Pak Meng 

Kwan Chun Khuen 

Lee Chak Chew 

Lee Thian Guan 

Lim Cher Lin 

Lim Heng Nian 

Lim Hung Soon 

Lim Kwee Beng 

Lim Neo Chian 

Low Sin Chye 

Naidu Pandurangan 

Oh Chye Whatt 

PD Dhamishton 

M Sasidheran 

S Saminathan 

Shah Anilkumar 

Shali b Rosdi 

Sim Seow Chew 

Sukumaran Subhas 

Tan Lye Poh 

Tan Tian Chong 

Tan Tjin Kie 

Tay Kok Hoe 

Teo Kheok Kay 

Tham Kah Wing 

Tham Kok Yeu 

Vaithi Yogalingam 

Vaithinathan David 

Wee Ban Chiang 

Wong Yin Kee 

Yeo Tian Bong 

Zainal b Ahmad 

K Khojama 

Tan Kee Meng

Above: The whole school assembled on 

2nd August, 1969 to celebrate Singapore’s 

150th anniversary. The 01 Scouts erected 

a 20-foot high signalling tower for 

photographer Low Hou Loke, and provided 

a red and a green flags to give signal for 

photo-taking moments. Photo taken with 

a NIKON F2s now displayed in Raffles 

Archives and Museum. 

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28 

Introduction 

A History of 


1823 

Sir Stamford Raffles lays the 

1885 

The Higher (Queen’s) 

had missed schooling. The 

Principal and oversees its 

foundation stone for the 

Scholarship examination is 

average age of the Senior 

move to Grange Rd. 

Singapore Institution. Its 

held at RI for the first time 

class was 20 years and 3 

co-founder is Dr Morrison. 

in Singapore. This leads 

to the foundation of the 

months. FL Shaw becomes 

the Principal. 

1972 

Raffles Institution leaves 

Bras Basah Road. 

1834 

The school opens in its first 

building in High Street with 

50 students. 

1903 

Special Class. 

RI becomes a government 

1947 

School moves to Monk’s 

Hill School, and operates in 

1982 

Pre-University Division 

is transferred to the 

school. 

the morning session. 

former Teachers’ Training 

1839 

School moves to building 

in Bras Basah Road which 

it occupied - apart for the 

1942- 

1945 

During the Japanese 

Occupation, the school 

1948 

School returns to Bras 

Basah Campus. 

College in Paterson Road, 

becoming Raffles Junior 

College. 

2nd World War - until 1972. 

becomes a military camp 

1868 

The school then had 102 

Chinese, 51 Malay and 46 

Indian students. 

Name of school changed 

to Raffles Institution to 

for the Japanese army. 

The school is used by the 

British Royal Air Force as 

transit camp. 

1945- 

1946 

1958 

1959- 

1962 

V Ambiavagar is appointed 

the first Asian Principal. 

Soo Ban Hoe, Wee Siong 

Kang, Cheong Pak Lo, 

Philip Liau were the Acting 

Principals. 

1990 

RI becomes a pilot full-day 

school. 

RI becomes an 

independent school and 

moves to Bishan. 

1870 

honour its founder. 

R W Hullett becomes 

Headmaster for 36 years. 

1946 

School reopens at St. 

Joseph Institution, 

afternoon session, with 

443 boys, many of whom 

1963 

1966 

Edward W Jesudason 

becomes Principal of RI. 

Philip Liau becomes the 

2004 

RI introduces the 

Integrated Programme 

(IP), allowing students to

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bypass the O-Levels and 

go directly into Raffles 

Junior College. 

2005 

Raffles Junior College 

moves from Mt Sinai to 

Bishan, next to Raffles 

Institution. 

2009 

RI and RJC are 

reintegrated under the 

name Raffles Institution, 

forming a six-year school 

from Secondary 1 to Pre-U 

2 once again.

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Introduction 

An Insight into 

our Founder 

written by Sim Boon Chai (Sec 3 A) 

originally published in 1962 

Talking a leisurely stroll one 

morning, I came across the tall, 

towering statue of Raffles in front 

of the Victoria memorial Hall. 

Looking down, I read the following 

inscription. 

“This tablet to the memory of 

Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, To 

Whose Foresight and Genius 

Singapore Owes its Existence 

and Prosperity, Was unveiled on 

February 6th 1919….” 

Coupled with the words “to whose 

foresight and genius”, a friend 

of Raffles had claimed him to be 

“a man of first rate genius and 

talents, and if he was not able to 

do the good he wished, he proved 

his desires to be beneficial, and 

pointed out a noble path for others 

to follow”. Fine though the praise 

may be, it is an exaggeration. 

One of the faults of many historians 

and biographers is that they either 

magnify and exalt the glory of 

their subject or condemn him 

altogether. Raffles is undoubtedly 

the greatest name in the history of 

the island. Moreover he was the 

founder of our school. Thus there 

is ample reason why we should try 

to learn more than the superficial 

facts of his life. 

This essay is an attempt on my part 

to relate the character of the man, 

and thereby try to gain an insight 

into him. The author has afforded 

some explanations on the conduct

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of the man, but whether the reader 

Secretary, soon noticed the small 

2,000 British Pounds. Then Raffles 

will trust these explanations or 

clerk. Raffles, knowing which way 

climbed yet another rung of his 

not is left to his discretion. To 

the wind blew, at once tried to get 

never ending ladder, he was made 

facilitate the study of his life, I have 

on good terms with the Secretary’s 

Lt. Governor of Java in 1811. But 

divided the essay into three main 

son, Scott Ramsay. His labours 

was Raffles satisfied? Was he right 

parts, and these are on the man 

finally paid off – he was made 

in the first place in setting before 

and his EDUCATION, AMBITION 

Assistant Secretary at Penang. 

himself an ambition that could 

and DETERMINATION. In order 

Tom, the clerk with an annual salary 

never be fulfilled? Perhaps these 

to correlate the character of the 

of 100 British Pounds became Mr. 

lines by W.H. Davies will supply the 

man, chronological order has been 

Thomas Raffles, Assistant Secretary 

answer: 

sacrificed. 

at Penang, earning 1,500 British 

Pounds yearly. 

“I had ambition, by which sin the 

“Who doth ambition shun?” – 

angels fell; 

Shakespeare. 

Any man would have been 

I climbed and, step by step, O Lord 

satisfied, but not Raffles. At 

Ascended into hell.” 

Let us go back to 1795, when Tom 

Penang, he again tried to court 

was 14. We find him at work in the 

the attention of his superiors; 

Raffles was ambitious, but he was 

offices of the Honourable East India 

he did the horse’s share of the 

also over-ambitious. He only 

Company, and that was because 

of his poverty, otherwise he would 

still be in school. In those times, 

it was hard for a poor office clerk 

to rise to a high position. But Tom 

was different. From the beginning, 

he firmly decided that he would 

free himself from his poverty. He 

would rise to a position higher than 

anyone else. He became servile 

and fawning to his superiors. 

He worked very hard, trying to 

impress others. Mr. Ramsay, the 

work. But he wrote letters – letters 

ridiculing his superiors, letters 

pointing out their weaknesses and 

faults. These letters were sent to 

high authorities. In this way Raffles 

attempted to gain promotions, 

but it was the mosquitoes which 

finally helped him to become the 

Secretary of Penang. This made 

life so unbearable that few really 

wanted to stay in Penang. One 

of those few was Raffles. Thus at 

26, he was enjoying a salary of 

realised what a mistake he had 

made when he was Resident at 

Bencoolen. In that position, he 

had spent some of the happiest 

moments of his life. It was in that 

state that the man wrote: “I have 

lived long enough in the world to 

appreciate what is valuable in it; 

and the favours of the Ministers of 

Court never appeared to me equal 

to the conscientious conviction of 

having done one’s duty well.” 

Why had not Raffles realised that a 

never-ending goal was pure folly? 

The simplest explanation I can 

offer was that Raffles had tasted 

the bitterness of poverty. He was 

sensitive at heart and could never 

forget the past misery. His mother 

was his ONLY friend. Being poor, 

he dared not mix too freely with 

the other kids. His life, then, was 

a turmoil. Once Raffles knew that 

there was some higher place,

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Introduction 

As Lt. Governor of Java, Raffles 

sought the help of his superiors, 

pains in his head. He had to leave 

made great and important 

and managed to find a patroness 

the place where the dreadful 

reforms. His work, however, was 

in no less a person than Princess 

deaths of his children occurred; he 

not approved by his superiors; 

Charlotte, heiress to the throne. 

returned to Singapore. And it was 

yet this man had the courage 

Here was the same Raffles, seeking 

because of this strange twist of fate 

and determination to say, in spite 

to go on, on and on. He was 

that our founder was brought back 

of opposition, “Let’s get on with 

knighted by the Prince Regent. 

to Singapore, where for a period 

the reforms, and never mind the 

Raffles had come to England an 

he could make his mark on the 

cost.” Finally he was charged for 

unknown, insignificant man; he left 

land he had founded. 

incompetence. Troubles came by 

as SIR Thomas Stamford Raffles. 

the dozens, and he experienced 

The deaths of his children must 

one of the blackest moments of his 

Having recovered from his bout 

have left a very great impression 

Robert Morrison, the missionary who 

started the Anglo-Chinese 

College in Malacca, was one of the 

founding fathers of the 

Singapore Institution. Painting b John 

Richard Wildman. 

life. Following the death of his wife, 

Olivia, in 1814, Lord Minto, a firm 

friend of Raffles, died. His reforms 

were unpopular and came to 

naught and illness overcame him. 

The rank of Raffles was reduced 

of illness and having regained 

his prestige, Raffles sailed to 

Bencoolen to resume his duties. 

But Raffles did not go alone – 

he had also a wife, Sophia Hull, 

with him. At Bencoolen, Raffles 

on him. If one studies his life from 

that tragic moment when he was 

robbed of all but one, we could 

see that there was a man trying 

to forget. He was left without an 

heir, all his sons had died, and thus 

to that of Residency at Bencoolen. 

again practised “administration 

he turned to Singapore, which 

he would try to get it. He would 

get immense pleasure in rising 

higher – why? He was trying to 

forget his childhood lowliness. The 

only way he could forget it was 

to go to the other extreme. And 

he was determined to recover his 

childhood humiliations, and to 

Raffles,“Where there’s a will, there’s 

a way”. 

Could the man rise from the depths 

of despair? 

Raffles returned to England – 

he was not yet conquered and 

subdued by his stroke of bad 

luck. With renewed zeal, Raffles 

determined to regain his former 

prestige – come what may. 

Frenziedly, he wrote his “History 

of Java” and dedicated the book 

without fear and without reproach” 

although he had been discouraged 

by his failure in Java. Again, 

undaunted, Raffles pushed 

through many reforms at his post 

at Bencoolen. But there again his 

happiness was again shattered. 

His two sons and a daughter died. 

Only Ella, the youngest daughter, 

escaped the clutches of death. 

The despair that Raffles felt ….. He 

he must have called in a state 

of affection, his “political child”. 

His actions in Singapore can be 

reasonably explained, I think, if we 

accept the view that Raffles was at 

that time under the influence of 

emotion. The man almost lost his 

integrity; when left our land he was 

a very tired man indeed. 

Raffles immediately immersed 

to the Prince Regent. He again 

nearly went insane, he experienced 

himself in work. What better way

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to conquer frustration? He was 

obsequiously obey the instructions 

was Raffles bad in everything that 

his contemporaries had done: ‘to 

the same man he was when he 

of Raffles, his power was slowly 

he did? There is one side of his 

live with another race and be one 

stepped into the East India Co. 

sapped, finally culminating in his 

character that I thoroughly admire, 

of them.’ I think that he must have 

But he was more irritable, more 

replacement by Crawford. One 

and that is his insatiable appetite 

liked it much better out here, for in 

unreasonable. His relations with 

important act of his was to cancel 

for EDUCATION. 

England he was a clerk, whereas 

Major Farquhar, then Resident 

all land grants made by Farquhar. 

out in the Far East, he name was 

at Singapore, were strained. 

Although this act may be for the 

It is in this field in which I intend 

well-known. 

He refused to have direct 

better, Raffles carried it out without 

to digress, for we owe our school 

communications with the old man, 

regard to the consequences, 

largely to him. Here is where Raffles 

His interest in the Science was 

who surprisingly kept silent. His 

and with the thoroughness 

put his last mark. I think that Raffles 

coupled with his love of nature. 

final history book puts it mildly 

characteristic of him. 

should be proud in this fact, for he 

These two interests intertwined 

thus: “On the request of Raffles, 

laid the foundation stone in place 2 

with the founding of the 

the Supreme Council in Calcutta 

These actions could only have 

days before he left the island. 

Zoological Society, of which he 

sent John Crawford to succeed the 

been committed by a man trying 

was the founder. Raffles was also 

Resident Farquhar and to enable 

to elude emotion upsets. He 

Even as a clerk, Tom had been 

a conversationalist at heart, and 

him to return to England.” What 

became more and more sadistic 

very determined to catch up 

entertained his guests well. (This 

reason had Raffles to do a thing 

by nature; he contented himself 

with his education. While others 

was especially true during his 

like that to a man who had devoted 

to see Farquhar’s power being 

slept, he studied Latin, French, 

happy moments at Bencoolen.) 

so much of his time to the building 

slowly lowered through his 

German and the sciences. His 

Raffles was a mixture of a visionary, 

of the island? “To enable him 

influence – Farquhar, the man who 

interest in languages was of utmost 

an idealist, a reformer, a scientist 

to return to England”? The sole 

had reared his “political child” 

importance. It was due to this 

and an administrator. But we 

cause lay in the fact that Raffles 

during his absence. And yet Raffles 

that, even before he landed in 

must never forget that most of 

strictly believed in “administration 

allowed himself to tear the old 

Penang, he was already acquainted 

the education needed for these 

without fear and without reproach”. 

man’s dignity to shreds. He made 

with Malay. With his usual 

qualities were acquired by the man 

But that does not mean that 

enemies, of course, but he was as 

thoroughness he had furthered 

during his life – his schooling days 

the administration is right. The 

stubborn as ever. The pains in his 

his own knowledge of Malay 

were very short-lived. Yet this self- 

present day adjective for Raffles’ 

head returned and he was near 

and the Malays. Very patiently, 

educated man managed to obtain 

actions, would be “bossy”. He did 

the brink of death. The question 

he translated every Malayan 

knighthood, a position of respect, 

not encourage rightful criticism. 

is, was this the result of mental 

manuscript he could lay his hands 

and left a name unto posterity. 

Farquhar was a reasonable 

conflict – his children’s deaths, 

on. He truly understood and like 

Such achievements are rare and 

man, and because he did not 

his conscience or his pride? But 

the Malays. He did what few of 

command our respect.

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Introduction 

Portrait of Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles by George Francis Joseph. 

Oil on canvas, 1817. On display National Portrait Gallery, London 

Raffles was wrong in placing 

before him a never-ending ladder, 

to which every rung reached, 

only furthers the effort. He was a 

failure as an administrator (though 

history books may not seem to say 

so). These words will serve as an 

apology: “… and his eagerness 

to better the conditions of the 

people over whom he ruled made 

him forget the practical aspects 

of his policy.” Raffles showed 

great courage in establishing 

this settlement. In a way, Raffles 

achieved what he craved for – 

to establish himself and to free 

himself from poverty. 

“Education must keep pace 

with commerce” is a well-known 

quotation of Raffles. This man 

realised the importance of 

education in the building of 

the settlement. He culminated 

his interest in education in the 

founding of a building to which 

he game the name of Singapore 

Institution. Raffles’ interest in 

languages was never dimmed. He 

was an historian, and loved to study 

the history, language, literature 

and culture of the Malay people. 

Thus he meant the Institution to 

be a Malay college. However, 

because of the enthusiastic aid of 

a missionary (Dr Robert Morrison) 

who worked among the Chinese, 

he decided that the school should 

be a Chinese-Malay college. It is of 

interest why Raffles did not think of 

the English language…. 

Thus, this idea of an Institution, 

the forerunner of all other schools 

in Singapore, was settled. On 

Founder’s day, June 7th, the 

foundation stone was laid. On a 

certain day, June 7th 1823, on 

raising the foundation stone, these 

words were spoken: 

“I trust in God that this Institution 

may be the means of civilizing 

and bettering the conditions of 

millions.” 

And thus our founder left his 

last mark on the history of the 

settlement. Two days later, June 9th 

to be exact, two lines of infantry 

men were drawn up. A fragile, bent 

and haggard man walked slowly

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in between. The man was to leave 

and depart from the land he had 

founded, depart from the people 

he had loved, and from a lifetime 

of work. 

“It is a child of my own, and I have 

made it what it is.” 

As I gazed up again at the statue of 

Raffles, I no longer saw a man with 

an unstained blotch-less life. I saw 

him for the man he was. Mistakes 

and all, I still admire and respect 

the man. I visualised the statue on 

the Esplanade, and I thought of 

those piercing eyes staring straight 

out to the sea. If it had been there 

today, those stone eyes may yet 

revel in the glory of the little island 

called the “Queen of the East”. The 

sculptor had done his work well: 

the tight lips and piercing eyes of a 

determined man, the far-away look 

of a visionary, the delicate face and 

receding brows of an erudite man. 

The statue no longer is on the 

Esplanade – it has been removed 

to its present location and unveiled 

there on the centenary of the 

founding of the settlement. But it 

Empire Day 1947 

still occupies a conspicuous place, 

right in front of the memorial Hall, 

right in the centre of the city. 

It is a space, which, I hope will be 

conspicuous enough for a man like 

Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles. 

Sim Boon Chai (3A), the writer of this article

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Introduction 

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Introduction 

Illustration by Mr Philip Liau from the 1960 issue of The Rafflesian 

Raffles Institution is the premier 

School of Singapore with a long 

history, noble traditions and a high 

standard of scholarship. It is the 

sacred duty of every Rafflesian not 

to resort to any word or deed that 

will directly or indirectly undermine 

the good name of the School. 

Cleanliness 

Keep your School clean. 

Throw all litter into the receptacles 

provided. 

Be clean in your attire. Cultivate 

clean habits of hygiene. 

BE VERY CLEAN when using the 

toilet. Leave every wash basin or 

closet as clean as you would wish 

to find it. 

Discipline 

Speak well and behave well not 

only during school hours, but 

wherever you happen to be. 

Respect the elders and superiors. 

Learn to obey before you learn to 

rule. 

Duty 

Time is precious. Don’t waste 

it. Work hard and pass your 

examinations every term. 

Be mentally alert as well as 

physically fit. Take part in the extramural 

activities of the school and 

make sure that your education is 

a full one. If you get into trouble 

tell your parents and your Form 

Teacher or Principal at once. 

Always tell the truth even if the 

truth is not in your favour and you 

will be respected for it. 

BE PROUD OF RAFFLES 

INSTITUTION AND RAFFLES 

INSTITUTION WILL BE PROUD 

OF YOU!

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The school is the area bounded 

Late-coming 

Recess 

Prefects’ Room without permission 

by Beach Road, Bras Basah, North 

Disciplinary action will be taken 

All pupils must leave their class- 

of a prefect. 

Bridge Road and Stamford Road. 

against pupils who are late for 

rooms during the BREAK, except 

The following are forbidden: (a) 

school without reasonable excuse. 

when it is raining. Loitering 

Cycles will not be ridden in the 

smoking, (b) spitting, (c) throwing 

Any pupil arriving late for school 

along the corridors is forbidden. 

school compound at any time. All 

rubbish and fruit skins about. 

may offer his explanation to the 

Scrambling for food and disorderly 

bicycles must be parked in the 

(Receptacles are provided), (d) 

prefect in charge of late comers in 

conduct in the tuckshops are 

spaces provided for the purpose. 

scribbling on the walls. Pupils 

the Prefect’s Room during recess. 

forbidden. To prevent congestion 

may not write on the blackboards 

He may either excuse him or order 

pupils must queue up when buying 

without authority; (e) using 

him to report to the Duty Prefect 

food. Girls may form a separate 

language or behaving in a manner 

immediately after school. The Duty 

line of their own. Complaints about 

detrimental to the moral tone of 

Prefect shall then take appropriate 

food and, or prices should be 

the school. 

disciplinary action against him. 

addressed to the Prefects on duty 

in the first instance. 

No pupil may leave the school 

A pupil who is late for school and 

premise between 7.40 a.m. and 

has been ordered to report to 

All eatables must be consumed 

1.00 p.m. for the morning session, 

the Duty Prefect may immediately 

in the tuck-shops at all times. All 

or 1.00 p.m. to 6.25 p.m. for the 

appeal to the master-in-charge of 

students should proceed to their 

afternoon session without the 

Prefects if he feels that he has a 

class-rooms at the first bell after 

written permission of the Principal 

reasonable excuse for being late. 

the interval. All students must be in 

or the Senior Masters. Permission 

If the master-in-charge of prefects 

their seats at the second bell. 

for a pupil to leave a class during 

is satisfied with his explanation, he 

normal teaching hours may be 

will issue to the pupil concerned 

Pupils must obey orders given by 

given only by the teacher taking 

a statement of excuse. The late- 

any prefect, monitor, or member of 

the class. In the absence of the 

comer will hand this statement 

the disciplinary committee in the 

teacher, the monitor may grant 

of excuse to the Duty Prefect for 

interests of school discipline and 

such permission only when it is 

recording immediately after school 

cleanliness. They have the right 

absolutely necessary. 

is over for the day. 

of appeal to the Master-in-charge 

of Prefects against any order that 

they consider unreasonable. Pupils 

are not to enter, at any time, the

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Introduction 

Assemblies 

Uniform 

N.B. 

the school by the Bras Basah Road 

Absolute silence and order must 

All pupils will wear at all times 

(1) The school uniform is to be 

or the Beach Road Gates, and 

be maintained during Assemblies. 

except for parades and games, 

worn by all pupils when attending 

thence leave via the North Bridge 

Failure to do so and absence from 

the school uniform. For the boys 

quizes, debates, detention class, 

Road Gate. 

the assemblies will be severely 

this consists of while shirt, white 

and other activities of the same 

dealt with. Lateness for Assemblies 

shorts or trousers. For the girls 

nature. 

Girls are not to put on cosmetics at 

is also a serious offence. 

this consists of while shirt, (long 

all times when in school. Cosmetics 

sleeves rolled up), green skirt (3 in. 

(2) The school tie must be worn 

include lipsticks, eye make-up, 

box pleats, material cepea 55 No. 

on all important functions of the 

nail polish (except natural polish), 

89), school tie, flat-heeled black 

school. 

etc. Sunglasses are not to be worn 

leather shoes and white socks. The 

unless with permission from the 

school badge must be worn at all 

Defacing of school notices and 

Principal or the Senior Masters. 

times and it must be prominently 

deliberately damaging school 

Pupils may however wear them 

displayed on the left breast pocket. 

equipment, buildings, fittings and 

while playing games. 

furniture are serious offences that 

On parade days, all uniform groups 

may lead to expulsion. 

It is the duty of every pupil to know 

may come to school in their FULL 

the school rules and to observe 

uniform. Pupils coming for games 

Any pupil found guilty of stealing, 

and obey them at all times. Pupils 

may wear coloured shorts or 

petty pilfering, altering school 

may, in any case, appeal to the 

trousers but white shirt and school 

documents (e.g. Report Book, 

Principal, or Senior or Prefect 

badge must be worn. All girls must 

Register,) or acts of hooliganism in 

Master if they think they have not 

wear their school uniform in the 

any form will be expelled from the 

been dealt with justly. 

afternoon with the exception of the 

school. 

school tie. 

Pupils must not take short cuts 

across grass verges, or the field, 

but may go on them for play 

or relaxation. Except on rainy 

days, cars carrying pupils will not 

be allowed to enter the school 

compound. Cars may only enter

PREFECTORIAL BOARD 1961 

Sitting (L to R) : Ang Beng Chong, Chan Jong, Mickey Chiang, C. Mukundan (Head Prefect), Mr. Wee Seong Kang (Principal), Mr.Sigamoney (Prefect master), Lim Kim 

Siang (Vice Head Prefect) , Tommy Goh, Tang Hoong Yee, Andrew Tan. 2nd Row (L to R) : Yap Eu Wim, Anthony Thio, Kaneyson, V. Thirupathy, Wong Chiang Kwang, 

Yong Yuan Sun, Kong Hoe Leong, Ong Kim Sye, Abdullah Tarmugi, Ee Chong Beng, Wong Fot Noon, Wong Siew Pang, Yap Eu Hian. 

3rd. Row (L to R) : Yew Kok Beng, Ang Kong Hua, Leong Cheng Chit, Chan Kok Poh, Khoo How Yong, Mehar Singh, Yik Tuck You, Mok Yew Fun, Khoo Teng Kew, Chan 

Chee Yeun, Phua Hong Chiang, Johnny Fung 

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42 

Introduction 

Scenes 

from 

Bras 

Basah 

Aerial Views of RI campus, 1970. RI is 

surrounded by War Memorial, St Andrew’s 

Catheral, Capitol Theatre, Convent of the Holy 

Infant Jesus, and Raffles Hotel.

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44 

Introduction 

Above: The School Hall, where games were 

played simultaneously. 

Left: The Main Tuckshop 

Facing page, clockwise from top left: 

The Annexe Tuckshop where the old lady 

(extreme right) sells Milo cold drink. 

The busy Science laboratory where a 

chemistry lesson is being conducted. 

The School Hall / stage 

RI, view from Bras Basah and North Bridge 

Road junction.

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46 

Introduction 

Staff 1961 

Front: (1) David (2) Yang Chye Chew (3) Kwek Seng Chai (5) Rosario (6) Lim Swee Chuan (7) Foo Don Wan (8) Lim Tian Soo 

(9) Lim Guan Kim (10) Tan Keng Kang (11) Sigamoney (12) Cheong Pak Lo (Principal) (13) George Sobrielo (14) Koh Khek Cheow (15)Natarajan (17) Sidhu (18) Mrs Sigamoney (19) Tham Soo Ngo 

Middle: (1)Ortega (3) Lee Tee Sim (6) John Tan (8) John Yip (9) Koh Beng Thiam (11) Ng Kim Beng (13) Gulam Sadick 14) Ahmad Zahri (16) Damu Asokan (18) Moses Tay (19) KP John (20) Quay 

Back: (1) Hector Chee (3) Ng Eng Teck (5) Sithampalam (6) Wong Hee Sing (7) Suppiah (9) Eugene Wijeysingha (10) Puhaindran (11) PK Hernon (12) Sam Sui Hon (14) Chew Siang Pow (15) Jee

h (20) Ms Maniam (22) Lee Thean Aun (23) Soong Hee Siong. 

Kim Cheng (21) Pestana (22) John Chew. 

Yan Kin (16) Sahadevan (17) Quddoos (21) Patrick Chew 

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Introduction 

Staff 1963 

Front: Tan Kim Cheng, Mrs S Asokan, L Maniam, Tham Soo Ngoh, E Wijeysingha, Lee Thean Aun, V Gomez, Lim Swee Chuan, AK Sigamoney, EW Jesudason (Principal), PK Hernon, Koh Khek 

Cheow, S Natarajan, Ong Kim Siong, KP John, Mrs Sigamoney, Kao Ching Chuan, Cheong Bick Yee, Chia Chor Siang, George Sobrielo 

Middle row: MK Sharma, Sin Kwai Meng, Lim Tian Soo, Chee Kwong Chong, Tan Keng Khian, Hector Chee Kum Hoong, Jee Yan Khin, Lim Guan Kim, Wong Hee Sing, Ng Kim Beng, Nadeson 

Suppiah, Tan Jin Siew, Koh Beng Thiam, PV Pestana, SS Sidhu, Foo Don Wan, Chen Hai Yung. 

Back row: Peter Loh, John Tan ES, John Yip SK, Lee Kok Cheong, D Asokan, Lee Fong Seng, RC Nair, T Sithampalam, Moses Tay, Patrick Chew, M Sundram, A Quddoos, S Puhaindran, S 

Ortega, Chew Siang Pow, Soong Hee Siong.

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50 

The Year Before: 1964 

The Year 

1964 

Before 

51 Highlights of 1964’s Events 

54 Founder’s Day / Speeches 

58 Sports Day 





80 Class Projects

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Founder’s day speech 

Delivered by Guest of Honour, President Yusof Ishak at RI’s Founder’s Day 1964 

President Yusof Ishak inspects the Guards of Honour. 

Mr Chairman, the Minister of 

Education, my fellow guests, the 

Principal, the Staff, and the pupils 

of Raffles Institution. 

It must be a rare pleasure for an 

old boy of any school to return to 

the scene of his school days and 

address an assembly of pupils 

who have come after him. And 

so do I stand here before you, an 

old boy of this venerable school 

on its 141st birthday. Today, may 

I say humbly, it is the school that 

does honour to me, and not I to the 

school. 

For this my wife and I are indebted, 

and also to the manner in which 

we have enjoyed your welcome, 

and to your principal’s kind 

compliments Please accept our 

appreciation. 

It is natural on an anniversary to 

look backwards, into the past, 

especially when that past is 

enhaced by its achievements. 

To this past Raffles Institution 

has added one more year of 

achievement and success. You 

have heard your principal give 

a review of the past year’s deed, 

for you to be proud of. We, too, 

here on this stage, your Chairman, 

your Minister of Education, and 

our fellow guests, share with you 

your joy and take part in your 

pleasure. The Principal and his staff 

have our congratulations, and our 

sincerest wishes for another year of 

achievement.

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Ms Cheong Bick Yee, Mrs Jesudason, Pearl Yeo, President Yusof Ishak, Ivy Seow and Jane Lim 

at Founder’s Day 1964. 

Our congratulations also go to Lee 

Choon Huat and Alphonsus Loh 

for obtaining the highest possible 

award in the School Certificate 

examinations. Seven distinctions 

in seven subject, and all of them 

firsts, is certainly something for 

the records! I also congratulate 

Chua Seng Chuan for all his five 

distinctions is the Higher School 

Certificate, and Victor And and 

Leong Hon Kong for their four 

distinctions. These boys, and many 

others like them, will always set the 

mark for Raffles Institution and bear 

the proud stamp of the school! 

As in your academic studies, so in 

your sports and cultural activities, 

I can imagine how much work the 

teachers have put in, how much 

time and man-hours of dedicated 

attention. I would say that one 

of the tests of a good teacher is 

how much care and attention to 

details he gives to extra-mural 

duties outside the classroom. Here 

in Raffles Institution, if I may judge 

from your sports record, your 

teachers must be commended for 

their zeal and hard work. 

On this anniversary, I do not wish 

merely to look backwards into 

the past, or to just another year 

ahead. I would like to look further 

into the future, many many years 

ahead when our schools like this 

will play an increasingly important 

part in the enlightenment, the 

development, and the harmony of 

our fair country. 

The part that schools have to play 

is quite different in aim from that 

of former years. All our children in 

school must realise this - that where 

in former times youwould merely 

have been educated for a job and 

educated for blind obedience 

and passive submission, today 

you must be educated for greater 

responsibilities. These are the 

greater responsibilities: training 

for leadership, for industrial 

and national development and 

construction, training for right, 

independent thinking, training 

for self-reliance and initiative, and 

training for real active participation 

in the development of our society 

and our country. This, therefore, is 

the changing face of our schools. 

To the boys and girls in our 

schools, I say this: the process is 

already going on. In every scrap 

of knowledge you learn, every 

unselfish, charitable act you do, 

every word you speak, or every 

constructive thought you think - 

you are contributing towards a 

developing, growing society from 

which you, in turn, will benefit, and 

which you in turn, will leave to your 

children. 

But we must lay the foundation 

now because we cannot gamble 

with the future. For the present and 

for ourselves, more mature in years, 

we strive to create for you the 

necessary conditions in which you 

can study with peace and security, 

with encouragement and with 

hope, and with opportunity and 

with reward. 

Our hopes are on you, and our 

wishes go with you.

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Above: Principal Jesudason showing President Yusof and Dr Poh the 

cake-model of the school to be cut later by Toh Puan Noor Aishah. 

Below: Ng Soo Meng receiving a prize from Toh Puan Noor Aishah 

Above: President Yusof accompanied by Principal Jesudason, Principal 

of Singpore Chinese Girls School Mrs Tan, Dr Poh and wife. 

Below: Mrs Rosalie Hernon watches as students Ivy Seow and Pearl 

Yeo chat with Mr Yusof Ishak.

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The Principal’s Address 

delivered by Principal of RI, E W Jesudason at RI Founder’s Day 1964 

Your Excellency, when an occasion 

like this is honoured by an old 

boy of your eminence, it has 

a tremendous impact on the 

minds of boys and girls of Raffles 

Institution. By taking time off to 

show interest in the progress and 

well-being of your alma mater, Your 

Excellency has given the occasion 

a significance and an importance 

that will remain memorable in the 

history of the school. 

We are indeed happy to have with 

us Toh Puan Noor Aishah. 

I wish to extend a warm welcome 

to our Minister of Education, Mr 

Ong Pang Boon, who is in Raffles 

Institution for the first time. I 

hope he will be able to see this 

afternoon, evidence in some form 

or other of how we are implementing 

Government’s imaginative and 

far-sighted education policy first 

launched in 1959. 

School Certificate Results 1963 

The details of the School Certificate

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Examination which are normally 

university admission. The best 

study Electrical Engineering and 

the Houses had little for the pupil. 

read out in this report have 

student, Chua Seng Chuan, had 

Chemical Engineering in Japan, 

Under our new system, we hope 

been included in the printed 

A1 or distinction in every one 

while one student (Victor Ang) 

to make House loyalties enter 

programme. Our results, gratifying 

of the five subjects he offered - 

won a Shell Scholarship to study 

every sphere of school life and 

as they are with 92.7 % passes, are 

Chemistry, Physics, Pure Maths., 

Chemical Engineering in England. 

give the House Master a greater 

not to our complete satisfaction. 

Applied Maths, and the General 

22 of our students were able to 

responsibility than he has ever had 

We feel that the type of student 

Paper. Two other students, (Victor 

gain admission to the Faculty 

in the past. We feel that this new 

normally sent to us, the facilities we 

Ang and Leong Hon Kong) scored 

of Medicine in the University 

approach will make the concept of 

offer, the academic level we have 

four distinctions each. Incidentally, 

of Singapore and this I think 

loyalty more meaningful to a pupil 

consistently maintained and the 

Chua Seng Chuan had a distinction 

constitutes a record. 

since he will be able to identify 

competitive spirit which we have 

in every one of the nine subjects 

himself with a smaller and more 

inherited from our predecessors, 

he offered in the School Certificate 

Extra-mural Activities 

easily defined group. A start has 

the question of failure in the 

Examination in 1961. 

To carry on extra-mural actiities 

already been made in this direction 

School Certificate Examination 

in a superficial manner merely 

and in a year or two we are 

should never arise. Furthermore, 

Perhaps the most gratifying 

because it is the thing to be done 

confident that our plan will begin 

we do not work for mere passes 

factor of our achievements in 

in secondary schools is odious 

to produce the desired result. 

in our examinations. We work 

the Higher School Certificate 

to us. We feel most strongly that 

We have also launched a plan 

for the highest academic levels 

Examination is the large number 

whatever is done, must be done 

to make games compulsory for 

comparable to any school of 

of scholarship we have been able 

seriously with point and purpose. 

all. This is to prevent a small 

similar ctegory in any part of the 

to win for the school. Our of the 

Mere organisation of a few token 

proportion of the pupils becoming 

world. 

30 Colombo Plan Scholarships 

activiies to satisfy the department 

proficient and monopolising 

offered to HSC students, we won 

does not develop the skills, or the 

almost every game. Our plan is 

Higher School Certificate 

ten scholarships in Canada and 

attitudes of mind which are vital in 

to make every pupil in the first 

Results 1963 

the United Kingdom for courses in 

a good system of education. With 

or second year of his school 

Our Higher School Certificate 

Chemical Engineering, Production 

this in view we have reorganised 

course choose the game that 

Results showed a distinct 

Engineering, Aeronautical 

our House System. In the past, 

he particularly likes and confine 

improvement over recent years. 

Engineering, Naval Architecture 

the House System was regarded 

himself to it. We hope to give him 

78.6 % of the students had full 

and Veterinary Science. 

as a convenient one for dividing 

extensive training in his chosen 

certificate passes while the others 

the school into different secions to 

game and by developing the skills 

had statements the majority of 

Two students on Japanese 

provide competition in games and 

peculiar to that game raise his level 

which were good enough for 

Government Scholarships to 

athletics. Outside these activities, 

of proficiency.

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Clockwise from top: The Police Band making their second appearance at RI’s 

Founder’s Day 

Prize winners Yip Kang Fie, Ong Chin Hwee, Chua Choon Lan, Ng Hwee Hin, 

Dileep Nair (all Secondary 1), and top boy Mah Kum Thong 

Mrs Johnson with students Tan Kian, Sim Boon Chai, Leong Yu Kiang, Ng Hee 

and Kan Kin Mun 

Former Police Commissioner John Le Cain (in uniform) was one the VIPs who 

attended the event 

The printed programme carries the 

particulars of all our achievements 

in the extracurricular field, but if 

I may, I should like to draw your 

attention to two students who 

have reached international class 

in swimming. They are Tan Thuan 

Heng and Bernard Chan. If they 

keep to the rigid discipline they 

have been taught, I am sure that in 

the next few years they will bring 

greater honour to Singapore and 

Malaysia. 

Societies and Clubs 

This school assesses the quality 

of its students by the way they 

run their societies and clubs. 

We insist on these societies 

being managed by the students 

themselves and only offer advice 

when it is necessary. What we 

want our students to learn is the 

know-how of organisation and 

the dangers that confront every 

group - dangers in the form 

of waning enthusiasm, apathy, 

personality-conflict and sidetracking 

of duty and responsibility. 

We train the students to draw up 

constitutions that are workable, 

conduct meetings with courtesy 

and decorum and carry out a 

programme in a manner that 

develops leadership potentials 

and brings credit to the school. 

We make them see the merits and 

demerits of slogans, flag-waving 

and tub-thumping so that they 

develop a maturity of reasoning 

which will stand them in good 

stead when they venture into the 

adult world. 

Two new clubs were formed 

during the course of the year. 

One is the Steering Wheel which 

has taken under its wing all those 

who love motor -car engines. I 

believe they are being taught to 

take these engines apart and put 

them together again. So far I have 

had no complaints from teachers 

who were brave enough to lend 

their cars for these experiments. 

Members of this club took part 

in the Shell Traffic Games and 

emerged 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the 

City District. 

The other club is the Interact Club, 

which is sponsored by the Rotary

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club of Singapore and which aims 

at international understanding 

through action. This club has 

done laudable work in charity and 

welfare projects outside the school 

and formed a very important link 

with the outside world. 

While it is the tradition on 

occasions like this to wax eloquent 

on our achievements, I would be 

unfair to my teachers and students 

if I did not mention some of our 

problems. The main problem is 

accomodation. We understand 

that at various times new proposals 

have been initiated but till today 

some of our hopes have not been 

realised. 

When Your Excellency honoured 

this school in 1961 at the Founder’s 

Day Ceremony, Your Excellency 

stated in your address that when 

you were a student here, it was 

not generally known that the 

significance of the word ‘Malayan’, 

as we know it today, means 

anybody - be he Malay, Chinese, 

Indian or Eurasian. Your Excellency 

mentioned that your association 

with non-Malay pupils at Raffles 

Institution made you understand 

what was in their minds, and this 

enabled you to become at a very 

early age, first a Malayan and 

second a Malay. 

It gives me the greatest pleasure 

today to say that this institution of 

learning has incorporated in its 

day-do-day programme a pattern 

of thought and action which will 

make every Rafflesian a Malaysian 

in every sense of the word. The 

community spirit we are building, 

the songs that we sing every week, 

the project work that links us with 

every important sphere of activity 

in Singapore, are all making us 

the sort of Malaysians who could 

measure up to your hopes as Head 

of this dynamic State of Singapore. 

Above: Teachers Lim Hon Chong (extreme right), Jasvanthal, Soong Hee 

Siong, Chew Siang Pow, Lim Tian Soo, Sahadevan, Lim Guan Kim. 

Below: Minister of Education Mr Ong Pang Boon and wife with Principal 

Jesudason and teacher PK Hernon.

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1964 Highlights: 

Sports Day 

Above: 220 yards (Girls) sprint. 

Quek Li Lian, extreme left, came in 2nd. The event was won by Rajalakshmi in 32.4 sec. who earlier won the 

100 yards dash. 

Right: James Woodworth leading in the 880 yards (class 2), and 

finished 2nd. Gopal Singh won in 2m 16.2 sec. 3rd was Jaswant 

Singh. Tag 24 is C Karrupiah.

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Clockwise from far left: Abdullah Tarmugi 

leads Buckley House in the march past. 

Andrew Chee won the Long Jump, Class 

2 in a new record 19 ft 8 in. 2nd was Loh 

Yong Sun, and 3rd was Cheong Yuen Kay 

(seen receiving his prize). 

Kok Moon Seng won 100 yards in 10.9 sec. 

2nd was Lau Kheong Thye. 3rd was Andrew 

Chee. 

Moor House won Best Decorated Shed. 

Below: Victor Lye executing a long jump 

with Mr Charan Singh, a field judge, 

watching

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After-school Activities 

Prefects 

Front row: Baljinder Kaur Bajaj, Richard Ow Kok Keng, Chin Heng Fook (*1) , Victor Huang Kuo-liang, Wong Siew Parng, Chan Kok Poh (Head Prefect), Mr EW Jesudason (Principal), Mr Koh 

Beng Thiam (Prefect Master) Khoo Teng Kew (Vice-Head Prefect), Ong Kim Sye, Abdullah bin Tarmugi (*2), Raymond Teo Cheng Soon, Sim Boon Chai (*3), Davida Mae Boudewyn 

Middle row: Patrick Tan Kah Wah, Goh Kong Hai, Archur Cheong Yue Kuan, Ho Yew Kee, Goh Chong Heeng, Victor Lye Pak Fun, Cheong Wai Chew, Pan Tien Chor, Wan Hoe Weng, Lee Ah 

Chai, Jeffrey Tan Hock Jin, Poon Chee Seng, Yip Mang Meng, Tay Ah Soon, Tan Kian Bee Roney 

Back row: Alan Chong Yoong Hin, Leong Yue Kiang (*4), Kok Moon Seng (*5), Philip Chan Yee Foo, Chow Kwok Wah, Tan Peng Guan, Eric Ang Chong Lim, Chan Peng Mun, Lam Pin Kwee 

(*6), Chng Meng Kng (*7), Ng Hee, Hoe Kim Tho, Wun Khai Ping, Tan Lian Ann (*8).

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Head Prefect Chan 

Kok Poh speaks at 

Founder’s Day 1964: 

Some of the Prefects 

of 1964 went on to 

become: 

Each year we pride ourselves as 

products of the school rise and 

shine in the public eye. Each 

year we content ourselves with 

falling back on our laurels and 

determine to face the all-important 

future. But in this task we meet 

with unsurmountable obstacles 

that in a way tend to discourage 

and frustrate our efforts. Since 

1959 the population of the school 

has soared from 900 to 2,100. 

A series of new societies have 

appeared, new games have been 

taken on and our range of activities 

have increased as a result of the 

policy of integration of the four 

language streams. The scope of 

all societies and other activities 

has naturally increased so as 

to cater for the needs of every 

single pupil. But in meeting the 

needs and requirements we are 

constantly hampered by want of 

space both on the field and in the 

classroom. Every single classroom 

is taken up and societies have at 

times to conduct their activities 

in the school tuckshop. Not a 

single society has a room of its 

own in which to meet or to store its 

equipments. Games equipment 

is stored all over the place making 

it difficult for use to secure the 

material or to carry it on to the 

field. We have no dressing room 

and have to leave our clothes in the 

tuckshop or on the field. Visiting 

teams have nowhere to change. 

My school mates constantly 

approach me with these problems 

and force me to bring them to the 

notice of the Principal. My answer 

has always been - be patient, we 

will in time get a new school and all 

your problems will no longer exist. 

Chin Heng Fook - Head Prefect, 

1965 

Abdullah Tarmugi - Minister of 

Community Dev, Youth & Sports 

1994; Parliamentary Speaker 2002. 

Sim Boon Chai - Shell Scholar 1965 

Leong Yue Kiang - President’s 

Scholar 1965 

Kok Moon Seng - Head Prefect 

1967 

Lam Pin Kwee - Head Prefect 1966 

Chng Meng Kng - President’s 

Scholar 1964 

Tan Lian Ann - Singapore Open 

Chess Champion, and 4th in World 

Chess Junior, 1962.

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Athletics 

Badminton 

RI Athletics Team 1964/5: FRONT: Low Sek Fun, C Karrupiah, Kok Moon Seng, Cheong 

Yuen Kay, Lim Ee Koon, ?, Abdul Houmayune, Raymond Teo. 

MIDDLE row: Mr Pestana, Gopal Singh, Low Chin Wing, Ratnam, Loh Fang Kum, Colin 

Schooling, Lim Kim Siang, Yip Fook Seng, Tan Kia Heng, Andrew Chee, Cheong Chee Mun, 

Chin Heng Fook. BACK row: Subhas Anandan, Tong Tek Liong, Lam Pin Kwee, Lam Pin Foo, 

Alvin Liau, Kwan Yue Yeong, Cheong Fook Choy, Low Teo Ping. 

Badminton Team 

Front: Wun Khai Ping, Shih Teck Yen, Benny See. 

Back: Gan Kok Peng, Lam Pin Foo, Micky Yong, Lam Pin Kwee, and Mr 

Yang Chye Chew. 

In a premier league tournament, RI emerged the “champion of 

champions”. We owed our victories chiefly to Gan Kok Peng and S. 

Rajendra who represented the Combined Schools in the 1st and 2nd 

singles respectively.

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Basketball 

Gymnastics 

Teacher in charge: Mr Foo 

Don Wan. 

Captain: Tay Ah Wan 

Vice captain: Lawrence Lim 

Secretary: Frederick Koh 

Photo: Back row tallest: 

Archibald and Ho Wah Pak. 

Inter-School Gymnastics Championship: 

RI was placed 2nd in the Senior Section and 1st in the Junior Section. 

Top photo: Display Squard on 1964 Sports Day. 

Anthony Thio (photo below) won the Individual Championship for the 6th year in 

succession. Left: Junior team members: Hoon Soon Kwan, Loh Fang Kam, Zakaria Ahmad, 

Edward Tan.

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Netball 

Back row: (L1) Quek Li-Lian, (L3) Mehta 

Middle row: (L1) Baljinder Kaur, Captain, (L2) Ms Thambiayah, (L3) Choo Yong Mei 

Front/centre: Shirley Wee 

The netball team was formed in April this year under the guidance of Ms Thambiayah. 

Practices began during the April holidays. Also during this time, a friendly match was 

played against Siglap Sec. The first team emerged victorious. However in the City District 

‘A’ Division Netball Competition, we finished fourth. 

We divided our players into two teams. 

1st team: Baljinder Kaur (Captain), Choo Yong Mei (Vice-captain), Mary Wong, Shirley Wee, 

Quek Li-Lian, Tan Kin Mee, and Cher Sok Kew. 

Below: 1958 Netball Team 

2nd team: Mehta Minakshi (Captain), Oh Sok Cheng (Vice-Captain), Davida Boudewyn, Lai 

mei Li, Lim Geak Kim, Rajahlakshmi, and Joyce Davamoni. 

Below: 1958 Netball Team. Front left is Carmee Lee.

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Rugby 

Soccer 

RUGBY 1st XV 1964 

Front row: Tay Boon Seng, Cheong Fook Choy, Chum Chum Yuen, Abdullah Tarmugi, Mr EW 

Jesudason, Mr Lim Guan Kim, Chan Kok Poh, Robert Loo, Cheong Chee Mun, Chan Peng 

Mun. 

Back row: Doh Da Neing, Wong Sin Hee, Hoe Kim Tho, Kwan Yue Yeong, Micky Yong Mee 

Swee, Low Sek Fun, Ho Yew Kee, Patrick Tan Kah Wah, Low Teo Ping. 

Back row: (L1) Mr Sidhu, (L3) Low Sek Fun, 

(L4) Ho Wah Pak, (L6) Mr Sithampalam 

Mid row: (L2) Lai Yew Kong, (L3) Jeffrey 

Tan, Captain, (L4) Ho Kin Kheong, (L5) Lam 

Pin Kwee, (L6) Mr Sithampalam. 

Front: (L1) Mohd Mashnoordin, ( R1) Gopal 

Singh. 

Not in photo: Subhas Anandan

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Softball 

Swimming 

Softball Team 

Teachers in charge: Mr Lee Fong Seng, and Mr John Chew. 

Players front: (L2) Alvin Liau, (L3) Low Teo Ping 

Middle row: (L1) Lam Pin Foo, (L2) Cheong Fook Choy, (L4) Gan Kok Peng. 

Back row: (L1) Yee Kek Onn, (L2) Micky Yong, (L3) Quek Sai Chai (L4) Shafeed Ahmad 

The School’s 21st Swimming Carnival was held at the River Valley Swimming Pool on 21st 

August 1964. In spite of the various setbacks and difficulties caused by the unfortunate 

disturbances in Singapore, the Carnival was a very successful one. Three records were 

broken: two by Tan Thuan Heng in the 400 m and 1,500 m freestyle, both completed 

events, and one by Kwek Teng Khoon (Photo above: front left) in the 100 m. breakstroke. 

The latter is incidentally the 1964 champion in Division I. 

More new records would have been set had our top swimmers Tan Thuan Heng (ex- 

Catholic High school) and Bernard Chan (ex-St Joseph Institution) participated on the 

Carnival Day itself. They were in Kuala Lumpur participating in the Merdeka Games in 

Swimming. 

Photo above: 1963/64 swimmers. MIDDLE row: 1) Lim Ee Koon 3) Wong Wee Nam 5) 

William Ang, 7) Wong Heng Tem, 8) Lee Choon Huat. Chong Hong Siong is in middle of 

Back row. He was the winner of 200M Freestyle Open.

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Volleyball 

School Colours 

On 1 April 1965 the following outstanding sportsmen were awarded 

school colours for 1964 after a meeting of the School Colours Board: 

Chan Kok Poh (Bayley) Athletics/Judo/Rugger 

Hia Kwee Yang (Bayley) Swimming 

Ang Swee Guan (Bayley) Soccer 

Colin d’ Souza (Buckley) Hockey 

Gan Kok Peng (Buckley) Badminton 

Anthony Thio (Buckley) Gymnastics 

Woo Siew Cho (Buckley) Softball 

Patrick Tan (Buckley) Rugger 

Chan Ngon Yue (Hullett) Chess 

Rajaya (Moor) Soccer 

Chng Meng Kng (Morrison) Athletics 

Hoe Kim Tho (Morrison) Rugger 

Front: Cheong Yuen Kong, Mr Sam Sui Hon, Robert Lim Eng Fatt, Ho Yew Kee. 

Rear: Micky Yong, Cheong Fook Choy, Ho Wah Pak, - , Yip Fook Seng, Lam Pin Foo.

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Army Cadets 

Seated 2nd row: Kwan Yue Yeong, Vincent Loh, Tan Kiat Choon, Alfred Tay, Pan Tien Chor, Captain Tan Kim Cheng, Lta M K Sharma. Er Kwong Wah. Ho Yew 

Kee, Diljeet Singh, Prasad. 

There are 62 cadets in the Corps this year. The Corps is affilated to the Malayan Training Wing, Ear East Training Centre, Nee Soon, and the ‘C’ Coy of the Singapore 

Infantry Regiment. Parades are on Thursday from 1430 to 1700 hours. 14 recruits (front row of photo) passed out on April 13th. The Inspecting Officer was LTC Lamb. An 

annual camp was organised by the 2 SIR. The camp was at Pulau Tekong from April 18th to 24th. Cadets were given the chance to shoot .303 as well as the S.L.R. at this 

camp. In the 2nd Annual Inter-Unit Athletic Meet on May 15th. RICC was the runner up to 2101 Scouts.

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The Queen’s Scouts 

2102 Scouts 

2102 Scouts represented Stamford District to the Far East Conference Camp, December 

1964, at Jurong Park, and emerged champion among 15 districts. 

Front: Richard Wong, Ismail Ibrahim, Fong Keng Kheong, Tan Kian. Rear: Low Yan Khin, 

James Woodworth, Scout Master Foo Don Wan, Scouter Henry Yeo, and Kwok Kah Kie. 

The Queen’s Scouts (1963) 

Kan Kin Mun, Victor Ang, Henry Yeo PH, Natahar Bava, Lee Yee Chun, and Tan Swee Tee 

Left: Senior Scouts seated: Yong Mun Cheong, Victor Ang, Lee Yee Chun, Foo Don Wan, 

Henry Yeo, Kan Kin Mun. Back row right is Chin Heng Fook

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2101 Scouts Court of Honour 

Seated: Tay Yow Huat, Lee Yew Mun, Roney Tan, Puhaindran, Ngiam Meng Lang, Tang Tuck Kim, Chee Cheow Eng. 

Back: Choo Lee Ken, Kwok Wai Keong, Chan Bok, Kwek Siew Jin, Lim Kow, Toh Swee Hee, _, Chua Choon Lan, Silva, Chor Wai, Tay Wee Lee. 

Achievements: 

a) In the First Inter Unit Sports Meet held in 1963, the Group emerged champions, thus becoming the first holder of the Jesudason Shield 

(in photo, with school emblem on it). The Group retained the shield for 1964. 

b) In the Stamford Disctrict Scout Sports, we were the outright winners in the Boy Scouts Section, winning four of the five events.

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Musketry Team 

Red Cross 

Musketry Team 1964. 

In the .22 Musketry Competition for the Major Fam Foong Hee Cup (Team Event), RICC was 

the winner for the 2nd year in succession. The Individual event for the Major Anwar Latiff 

Cup was won by CSM Pan Tien Chor. 

Standing: Richard Ow, Wong Siew Chong, Lta Edward Chan, Ho Yew Kee and Chow Mun 

Kong. 

Front: Kwang Yew Yeong, Tan Kiat Choon, Pan Tien Chor, Alfred Tay and Vincent Loh. 

Red Cross Cadet Unit 17. 

FRONT row: 2) Chia Soon Keng 4) Tan Tsu Huang 5) Mr Patrick Chew 6) Ong Hua Beng 7) 

Wong Hen Tem 

Middle row: 2) Steven Tan Kia Heng 3) Quek Joo Seng 5) Lee Jim Teck 7) Loh Yun Yue 8) 

Chuang Kwan Yong 9) Chen Chow Kong 11) Chander T 13) Seow Siang Tuan 

Rear: 1) Leo Chin Seng 5) Jeffrey Chan 7) Hoon Soon Kwan 

The unit is 50 strong. Meetings are held regularly on Saturday afternoons to discuss current 

events about the Red Cross in Singapore and other parts of the world. First Aid classes and 

Foot Drill practices have also been held at these meetings.

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Chess 

‘The Rafflesian’Editorial Board 

‘The Rafflesian’ Editorial Board. Rear: Chow Kok Wah, Sim Boon Chai, Chan Kok Poh, Khoo 

Teng Kew, Fang Peng Thim, Ong Kim Sye, Francis Yin. 

Tan Lian Ann represented Singapore in 

the World Junior Chess Championship, 

at Yugoslavia. He finished fourth. Lian 

Ann also won the Singapore Open Chess 

Championship. The champion in the 

School (RI) Open Chess Championship was 

Lee Chee Yeng who also won the Chinese 

Chess tournament. In the Singapore Junior 

Chess Championship, Jane Lim (Pre-U 1 

Medicine A) became this year’s school girl 

champion and took away the Dr Gellei 

Challenge cup. 

‘The Indicator’ Editorial Board 

Editorial Committee of ‘The Indicator’. Standing 2nd from left is Lee Yock Suan, L4 is Lee 

Choon Huat. L5 is Goh Kim Soon.

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LDCS 

Math & Science 

Above: LDCS committee. Seated from left: Alphonso Loh, Lee Wah Hin, Mr Lee Kok Cheong, 

Ivy Seow, Zalina Kassim. Mark Hong is rear, right. Rear left is Low Miang Chew. 

Science & Maths Exhibition, 1964. 

From left: Mark Hong, Chan Yew, ?, Er Kwong Wah and Chia Soon Keng, put up an 

interesting stall - Hydrostatics Equation Solver - which won a prize in the Mathematics 

Section. 

Professor Kana, right, looks at a Physics exhibit.

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Hullett Memorial Library 

The Hullett Memorial Library is 

made up of three sections, namely 

the Main Library, the Pre-U Library 

and the Staff Library. It is open from 

Monday to Saturday. 

Three Committees are responsible 

for the running of the Library. The 

Pre-U Library Committee is in 

charge of the Pre-U Library which 

is open to all students in the Pre-U 

classes. The Main Library has two 

committees, one from the morning 

session and the other from the 

afternoon session. The committee 

from the morning session is in 

overall charge of the Hullett 

Memorial Library. There are two 

sub-committees to take charge of 

indexing, repairs, and maintenance 

of records and periodicals. 

books under the Dewey Decimal 

System. It took the Committee 

two months to complete this 

task. A new subject index has 

been compiled and an author/ 

title index will be compiled next 

year. The system of lending out 

books, maintenance of records and 

general administrative procedure 

has also been simplified and 

improved. 

PM Librarians 

Front: Kwoh Choo Hong, Tan Kim Khim, Mr Lim Swee Chuan, Quek Teong Choon, Wong 

Kuen Hoe. 

Rear: Arthur Yeo, Wong Peng Keong, Ng Seng Leong, Lim Soon Choon, Tan Kia Heng, Loke 

Tat Luen, Dennis Singham 

Over 500 books have been 

acquired this year. Many of these 

were added to the Reference 

Section.The biggest task 

undertaken this year is that of 

stock-taking and re-classification of

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AM Session Librarians 

FRONT Chow Kwok Wah, Lee Thian Teck, Mohd Mashnoordin, Chia Peng Hong, Mr Ng Kim Beng, Koh Kok Eng, Ng Hee, Tan Hong Ang, Ong 

Lin, Chew Sheng Choy. 

REAR: Chan Guan Chye, Yeo Kheng Hong, Wong Thye Kiew, Hsu Moh Leong, Neo Ban Leong, Tan Ah Hui, Chua Yang Hong, Yeo Hui Cheng, 

Chan Seow Khoon, Fong Chong Huat, Lim Kia Choon, Tang Kwok Choon, Loh Ngin Seng, Pang Boon Ngan, Tan Teck Lee, M Rajan. 

Principal Hullett 

Pre-U Librarians 

Front: Geoffrey Yue, Yeo Loy Hoon Joyce Davamoni, Mansoor Marican, Mr Wong Hee Sing, Ng Seng Sum, Peter Loong, Tan Kin Mee, Mehta 

Minakshi, Goh Khee Kuan. 

Rear: Ng Yew Chong, Wong Heng Tem, Alvin Yong, Chan Wai Mun, David Low, Leo Chin Fook, Ling Siew Meng, Leong Soh Chye.

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Interact Club 

Steering Wheel Club 

Front: Azad, Mr EW Jesudason, Jeffrey Tan. Back: Kandiah, Woo Siew Cho, Robert Loo, 

Kartar Singh, Yong Mun Cheong. 

The Interact Club is a club which aims at “international understanding through action” and 

which is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Singapore. It is new in South East Asia and our 

club is the first to be formed in this part of the world. 

Advisory Board members: Dr AWS Thevathasan, Dr AC Sinha, Principal EW Jesudason, and 

Mr Rutherford. 

The club was inaugurated on 26th October, 1963 at a dinner attended by more than a 

hundred guests. 

Low Hou Loke, Roney Tan, and Chan Peng Mun

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ORA Soccer Team 

On the 10th of April, 1964, the annual 

football match between O.R.A. and the 

Present Boys was played on our school 

grounds. 

The first half was very thrilling with a 

brilliant performance by the O.R.A. but 

their lack of co-ordination resulted in a 

goal in favour of the present boys, scored 

by inside-left Subhas Anandan. When the 

whistle blew for the second half, the O.R.A. 

struck form and scored a series of brilliant 

goals through Ah Kiang, Seng Tham, and 

Chia Boon Leong. With 15 minutes to 

go, the score was 6-1. With such a lead, 

the O.R.A. gave an exhibition of firstclass 

football, the best ever seen on our 

school-ground in recent years. However 

the Present Boys managed to squeeze in 

another goal to make the score 6-2. 

Captained by Chia Boon Leong (A4). Coached by Mr Pates.

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Music & Drama 

Clockwise from extreme left: 

Violinist Gilopez Kabayao, who was a guest 

artist at an RI concert 

Sobest won the Instrument section prize 

M Rajan, who won the Best Actor award 

Ms Ivy Seow acted in ‘The Tree’. 

Magician Teo Kim Siak ‘puffing’ away.. 

Mrs Jesudason presenting prizes to 

Akhtar Shah and gang

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Clockwise from top left: 

Raffles Players present “Julius Caesar” at 

Victoria Theatre. 

“Come let us bathe our hands in Caesar’s 

blood”. The play was staged four nights 

from 25 to 28 May. A matinee show was 

held on 26 May; and at all the five shows, 

the cast played to full houses. 

“The Magic in the Mirror” won Best Play at 

the inaugural Drama Competition held at 

the Cultural Centre on 28 and 29 February. 

Abdullah Tarmugi won the solo section in 

the RI Annual Talentime held at Victoria 

Theatre on 25 June. Runner-up was Edward 

Tan. The compere was Mr Tan Swee 

Leong. The band in attendance was the 

Flamingoes. The finals were judged by Mr 

David Lim, Bernard Salosa and Tan Keng 

Kang.

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Class Projects 

There was general satisfaction 

In future, having had two years of 

be full of real “solid” matter. These 

PROJECT WORK 

That every pupil might familiarise 

over the class projects undertaken 

this year. Of course, there were 

also some disappointments here 

and there. A number of classes 

could not hand in their projects in 

time for Founder’s Day. The whole 

school was given a full six months 

to work on the projects, and it was 

disheartening to find slow coaches. 

On the other hand, there were 

some classes which took only two 

to three weeks in their project 

work. Again, this should not be 

the case. The Principal noted with 

some uneasiness the number of 

class hours and valuable time 

wasted during the last weeks 

before Founder’s Day. Nothing was 

done during the first five months, 

and then came a period of feverish 

activity, resulting in not-so-well 

done projects. 

experience, we should be able to 

utilise all the six months given to 

us. The project should be carried 

out in such a way as to be part of 

our school work. It should not be 

a burden or a hindrance to our 

studies but a part of our extramural 

education and we must take 

it in firm and regular strides. 

Project work involves a great 

deal of concentrated effort. 

There is the task of “going out 

into the open”. Coupled with 

that come observation, research, 

and intelligent recordings. 

The presentation of the final 

show piece should be given 

consideration. Such factors as 

typing, illustrating, arranging, are 

important. 

The contents, of course, should 

projects should be able to bring 

out certain aspects of life in this 

part of the world. They should, 

as far as possible, be original, 

they should contain enough 

relevant facts, and they should be 

comprehensive and interesting. It 

may be too ambitious on our part 

to envisage some of our projects 

to be of use, not only to our own 

students, but to the University, the 

Government, and organisations like 

the Tourist Promotion Board. 

To give you an idea of what the 

Projects were like this year, the R.I. 

Times has compiled a list of all 

the reports – for your reference. 

Some of them may be useful for 

general reading. They can be 

obtained from the Library under 

the reference section. 

himself with his community 

and in his own way make some 

contribution to it, the practice of 

each class working on a yearly 

project has been initiated. The 

project subjects relate entirely to 

life in the community. Pupils go 

out into the community, speak to 

hawkers and gardeners, tourist, 

government officials and social 

workers and compile a typed 

report which is then bound and 

stocked in the school library. 

This work ensures that pupils put 

their knowledge and training to 

practical use and get a sound 

insight into the harsh realities of 

life encountered by people in their 

own community. That the boys go 

about this enthusiasm and produce 

something really worthwhile can 

be seen at the exhibition after the 

ceremony today.

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Tourism in Singapore 

Science 

Spotlight on Malaysia in General 

1. Singapore – A Tourist’s Paradise 

2. Visit Singapore, New York of Malaysia 

3. Singapore’s Tourist Attractions 

4. The Van Kleef Aquarium 

Geography 

1. Industrialisation Programme of Singapore 

2. Social Survey of Malay Village at Changi 

3. Survey of Tuas Fishing Village 

4. Water Supply in Singapore 

5. Survey of Bedok River and its 

surroundings 

6. Agriculture in Singapore 

7. A Survey of Mount Faber Ridge 

8. The Meteorological Station of Singapore 

9. A Visit to a farm in Braddel Road 

10. Small Industries of Singapore 

11. Pulau Bukum 

12. The Singapore Fire Brigade 

4A (Arts) 

3C (Arts) 

1C 

1K 

Pre-U2 Sc. B 

4C (Arts) 

4E (Science) 

3A (Arts) 

3C (Science) 

3E (Science) 

3D (Arts) 

2A 

2L 

1C 

1I 

1H 

1. A Survey of Engineering Opportunities in 

Singapore 

2. Artificial Satellites 

3. Television in Singapore 

Transportation in Singapore 

1. Singapore Harbour 

2. A Survey of the Singapore Port Authority 

3. Singapore Port Authority 

4. Aviation 

5. Public Transport in Singapore 

6. Paya Lebar International Airport 

Social Welfare in Singapore 

1. Survey of the Tanah Merah Red Cross Home 

2. Institutions for the Handicapped and 

Mentally Retarded 

3. A Survey in Juvenile Delinquency 

4. Red Cross 

Pre-U2 Sc. A 

3A (Science) 

2I 

Pre-U1 Sc. A 

4B (Arts) 

3D (Science) 

4B (Science) 

2B 

2E 

4C (Science) 

4E (Arts) 

3B (Arts) 

2F 

1. Malaysia Project 

2. Malayan Stock Exchange 

3. Building Room in Singapore 

Education 

1. Higher Education 

2. Newspapers 

3. Public Libraries in Singapore 

Miscellaneous 

1. The 1964 Secondary 4 Rafflesians 

2. Our 1964 Efforts 

Pre-U2 Arts A 

Pre-U2 Arts B 

4A (Science) 

Pre-U1 Sc. B 

3B (Science) 

2B 

4D (Science) 

2C 

Biology and Medical Science 

1. Survey of Health Conditions of Singapore 

2. Maternity and Child Welfare in Singapore 

3. Flora and Fauna of Mandai Forest Reserve Pre-U1 Med. A 

4. Coastal Life of Singapore 

5. Malayan Fruits 

6. Amphibians, Birds, Fishes, 

Malayan Animals, Plants, Insects 

Pre-U2 Med. A 

Pre-U2 Med. B 

Pre-U1 Med B 

3F (Arts) 

2K 

Malaysian Culture 

1. Local Festivals 

2. Singapore’s Major Religions 

3. Some Places of worship in Singapore 

4. Sporting Activities in Singapore 

Hawkers 

1. Pasar Malam 

2. Hawkers of Singapore 

Pre-U1 Arts A 

4D (Arts) 

2G 

2D 

2A 

2J 

Teacher Ms CJ David watches as Toh Puan Nor Aishah flips 

through the class project journals, which were exhibited 

next to the students’ Arts and Photographic works. 

Standing next to them is Mrs John Le Cain, the wife of the 

Ag Police Commissioner. 

3. Hawkers and Markets 

1B

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Staff Photo 

Front Row: MK Sharma, Kwek Seng Chai, CJ David, HR Dennison, Husni bin Baidzawi, Lee Thean Aun, JA David, Koh Beng Thiam, S Natarajan, Cheng Lin Tan (Tham Siew Ngoh), George 

Sobrielo, PK Hernon, EW Jesudason (Principal), KP John, Tan Keng Kang, Mrs LK Sigamoney, Koh Khek Cheow, N Suppiah, Eugene Wijeysingha, Vincent Gomez, Ng Kim Beng, SS Sidhu, PV 

Pestana, Doreen Thambaiyah, Pauline Chia, Capt Tan Kim Cheng. 

Middle Row: Lim Swee Chuan, Ng Eng Teck, Yang Chye Chew, Sam Sui Hon, Lee Tee Sim, Liang Chee Chow, AL Sundram, Chee Kwong Chong, David Paul, Jee Yan Kin, Tan Jui Lian, T 

Sithampalam, Mok Seng Huat, John Chew, Lim Eng Fatt, S Sahadevan, Lim Guan Kim, Chen Yeu Chong, Lam Peck Heng, John Yip, Lee Fong Seng, Damu Asokan, Ram C Nair, TT Joseph, Low 

Wah Horn, Sin Kwai Meng. 

Back Row: Wong Hee Sing, David Lim Kim San, Alias b Marzuki, Mohan Sundram, Chew Siang Pow, Quay Kim Cheng, Ahmad b Zahari, A Quddoos, S Ortega, Soong Hee Siong, Patrick 

Chew, Moses Tay, Hector Chee KH, Lim Tian Soo, EB Doraisamy, S Puhaindran, Choo Tian Seng, Quah Siam Tee, Tan Wee Kiat, Lim Jit Poh, Lee Kok Cheong, John Tan.

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84 

The Year 1965 

The Year 

1965 

in focus 

96 School Reopened 

- Challenge to New 

Rafflesians 

- School Calender 1965 

- Photos of Staff, and Prefects 

106 Founders Day 

- Minister of Education’s 

Speech 

- Principal’s Address 

118 Sports Day / Swimming 

Carnival 


135 Uniformed Groups (Cadets/ 

Scouts/Red Cross) 

145 Clubs & Societies

Bayley House, 1965 FRONT row: Shirley Wee, Pang Tien Chor, Kwan Yue Yeong (vice captain), Mr N Suppiah, Lam Pin Kwee (captain), Sim Boon Chai (secretary), Quek Li-Lian. 

2ND Row: Lau Kheong Thye, Lambaya, ?, Lee Ah Huat (Judo), Low Yan Khim (rugger), Lim Ee Hoon (swimming), Tay Boon Seng (soccer), Wun Khai Ping (badminton), Micky Yong (softball). 

3RD row: Kulwant Singh (hockey) Mark Hong (debating). REAR row: Yeo Ek Thoe (tennis) Archibald Kang (tallest man), Alfred Tay. 

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86 

The Year 1965 

Introduction: 

A Summary from 

Our Class 

From Pre U 2 Science A (1965), contributed by Sim Boon Chai in August 2015 

In 1964, racial riots broke out and 

tensions continued for months. 

Our studies were disrupted often 

when curfews were declared to 

curb with the riots. Schools had to 

be closed and we had to return 

home immediately. Many of us 

had to walk home because public 

transportation were in chaos as a 

result of the curfew. “Konfrontasi” 

was declared by Indonesia and 

saboteurs set off several bombs 

in the city and the school like 

many others received bomb 

threats. Whenever there was a 

bomb threat, we had to leave 

our classrooms and gather in the 

middle of the field (now Raffles 

City). Fortunately all the bomb 

threats turned out to be hoaxes for 

RI. 

The school buildings in Bras 

Basah Road were old and there 

seemed to be little maintenance. 

The Annexe blocks and also the 

Main block had old timber French 

windows many of which were 

rotted away. We were warned 

not to hang around below the 

windows during recess in case the 

windows fell down. The flooring 

of the upper floors were creaky 

and squeaky. In this overcrowded 

assembly hall, we were taught to 

sing local and western songs by Mr 

Jesudason,who started a musical 

tradition. The hall was crammed 

shoulder to shoulder, and you can 

feel the warp of the floor during 

assemblies. 

RI had pupils from primary schools 

like Monk’s Hill, Pearl’s Hill etc. 

Secondary school had about 40 

pupils per class. In Pre-U 1, we 

also had pupils from Catholic High, 

Queenstown Secondary etc. The 

numbers per class were slightly 

smaller, around 36 in Pre U. As 

the premier school , competition 

was intense. Most of the students 

took buses to school, and you 

could hear the noisy buses revving 

their engines. Lee Yock Suan 

remembers clinging on to the 

handrails at the entrance of the 

overcrowded buses for dear life. 

Our class had two Presidents 

Scholars (introduced in 1965) - Lee 

Yock Suan and Leong Yu Kiang. 

Colombo Plan Scholars in our class 

were Teo Oon Hock, Kan Kin Mun, 

Teo Hock Hin, Moh Siew Meng, 

Er Kwong Wah, Wong Heng Tem , 

Chan Wai Mun, Tan Yong Seng, Lee 

Kian and Tan Wai Liang. Sim Boon 

Chai won the Shell Scholarship. 

On the sports field our arch rival 

in rugby was St Andrews. For 

sports, our class had Micky Yong 

for rugby , and Tan Thuan Heng for 

swimming (he took part in the 1964 

Olympics, and was the National 

Sportsman of the Year for 1967). 

Mr Koh Beng Thiam was our 

chemistry teacher. Never mind 

that the fume chambers were not

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perfect , and we could smell the 

whiff of hydrogen sulphide. Other 

teachers were Messrs Puhaindran, 

Lee Fong Seng. Lam Peck Heng, 

Wong Hee Sing, Sigamoney,KP 

John, Gulam, Fernandez, PK 

Hernon, S.S.Sidhu and Yap Boon 

Chuan etc. They were dedicated 

teachers, as were most teachers 

our time, who spent a lifetime in 

education. 

Doing projects of any kind was 

not compulsory then as it is now. 

They were done voluntarily and 

unguided. These projects were 

usually proposed for competitions. 

There were also Science Fairs held. 

the stench of the canal. There was 

a 100-year old banyan tree next to 

the canteen which provided shade 

from the hot sun. Food nearby 

were delicious Indian rojak and 

sarabat stalls around Waterloo 

Street . 

Nearby there were bookshops 

such as Educational Bookstore, 

Bookstore, the original National 

Library and theatres like Capitol , 

the old Cathay and the old Odeon. 

Just across North Bridge Road was 

the old Bras Basah Road Bethesda 

church, where about 30 pupils from 

the school would take part in a 

weekday church service. 

Pre U 2 Science A (1965) 

Seated Front: Loh Hoong Sum, 

Lam Pin Foo, Wong Heng 

Tem, Leong Yu Kiang, Lee Yock 

Suan, Mr Koh Beng Thiam, Kan 

Kin Mun, Chia Soon Keng, and 

Sim Boon Chai. 

Our school canteen was near the 

Stamford canal, and we could smell 

Malayan Publishing House (MPH), 

Marican, Popular, Commercial

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The Year 1965 

A Challenge to 

New Rafflesians 

An editorial originally published in the January 1965 issue of R.I. Times 

Every new year sees the passing 

gone. Our circle of brotherhood 

our new brothers of the increasing 

to become part of it. The older 

and the coming of Rafflesians. 

brings on new additions from the 

responsibilities of a growing youth 

Rafflesians have an important duty 

For yet another time in its history, 

primary schools of Singapore. On 

in our society, and in an institution 

to perform in this respect. It is they 

Raffles Institution bids farewell to 

behalf of all the older Rafflesians, 

like ours. 

who will have to inculcate, both by 

her youthful sons who pass on from 

we extend a warm welcome to 

precept and by example, this spirit 

this major stepping-stone into the 

our new brothers who will in the 

There are countless boys who, 

in their younger brothers. 

world proper. The occasion may 

years to come share in a life that 

on passing the Primary School 

be sorrowful for a moment, but we 

distinguishes Raffles Institution 

Leaving Examination, have been 

realise that the faces and voices 

from any other school. Allow us 

trying hard to seek entry into our 

that we may no longer see or hear 

also to welcome our many friends 

school. The reasons are many, but 

will be expanding the Rafflesian 

who have come to join us in the 

it certainly is no wild claim that 

circle wider and wider at home and 

Pre-University classes; and we 

Raffles Institution is a “popular” 

abroad. 

hope that in their two years here, 

school, if not the most “popular”. 

they would be able to follow our 

Our school is known for its long- 

1964 already seems to have 

way of life. 

established traditions and glorious 

withdrawn deep into oblivion, 

achievements. It is indeed a joy 

while the New Year brings hope 

While it is an exciting and a proud 

to every new Rafflesian to be able 

and cheer to all. Fresh new blood 

experience for a boy to enter upon 

to feel the spirit that pervades 

is being injected into Rafflesian life 

a new stage of development in 

our school. But it will take yet a 

to take the place of that which has 

his life, we cannot help but warn 

while to understand this spirit, and

Old Rafflesians’ Association Dinner (1965) at Raffles Girls School, Anderson Rd. 

PM Lee Kuan Yew (in centre), is hosted by Mr Milton Tan (President, ORA) and Mr EW Jesudason. 

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90 

The Year 1965 

School Reopens 

School reopened on 4th January, 

are altogether 52 new girls, thus 

There were 51 classes with 

Asokan Damu 

1965 with a total enrolment of 

bringing the female population in 

breakdown into various levels: 

(Naval Base Sec) 

2,000 odd pupils in both the 

morning and afternoon sessions. 

Prominent among the new ones 

are, of course, the 280 boys who 

RI to 97. 

A further analysis shows that there 

are 10 girls from Raffles Girls 

School, 7 from S’pore Chinese Girls 

Secondary 1: 7 




Chee Kwong Chong 

(Qeenstown III Academic Sch) 

Jee Yan Khin 

(Queenstown lll Academic Sch) 

are just beginning their secondary 

education. The primary school that 

produced the most boys (about 

20 boys) admitted into RI was 

Pearl’s Hill in China town. All in all 

School, 7 from Katong Con vent, 

5 from Convent of the Holy Infant 

Jesus, 5 from Tanjong Katong Girls 

School , 4 from St Anthony, 4 from 

St Joseph, 3 from St. Hilda, 2 from 

Pre-U 1: 7 

Pre-U 2: 6 

We welcome four lady teachers: 

Tay King Inn, Ng Seok Moi, Han 

Mok Seng Huat 

(Upper Aljunied Int. Tech Sch) 

Low Wah Horn 

(Govt Printing Office Int. Tech Sch) 

there are 7 Secondary One classes 

all functioning in the afternoon 

session. 

In addition, there are 59 new 

students in the Pre-U One classes. 

These are the boys and girls who 

have competed successfully for the 

few coveted vacancies available. A 

breakdown 

of the figures shows that there 

Methodist Girls School, and 1 from 

St. John. 

There are 2 boys from Queenstown 

Tech Sch, 2 from Tanjong Katong 

Tech Sch, 1 from Siglap Sec Sch, 1 

from Outram, 1 from St Patrick, and 

1 from Catholic High*. 

Kim Hoong, and Kong Biu Wah. 

The following teachers left us at the 

end of 1964: 

John Yip Soon Kwong 

(Tanjong Katong Sec Tech Sch) 

EB Doraisamy 

(Serangoon Eng Sec Sch) 

Lim Jit Poh 

(Pasir Panjang Sec) 

Tan Jui Lian 

(Whitley Sec) 

T Sithampalam 

(Upper Aljunied Int Academic Sch) 

Quay Kim Cheng 

(Naval Base Sec) 

Foo Don Wan 

(Jalan Ampas Int. Vocational Sch).

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Primary 6 (1960) of Cairnhill Pr Sch. 

Lim Ee Koon and Koh Kock Eng (2nd and 3rd from right front row) spent their Primary 1 to 5 in another school i.e. Rangoon Road School. Went to RI in 1961, together with Lee Ah Huat 

(front, 2nd from left). 

* the boy from Catholic High was Su Guaning, who eventually became President Emeritus of Nanyang Technological University (NTU)

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The Year 1965 

1965 School Calendar 

TERM 1 

(January 4 – April 9) 

Holidays 

Thaipusam 

Chinese New Year 

Hari Raya Puasa 

Inter-house Games 

Soccer 

Hockey 

Softball 

Chinese Chess 

Chess 

Badminton 

Tennis 

Jan. 18 

Feb. 2, 3 

Feb. 4, 5 

Jan. 16 – 30 

Feb. 6 – 20 

Feb. 6 – 20 

Feb. 13 – 18 

Feb. 19 – 25 

Feb. 27 – Mar. 10 

Mar. 15 – 23 

School Championships 

Chess 

Badminton 

Judo 

Feb. 

Feb. 

Apr. 

8 – 17 

18 – Mar. 12 

5 – 9 

Athletics 

School X-Country 

City District 

Inter-District 

Standard Tests Sec. l, ll 

Inter-Class Sec. l & ll 

Raffles Players 

Drama Competition 

L.D.C.S. 

Inter-House Debates 

Inter-House Quiz 

Cadets 

Cert. A Pt. 1 Exam 

Passing out Parade 

Annual Camp 

Drill Day 

House Meetings 

Election of Officials 

Prep. for Sports Day 

Feb. 12 

Feb. 19 

Feb. 26 

Mar. 31 – Apr. 6 

Apr. 9 

Mar. 12 & 13 

Feb. 10 – Mar. 5 

Apr. 1 – 9 

Mar. 7 

Apr. 4 

April Holidays 

Thurs, 2.30 – 5.00 

Jan. 13 

Apr. 5 

Scouts 

Job Week 

Meetings 

Campfire 

Examination 

TERM 2 

(April 26 – July 30) 

Holidays 

Labour & State Day 

Vesak Day 

Day after Sports 

Birthday of King 

Teachers’ Day 

Day after Founder’s Day 

Prophet’s Birthday 

Inter-House Games 

Volleyball 

Basketball 

Sepak Raga 

Rugger 

Gymnastics 

April Holidays 

Saturdays 

Apr. 10 

Mar. 24 

May 1 

March 24 

May 24 

June 2 

June 5 

June 18 

July 10 

May 1 - 15 

May 22 - June 5 

June 12 - 26 

July 3-17 

July 9

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School Championships 

Table Tennis 

16 – 25 

Scouts 

Cadets 

Haddon Cup Drill Comp. 

Sept. 

Athletics 

Junior Camp 

Meetings 

Aug. Holidays 

Saturday 

Annual Inspection 

Combd. Cadets Annual 

Oct. 

School Heats 

Apr. 26 – May 14 

Inspection 

Inter-Unit Meet 

May 3 

Cadets 

Inter-House Relays 

Annual Sports 

Pre-U Meet 

City Dist. Meet 

May 14 

May 22 

May 28 

June 1, 4, 5 

Inter-Section Shoot 

Inter-Platoon Shoot 

Past v Present Shoot 

Inter-Corp Shoot 

June 13 

June 20 

June 

July 

Examinations 

Pre-Final Pre-U ll, Sec.4 

Question Papers 

Final Exam 

Aug. 25 – Sept. 10 

July 28 

Oct. 13 

Sec. lll & lV Meet 

June 12 

Cert. A Pt. ll Exam 

July 25 

Inter-Dist. Meet 

June 19, 30-Jul 2,3 

House Meeting 


Prep. for Carnival 

June 16 

As You Like It 

June 9 – 15 

Examination 

July 14 

Science Exhibitions 

May 5, 6, 7 

Art Competitions and Exhibition 

Senior & Junior June 25 

TERM 3 

(23 August – 19 Nov) 

Founder’s Day 

Speech & Prize Giving 

Photography 

June 17 

Holidays 

Malaysia Day 

Children’s Day 

Deepavali 

Aug. 31 

Oct. 4 

Oct. 23 

Senior & Junior 

Competition & Exhibition 

Swimming 

June 14 

Swimming 

City-Dist. Meet 

Inter-Dist. Meet 

Sept. 10 

Sept. 15 – 18 

Sept. 

School Heats 

June 30 & July 2 

Carnival 

July 28

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The Year 1965 

School Staff - Duties 

Bayley 

Red Cross 

Netball 

Chess Club 

Science & Maths 

S Natarajan 

Sim KM 

Doreen Thambiayah 

Wong Hee Sing 

Wong Hee Sing 

N Suppiah 

Kong BW 

Mrs Sigamoney 

Quddoos 

Tennis 

Art Club 

Vincent Gomez 

2101 Scouts 

Tan Kim Cheng 

Ng Kim Beng 

Buckley 

Puhaindran 

Quay Kim Cheng 

Quddoos 

Musical Society 

Koh Beng Thiam 

Quah Siam Tee 

G Sobrielo 

Wong Hee Sing 

Athletics 

LDCS 

Ng Seok Moi 

02 Scouts 

Pestana 

Lee Kok Cheong 

Library 

Lim Thuan Soo 

Puhaindran 

Ng Kim Beng 

Hullett 

LDCS (Malay) 

PK Hernon 

Army Cadets 

Rugby 

Husni Baidzawi 

S Sidhu 

Tan Kim Cheng 

Lim Guan Kim 

Alias 

Tay King Inn 

MK Sharma 

Lam Peck Heng 

Moses Tay 


Moor 

Brass Band 

John Tan 

KP John 

G Sobrielo 

Soccer 

Mrs Dennison 

Lee Fong Seng 

S Sidhu 

Sundram 

Judokai 

Sithampalam 

Historical Society 

Lee Thean Aun 

E Wijeysingha 

Morrison 

Hobbies Club 

Wong Hee Sing 

Badminton 

Koh Khek Cheow 

Geographical 

E Wijeysingha 

Yang Chye Chew 

Society 

Sahadevan 

Ng Eng Teck 

Damu Asokan

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“Our teachers set and maintain a standard that is higher than the standards set by the Cambridge Oversea School 

Certificate and Higher School Certificate. Thus no pupil however brilliant he or she may be has any room for 

complacency or intellectual snobbery while he or she is in RI.” 

Teachers outside the Staff Room. From right: John Yip, 

John Tan, Ms Tham . Back facing us is servant Ah Lok. 

(Principal EW Jesudason, 1965)

96 

The Year 1965 

Editorial: 

Producing a School Magazine 

Too many school magazines are 

being produced simply because 

they have to be produced. A 

school magazine is now seldom 

that positive symbol of student 

solidarity, which, together with 

the very sentimental “old school 

ties”, has been the hallmark that 

made British education of the 

last few decades a model for the 

whole world. Rather, it has become 

an annual affair that cannot be 

terminated because tradition 

demands otherwise. 

1. Our school magazine has to 

embody all the joys, achievements 

and shortcomings of the year, and 

it is to live with us as a record of 

that period in our life, which will 

yield many esoteric sentiments 

when we look back in later years. 

2. It is our intention to elevate the 

standards of the magazine so that 

it may be widly acclaimed in all 

famous libraries of the world, for if 

so, we cannot but fail. Our goal is 

much more modest. We address 

school they can never forget. 

But, such a companion for 

Rafflesians can be a success only 

if Rafflesians themselves strive to 

make it so. 

Indeed, the pleasure that any 

student can derive from such a 

magazine varies with the role he 

has played, and the interest he 

has shown in the activities of the 

school. If he lacks both these 

attributes, the magazine can be 

hardly more than an impersonal 

the inevitable result is that, on 

leaving these walls, his capabilities 

begin with reading and end with 

writing, which are only incidental 

means towards education whose 

ultimate aim is the formation of 

integrated characters. This can be 

attained, on the small scale, only 

through active participation in the 

various activities of the school. 

Examinations and their outcome 

cannot be belittled in a world 

such as ours, but a capacity for 

leadership and an ability to forward 

While such a spirit might be 

occasionally tolerated elsewhere, 

we in Raffles Institution certainly 

do not wish to participate in this 

purposeless practice. 

only The Rafflesians and any other 

reading audience is incidental. 

3. Our magazine is to be a volume 

that Rafflesians read and re-read 

because it portrays the spirit of a 

publication, extremely distant to 

him. 

Anyone bent on pursuing 

education solely and exclusively 

in the classrooms will find that 

the right decisions are assets that 

cannot be measured in terms of 

diplomas and certificates. 

Indeed, why is school and 

university life considered so

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mandatory in the appraisal of an 

educated man? Many examinations 

can be passed through self-study 

or correspondence courses, and 

in many instances these provide 

the students with a more intimate 

acquaintance with their text-books 

and notes. But yet, the educational 

institutions from which a man 

stems are considered to be just 

as important as the number of 

distinctions on his certificate. 

Much can be said for the 

accumulation of facts through 

text-books, but this should not 

comprise the whole of education. 

An ability to analyse facts and 

to present a critical outlook 

is far more important than an 

elephantine capacity to remember 

what someone thinks we should 

think is right. 

Students should be developed 

in such a way that they accept 

new ideas readily, and not be 

conditioned to intransigently resist 

any-thing that undermines their 

preconceived notions. Project 

work, beyond the normal school 

curriculum, can do much in this 

direction. If the project is properly 

selected so that it is a pleasure, and 

not a burdensome labour or duty, 

to the students, who then tread a 

more realistic world of learning, 

exerting their initiative, joined only 

by a spirit of co-operation. 

This very magazine itself is a fine 

example of student co-operation. 

It portrays the integrated efforts 

of Rafflesians at all the various 

activities of the school life. The 

unwritten message of undying 

determination towards the 

betterment of self and community 

produces an echo in the soul of 

every genuine Rafflesian. 

However, we should like to see 

every Rafflesian carry out a selfimposed 

assignment to contribute 

an article to the magazine. 

Students from the upper forms 

should have ideas more readily 

forth-coming for publication in 

this their magazine. It seems to 

be a general Asian modesty to 

try to remain as unobstrusive as 

possible. Such a reluctance to 

express opinions must be fought 

and conquered, for, when Raffles 

Institution publishes a school 

magazine it must be one that 

reflects the character of the school 

and the feelings of the students. 

Rafflesians have been noted for a 

superb performance in whatever 

they undertake. We are privileged 

to wear this mantle of fame; let us 

be worth in us live the Hope for a 

Better Future. 

Cover of 1965 RI school magazine. 

Editors: Lam Pin Kwee, Alphonso Loh, 

Lee Thian Teck, Tan Kian, and Ng Soo 

Ming

98 

The Year 1965 

Founder’s day speech 

By the Minister of Education 

Delivered by Guest of Honour, Mr Ong Pang Boon, at RI’s Speech Day on 17 June, 1965 at 4.30 pm. 

Today’s function, as your Principal 

and it is a form of investment which 

free primary education. 

are then still unsuccessful in the 

has pointed out, marks the 142nd 

pays the highest dividends. The 

examination, they are sent to 

anniversary of the founding of the 

present Government, being fully 

Every child admitted to school 

Secondary Vocational Schools 

School. 142 years is a ripe old age 

aware of this principle, has during 

will stay in school for at least 10 

for a 2-year course to prepare 

for any institution anywhere. In 

the past 6 years expended a total 

years, by which time he will have 

them either for employment in 

our young country it covers almost 

of $465 million on education, of 

obtained his School Certificate or 

industry and commerce, or for 

the entire period of our history. In 

which $50 million has been spend 

his Secondary Vocational School 

further training as craftsmen in the 

a relative sense, Raffles Institution 

on school building alone. 

Certificate. This means that our 

Vocational Institute. 

is no less ancient than some of the 

minimum school-leaving age is 

Colleges of Oxford and Cambridge 

The investment of this colossal 

16+ which is higher than that of 

For those who pass the PSLE, 

founded in the Middle Ages, and 

sum has already produced some 

the United Kingdom where the 

there is a choice of academic, 

no less hallowed with tradition. 

impressive returns. At this very 

school leaving age is only 15+. 

technical or commercial education 

Through all the 142 years of its 

moment registration for admission 

Even at the Primary 6 level, only 

in well-designed and fully 

history, Raffles Institution has not 

to Primary 1 next year is in progress 

failures in the Primary School 

equipped secondary schools. 

only set the pace for other schools 

and every one of the estimated 

Leaving Examination (PSLE) who 

For the past two years about 60% 

to follow but has produced some 

60,000 children aged 6 and above 

are 16 years of age and above are 

of all pupils admitted to schools 

of our country’s ablest leaders. 

who registers for admission will 

required to leave school and such 

had the opportunity to study up 

It is my sincere hope that it will 

be assured of a place. Moreover, 

pupils constitute only 1% of the 

to Secondary 4 and sat for the 

continue to do so. 

parents are free to choose the 

total number of candidates. The 

School Certificate or its equivalent 

language medium of instruction for 

rest of the failures are allowed 

examinations, whereas in the States 

Expenditure on education is an 

their children and all Singaporean 

to repeat the examination until 

of Malaya, only about 20% had the 

investment in human resources 

citizens are entitled to 6 years of 

they are aged 14+ and if they 

opportunity to complete secondary

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education and sat for the same 

examination. 

Even at the Pre-University level, 

we have been able to admit 

approximately 30% of those 

who pass the School Certificate 

examination. This percentage is 

almost double that in the States of 

Malaya. 

Looking to the future, we have 

plans not only to maintain our 

present rate of expansion, but also 

to improve the quality of teaching 

and learning. A second College 

will be established to provide fulltime 

teacher-training. 

With the basic structure of 

our educational system firmly 

established and with primary and 

secondary education available 

to all our citizens, facilities for 

Pre-University education will 

be expanded. Plans are being 

drawn up for the establishement 

of 4 Junior Colleges, where Pre- 

University classes in the different 

language media, at present 

conducted in secondary schools, 

will be centralised. It is hoped 

that with the establishment of 

these Junior Colleges, more 

places will be available for preuniversity 

students and the quality 

of teaching and learning will be 

further improved. 

In addition, two more Vocational 

Institutes will be established, one 

specialising in Engineering and 

the other in the Applied Arts. With 

all these plans afoot, the future of 

education in Singapore is indeed a 

bright one. 

Our future depends not only on 

the material prosperity of our 

country, but also on the calibre of 

the men and women who make 

up the fabric of our society. To 

you and others like you who are 

entering the threshold of the 

adult working world, we look for 

the future leaders, administrators, 

teachers and other professional 

and technical personnel who will 

work together as a team. 

To all of you who have done so 

well in the School Certificate and 

Mr Ong Pang Boon (4th from left) came as guest. Others in photo, from left, EW Jesudason, 

PK Hernon, Dr Poh (ORA President), and Acting Police Commissioner John Le Cain. 


examinations, and especially to 

those of you who will be receiving 

prizes, I offer my congratulations 

and my best wishes for a successful 

and rewarding career.

100 

The Year 1965 

Founder’s Day (1965), 

Mr and Mrs Ong Pang Boon came as Guest of Honour, and received by Mr Milton Tan, 

(right). 

Minister for Education Ong Pang 

Boon inspecting the RI Cadet Corps, 

accompanied by Captain Tan Kim Cheng.

101 

The Principal’s Address 

delivered by Principal of RI, E W Jesudason at RI Founder’s Day 1965 

Mr. Chairman, the Hon. Minister 

for Education, Mr. Ong Pang Boon, 

Mrs. Ong Pang Boon, ladies and 

gentlemen. On behalf of Raffles 

Institution, I wish to extend to you 

all a warm welcome, on this the 

142nd anniversary of the school. 

Last year, at the Speech Day 

Ceremony we were very pleased 

when the Minister indicated his 

willingness to attend, not as Guest 

of Honour, but as one genuinely 

interested in the progress of this 

particular school. This year we are 

delighted to have him and Mrs. 

Ong as our Guests of Honour. It 

gives us great pleasure to feel that 

Mrs. Ong who will be giving away 

the prizes this afternoon is no less 

a person than the member for 

Delta in the Singapore legislative 

Assembly. 

We are also very pleased to see 

that many parents have responded 

to our invitation. In the past we 

have found it difficult to draw them 

to the school. This year we have 

made it clear to them that without 

their reciprocal interest in the 

running of this school, functions 

like these would lose their 

importance and significance. 

Annual Report 

On an occasion like this it is 

generally the practice for most 

educational institutions to 

give a glowing report of their 

achievements but leave unsaid 

whatever tends to discredit them. 

Raffles Institution is one of the few 

schools which can afford to leave 

nothing unsaid and yet present a 

glowing report of its activities. For 

this privileged position we have to

102 

The Year 1965 

be grateful to several factors: 

that if at all they derive a deep 

In the Higher School Certificate 

distinction in every subject. They 

sense of well-being and happiness, 

Examination, 164 candidates out of 

are Fan Peng Thim and Liu Chow 

1. The first is the RAFFLESIAN 

it is not from the remuneration 

204 obtained full certificates giving 

Seng. 2 boys had 4 distinctions 

TRADITION which is almost like a 

they receive but from a sense of 

us a percentage of 80.1. This 

each. They are Loo Heng Shuen 

straight-jacket in the discipline it 

progress and achievement in their 

figure incidentally is higher than 

and Chan Ngon Yue. 

imposes on us. 

working sphere. I say this, because 

the figures of the three previous 

during the last year, my teachers 

years. One subject in which we 

Scholarship Awards 

2. The second is PUBLIC OPINION. 

and I have felt a sense of progress 

have made phenomenal progress 

The Yang di-Pertuan Negara 

The strong and generally blind 

and a feeling of achievement which 

in recent years is English Language. 

Scholarships 

faith public opinion has in us 

is unprecedented. 

There were 30 distinctions in 

The Yang di-Pertuan scholarships 

subjects us to further disciplines. 


were instituted in 1964 to replace 

A record number of 430 students 

Examination. Considering the 

the Singapore State Scholarships 

3. Thirdly, the PUPILS who have 

sat for the examination, and as 

difficulty in attaining distinction 

as the State’s highest academic 

come to us work with an ardour 

the figures in the programme will 

level in this particular subject, we 

tribute to students who have 

that is almost fanatic in order to 

show you 192 obtained Division 

are very pleased with these result 

achieved outstanding successes 

maintain our standards. 

One certificates, 136 Division 

in their school careers in both the 

Two, 60 Division 3 and 8 General 

In the School Certificate 

academic and non-academic fields. 

4. And lastly our TEACHERS set 

Certificate of Education. 397 

examination one boy, Toh Kim Huat 

and maintain a standard that is 

passed the examination giving us 

had a distinction in every subject. 

The scholarships are different 

higher than the standards set by 

a percentage of 92.3. If we could 

5 boys had 7 distinctions each, 

from the State Scholarships in that 

the Cambridge Oversea School 

divert our weaker students to an 

10 had 6 distinctions each and 

the awards are not only tenable 

Certificate and Higher School 

afternoon school with a different 

another 10 boys had 5 distinctions 

in the local institutions but are 

Certificate. Thus no pupil however 

name, as a rival school somewhere 

each. This means that according 

open to students whose choice 

brilliant he or she may be has 

in Barker Road is privileged to do, 

to the new regulations a total of 

of study is not found in the local 

any room for complacency or 

then we would have no difficulty 

26 boys are qualified to sit the 

universities. They are not confined 

intellectual snobbery while he or 

in getting 100% passes every 

entrance examination for Oxford 

to the English stream students but 

she is in Raffles Institution. 

year. But neither the Ministry of 

and Cambridge when the time 

may be awarded to candidates 

Education nor our Rafflesian spirit 

comes. 

educated in any of the four media – 

School Certificate & Higher 

will permit us to resort to this 

sole emphasis being on pure merit. 

School Certificate Results 

device. 

In the Higher School Certificate 

Most schoolmasters will tell you 

examination, two boys had a 

Of the six awards made in 1965,

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I am proud to say that four came 

Non-Academic Activities 

and pupils to maintain high 

weekly assembly and outlines his 

to Raffles Institution. The scholars 

Although our extra-mural 

standards make the school a hive 

programme for the year. At the 

concerned are Fan Peng Thim 

programme is seriously affected by 

of activity and it takes me all my 

end of the year, he makes another 

who will be shortly leaving for 

the lack of adequate facilities, our 

time and effort to keep pace with 

address to tell the school to what 

Canada to study medicine. Loo 

record during the year as given in 

them. 

extent his programme has been a 

Heng Shuen who is going to 

the programme will show you that 

success. 

study Production Engineering in 

the Rafflesian spirit on the field is as 

The Raffles Cadet Corps by 

the United Kingdom. Liu Chow 

fiery as it is in the classroom. 

winning the Efficiency Shield has 

Some of the highlights of the 

Seng who is now in New Zealand 

proven itself to be the best School 

work of the Societies are the 

studying Chemical Engineering 

In the City District Sports, we have 

Corps in Singapore. 

annual exhibitions, forums and 

and Chng Meng Kng who has 

emerged champions for the sixth 

inter-school quiz contests. At the 

passed the entrance examination 

successive year. Our Gymnastics 

School Clubs and Societies 

conclusion of the proceedings 

and will be proceeding to the 

champion won the Inter-school title 

If education can be judged by the 

here this afternoon, I have 

University of Cambridge to study 

for the seventh year in succession. 

reciprocal part played by students 

great pleasure in inviting you to 

Economics. 

Two of our swimmers represented 

through activities organised by 

witness an Art exhibition and a 

Malaysia in the Tokyo Olympics. 

themselves, then we have every 

Photographic exhibition organised 

Colombo Plan Awards 

reason to be proud. We have 

by the two societies concerned. 

In the Colombo Plan Awards more 

We have one of the best Judo team 

15 clubs and societies at Raffles 

allocations for the year have yet to 

in Singapore and our newly formed 

Institution and each one of them 

While on the subject of our School 

be made. But so far, five students 

Akido team is making phenomenal 

plays the part of discovering 

Societies, I might add that Tan 

from Raffles Institution have left 

progress mainly because the 

potential in students. Scarcely 

Lian Ann our Chess Champion is 

Singapore to study in Australia and 

teachers themselves are here on 

a single afternoon passes when 

also the Singapore Champion for 

New Zealand. They are Koh Geok 

Sunday mornings thrashing the 

some society is not at work in spite 

the fourth year running and the 

Wah who is studying Veterinary 

mat. 

of the fact that there are hardly 

Malaysian Champion for 1965. In 

Science, Poon Chee Seng who is 

any vacant rooms. The work each 

August this year he leaves for Spain 

studying Medicine, Lee Cheong 

There is hardly any day during the 

society does is considerable. 

to take part in the World Junior 

Seng and Hia Chek Phang who are 

holidays when the gymnasium or 

Championships. 

studying Chemical Engineering 

the playing field is free and this is 

At the commencement of the 

and Law Song Keng who is 

not under compulsion from the 

academic year, the Chairman 

studying Mechanical Engineering. 

school authorities. Sheer interest 

or Secretary of each society 

The School Band 

and the anxiety of both teachers 

addresses the whole school at the 

At the Speech Day Ceremony in

104 

The Year 1965 

1963 and 1964 we had the services 

contribution to it, the practice of 

serious pursuit of knowledge in the 

sportsman was not to be forced 

of the Singapore Police Band. We 

each class working on a yearly 

interests of the larger community 

out of the field for want of a pair of 

realised that these arrangements 

project has been initiated. The 

with due emphasis on the 

boots or running shoes, the good 

could not continue year after year 

project subjects relate entirely to 

moulding of character. 

student was not to leave school 

and in January 1965 we formed our 

life in the community. Pupils go 

because his parents envisaged no 

own brass band. Thanks to Messrs. 

out into the community, speak to 

But while all Rafflesians have the 

hope of paying for his continuation, 

F. Fidler, D Osland and G. Sobrielo, 

hawkers and gardeners, tourist, 

talent and are trained to acquire 

the poor boy must not go without 

the band has made excellent 

government officials and social 

the necessary ability in the pursuit 

his meal during the interval when 

progress and this afternoon we are 

workers and compile a typed 

of this objective, not all enjoy the 

his last meal was at five a.m. in the 

proud to present the band to you. 

report which is then bound and 

same opportunities as they stem 

morning and his next at 2.00 p.m. 

We hope to double the strength 

stocked in the school library. 

from different levels of society. 

when he gets home; neither must 

of the band in the near future and 

This work ensures that pupils put 

The close study of pupils by 

the Scouter quit his Troop because 

make it one of the most impressive 

their knowledge and training to 

the teachers led in 1962 to the 

the tradition of scouting demands 

features of the school. 

practical use and get a sound 

initiation of a staff fund, the primary 

that he wears a special uniform to 

insight into the harsh realities of 

object of which was to assist pupils 

identify himself with the movement 

Weekly Talks 

life encountered by people in their 

of the school in their financial 

nor the industrious boy or girl miss 

To keep the Pre-University students 

own community. That the boys go 

needs. This was in keeping with 

a day’s school because the family’s 

with their feet firmly on the ground 

about this enthusiasm and produce 

the sentiments of the Founder – 

resources had been exhausted. 

and abreast of happenings in 

something really worthwhile can 

the admission to the institution of 

the adult world, there is a regular 

be seen at the exhibition after the 

learning should not be conditioned 

Hence an appeal was made and 

weekly talk by consular officials 

ceremony today. 

by pecuniary considerations; its 

each member of the staff readily 

and prominent community leaders 

door should never be barred to 

responded to the voluntary 

on such subjects as sociology, the 

Staff Fund 

those characterized by a genuine 

contribution of one dollar a month 

students in society, the revolution 

The pupils of Raffles Institution 

desire for knowledge. The fund was 

on the day immediately after 

in our midst and industrialization in 

stream in from all walks of life. 

to help promote the development 

cashing his pay cheque because it 

Singapore. 

There are the very rich and the 

in every pupil of a well- rounded 

was deemed that then the parting 

very poor. Yet in Raffles Institution 

personality which has been the 

with one dollar from his pay packet 

Project Work 

they all become familiar with one 

criterion of education in Raffles 

would be least painful. A sum of 

That every pupil might familiarise 

common objective that the school 

Institution. 

$70 is realised each month, and, 

himself with his community 

strives after the development of 

managed by an elected committee 

and in his own way make some 

a sense of responsibility and a 

The good or enthusiastic 

of five teachers, and directed solely

105 

to meeting the urgent needs of 

the pupils. Since 1962 a sum of 

$1,500 has been expended. This 

has gone towards the provision of 

exercise and text books, clothes, 

shoes and socks, bus fares, 

pocket money, food and special 

meals for sportsmen and the 

undernourished, scout uniforms, 

boots and running shoes, even 

the replacement of a lost wheel 

of a bicycle, school fees and most 

of all fees for the two Cambridge 

examinations. 

am appealing for is a new science 

building in place of the old science 

block and two adjacent blocks. 

If the Minister for Education could 

give us some assurance that he 

would do something tangible 

about this proposal, the Speech 

Day Ceremony today will assume 

historical importance and make 

a tremendous impact on the two 

thousand two hundred Rafflesians 

assembled here today. 

Conclusion 

In conclusion, may I repeat what 

I said in 1963 and 1964 that the 

facilities for work particularly in 

the science section are below 

the standard requirements. 

The laboratories are not merely 

inadequate but dangerous to 

work in. To observe students 

standing elbow to elbow while 

handling dangerous acids is a 

fearful experience. I realise that 

in view of other commitments 

the Government will not, at his 

juncture, entertain the idea of a 

new Raffles Institution but what I 

The programme booklet for RI’s Speech 

and Prize-Giving Day in 1965

106 

The Year 1965 

Prize Winners 

Secondary One 

Secondary Two 

Secondary Three 

Liu Tsun Kie 

1st in Form 

Koh Kuek Chiang 

1st in Form 

Chan Yuke Wan 

1st in Form 

1st in Elem Maths 

1st in Chinese 

Mak Kum Thong 

2nd in Form 

2nd in Gen Science 

Wong Woon Liong 

2nd in Form 

1st in Chemistry 

Teo Ming Kian 

2nd in Form 

1st in Geography 

2nd in Physics 

1st in History 

1st in Gen. Sc. 

2nd in Add Maths 

Choudhury Fayez 

1st in Eng Lang 

Lee Kim Hock 

1st in Eng Lang 

Lim Eng Lian 

1st in Eng. Lang 

Lee Chee Nang 

2nd in Eng Lang 

Quek Joo Hee 

2nd in Eng Lang 

Choo Hock Heng 

2nd in Eng. Lang 


1st in Eng Lit. 

Chan Hong Hei 


Dileep Nair 


Tan Kim Thor 


Heng Hiang Kng 


2nd in E Maths 

Jimmy Hsu 

1st in Gen Science 

2nd in Eng Lit. 

2nd in Chemistry 

Low Kam Fook 


Pang Johnny 

1st in Elem Maths 

Chan Shelt Tsong 


Ismail bin Hamid 

1st in Malay 

Adnan bin Abas 

1st in Malay 



E. M. Jaffarullah 1st in Tamil 

A Palaniappan 

1st in Tamil 

Ong Chin Hwee 

1st in E Maths 

Ahmad Zohri 

1st in Nat. Lang. 

Soh Keng Joon 

1st in Art 

Chan Tat Wong 

1st in Add Maths 

Jaffar bin Mohd 


Abdul Karim b Baba 1st in Nat. Lang. 


1st in Physics 

Selamat bin Sapuan 1st in Art 

2nd in Geog. 

Koh Tat Boon 

1st in Physics/Chem 

Chan Kok Yong 


2nd in Malay 


1st in Biology 


2nd in Geography 


2nd in History 

Norsham Affendi 

1st in Malay 

V. Palanivelu 2nd in History 

Lee Keng Miang 

2nd in El/Maths 

Lee Zee Meng 


2nd in Tamil 

Oh Thiam Eng 

2nd in Gen Sc. 

N Nagappan 

1st in Tamil 

Pang Kim Jong 

2nd in Maths 

Choo Choon Khin 

2nd in Art 


1st in Art 

Ishak Salam 

2nd in Malay 

Loo Thin Soong 

2nd in Chinese 

Syed Omar 


Ho Yee Choong 


Ramakrishnan 

2nd in Tamil 

Loh Yan Poh 



2nd in Art 

Mohd Tahale 

2nd in Nat. Lang. 

Yee Kam Chuen 

2nd in Geography

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Lim Seng Bock 

2nd in History 

Tan Liong Kew 

2nd in A/ Maths 

4. Leong Yu Kiang 

Loh Yong Sum 

2nd in Physics/Chemistry 

Queck Cheng Meng 2nd in Physics 

5. Tan Leng Cheo 

Lee Chee Seng 

2nd in Biology 

William Chang 

2nd in Chemistry 

6. Koh Cher Siang. 

Daud bin Mamat 

2nd in Malay 

Chew Soo Beng 

2nd in Art 

Ng Hwee Hin 


Lum Siew Kay 


Shell Scholarship 

K Anandan 

2nd in Tamil 

Zainal Abidin 

2nd in Malay 

Sim Boon Chai 

Sng Boh Khim 

2nd in Art 

Kalamohan 

2nd in Tamil 

Abdul Khalid 

2nd in Nat. Lang 

Colombo Plan Scholars 

Higher School Certificate 

1. Teo Oon Hock 2. Chin Siat Yoon 

School Certificate 

Lee Yock Suan 

1st in Science Str 

3. Lim Chin Hian 4. Low Miang Chew 

Ismail Ibrahim 

1st in Form 

1st in PureMaths 

5. Khoo Pong Tiah 6. Low Gek Piow 

1st in Add Maths 

1st in Applied Math 

7. Tay Ah Ong 8. Kan Kin Mun 

Tan Kin Lian 

2nd in Form 


9. Teo Hock Hin 10. Ng Seng Sum 



1st in Med Str 

11. Quek Pin Hon 12. Lee Kian 

2nd in English 


13. Chan Wai Mun 14. Lau Wah Ming 

S Rajalingam 

1st in English 

1st in Zoology 

15. Goh Chee Fong 16. Tan Yong Seng 

Maik Seck Hoe 

1st in English 

Hong Tat Soon 

1st in Arts Str 

17. Moh Siew Meng 18. Koh Yong Guan 

Ang Lay Tim 



19. Er Kwong Wah 20. Goh Kim Soon 

Loo Choon Yong 

1st in E Maths 

1st in Geog 

21. Lim Ming Seong 22. Lee Chai Hock 

Tan Kian 


1st in Eng. Lit. 

23. Wong Heng Tem 24. Alfred Tay BC 



Sim Boon Chai 

1st in G/Paper 

25. Tan Wai Liang 26. Ho Yew Kee 

Low Ching Ming 

1st in Gen Sc 

Leong Yu Kiang 

1st in PureMaths 

27. Chan Heng Chon 

Edward Lim 

1st in Art 

Tay Ah Ong 




Lee Chai Hock 


Imran Yusof 

1st in Malay 

Alfred Tay Beng Chye 1st in Botany 

C Karrupiah 

1st in Tamil 

Tan Leng Cheo 

1st in Economics 

Ho Wah Thong 


Abdul Aziz Nather 

2nd in Geog 

President’s Scholars 


2nd in History, 

1. Lee Yock Suan 

2nd in Gen Sci 

2. Lee Choon Huat 

Wong See Meng 

2nd in E / Maths 

3. Mark Hong Tat Soon

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The Year 1965 


Sports Day 

100 yards (Class 1): Kwan Yue Yeong, Raymond Teo, Low Sek Fun, Screpathy, Cheong Fook Choy, Kok Moon Seng (won in 10.7 sec), and 

Pang Siok Guan. William Phua did not start.

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880 yards, class 1. 

Subhas Anandan, 48, running bare-footed, and Lam Pin Kwee, 11, and C Karuppiah, 23. 

Eventual winner was Gopal Singh in 2m 16.5 sec. 

Gopal Singh receiving prize from Dr Tan Eng Liang. Silver 

goes to Lam Pin Kwee, with Subhas taking the bronze. 

We did produce some stars in Athletics. During our time, RI did not use the metric system. We used imperial measures 

because our school field was not long enough to for a 100 metre dash, but was just large enough for 100 yards. The difference 

in length is well over 8-1/2 metres, and the sprinters would have crashed into the arms of the stall keepers in the tuck shop after 

stumbling over the benches and tables. However, we switched to using the metric system in 1967.

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The Year 1965 


Sports Day: Results 

DIVISIONS 

Class (I) 

16 years & above on 1st January. 

Class (II) 

14 & 15 years 

Class (III) 

Under 14 years 

220 yards (Class 2): Tan Eng Leong off 

to a good start.

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100 Yards (Cl. 1) 

220 Yards (Cl. 3) 

880 Yards (Cl. 2) 

110 M Hurdles (Cl.1) 

Kok Moon Seng (10.7 sec) 

Lau Hong Thye (26.0 sec) 

Jaswant Singh (2:17.7) 

Cheong Yuen Kay (17.3) 

Low Sek Fun 

N. Karruppiah 

Low Yan Khin 


Raymond Teo 

Philip Quek 

Surjit Singh 

Lam Pin Foo 

100 Yards (Cl.2) 

220 Yards (Girls) 

880 Yards (Cl. 3) 


Lau Kheong Thye (10.7 sec) 

Tan Kin Mee (32.9 sec) 

Philip Quek (2:31.1) 

How Wai Chew (15.2) 


Minny Wang 

Elangkovan 



Long Fung 

Tan Hiang Keng 

Adnan b Abas 

100 Yards (Cl. 3) 

440 Yards (Cl. 1) 

880 Yards (Old Boys) 


Lau Hong Thye (11.4 sec) 


Major Singh (2:6.6) 

Lau Hong Thye (13.0) 

N Karruppiah 

C. Karruppiah 

Goh Soon Guan 

Ng Soon Wang 

Philip Quek 

Lam Pin Kwee 

K. Maniam 

Ismail Hamid 

100 Yards (Old Boys) 

440 Yards (Cl. 2) 

1 Mile (Cl. 1) 

400 M Open Hurdles 

Natahar Bava (10.5 Sec) 

Jaswant Singh (58.6 sec) 

Gopal Singh (5:22.6) 

Cheong Yuen Kay (65.8) 

Heng Jee Yong 

Ratnam KV 

Lam Pin Kwee 

C Karruppiah 

Goh Soon Guan 



Lam Pin Kwee 

220 Yards (Cl. 1) 

440 Yards (Cl. 3) 

1 Mile (Cl. 2) 

4x110 yds (Cl.1) 


N Karruppiah 

Surjit Singh (5:26.2) 

Buckley (48.0) 

Low Sek Fun 

Philip Quek 

Low Yan Khin 

Morrison 

C. Karruppiah 

Trined 

Jaswant Singh 

Bayley 

220 Yards (Cl. 2) 

880 Yards (Cl. 1) 

3,000 M (Open) 

4x110 yds (Cl.2) 

Lau Kheong Thye (24.6 sec) 

Gopal Singh (2:16.5 sec) 

Gopal Singh (10:5.9) 

Bayley (49.4) 


Lam Pin Kwee 

Jaswant Singh 

Buckley 

How Wai Chew 


Surjit Singh 

Moor

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The Year 1965 

4x110 yds (Cl.3) 

High Jump (Cl.1) 

Javelin (Cl.2) 

(Cl.2)- Jaswant Singh 

Moor (527) 

Loh Fang Kum (5’ 5 “) 

Jaswant Singh (119’ 2”) 

(Moor) 

Hullett 

C Schooling 

Chen Yee Yin 

(Cl.3)- Lau Hong Thye 

Buckley 

Yip Fook Seng 

Cheong Kwek Choo 

(Moor) 

4x110 yds (Girls) 

High Jump (Cl. 2) 


Champion House - 

Moor (63.0) 

Liu Mun Seng (5’ 3”) 

Kamal b Johari (102’) 

Buckley 

Morrison 

Low Cheng Ming 

Choo Li Ken 

Bayley 

See Chak Wah 

Chong Huai Seng 

Runners-Up - 

Moor 

4x110 yds (Old Boys) 

Discus (Cl.2) 

Javelin (Girls) 

RI Blacks (49.0) 

Yeo Hui Cheng (125’) 

Betty Chuah (51’) 

X-Country championship: 

Heng Jee Yong’s team 

Chua Hai Sen 


Senior 

Ping Guan’s team 

Yap Beng Huat 

Amy Cheang 

1st: Gopal Singh (new record 

16:44.4) 

4x220 yds (Open) 

Discus (Cl.3) 

DECATHLON 

2nd: Subhas Anandan 

Buckley (1:40.5) 

Kamal b Johari (102’) 

William Phoa (488 pts) 

3rd: C Karruppiah. 

Bayley 

Choo Li Ken 

Ho Yew Kee (452) 

Morison 

Andrew Yap 

Kwan Yue Yeong (449) 

Junior 

1st: Jaswant Singh 

4x440 yds (Open) 

Discus (Girls) 

2nd: Sarjit Singh 

Buckley (3:593) 

Khoo Siak Chin (56’ 5”) 

Inter-House Relay 

3rd: Szto Yee Jeen 

Bayley 

Oh Sok Cheng 

(Cl.1)- Buckley 

Hullett 

Annie Yue 

(Cl.2)- Bayley 

Some of the best athletes, 

(Cl.3)- Moor 

Kok Moon Seng, Lau Kheong 

Old Boys (Over 30) 


Thye, Kwan Yue Yeong and 

Chan Koy Seng 

Alvin Liau (143’ 6”) 

Individual Champions 

Tan Kia Heng represented the 

Mohd. Said 


(Cl.1)- Kwan Yue Yeong 

Singapore Combined Schools at 

V. Gomez. 

C Schooling 

(Bayley) 

the Malaysian Schools’ Meet at 

- Kok Moon Seng 

Seremban. 

(Buckley)

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Clockwise from top left: 

Mrs Jesudason giving prizes to Discuss, 

class 3 winners: Choo Lee Ken, Kamal (in 

army cadet uniform) and Andrew Yap. 

Top Athletes: Kok Moon Seng, Jaswant 

Singh, Kwan Yue Yeong, and Gopal 

Singh. 

Low Teo Ping, the RI Sporting Sam, won the 

Pole Vault 

The Sports Day programme booklet 

Lau Kheong Thye, the third runner from the 

left, won the 220 yards class 2 event.

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The Year 1965 

The Race is Run 

To be sung to the tune of ‘Danny Boy’ 

Words by Principal E.W. Jesudason 

The race is run, the winner wears the laurels, 

But you and I not empty go away, 

For we have seen the least unkind of quarrels 

Our boys and girls compete in friendly fray. 

Chorus: 

Let us be glad, but not because of winning, 

For we are all one family today. 

God give our school His choicest blessing 

To make us feel as one 

And guide us on our way. 

May nations all seek harmony with others, 

And work as nobly as we children play 

Lose with a laugh and battle but as brothers, 

Loving to win, but not in every way. 

4x200 m inter-house relay (1968). Wong Kok Leong just received baton 

from Yap Beng Khoon.

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Swimming Carnival 

The last major inter-house 

school event was the Swimming 

Carnival, held on 26 July 1965. 

The Meet would promise some 

really exciting moments for the 

spectators because of our two 

Olympics swimmers, Tan Thuan 

Heng (Hullett) and Bernard Chan 

(Morrison). Early in the year, House 

officials were already around the 

school urging swimmers to train for 

the meet. Training sessions were 

organised regularly on Thursdays 

at the Mount Emily Swimming Pool. 

Younger swimmers appeared more 

enthusiastic than the seniors. There 

were several complaints that Pre-U 

students were quite apathetic. 

Response from the girls, however, 

to the new events, was good. 

Heng and Bernard Chan. Thuan 

Heng, one of the best South- 

East Asian swimmers, took the 

Class I individual championship. 

Morrison, the favourite to win the 

team championship, was, however, 

defeated by Moor. 

In the 1965 Inter-District Swimming 

Meet, the best performance 

trophy was awarded to Tan Thuan 

Heng who broke three records. 

In December SEAP Games in KL, 

Thuan Heng bagged 6 golds. 

Altogether 9 new records were 

set up, mainly by Tan Thuan

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The Year 1965 


Swimming Carnival: 

Results 

50 M Breaststroke (Cl.1) 


50 M Freestyle (Cl. 3) 

50 M Butterfly (Cl.1) 

Bernard Chan (36.2”) 

Chua Jee Muay (1:31.2) 

Leong Tip Kee (39.1”) 

Bernard Chan (29.5”) 


Andrew Ng 

Tan Wee Hoon 


Foo Chien Ho 

Eric Kuan 


Chia Ming Lek 


200 M Breaststroke (Open) 

100 M Freestyle (Cl.1) 


Eric Kuan (39.8”) 

Lee Choon Huat (3:20.4) 

Tan Thuan Heng (58.6”) 

Eric Kuan (38.7”) 


Chua Jee Muay 


William Ang 

Chua Lee Muay 


Tan Yang Chye 

Choo Koon Meng 



100 M Freestyle (Cl.2) 

50 M Backstroke (Cl.1) 



Chia Sin Chee (1:14.5) 


Tan Wee Hoon 

Bernard Chan 

William Ang 

C Schooling 

Yap Beng Khoon 

C Schooling 

Soh Guan Bin 




50 M Freestyle (Old Boy) 


Lee Choon Huat (1:29.2) 

The Kong Chuan (31.1”) 

Chu Pak Chow 

Chia SinChee (38.8”) 

Wong Wee Nam 

Lee Seck Meng 

Lee Seck Meng 

Foo Chien Fo 

Chia Sin Chee 

Andrew Ng

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Tan Meng Seng 

Selamat 

4 x 50 M Medley (Open) 

Morrison (2:20.9) 

Hullett 

Buckley 

400 M Freestyle (Open) 


Chia Sin Chee 

William Ang 

30 M Freestyle (Girls) 

Kwok Syn Wan (24.0”) 

Lim Peck Hoon 

Sim Teow Leng 

30 M Backstroke (Girls) 

Lim Peck Hoon (32.9”) 

Sim Teow Leng 

Shirley Wee 

4 x 50 M Free (Cl.1) 


Hullett 

Moor 

4 x 50 M Free (Cl.2) 

Buckley (2:16.6) 

Moor 

Hullett 

4 x 50 M Free (Cl.3) 


Moor 

Hullett 

4 x 50 M (Mixes) 

Moor (2:53.5) 

Bayley 

Inter-Pre-U Relay 

2 Med A (2:24.7) 

1 Med A 

1 Science B 

4 x 50 M (Inter-Unit) 

Scouts A (2:36) 

Cadets 

Scouts B 

Diving 

Chua Jee Muay 

Low Chin Wing 

Hoon Soon Kwan 

1500 M Freestyle (Open) 



Eng Chwee Poh 

200 M Medley (Ind/Open) 

Bernard Chan 


RC Schooling 

100 M Backstroke (Open) 

Bernard Chan 

Chia Sin Chee 

RC Schooling 

100 M Butterfly (Open) 

Bernard Chan 


William Ang 



Hia Hui Kim 

Tan Ngiap Chiang

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The Year 1965 


After-school Activities 

Prefects 

FRONT: Mehta Minakshi, Yip Mang Meng, M.K. Latiff, Wun Khai Ping, Raymond Teo, Richard Ow (Vice HP) Koh Beng Thiam (Prefects’ Master), E.W. Jesudason (Principal), Chin Heng Fook 

(Head Prefect), Sim Boon Chai, Lam Pin Kwee, Philip Chan, Ho Yew Kee, Joy Ee. 

MIDDLE: Tan Kian, Kan Kin Mun, Leong Yu Kiang, Goh Kim Soon, Lee Hin Peng, Pan Tien Chor, Chia Soon Keng, Lee Choon Huat, Ng Hee, Lim Chin Hian, Mak Kum Thong, Dileep Nair, Loke 

Swee Fatt, Kok Moon Seng, Alan Chong Yoong Hin. 

REAR: C. Karuppiah, Lee Yew Mun, Tan Hong Ang, Loh Hoong Sum, Vincent Loh Sze Yung, Kwan Yue Yeong, Lam Pin Foo, Roney Tan, Chan Peng Mun, Chow Kwok Wah, Tan Kok Kheng, Yeo 

Hui Cheng, Tan Swee Tee, Lau Kheong Thye, Cheong Chee Mun, Wong Heng Tem.

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From the RI Times, 1 

January 1965 

39 Rafflesians have been 

nominated by the Principal and 

teachers of the school to stand for 

the Prefectorial Elections, which 

are to be held on 26 January 1965. 

There are 22 vacancies in the 

Prefectorial Board. All pupils who 

have been in the school for at least 

one year and are in Secondary 

3 and above are eligible to vote 

(including girls in the Pre-U 2). 

Nomination of candidates can be 

based on active interest in and 

contribution to school activities, 

general conduct, and academic 

soundness. The Investiture 

Ceremony for the new prefects 

will be held at the Assembly on 

Thursday this week. 

Voting: All eligible voters will 

be provided with ballot papers 

containing the names of the 

candidates. Each is allowed a 

maximum of 22 votes. Prefects’ 

Master Mr Koh Beng Thiam 

mentioned his intention to put up 

in the Hall a photo-guide to all 

the nominees on Tuesday (26 Jan) 

morning, so that the voters will 

know whom they are voting for. 

Prefects’ Investiture 

29 January 1965 

The Investiture Ceremony was held 

at the Assembly on Thursday the 

28th. The Principal presented a 

speech pointing out the significance 

of the occasion. The Master-of- 

Ceremonies, Mr Koh Beng Thiam, 

then called out the successful 

candidates. Each of them strode 

on to the stage to receive their 

badges and a crest for their blazers 

from the Principal. Inspiring songs 

relevant to the occasion were sung 

and a special one called “Love 

Thyself Last” (obviously referring 

to the 24 rather nervous and yet 

proud prefects) was sung sweetly 

by the girls. On behalf of the newlyelected 

prefects, Cheong Chee 

Mun took the Prefects’ Promise 

before the whole school. 

Prefects Elected 

1) Cheong Chee Mun (Pre U 2 Arts B) Rugby 1st team 

2) Chia Soon Keng (Pre U 2 Sc. A) Treasurer, Red Cross leader 

3) Goh Kim Soon (Pre U 2 Med. A) Debater, V-P Interact Club 

4) Kan Kin Mun (Pre U 2 Sc. A) Queen’s Scout 

5) C Karrupiah (Sec 4 A Arts) Class 3 Athlete champion 

6) Kwan Yue Yeong (Pre U 2 Arts B) State under 23 rugby player, sprinter, 

army cadet 

7) Lam Pin Foo (Pre U 2 Sc. A) Athlete, rugby, badminton, softball 

8) Lau Kheong Thye (Sec 4 B Sc.) Athlete, and Gymnastic 

9) Lee Choon Huat (Pre U 2 Med. A) Top Boy, & sch swimmer 

10) Lee Hin Peng (Pre U 2 Med.A) Asst Scout Master, Chief Editor (RI Times) 

11) Lee Yew Mun (Pre U 2 Med. B) Asst Scout Master, Geog Society 

12) Lim Chin Hian (Pre U 2 Med. A) Chairman LDCS, Interact club 

13) Loh Hoong Sum (Pre U 2 Sc. A) Top Boy, Editor (Muse), LDCS vice 

chairman 

14) Loh Sze Yung Vincent (Pre U 2 Med. A) Cadet Sgt, Librarian 

15) Loke Swee Fatt (Sec 3 B) Athlete, class monitor 

16) Mak Kum Thong (Sec 3 A) Top Boy, class monitor 

17) Dileep Nair (Sec 3 A) Top Boy, athlete, debater 

18) Tan Hong Ang (Pre U 1 Med. A) Librarian, Guthrie scholar 

19) Roney Tan KL (Pre U 2 Arts B) Queen’s scout, athlete, photographer 

20) Tan Kian (Sec 4 A Sc.) Top Boy, Scout Troop Leader 

21) Tan Kok Kheng (Pre U 2 Med.A) Scout P/L, Treasurer of Music Soc. 

22) Tan Swee Tee (Pre U 2 Sc. A) Queen’s Scout, Troop Leader, Shell Traffic 

23) Wong Heng Tem (Pre U 2 Sc. A) Red Cross, Librarian, editors 

24) Yeo Hui Cheng (Sec 4 A Sc.) Athlete, class monitor 

25) Metha Minakshi (Pre U 2 Med. A) 

26) Joy Ee (Pre U 2 Med. B)

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The Year 1965 

Cheer Team 

Front row: Joy Ee, Mr Hernon, Roney Tan. Middle row: Ng Lee Ngoh, Shirley Wee, Shirley 

Wan, Veronica Chew, Huri, Quek Li Lian. Back row: Sonia Tan, Tan Wang Joo, Choo Yong 

Mei, Ashadevi, ?. 

“R-A-F-F-L-E-S”. True, there was 

It was indeed a tense moment 

prefects and the junior boys began 

R-Y. 

always this cry of the Rafflesians, 

when the team made its 

to give their support. In fact the 

on the athletic field, in games and 

appearance. The odds were 

idea eventually caught on so 

We left the field with three points 

in others, but on that memorable 

against them as the general feeling 

well that our opponents tried to 

to our credit. 

day, the 21st July, 1965, Rafflesians 

of Rafflesians was that it was a 

imitate our movements but without 

It was a memorable evening. The 

adopted a more orthodox way of 

comically ridiculous affair. To make 

success. 

Raffles Cheer-team was born then 

cheering. 

things worse, there was very little 

and Raffles Institution scored yet 

response to their first few attempts. 

The spirit of all Rafflesians then was 

another victory, being the first local 

A group of girls, thirteen to be 

The anxiety of the girls could be 

high even though our score was 

school (i.e. besides the American 

exact, braved the odds and ridicule 

seen when they began to go off- 

low. Three – nil, and then eight – 

School) with a cheer team. 

levied at them to give their first 

step and lose their co-ordination. 

nil. This spirit perpetuated right 

performance of the Raffles Cheer- 

through the game so much so 

team. 

However they immediately put 

that the players effected a turn of 

aside their fears when some 

events and led Raffles to V-I-C-T-O-

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Gymnastics 

Display Squard, 1965 after performing at the school’s Annual Athletic Meet. 

Teacher in charge: Mr John Tan (in tie). 

RI Gymnastics’ achievements at 

Inter School Championship in 

1965: 

Senior Team - 2nd 

Junior Team - 1st 

Individual champion - Anthony 

Thio (for the 7th year) 

Trainers: Victor Hugo, Baba bin 

Mohd Noor, Ahmad Sani

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The Year 1965 

Rugby 

Raffles Rugby was the Winner of Inter-District 15-a side championship. 

Runners-up in 7-a side. 

Above: Rugby Senior 2nd team 

Front row: Cheong Chee Mun, Mr Moses Tay, Mr Lam Peck Heng, Edward Lee. 

Middle row: Low Hou Loke, ?,Tan Eng Leong, Yassin, Pang Siok Guan, Lai Yew Kong, 

Richard Poh, Arthur Tan. 

Back row: Ong Hong Huat, Teo Boon Hoe, Selvaraj, ?, Anthony Quek, How Wai Chew, Lim 

Meng Swang, Szeto Yew Jeen. 

Above: The rugby team toured West Malaysia in December 1965. 37 members, including 

staff and supporters, went on this week-long tour. They played three games: 

1. Against Taiping Tigers (won) 

2. Against Anderson Old Boys (lost) 

3. Against Penang Free School (lost). 

This photo was taken in Ipoh. 

Front row: Lai Poh Wah, Arthur Tan, Ho Kin Kheong, Ho Wah Pak, Micky Yong, ?, Mr PK 

Hernon, Lam Pin Foo. 

Back row: Lai Yew Kong, Low Sek Fun, ?, Ho Yew Kee, Kok Moon Seng, Ng Teck Chin, Chua 

Hai Seng, Yassin, ?, Tan Eng Leong. 

Facing page: 

RUGBY SENIOR 1st XV 

Seated: Ho Yew Kee (captain), Mr Moses Tay, Mr Lam Peck Heng, Kwan Yue Yeong (vice 

captain). 

Middle row: Micky Yong, Tay Boon Seng, Wong Sin Hee, Cheong Fook Choy, Lek Seow Yam, 

Maurice Neo, Low Sek Fun, Chan Peng Mun. 

Back row: Chua Hai Seng, Low Teo Peng, Ho Wah Pak, Alvin Liau (son of Philip Liau), Ho Kin 

Kheong, Lai Poh Wah. 

Coach: Yap Boon Chuan.

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The Year 1965 

Softball 

Softball was introduced into the 

school only a couple of years ago. 

However, today, the game has 

become one of the most popular 

games in Raffles. At the end of last 

year, we bade farewell to a good 

number of our school players. This 

year, fortunately, the rebuilding of 

the school team was accomplished 

without much difficulty. Colin 

Schooling, a new student to the 

school, helped our team a great 

deal. 

In the Inter-District championship, 

RI playing as a team was placed 

3rd after Boys’ Town. 

Front: Chong Huai Seng, Russel Miles, Wee Seng Poh, (2nd Row): Low Teo Ping, Micky Yong, 

Cheong Fook Choy, Mr Lee Fong Seng. (3rd Row) - Andrew Ng, , Schooling, Shafeed 

Rear: Chia Peng Hong, Phua TC, Kartar Singh, Yee Kek Onn.

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Swimming 

Olympic Swimmers 


Thuan Heng who started swimming at the age of 4, 

began serious training when he was 8 years old. Ever 

since then he has been winning medals in local as 

well as in international meets. He does most of his 

training under the supervision of his father. Some of 

his best times are: (1) 18:12.0 for the 1,500 m, 

(2) 4:33.2 for 400 m, (3) 58.5” for 100 m Freestyle. At 

the Tokyo Olympics he participated in these 3 events 

and the Medley Relay. 

FRONT: Chong Hong Siong, Chung Wui Kwong, Lee Choon Huat, Mr Koh Beng Thiam, 

Wong Heng Tem, Lim Ee Koon. Middle row: Tan Thuan Heng, Eric Kuan, William Ang, ?, ?, 

Wong Wee Nam. Back row: 1) Chang Hui Boon, 5) Andrew Ng 

Bernard Chan 

Bernard Chan started swimming at 4 and began 

serious training when he was 13. He too has 

succeeded well in local and international meets and 

he too trains under the supervision of his father, Dr. 

Chan Ah Kow. He has done the 200 m (Butterfly) in 

2:22.7 sec, the 100 m (Butterfly in 63.2 sec. and the 

Medlay in 5:23.4 sec.

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The Year 1965 

2101 Scouts 

RIGHT: 20 boys led by P/Ls Choo Lee Ken and Chua Choon Lan took a 

memorable shot at the Gateway of the Jurong Park Scout campsite (which 

Government has taken over for industrialisation program, and replace it 

with a new campsite at Sarmbun in 1966). 

ABOVE: Annual campfire, declared open by Roney Tan after a Maori 

dance. Flanking him are Chey Chor Wai and Chee Cheow Eng with 

torches.

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1965 - Fifteen Secondary one boys joined the 01 Scout Troop. They were, from front left: Chow Chee Keong, Sim Cheok Leng, Chan Bok, 

Chiang Yeow Mun, Tan Tai Chew, Soh Eng Sim. 

Middle row: Robert Tham Quin Yew, Lee Kee Huat, Kwok Phoon Nga, Jacob Chakoo, Poh Yew Tay, Chan Kin Yan, Chia Chee Kiong, Denis Tan, 

Silva, Lim Kou, Toh Swee Hee. 

The Patrol Leaders were at back row, from left: Chua Choon Lan, Kwok Wai Keong, Chey Chor Wai, Kwek Siew Jin, Tay Wee Lee, Teh Yow Huat

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The Year 1965 

2102 Scouts 

2nd Raffles Scouts 1964 

FRONT: Chang Ah Kow, Tan Kok Kheng, Kan Kin Mun, Yong Mun Cheong, Mr Foo Don Wan, Tan 

Kian, Fong Keng Kheong, Low Yan Khin, Mohd Ismail Ibrahim 

BACK: Michael Wong, Soo Meng Tong, Phua King Song, James Woodworth, Kwok Kah Kie, 

Richard Wong, Chin Lai Seng. 

Key Personnel 

GSM: Lim Tian Soo 

ASM:Henry Yeo, Yong Mun 

Cheong, Kan Kin Mun 

Strength: 40 Boy Scouts, and 20 

Seniors. 

Patrol Leaders: Cobra: Cheok 

Kiat Huat; Falcon: Tan Jwee Song, 

Kestrel: Michael Wong, Lion: 

Richard Wong, Panther: Tang Teck 

Chye. 

SENIORS: SSL Tan Swee Tee, Yong 

Mun Cheong. P/Ls: Yee Kek Onn, 

Phua King Song, Tan Kian, and Ng 

Kee Choon. QM: Kwok Kah Kie. 

Scribe: Tan Kin Lian. 

Job week collection: $1,755. Tang 

Teck Chye earned the highest - 

$115. 

Group Campfire: 12 June 1965. 

Junior programmes: Outdoor 

cooking competition, Outing to Mt 

Faber, and Bicycle Grand Prix (3rd 

annual) at Kallang Park.

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Junior Activities: 

Scout Meetings on Saturday 

morning. 

Inter-patrol Outdoor Cooking 

competition, Outing to Mt. Faber, 

and a Bicycle Grand Prix The troop 

Newsletter, the ‘Gateway’ was 

revived with Tang Teck Chye as 

editor. 

Senior Activities: 

Besides the usual hikes and 

outings, the Seniors had a training 

camp at Punggol in December. 

They also organised a cycling trip 

to Jurong, and a social meeting 

with the St. Hilda’s Rangers. 

Publication: ‘Senior Spirit’. 

As from 1 January 1965, the Group 

assumes the new name of 2102 

Raffles. However, traditions die 

hard, the scouts still call themselves 

the 2nd Raffles. 

Pulau Ubin Camp (right photo) 

Kwok Kah Kie (left) inspecting senior 

scouts: Michael Wong, Peng Soon, 

Ronald, Eric Mah, Yuen How, Yan 

Khim, and Hon Piew, at People’s 

Association campsite on Pulau Ubin. 

Falcon Patrol MacRitchie 

overnight hike (top photo) 

L-R: Chen Chow Kong, Tan 

Jwee Song, Loh Jooi Cheong, 

Henry Ng, Leo Chin Seng, Siu 

Kang Fook, Tan Kin Theng, and 

Chew Weng Cheong. This is the 

second time we camped over 

night. Henry Ng and Kin Theng 

were from other patrols.

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The Year 1965 

Brass Band 

Thanks to Mr Fidler, D Osland and G. Sobrielo, the band had made excellent progress. Photo above shows Diljeet Singh the band major leading the band of 25 members. The school band 

has been in regular attendance during school functions. They provided musisc for the Cadet Passing Out parade and Inspection Ceremonies, the school’s Sports Day and most important of 

all, the school’s Speech and Prize Giving Day.

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INTRODUCING MR FIDLER AND THE SCHOOL 

BRASS BAND 

One of the latest forms of activity that have 

taken place in the school is that of the school 

brass band. In a short time of about 2 months, 

the band under the charge of Mr Fidler, has 

already reached a relatively good standard of 

playing. 

Mr. Fidler has been connected with music 

since boyhood. He started on the piano and 

later changed to percussion instruments. 

Since the age of ten, when he played for the 

Salvation Army’s Boy Band, he had played in 

several other bands including the Air Force 

Centre Band. Mr Fidler has also several radio 

broadcasts to his name. He is at present the 

band-master of the Salvation Army Band. 

Regrettably, we will lose his invaluable service 

in early July when he leaves for home in the 

United Kingdom. We wish him bon voyage. 

The band is 26 strong and comprises mostly 

boys in the afternoon session. They will 

perform at major school functions. The band’s 

instruments are:- trumpets, tenor horns, 

enphoniums, baritones, trombones, bass and 

drums. 

1965 Brass Band 

FRONT: 5th from left: Mr Fidler, Principal Jesudason, G Sobrielo, Yeo Yew Hock, Hia Hui Kim. BACK row: (5) John Teo, 

(6) Tan Kin Theng, (7) Tan Khee Huat, (9) Kwan Fook Seng 

BELOW: Band with Mr Fidler, standing far left. 

(RI Times, April 1965)

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The Year 1965 

Photographic Society 

Two excursions were specially 

arranged to Kodak House at 

Alexandra Road. On one occasion, 

the students were taken on a tour 

of the Kodak photographic plant, 

and on another occasion, a film 

show was given to the students. In 

conjunction with Founder’s Day, 

the Photographic Exhibition was 

held in which 81 entries, sent in by 

the enthusiasts in this field for the 

Jesudason Trophy Competition, 

were displayed. 

The winner is Roney Tan, seen in 

right photo, receiving the trophy 

from Mrs Ong Pang Boon. 

Seated in front from left: Dorothy Tan, Betty 

Chuah, Sonia Tan, Mr Sidhu, Verghese 

Kurian. Chan Yew, Chung Wai Kwong. 

BACK row: 2.Teo Seng Kee, 3. Loh Kok Kee, 

4. Tan Hock Bee, 5. Wong Wee Nam. 

Opposite page: RI photographers at 

finsihing line for 100 m (1967 Sports Day).

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134 

The Year 1965 

Cadets 

Right: Colonel Minjoot on the podium to receive salute. 

Bottom right: Platoon 2 with CSM Vincent Loh (seated 

R4). 

Bottom left: Sgt Tan Kiat Choon saluting to Col Minjoot

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Left: Senior NCOs. 

Front: Prasad, ?, Chong Pak cheong, Tan Kiat Choon, Cpt Tan Kim Cheng, 

Vincent Loh, Diljeet Singh, Loh Kok Kee, Manohara. 

Back: ?, Chua Tak Heng, ?, Chan Shelt Tsong, Chee Fook Seng, ?, 

Ilancheran, Herbie Teo. 

Below: Annual Inspection (11th June, 1965) was conducted by a team 

from the 4th Federation Infantry Brigade and Mr Chew King Hwan from the 

Ministry of Education. Number of cadets is 60, which includes 20 recruits. 

Col Minjoot (seated centre) was the Chief Inspector. RICC won (a) Haddon 

Cup, (b) The Cadet Efficiency Shield - for the second year. (c) Major Fam 

Foong Hee Cup .22 Musketry Team - for 3rd successive year.

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The Year 1965 

Army Cadets Annual 

Camp 

at Mawai, Johore 

(Aug 2-6, 1965) 

Top photo: Cadets taking a bath in the 

Sungei Mupok. 

Bottom left: Cadet Chan Shelt Tsong 

improving the drainage around his tent. 

The bare chested officer at the rear is Capt 

Tan Kim Cheng 

Bottom centre: Pte Ibrahim leading a 

section in jungle training. 

Bottom right: Manohara, Diljeet and Loh 

Kok Kee.

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Red Cross 

With Tanjong Katong Girls’ Red Cross members. Photo provided by Jeffrey Chan (2nd row, 4th from right). Others in the 

photo: B1: Seow Siong Tuan, B5: Chuang Kwan Yong, B7: Lee Jim Teck. C2: Quek Joo Seng. Rear right: Chia Soon Keng.

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The Year 1965 

The INTERACT Club (1965) 

Front (L-R): Mrs Sinha, Mr & Mrs Milton Tan, Lim Chin Hian, Mr Theva, Chin 

Heng Fook, Mr Sinha, Mr Rutherford, Mr & Mrs EW Jesudason. Back row: 

Goh Kim Soon, ?, Lee Chee Yeng, ? 

RIGHT: Dinner in school hall. Ong Geok Hwee is seated 2nd from right. The 

Singh is old boy Kartar.

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Cricket 

1965 

FRONT: Ram Labhaya, Mr E Wijeysingha, Siva Retnam (Captain), 

Diljeet Singh, Vijeyandran, Manohara, Gnana Sundram 

BACK row: Cheong Fook Choy, Kishore Kumar Chandulal, Umesh 

Doshi, MV Ashok, Maheson, Wong Hoe Sang, Devendran. 

1968 

FRONT: Kishore, Manickam, Umesh Doshi, Ong Teck Hock, Lim 

Sin Jong, Altaff. 

BACK: Mr Jasvantlal, Lee Cheok Yew, Daniel, Shariff, Wong Hoe 

Sang (Captain), Kassim, Surajan, Hasan, Mr Sahadevan. 

Colours: Wong Hoe Sang was selected to represent the State 

under-23, while KASSIM was often captained the Singapore 

Combined School’s side.

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The Year 1965 

Science & Maths Soc. 

Front: Mrs Sigamoney, Sim Boon Chai, Mr EW Jesudason, Amy Cheang, Mr Wong 

Hee Sing. 

Back row: Chee Lai Yong, Guan Chye , Loke Yue Chong, Tan Kin Lian, Chia Pak Kong, 

Chia Soon Keng. 

This society is popular with the Science and Medicine students in the school. 

Held the annual Science Exhibition on 5th May and attracted about 4,500 visitors 

viewing a total of 96 exhibits 

Malay LDCS 

(A1) Salim Daud, (2) Zainul Abideen, (A5) Fauzi Lajam,(B1) Rohan Khamis, (B2) 

Ismail Ibrahim , (B3) Ngiam Meng Lang, (B5) Aminuddin Yusoff. 

The Malay Society, more properly known as the “Perkumpulan Bahasa Dan 

Persuratan Melayu”, was formed to promote the usage of the Malay Language and 

the majority of the 150 members were non-Malays. The society had organised 

contests for (1) Inter-school “Sajak” reading (2) Quizzes in the National Language 

(3) Essay writing.

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The Museum 

RI Museum Group Photo 

Front: Lilian Wong, Mr Natarajan, Ms 

David, Mr Hernon, Wee Toon Boo. 

2nd row: Wong Wee Nam, Amy 

Cheang, ?, Leo Ah Bang. 

Back row: Cheok Yen Aik, ?, ?, Tan Thian 

Poh 

Photos of RI Museum 

Exhibition, 1964 

Opposite page bottom: Leong Chee 

Whye, Khoo Pong Tiah and Alvin Yong on a 

Collecting-Trip. 

Below: Ms Betty Chuah Peng Hong 

explaining her exhibits 

Bottom Right: Pang Seok Guan, Leong 

Chee Whye, Cheok Yan Aik, Vincent Loh 

and Wong Wee Nam preparing their 

exhibits. Insert photos: Kwee Kai Liang 

(left) and Khoo Pong Tiah (right) are 

museum founding members.

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The Year after: 1966 

The Year 1966 

96 School Reopened 

- Challenge to New 

Rafflesians 

- School Calender 1965 

- Photos of Staff, and Prefects 

106 Founders Day 

- Minister of Education’s 

Speech 

- Principal’s Address 

118 Sports Day / Swimming 

Carnival 


135 Uniformed Groups (Cadets/ 

Scouts/Red Cross) 

145 Clubs & Societies

BAYLEY HOUSE (1966): FRONT row: Cheong Yuen Kay, Lau Kheong Thye, Mr Jasvantlal, Mr Lee Kok Cheong, Ms de Fonblanque, Mrs Dennison, Lam Pin Kwee, Wun Khai Ping. 2ND row: 

Ram Labhaya, Kishore Kumar Chandulal, Chan Weng Kee, Tay Boon Seng, Veronica Chew, Lim Peck Hoon, Amy Cheang, Yip Mang Meng, Kulwant Singh, Tan Boon Khiong. 3RD row: Mak 

Kum Thong, 4) Shafeek Ahmad, 5) TC Phua, Zakaria, Goh Boon Kiat. REAR: Lim Ee Koon, Low Hou Loke, Tan Lian Ann, Chua Jee Muay, Archibald Kang, ?, Sharif, Yeo Ek Thoe, Phua Chye 

Toon. 

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Independence Day 1966 

Message to Schools from the Minister of Education 

TOMORROW is a very important 

- whatever our race, language or 

our his plans successfully. In other 

know something about each and 

day in the history of Singapore: it is 

religion. 

words, he should never give up too 

form your own ideas beforehand. 

the first anniversary of the birthday 

easily if anything goes wrong. 

Developing your mind is very 

of our Republic as a separate 

You boys and girls, who are in 

important while you are still at 

independent and sovereign nation. 

school today, will be the future 

How can you train yourselves to be 

school. 

On this occasion, I would like to 

planners and builders of Singapore. 

ready, responsible and resourceful 

rejoice with you and to share some 

What our island will be like in 10 

Singaporeans? By taking part in 

Just as important is your body. 

thoughts with you. 

or 20 years and what sort of life we 

all aspects of school life. During 

After your lessons each day and 

shall lead then depend very much 

lessons, give all your attention to 

during weekends and holidays, join 

To be independent is to be 

on what you do in school NOW. 

the teacher and discuss the subject 

in games and exercises in order 

free to stand on our own feet and 

with him and your classmates. 

to bend and stretch your bodies 

manage the affairs of our State 

A builder, as far as I can see, must 

Don’t run away with the idea that 

which have been hunched over 

ourselves. This is a gret thing for 

have at least 3 qualities - he must 

only you are right. Be humble and 

desks all week and to fill your lungs 

us Singaporeans and in the past 

be healthy and strong in body, 

ask questions. That is one way to 

with fresh air. At play, you learn 

12 months, we have proved to the 

mind and spirit. He must be 100 

learn things. Also, read as widely 

to win or lose graciously; that is, 

world that, as a very young nation, 

% fit to move around to see for 

as you can to see where your 

without grumbling or putting the 

we have the will and manpower to 

himself what sites are best for 

real interests lie. Do not choose 

blame on someone, or bragging 

succeed. But freedom to do what 

building. He should not be tied 

a course just because all your 

about your own success. You also 

one wants goes hand in hand with 

to his drawing board all the time, 

friends are doing it, or because 

learn that it is the team, rather than 

responsibility. That is to say, we 

although his ideas are usually born 

it is profitable to do so. Since 

the individual, that counts. When 

must be ready to serve others with 

on paper first. Then he must have 

there are so many fields open to 

you leave school to shoulder the 

whom we live and work or study 

the courage and stamina to carry 

young people today, it is best to 

responsibilities of adult citizenship,

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you will then become a useful 

member of a much larger team. 

During your leisure hours, you 

should go to concerts, plays, talks or 

demonstrations instead of spending 

all your money and time on the 

cinemas. If you are a pop fan, be 

interested in classical music too, 

so that you won’t be carried away 

by your emotions only. Not all of 

us can be actors or producers, but 

we can take part in work behind 

the scenes. You may not be a 

good speaker but support your 

school-mates when they represent 

you, by being present at debates 

and discussions. When there is an 

exhibition, make a trip to see what 

it is about. You don’t have to be an 

artist; yet you should have some 

idea of what an eastern or a western 

work of art is like. Be intereted in 

everying that goes on around you, 

and take an active part whatever 

you can. 

Above all, on this first 

anniversary of our independence, 

prepare yourselves to be ready, 

resourceful and responsible citizens 

to serve our young Republic loyally 

at all times. 

First Flag Raising Ceremony, 30th August, 1966. (photo: courtesy of The Straits Times) 

We, the citizens of Singapore, 

pledge ourselves as one united people, 

regardless of race, language or religion, 

to build a democratic society 

based on justice and equality 

so as to achieve happiness, prosperity 

and progress for our nation.

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Founder’s 

Day 1966 

May I congratulate you on celebrating 

the 143rd anniversary of the school. 

I MUST certainly say that Raffles 

Institution has seen the history of 

Singapore, and I can assure you that 

so long as nobody changes the name 

of Singapore, so long you need not 

fear that the name of RI will ever be 

changed. 

Your school has prospered. Your 

school has acquired its reputation 

throughout these years because 

you have been fortunate that your 

teachers are good. As your teachers 

are dedicated and so long as they 

continue to believe that they have a 

mission to play not just in this school 

alone but also in Singapore, then I 

say you can rest assured that Raffles 

Institution will continue to be not a 

good school - but to be an excellent 

school. 

I am quite sure that not only our 

teachers in RI but also teachers in 

other schools believe that today, 

in Singapore, their role is even 

more important and more vital. It 

is not only their duty to teach you 

the mysteries of algebra, higher 

mathematics, the mysteries of 

chemistry or what history is all about; 

but it is also their responsibility to 

teach you the art of living - the art of 

living in a multi-racial society. And 

students who are brought up in onelanguage 

schools tend to forget that 

the world is not the school alone 

and that when they leave the school, 

they have to adjust themselves 

to find equilibrium with the other 

components who make up our 

society. 

Listening to you just now singing 

in the four languages made me 

feel proud indeed that we are 

achieving what we set out to do 

in 1959. I believe so long as we 

can communicate with each other 

in whatever language we choose, 

so long as we give the liberty and 

freedom to everybody to choose his 

language of communication, then I 

say an equilibrium will be achieved 

in our multi- racial society. And there 

will be peace. 

But may I add, a school acquires 

its reputation, a school builds up 

its traditions over long years not 

only on the ground of first-class 

teachers or merely on the scholastic 

achievements some of the students 

score in their examinations. But your 

school acquires the name because 

the students, as a whole, from the 

lowest class to the highest class, 

maintain their balance, not only within 

their school, but also outside it.

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One point which struck me just 

now when your principal read out 

his annual report was the fact that 

a large number of students have 

gained scholarships, prizes and have 

generally made distinctions in other 

fields of activity but it struck me that 

these are individuals achievements 

- achievements of individuals. I 

believe that if you continue to 

depend upon individuals, if 

everybody were to behave and act 

merely as individuals, belonging 

to no organisation, the future is 

not so good. And individualism 

carried to an extreme may very well 

undermine the solidarity, the unity 

which is so important for sustaining 

our independence. 

And I certainly believe that one 

of the important lessons that you 

can learn in school is the art of 

organisation. It is organisations that 

unite the people, organisations that 

unite us, and it is on organisational 

strength that Singapore ultimately 

will survive. Because if we were to 

believe that we can always leave 

the job, the responsibility of doing 

community work, of public health, 

to a few individuals, then I think 

the position is unhealthy indeed 

because individuals by themselves 

are not infallible. Individuals can 

easily make mistakes; individuals 

represent their own thinking. 

But if such able individuals can 

organise others into groups and 

communities, then I say this is one of 

the largest contributions our schools 

can make. I am glad indeed to 

hear from your principal’s report on 

extra-mural activities, so many and 

varied that are being carried on in 

this school, and I hope they will be 

extended. 

There are 890 students who will 

be sitting either for the School 

Certificate Examination or the 

Higher School Certificate at the 

end of this year - enough to form a 

school itself. These examinations 

are useful yardsticks of standards 

of education and even more useful 

because they are bridges, windows, 

for the more ambitious of our 

students into the outside world. On 

the results of these examinations 

you can seek admission into the 

local university, the Polytechnic - and 

so on - or you can go abroad to 

study in overeas universities. 

We, in Singapore, are too small 

indeed to believe that for prestige 

purposes, we should set up our own 

Examinations Board, and believe 

that the rest of the world is going 

to accept whatever certificate we 

issue. If we were a substantially 

large country that of course, is what 

should be done. But being an 

island state, and moreover, being 

placed in a position where it is 

absolutely necessary for us to come 

into contact with the outside world, I 

think the best means of assuring our 

future - the future of our students - is 

to adopt standards which can be 

accepted not only within Singapore 

but also outside. I am sure that the 

890 of you who are going to sit for 

these exams at the end of the year 

may be asking yourselves: “What 

is my future? What else shall I do? 

Do I get a job? Do I go for higher 

studies?” 

What are you fit to be? What will 

be your responsibility? This is 

an important question because, 

as I have said earlier, this is the 

beginning of the lesson in the art 

of living. Your future - not only the 

future of students in this school, but 

the future of students in all schools 

- is certainly tied up in the future of 

our little Republic. 

Seven years ago, we fought 

for Merdeka and by a roundabout 

route we found ourselves 

independent. What about the 

future? History makes the future. 

The past makes today and what we 

do today makes tomorrow - and I 

have no doubt in the years to come, 

some of you will play a significant 

part in helping us to maintain 

Singapore’s independence and 

to keep it viable. Our object is to 

make Singapore a happy place for 

all races, for all who believe in what 

we believe - that there is equality 

of opportunity for all - irrespective 

of race, religion, or medium of 

instruction. This is the task that we 

set out to do. 

For the government and for those 

of us who have this responsibility, 

we have laid down the conditions 

to make Singapore viable and 

to maintain its independence. 

I certainly hope that you will 

comprehend the history that you 

have learned and bravely come out 

to shoulder your responsibilities in 

moving up our society. If each and 

every one of us is mainly interested 

in his own personal career - either 

as a doctor or as a lawyer or as an 

architect or engineer, then I say the 

prospects of Singapore remaining 

viable are remote indeed. So I 

certainly have great faith that the 

students of this school will play a 

part in building up our society after 

have left the school. 

Dr Toh Chin Chye. 

Deputy Prime Minister

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Head Prefect’s Speech 

Excerpt of Lam Pin Kwee’s speech on Founder’s Day 1966 

It is traditional to unveil on 

have to face. I am glad to say that 

If the criterion of a civilised 

record our gratitude to Mr E W 

Founder’s Day, a glowing testimony 

it is the policy of this institution to 

and cultured man is his ability to 

Jesudason, our retired principal, 

of the progress and achievements 

train her pupils to face up to these 

control his emotions, then Raffles 

for what he did for us and for the 

of this school over the previous 

challenges. The emphasis is on 

Institution must be given the credit 

school. Our new principal Mr Philip 

year. Our Principal’s report and 

an all-round education and the 

for placing strong emphasis on 

Liau, is no stranger to us. He has 

the information on the printed 

moulding of character so that we 

the cultivation of good manners 

been a teacher, a prefect master, 

programme prove that the 

will be better citizens of tomorrow 

and self-discipline. We have all 

senior master and acting principal 

past year has been one year of 

We are trained to cultivate qualities 

unconsciously acquired a degree 

of the school. In spite of his poor 

achievement, both in the academic, 

of leadership, responsibility, loyalty 

of self-discipline and a sense of 

health, our principal’s eagerness 

as well as in the extra-mural 

and a sense of duty and dedication 

respect for others. 

to return to the school has made a 

spheres. But while we chant our 

to the school and to the state. The 

tremendous impact on the minds 

achievements, 

importance of tolerance in a multi- 

To enhance civic 

of all Rafflesians. On behalf of my 

racial society like ours has not 

consciousness, we are taught 

colleagues, I would like to take this 

I would be unfair to my 

been neglected. To foster a better 

to think more of the community 

opportunity to wish our principal 

colleagues if I did not mention 

understanding in this respect, 

than of ourselves. I can assure you 

good health and many happy years 

some of the problems, triumphs 

singing the songs of the various 

that the two thousand Rafflesians 

in Raffles. 

and joys that we in Raffles 

cultures together during assemblies 

gathered here this afternoon 

Institution experience. As students 

has been a great help. We hope 

are always ready to serve and 

While we take pride in our 

of the premier school in Singapore, 

that you will enjoy listening to some 

contribute to the well-being of our 

achievements, we must confess that 

people expect us to achieve the 

of them this afternoon as much as 

society. 

without the help of our teachers, 

best results in all our endeavours. 

we enjoy singing them. 

we would not have done as well 

These are challenges which we 

I would like to place on 

as we have. Our teachers do not

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merely teach, they also inspire and 

urge us along the right path to 

a brighter future. It is my earnest 

hope that every Rafflesian will 

realise and appreciate the good 

intentions of our teachers. 

Head Prefect for 1966, Lam Pin Kwee 

Before I conclude, once 

again, on behalf of the school, I 

would like to thank our Guest of 

Honour, the Honourable Deputy 

Prime Minster Dr Toh Chin Chye, 

Mrs Thong and all our guests for 

having graced the occasion. 

Dr Toh Chin Chye Inspecting the NCC Guard of Honour during Founder’s Day 1966.

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1 2 

1966 Sec Ones 

Photo (1): Sec 2 E (1967) 

Lim Cher Lin (A1), Ong Eng Hin (A5), Soo 

Tat Kun (A8), and Alan Chan Heng Loon 

(D5). 

Photo (2): Sec 1/E 

Herman Ng (B4) and Tham Hoi Peng (B5). 

3 

Photo (3): Sec 1/D 

Form teacher: Mr Ronnie Chan. 

Sandok Singh (A5), Yong Choon Kong (A4), 

Ong Eng Hin (A7), Chen Tze Penn (C5). 

Photo (4): Sec 1 /C 

(Uniformed groups class). Bilahari (A1) 

Tengku Indra (A5), Peter Lim Eng Hock 

(B5), Lee Soon Tai (B10), Chen Heng Loon 

(B15). 

Below: Lee Soon Tai helping a recruit to 

cross a stream at MacRitchie, 1967. 

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1 

Photo (1): Sec 2/B (1967) 

Form teacher: Ronnie Chan. 

Lee Soon Tai (A5), Fauzi (A10), Suresh 

(A11). 

Photo (2): Sec 3 D Science 

Tham Hoi Peng (A3), Woo Kwong Fatt 

(A8), and ‘Baby Elephant” (A6), Chen Tze 

Penn (B6), Michael Lelah (C1). 

Photo (3): Sec 3 B Science 

Ong Eng Hin (A8), Lee Soon Tai (A10), 

Chiang Shao Soong (B11). 

2 

Photo (4): Sec 3 B Arts 

Peter Lim Eng Hock (A6), Soo Tat Kun 

(A8), and Kumar (A10), Lim Cher Lin 

(A13), Gavin Liau (B10). 

Below: 02 Scouts. Nirmal Singh, Chiang 

Shao Soong, Chen Tze Penn. 

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1 2 

Photo (1): 50 “Gifted” students with Mr 

Hector Chee (1968). 

Lee Soon Tai (A1), Tham Kah Weng (A8), 

Francis Lim (B4), Jothi (B10), Chiang Shao 

Siong (D3), Yong Yew Cheong (D8). 

Photo (2): 4 C Arts 

Form teacher: Natahar Bava. 

Francis Or Kum Hoong (A3), Dennis Soh 

(A9). 

3 

Photo (3): 4 A Arts 

Form teacher: Doreen Thambiayah 

Wong Chan Kok (A3), Peter Lim Eng Hock 

(A4), Gavin Liau (A7), Fauzi (A8), Chng 

Teow Swee (A10). Yong Choon Kong (B5), 

Yeo Tiong Peng (B8), Soo Tat Kun (B14), 

Chionh Chye Hion (C1), Koh Chee Wa (C3), 

Khojima (11) Tengku Indra (C13). 

Photo (4): Pre-U 1 Arts B 

Kumar (C7), Leslie Chew (C8) and Tan Hui 

Kian (C10), Jennifer Scully (A5). 

Below: RGS Guides performing at 

campfire, 1969. 

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1 2 

Photo (1): Pre-U 1 Science D 

Jai Singh (A3), Francis Lim Ju-san (A7), 

Lee Soon Tai (C6), Jothi (C13), Ng Hong 

Cheong (C9). 

Photo (2): Pre-U 1 Science F 

Edmund Khoo (C10), Zainal Abideen (B5), 

Sawaran Singh (B11). 

3 

Photo (3): Pre-U 1 Arts C 

Woo Siew Fook (A4), Chye Hion (C6), Kah 

Huat (C3), Tengku Indra (B10), Kwee Beng 

(B11), Nirmal Singh (C12). 

Photo (4): Pre-U 1 Arts A 

Form teacher: Doreen Thambiayah 

Yong Choon Kong (B14), Soo Tak Kun 

(C16). 

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Clockwise from top-left 

Teacher Ajmeer Singh’s class 

Sec 1 F (1966) Ms Kripalani was form teacher. 

FRONT: 2) Gopala Krishnan, 5) Poh Eng Seng, 

8) Francis Lim, 11) Cheong Seck Yuen, 13) 

Suresh. MIDDLE row: 6) Yeong Yuen Soo. 

BACK row: 2) Han Fook Kwang, 4) Kumar, 7) 

Surendran, 13) Leong Weng Kee 

Mr Heng Jee Yong teaching a class. 

In the Physics Lab lesson taught by Ms Ho 

Sook Hong. Nina Ho and Grace Oon were 

paying attention. Zainal Abideen scratching 

his head at the back.

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Above: 2101 RAFFLES VENTURE SCOUTS CONQUERED MT OPHIR ON 23 APRIL 1970. This was reported in 

The Straits Times. Name of some members are: From front: Sim Boon Wah, Denis Tan, Tang Hock Guan. Middle 

row: Whye Yip Kwong, Kuan Kim Seng, Ho Loong Chan, Chionh Chye Hion, Chey Chor Wai. Rear: Wee Ban 

Chiang, and Natahar Bava. 

Left top photo: Owl Patrol (1966). 

Middle photo: Going-over ceremony 1969 of junior to senior scouts. 

Bottom photo: Ang Pow Carnival 1970. Bottom photo: 01 Venture scouts infront of their tent-stall during NDF 

Carnival.

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(1971) Pre U 2 Science A Rugby Team. Back (L-R): Poh Eng Seng, Tan Tjin Kie, Lee Chee Keong, Tham Kah Wing, 

Fong Wei Ming, Tay Boon Hai, Tan Chek Hoon, Goy Liak Meng, Pek Beng Choon, Lum Tain Fore. Front (L-R) : Lim 

Kew Leong, Lim Neo Chian, Low Hong Tong, Chen Tze Penn, Seah Seow Hai, Tan Tian Chong, Whye Yip Kwong. 

First Rugby Girl Match, 1970. 

Standing from left: Yan Kum Seng, Lee Keen Whye, Woo Chue 

Wah, Mohd Affandi, Chiang Shao Soong, Ho Yew Loon, Ngiam 

Hai Guan, Tham Koh Yew, Sim Puay Huat, Lee Soon Tai 

Sitting from left: Goh Peng Khoon, Wong Chung Chan, Goh 

Koon San, Lee Kee Sen, Vaithilingam, Ong Eng Hin.

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Prefects 1966 

Sitting: Amy Cheang, Yip Mang Meng, Ng 

Hee, Chow Kwok Wah, Chan Peng Mun, 

Wun Kai Ping (Vice-Head Prefect), Mr Wong 

Hee Sing (Prefects’ Master), Mr Philip Liau 

(Principal), Lam Pin Kwee (Head Prefect), 

Philip Chan, Tan Lian Ann, Kok Moon Seng 

(*1), Richard Ow, Sonia Tan 

Middle Row: Ronald Lim, Tan Hong Ang, 

Wong Koi Weng, Vincent Loh Sze Yung, 

Cheong Yuen Kong, Cheong Yuen Kay, 

Low Ching Ming, Kurian Verghese, Yeo Hui 

Cheng, Lau Kheong Thye, Imran bin Yusof, 

N.V. Prasad, Dileep Nair (*2), Ram Labhaya, 

Loke Swee Fatt. 

Rear Row: Tan Kian, Peter Chan Jer Hing 

(*3), Quek Joo Hee (*4), Wong Sin Hee, 

Chander TN, Nadaison Logaraj, Lau Hong 

Thye, Hira Singh Sidhu, Mak Kum Thong 

(*5), Choo Lee Ken, Tan Ah Hui, Lim Liong, 

Loke Tat Luen, Chong Hong Siong, Chia 

Peng Hong. 

*1 Kok Moon Seng - Head Prefect 1967 

*2 Dileep Nair - Head Prefect 1968 

*3 Peter Chan Jer Hing - President’s Scholar 

1966 

*4 Quek Joo Hee - Head Prefect 1969 

*5 Mak Kum Thong - President’s Scholar 

1968 

“Our uniform is identical. We carry 

no 007 credentials. We don’t carry 

Berettas or the executioner’s axe. 

All we have is a badge measuring 

30 mm by 20 mm. The prefects’ 

room has no torture devices. Yet, we 

are mistaken as secret agents or as 

members of the RI Special Branch. 

Many of you believe that we are 

merely policemen of the school 

who lurk round corners, patrol 

the tuckshop, waiting like vultures 

for their prey. But this is a gross 

misconception. We have been 

elected by you and consequently 

we are bound to uphold your 

interests. Frankly when executing 

our duties, we are not interested 

in personal glory or retribution. 

Instead, we would always like to 

advise and help you without fear or 

favour.” 

Look upon your prefects 

As friends and not foes, 

Then our future will be bright, 

And there will be no woes! 

- Lam Pin Kwee

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E.W. Jesudason 


A tribute 

160 Contributions of EWJ 

165 Editorial: Farewell Sir 

162 Our Principal To Retire 

166 Prefects’ Investiture 

172 Response from Jeffrey Chan 

178 My Father as I Remember Him

Police Commissioner John Le Cain (in centre) was Guest 

of Honour for Founder’s Day 1963. 

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160 


Principal 


His contributions to Raffles Institution 

1. RI has 6 acting principals for 

3 years from 1959 to late 1962, 

before E W Jesudason was 

appointed principal. 

2. His first task was to put the 

school on a firmer footing and get 

things into proper shape. 

3. His Aim was to restore the 

reputation of the school. He was 

going to be strict with discipline. 

He demanded high standards of all, 

including himself. 

4. Renovations: White lampshades 

were replaced; school office shifted 

from library, to ground floor of 

Principal’s residence; building walls 

washed clean; furniture added to 

library. A Pre-U section of the library 

was set up. 

5. School Programme enriched 

with new ideas: 

(a) Interact Club came into being 

on 26 Oct 1963. 

(b) Economics Club 

(c) Steering Wheel Club for 

motor enthusiasts. 

(d) Cheer Team (with Roney Tan 

as leader) 

(e) Music Club 

(f) RI Museum of Natural Life 

(g) RI Times (a school newsletter) 

(h) Aikido. 

6. House system was revamped 

to inject more life and keener 

competition into inter-House rivalry, 

and so inculcate House loyalty. 

The entire staff was identified with 

Houses. 

7. Annual Sports Day: becomes a 

colourful event, complete with a 

full-scale march past, including a 

competition for the best decorated 

House shed. Giving away prizes 

in 1963 was Toh Puan Noor Aisha. 

1964 : Mrs Lee Kuan Yew (photo 

right). 

8. Prize/Trophy Table: 

Inappropriate to have cadets 

standing alongside the prizetable 

as if guarding the trophies

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against theft by ill-disciplined 

pupils. He removed the cadets. 

He also stopped the practice of 

having cadets form a security ring 

during the prize-presentation. He 

considered this a poor reflection 

on the state of discipline of the 

school. Instead at the end of 

the meet, the band sounded a 

fanfare and boys of the five Houses 

emerged from their sheds, and in 

stampede-fashion, flags held aloft, 

converged around the VIP stand, 

halting a respectable distance, 

as if spontaneously. The whole 

spectacle was so breath-taking 

scene drew admiration from Mrs 

Lee Kuan Yew, who was guest of 

honour at 1964 meet. 

-1963: John Le Cains, the first Asian 

Commissioner of Police was the 

guest of honour. He came for the 

function in full Commissioner’s 

attire and he was a great source of 

pride and inspiration to younger 

Rafflesians. The school, not being 

in possession of a band, the Police 

Band was in attendance to hail its 

Commisioner. 

-1964: Yusof bin Ishak, the first 

Singaporean Head of State, was 

the guest of honour. (Photo on the 

right). 

-1965: Ong Pang Boon, the 

Minister of Education was the guest 

of honour. 

“Never have I enjoyed the glory of fame 

and achievement as I have enjoyed in 

Raffles Institution - all through your effort.” 

9. Founder’s Day: developed into 

a spectacular event. A wayang 

stage, beautifully and tastefully 

decorated, was converted into a 

VIP platform. Atop this platform sat 

all the members of the staff in the 

back rows, who streamed in clad 

in academic gowns, in very orderly 

fashion, before guests and parents, 

just before the arrival of the guest 

of honour. 

-1966: Dr Toh Chin Chye (Deputy 

Prime Minister). 

10. A RI song book was published. 

11. Prefect’s Investiture Ceremony 

instituted.

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Our Principal to Retire 

Article from R.I. Times, 4 April 1966 

The R.I. Times has been informed 

constituted a challenge to him. 

His policy as principal of the school 

good cause and purpose.” This 

officially that our Principal is 

Fully aware of the responsibilities 

was simple, straight-forward and 

was the basis of his policy and the 

scheduled to go on retirement on 

involved in not only maintaining 

very practical. He admits that the 

underlying theme of all his efforts 

15th April, 1966. That day will mark 

the proud reputation of the school 

most difficult job in taking over a 

and innovations. 

the close of a chapter in his life as 

but also in having to improve 

new school is in the formulation 

a teacher, headmaster and true 

upon its high standards he looked 

of policies as the new personality 

His first year of office saw many 

educationist. Interviewed by Times 

forward to the appointment. As 

comes to influence the life of the 

innovations – the school anthem, 

editors Soo Meng Thong and Wong 

the head of the Premier School 

school. People, he said, are always 

the regular assembly, class projects, 

Sin Hee, he confessed that he had 

in Singapore, he realized that the 

suspicious and cynical when new 

talks by authorities for the upper 

hoped one day to be honoured 

focus of society would be upon him 

things are introduced. A policy, 

classes, the revival of house activity 

by being appointed principal of 

but he faced up to the challenge 

however, must have a sense of 

on a grand scale, due recognition 

Raffles Institution. But competition 

because in this opportunity, he saw 

purpose and direction. A principal, 

to sportsmen, promotion of 

had been keen all along and the 

the hope of bringing many of his 

he believes, “must be able to feel 

gymnastics, the Prefects’ Investiture, 

prospect had seemed remote. Then 

enlightened ideas of education to 

the pulse of the school and must be 

the School Brass band, extra-mural 

one day late in 1962 his dream was 

bear upon progress in Singapore. 

able to keep teachers and pupils 

activity on an organised basis, the 

realized. After three years in this 

He will take this leave of the school, 

happy and contented. He must be 

societies took on a new look, even 

capacity he has elected to go on 

where his “three years have proved 

friendly but firm and kind, without 

notice boards came to be used as 

retirement. 

most rewarding”, satisfied that he 

being too sentimental. A principal 

notice boards, and of course one 

accomplished what he set off to 

must make himself approachable; 

cannot overlook the colour and 

What further testimony then do 

achieve and bearing with him the 

he must not isolate himself. 

the ceremony that was attached to 

we need that his appointment 

gratitude and respect of his pupils. 

Teachers and pupils must feel free 

Sports day and Founder’s day. 

as principal of Raffles Institution 

to see him without fear but with

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He placed a new emphasis on 

the importance of characterbuilding 

believing that though the 

students of Raffles Institution were 

intelligent, the intelligence was 

not fully exploited and all this was 

done without sacrificing academic 

standards. In fact, our academic 

results improved over the three 

years he was principal despite the 

varied interests he introduced into 

the school and his insistence that 

extra-curricular activity must not 

suffer degeneration. 

Our principal certainly leaves 

behind record of glorious 

achievement. He imbibed in a 

noble pride in our school and 

helped revive the old spirit of the 

school. There was general approval 

for all that he did but as in all 

communities there were shades of 

opinion, some questioning, others 

applauding and we are sure that as 

far as the principal was concerned 

this was healthy. 

It must have thrilled his heart 

to know that the school was 

discussing his many changes 

and innovations. As an interested 

educationist, it must have been 

very satisfying for him to see us 

not as passive conformists but 

people with minds of our own, able 

to make our own assessments of 

various situations. We cannot recall 

another period in our stay in Raffles 

Institution when we were provoked 

to take a healthy interest in our 

school, in its life and standing. 

There were many who felt that our 

principal could have been more 

subtle in his determined efforts to 

stir within us a pride in our school. 

But for everyone who felt this there 

were two more who felt that more 

had to be done in this direction. 

He set very high standards for all 

of us and he measured up to these 

standards himself. Raffles Institution 

deserved the best and he saw that 

he got it for us. Raffles Institution 

had to lead and he saw to it that 

it set the pace. Nothing was too 

good for Raffles Institution and he 

strove to give us a vision of the 

heights that we should aspire to. 

He treated the prefects as equals. 

Those who came into contact with 

Above: The original R.I Times 

article in 1966. The issue 

was dedicated to Principal 

Jesudason. 

Right:The 2 writers were Wong 

Sin Hee (top) and Soo Meng 

Thong

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him either decided that they were 

never going to upset him again or 

found him encouraging, 

inspiring and rewarding. 

Mr. E. W. Jesudason was born in 

Seremban, State of Negri Sembilan, 

in 1913. He was educated at King 

Edward School, Taiping (Perak) 

where he shone as a sportsman. A 

government scholarship found him 

at Raffles College (in Singapore) 

where he read English Literature. 

On graduating he returned to his 

former school where he taught for 

seventeen years. 

In 1947 he won a British Council 

Scholarship for Youth Leadership 

Training in England. But when he 

returned he was not offered a job 

where he could exploit the skills he 

had acquired while in England. In 

disgust he asked for a transfer to 

Singapore. 

He was posted to Raffles Institution 

in 1950 where he taught the 

School Certificate classes turning 

out splendid results in English 

and Literature. In 1954 he went as 

Senior Master to Victoria School, 

he admits, very reluctantly. Three 

months later he was appointed 

headmaster of Bartley School 

where he remained for seven years, 

introducing many changes into the 

school. Late in 1962 he reached the 

peak of his career as a schoolmaster 

when he was made principal of 

Raffles Institution. 

The interview revealed that he set 

himself certain objectives when 

he took over the school and feels 

satisfied that he has realized them. 

He displayed a special fondness 

for the Interact Club which he 

helped found in the school, 

probably because he appreciates 

the importance of universal 

understanding. 

He believes that the school 

assembly and class projects were 

vital to education in the broader 

sense. He strove very hard to make 

us appreciate the changes that 

were taking place in Singapore 

and how important it was for all of 

us to identify ourselves with these 

changes. 

We must admit that the simple 

singing of the traditional songs of 

the different races of Singapore 

every week will go a long way in 

cementng inter-racial harmony. 

His only setback he felt was his 

failure to put the Old Rafflesians’ 

Association on a strong footing. 

We wish our Principal all the best 

in his retirement. We thank him 

for what he has done for us and 

the school and we look forward to 

meeting him on all future major 

functions of the school. 

Principal Jesudason with V Ambiavagar 

(PRI, 1959).

165 

Editorial: Farewell, Sir 

On the eve of the retirement of our 

forceful of personality who could 

supremacy during the three years 

Principal, there is already a lump in 

mount a rostrum and command 

he was at the helm so much so that 

our throats. To have to bid farewell 

absolute attention, convincing in 

old boys found a new interest in the 

to one who has done so much to 

speech, fierce in his cautioning, 

School and were quick to raise their 

give us reason to feel proud of our 

demanding in virtue, bold in his 

voices in praise. He will always be 

School and who has done as much 

pursuits, a man with sight focussed 

appreciated by us because this was 

to give us an education that would 

on a lofty pedestal, determined and 

what we looked forward to all our 

stand us in good stead when we go 

confident and ambitious for those 

years in Raffles Institution. He revived 

out to face the world, parting will be 

who were his wards. These were 

tradition and built a new pride and 

no easy matter. He endeared himself 

qualities we observed in our Principal 

spirit upon it and guided us expertly 

to us by the many improvements 

and came to admire. 

towards a realization of that abstract 

he made to the school and to our 

The School will remember him 

concept of the ‘Rafflesian Spirit’. 

Othman Wok 

education and by the spirit of inquiry 

as the principal who was quick to 

and interest in the larger community 

show his appreciation for a job well 

We, of the R.I. Times, owe the 

and the world at large which he 

done and who was equally quick to 

Principal a special debt of gratitude 

enkindled in us. Gratitude demands 

show his contempt when rules were 

for the support he gave us while 

that we humbly dedicate this special 

violated or principles disregarded. 

the paper struggled through its first 

issue of the R.I. times to our retiring 

The prefects will remember him 

three years of infancy. If the paper 

Principal for more reasons than one. 

for the status he gave them, the 

now appears in new form, we have 

intellectuals for the pride he felt in 

our Principal to thank for it was his 

An editorial to such an issue must of 

their achievement, the sportsmen 

idea. We wish our Principal well in 

necessity speak of the contributions 

for the recognition he gave them 

his retirement and assure him that 

of the man. But this has already been 

and, if I may be permitted to say, 

we will went our way to the sights he 

done as a special feature of this issue. 

the teachers for the drive and the 

pointed out to us, where he was our 

Permit me the privilege, therefore, to 

enthusiasm he put into them. 

Captain. 

say my farewell in another way. To me 

and my colleagues, here was a man 

He guided the School to stability and 

John Le Cain

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Prefects’ Investiture 

Among the many feature of school 

life introduced by our retiring 

principal, surely the Prefects’ 

Investiture ceremony must rank 

among the foremost. It has helped 

to stamp in our minds the role of 

the prefects as important guardians 

of school discipline and “Prefects 

are not agents appointed to spy on 

our every move and so destroy the 

pleasantness of our school days, 

happy golden rule days”. 

The introduction of the prefects to 

the whole school, the methodical 

elections, the ceremony attached to 

the investiture, the prefects’ pledge 

and the singing of appropriate 

songs not only helped to make the 

prefects feel a sense of pride but 

made them aware, thereafter, of 

their responsibility to the student 

body and made the students 

understand that the prefects were 

their friends. 

The presentation of the prefects 

of the afternoon session as well, 

with equal seriousness and pomp, 

helped to cement unity between 

the two sessions. In previous years 

the smaller boys were not aware 

of the role of prefects and hence 

feared their authority. The public 

investiture has certainly helped to 

establish a better understanding 

between the prefects and the 

students. 

A strong comparison can be 

made between the swearing in of 

parliament and that of our prefects. 

The prefects, like members of 

parliament, take a solemn pledge 

to be of serve to those they 

represent. If they fail then they 

have betrayed the trust placed in 

them by those who elected them 

to office. One got the impression 

while participating in this year’s 

investiture ceremony that the 

highest honour any boy could win 

in school was to be made a prefect. 

The same solemn air prevailed 

at this year’s prefects’ investiture 

ceremony on January 19th, 1966 

when twenty-two new and proud 

prefects received their credentials 

from the Principal. Lam Pin Kwee 

was elected head prefect for 1966. 

Our Principal will not be with us 

after April and it is hoped that 

prefects will continue to cherish the 

responsibility he made them realize 

was theirs.

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Prefects’ Investiture: 

Pledges 

Opposite page: 

Top: Lui Eng Yee (1969) 

Bottom: Principal Jesudason 

Left: 1969 ceremony. 

Fom left: Quek Joo Hee (Head Prefect), 

Wong Fot Noon, Chan Kok Poh, Mr Philip 

Liau, Mr KP John, Stellar Bavier, and Alec 

Lim. 

Bottom left: 

Soo Meng Tong (1967) leads in the pledge. 

Behind him from left: Ismail Ibrahim, Loh 

Yan Poh, Liu Mun Seng, Alec Lim, Lee Hock 

Chye. 

Bottom right: Michael Khoo (1968).

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Prefects 1963 

THE OUTSTANDING ONES: 

(*1) LEONG HON KONG 

- Yang Di-Pertuan Negara Scholar 

1964 

(*2) VICTOR ANG - Shell Scholar 

1964 

(*3) ABDULLAH TARMUGI 

- Cabinet Minister, Parliamentary 

Speaker 

(*4) CHNG MENG KNG 

- Yang Di-Pertuan Negara Scholar 

1965 

(*5) SIM BOON CHAI - Shell 

Scholar 1966 

(*6) ONG LEONG BOON 

- Memberof Parliament 

Sitting: Baljinder Kaur Bajaj, Anthony Thio, R Kaneyson, Leong Cheng Chit, Wong Fot Noon (Head Prefect), 

Second Row: Leow Min Siong, Ong Geok Soo, Wong Siew Parng, Ronny Chan, Chin Heng Fook, 

Third Row: Victor Huang Kuo-Liang, Victor Lye Pak Fun, Ong Kim Sye, Chia See Keen, Rajendra Baboo, 

Rear Row: Tan Peng Guan, Abdullah Tarmugi, Chng Meng Kng, Sim Boon Chai, Khoo Teng Kew 

LEFT: Wong Fot Noon serving tea to Principal Jesudason.

Mr EW Jesudason (Principal), Mr Koh Beng Thiam (Prefect Master), Yik Tuck Yew (Vice HP), Yew Kok Beng, Chan Chee Yuen, Wong Chiang Kwang, Davida Mae Boudewyn. 

S Tiwari, Lim Ho Kee, Leong Hon Kong (*1), Yip Mang Meng, MK Latiff, Tay Ah Soon, Victor Ang (*2). 

Raymond Teo Cheng Soon, Lee Thian Song, Seah Siew Kong, Richard Ow Kok Keng, Jeffery Tan Hock Jin, Wun Khai Ping, Tan Lian Ann. 

Henry Yeo PH, Ong Leong Boon (*6), Santok Singh, Chan Kok Poh, Lam Pin Kwee, Philip Chan. 

169

170 


Farewell Assembly 

Beloved Teachers, beloved 

Rafflesians: 

It is difficult for me on this 

occasion to find words to express 

my feelings. I am sure you are 

all aware as I am that this is an 

unprecedented honour. Never 

in the past has Raffles Institution 

honoured a principal as I have 

been this morning. You have placed 

on me a laurel and shown me an 

affection so deep that I just don’t 

know to respond to you; so greatly 

have I been overwhelmed. I am 

sure you have read from many a 

poet that one era of time must 

gave way to another and one 

headmaster must place to another. 

But if it is any consolation for me 

and for you to know, period in 

Raffles Institution has been most 

rewarding for me. 

It has been the happiest period of 

my life as a school master because 

I have had the best response from 

you, the best co-operation from 

you, and the best co-ordination 

of effort from you. Never have I 

enjoyed the glory of fame and 

achievement as I have enjoyed in 

Raffles Institution – all through your 

effort – and that is why it makes me 

sad that I have to divorce myself 

from an institution which has taken 

me to the very top of the pedestal 

and from here onwards, there is no 

other place I can aspire to which 

will give me that solace and that 

deep-abiding satisfaction which I 

have had from you. 

(Above is an excerpt from the speech Mr. 

E.W. Jesudason, the former Principal of 

Raffles Institution, gave at the Farewell 

Assembly at the R.I. Grounds on 7th. April, 

1966)

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172 


Response from 

Jeffrey Chan 

(Written February 2015) RI 1966/1968 

Wonderful that this project (My 

the one who got Dr Prem Kumar 

Institution’ - we did not understand 

Interact Club of Raffles Institution, 

Grandfather’s Class) is being 

to compose "Aarge Bargo" for the 

much of it at that time. 

the first Interact Club to be 

dedicated to E W Jesudason. He 

1963 R I Founder’s Day. It was in 

established in Singapore. He was 

was very much a hero during our 

time - a most caring and at the 

same time inspiring Principal. After 

his retirement in 1966, he started a 

business but it failed and he died 

in poverty, a broken man. I think 

we should immortalise him for the 

values he imparted to all of us and 

for his steadfastness in holding on 

to his principles - at great cost to 

himself. 

To add on to his achievement 

listed below, he was the one who 

introduced the R I anthem and in 

fact wrote the words. Also, he was 

Hindi but now it has been translated 

into Tamil and called "Munnaeuru 

Vaalibaa" and sung every National 

Day. No one now remembers 

"Aarge Bargo" except people like 

us. My friends and I still insist on 

singing it in its original Hindi, not in 

Tamil. So sad that someone else has 

now stepped forward to claim credit 

for composing this song when in 

fact the composer was our own Old 

Rafflesian Dr Prem Kumar. 

Jesudason also introduced a new 

subject for Sec 1 - R I Knowledge 

and made all of us buy and read 

E Wijeysingha's ‘History of Raffles 

We were only in Sec 1. He also 

introduced a new method of 

selecting school athletes where 

every student has to take a series 

of physical tests to determine our 

anatomical inclinations for different 

kinds of sports. In addition, it was 

Jesudason who established the 

1968 Interact Club. 

From left: Jeffrey 

Chan, Jaya Prakash, 

Kirpal Singh, N Pillay, 

Tang Teck Chye, 

Khalid Salleh, and 

Sam Sui Chee 

its teacher-in-charge as well as its 

Rotarian advisor. I remember very 

fondly my Interact club days. 

I will be very happy to share my 

experiences in R I with the new 

generation of Rafflesians.

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AAGE BERHO 

(Hindi) 

Aao javano au nav-yuvatio, berhe 

chelo aage, 

Veh dekho tara chemmek reha hai 

andhere me aage, 

Bikhre raste byakul hoker, un seb ki 

asha hai tum per, 

Uttho lagawo ne deri eb tum berhe 

chelo aage. 

Jago yeh sone ka ne semey hai, huii 

berhi hani, 

Huwa ujalla, jegi hai duniya, choro 

ab nadani, 

Beheno, bhaiyo tum sab milker, 

premse nebyug ka swaget ker 

Azadi aur ekta ke dhun me berhe 

chalo aage. 

Munnaeru vaalibaa 

(Tamil version) 

Munnaeru vaalibaa munaeri 

endrum 

Thoduvaan noakkuvaai 

Kann theriyaatha Kaari rulil 

Olirum vinmeenae 

Thanimaiyaalae payantha naadugal 

Irulil oli pera unnai naadum 

Mael noakku vaaliba endrum 

munnaeri 

Thoduvaan noakkuvaai thoduvaan 

noakkuvai 

Top right photo: Capt Tan Kim 

Cheng, Principal Jesudason and 

Colonel Minjoot at 1965 Cadets 

Annual Inspection. 

Bottom Right: 

Prinicpal Jeusdason and wife, with 

guests enjoying an Interact Club 

concert in RI school hall, 1964

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Why Do We Study History ? 

From the H.M’s Desk (1964) 

Once in a while, it is good to ask 

History’s unpopularity is that writers 

The truth is that all three countries 

in some way or other contributed 

ourselves a few pertinent questions 

of text books do ot always tell their 

made major contributions to the 

to our present level of civilisation. 

as to why we study certain subjects 

story with the degree of objectivity 

downfall of Napoleon. Historians 

History does not portray civilisations 

at school. This is to convince 

and love for humanity that should 

all over the world are now realising 

as a steadily progressive movement 

ourselves that we are not wasting 

go with such a story. National and 

that many history text books are 

under the wise direction of skilled 

our time merely carrying out an 

sectarian bias, racial pride and 

not true accounts but cleverly 

philosophers nd statesman. It 

order issued by the Ministry of 

prejudice, envy, greed and hatred 

written descriptions in which wrong 

shows that man’s emotions as well 

Education. 

have all distorted the story to glory 

emphasis, deliberate omissions and 

as his ideals, his greed as well as 

or condemn, extol or deprecate. 

appeals to the emotion develop 

love for his fellows have all played 

Let us first consider History because 

certain narrow attitudes in school 

important roles in shaping his 

many people seem to think that, 

For instance, who won the Battle 

children which are undesirable 

destiny. 

comparatively speaking, it is not 

of Wateroo? If you are a Dutch 

from an international viewpoint. 

a very popular subject. Surely 

boy in a school in Holland, you will 

Text books should be absolutely fair 

It is the inspiring story of the 

every one of us would agree that 

be taught that the Dutch soldiers 

and acceptable in every country of 

somewhat neven progress of Man 

he story of our own family would 

played the major role in winning 

the world. They should foster love 

towards justice, freedom and 

make interesting reading. Similarly, 

that battle. If you go to school in 

for humanity and never under any 

international brotherhood. Man has 

the story of Man from his early 

England, you will be taught that it 

pretence incite hatred for another 

always moved forward in spite of 

beginnings to his present level of 

was Wellington who defeated the 

country. 

setbacks of all kinds – revolutions, 

civilisation should make interesting 

French with very little help from the 

wars, ideological conflicts and 

reading. 

Dutch or the Germans. If you are a 

In studying history we must take 

Indonesian confrontation. In every 

German boy, it will be impressed 

care that our vision is wide and our 

sphere of our life, we are better 

Perhaps one of the reasons for 

upon you Blucher was the victor. 

attitude liberal. Every country has 

off than today than we were a

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thousand years ago. This is the 

glorious story of Man, the story of 

perseverance and determination to 

rise higher and higher to heights 

which are almost inconceivable. 

imagination to carry history beyond 

the covers of the text book and 

visualise events as vividly as they 

would appear on a television 

screen. 

10th August 1963 

PM Lee’s visit to 


which he stressed the importance 

of including the Chinese 

educated in the machinery 

of the country. A rejection of 

these brains and conditions of 

inequality, he warned, would 

Why should such a story be dull in 

the classroom? Perhaps because 

we concern ourselves with only a 

short episode of this eventful story 

and do not relate it to its fascinating 

background. Perhaps we are too 

pessimistic and imagine we are 

living in the shadow of nuclear 

war. Perhaps we have developed 

the examination complex to such 

an extent that only names and 

Without history to fire our 

imagination, traditions, monuments, 

ancient buildings and ruins would 

become meaningless and dull. 

Places like the pyramids of Egypt, 

the ruins of Pompey and the 

Acropolis of Athens would become 

unsightly mounds and remnants of 

former edifices. 

Surely History is worth studying! 

By 6.30 pm, the time scheduled 

for the PM’s visit, about 300 

boys, teachers and well wishers 

have gathered on RI ground 

waiting anxiously and perhaps 

impatiently for the P.M. to arrive. 

One hour passed before Mr Lee 

arrived followed by T.V. Singapore 

technicians. Floods lights 

were readied and the filming 

commenced. 

allow revolutionary to flourish 

and endanger the peace and 

stability of the country. The P.M. 

after finishing his inspiring speech 

came down from the platform to 

greet the students themselves. 

Cries of “we want a new school,” 

“we want a swimming pool,” etc. 

etc. followed him as he went. 

To commemorate his visit, 

Mr Lee planted a Yellow Flame 

dates matter and not the inspiring 

story. Perhaps we have not the 

Mr Lee Kuan Yew giving 

a speech in RI compound 

during his tour of Bras 

Basah constituency in 

1963. On stage were: Mr 

KM Byrne, Mr Jesudason, 

and Mrs Lee. 

The PM was greeted 

warmly by the Principal and the 

pupils. In his speech of welcome, 

Mr Jesudason said that such a 

great man as the Prime Minister 

was nurtured within these 

grounds. He observed that Mr 

Lee was not a member of the ORA 

and requested him to join. Mr 

Lee smilingly consented but had 

to “borrow” $2 from Mrs. Lee (his 

personal finance minster?). Then 

tree (Peltophorum Pterocarpum). 

Three cheers were given both to 

the PM and Mr Harry Crabb, who 

helped Mr Lee up the waiting 

Land Rover. The engine drove 

away with Mr Lee waving to the 

boys, teachers, and Ah Loke, who 

for once, condescended to dress 

in his best. 

(R.I. Times, 13th September 1963) 

Mr Lee delivered his speech in

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Top: Retiring principal E W Jesudason inspects the cadets (1966) accompanied by Mr Sigamoney and Capt Tan Kim 

Cheng. 3rd from left is Low Chek Kwang of Sec 2 C. 

Bottom: Principal Jesudason with RI Cadet Corps. To his left is CPT Tan Kim Cheng, and to his right is A.K. Sigamoney. 

Right: 

Mrs Jesudason giving away prizes at 

1965 swimming carnival.

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Scoutmaster 

EW Jesudason 

(front, 2nd 

from right) in 

1951 saw to 

the merging of 

Raffles Scouts 

Groups into 2nd 

and 32nd Troop. 

L2-LA Woodford 

(Singapore 

1st local chief 

commissioner), 

L3- Headmaster 

Howitt. L5- 

Dolphin. 

Another RI 

scoutmaster 

is Mr Christie 

(standing L5). 

JESUDASON 

(Front row, 6th 

from left) AT 

UNIVERSITY 

OF MALAYA 

(SINGAPORE) 

1951-52 

on 

Departmental 

Scholarship, 

together with 

Mallal and 

Thong SC.

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My Father 

As I remember him 

From Janet Stevens 

Eldest daughter of 

EW Jesudason. 

(Represented Singapore to 

Melbourne Olympic in 1956) 

Here is my memory of him. 

One evening, when we were 

little, gathered around him at the 

dinner table, we asked him what 

he wanted from us when we grew 

up.His response was “I want to 

know that you have received a 

good education. No one can ever 

take that away from you. A good 

education will be your gift to you 

and me. That is all I want” 

He instilled in us a love of books, 

we were members of the library...., 

he bought us a subscription to 

comic books. He did not mind if 

we read “trash” (True Confessions). 

He believed that we would soon 

learn to differentiate what was 

good literature and what was not. 

We enjoyed the trash as well as the 

books and poems penned by 

famous authors. He was fascinated 

by James Joyce’s works and read 

some paragraphs aloud to us, most 

of it we did not understand. He 

loved the heritage of the English 

language, it’s literature, poetry, 

music. Most important of all he 

loved sharing his love of words 

and music to all who would care to 

listen. 

John Edward (Eddie) 

/ No. 2 child 

“ My father’s interests in sports, 

music, dance and photography 

influenced all his children. 

Because of this, I was active in 

RI representing the school in 

soccer, gymnastics, cricket and my 

house in athletics, badminton and 

basketball. 

He ‘forced’ us to take piano 

lessons for which I am grateful. I 

was thus able to take music as a 

subject for my Senior Cambridge 

gladly giving up History and the 

need to ‘mug’ for this subject. His 

ballroom dancing interest and 

sessions at home continued with 

me now being able to dance in 

various genres including Latin, 

Ballroom and Salsa. I must also 

acknowledge my father for my 

passion in photography, having 

spent countless hours by his 

side in his darkroom developing 

film negatives and printing 

photographs. He could easily 

discipline all of us with his glare but 

often he would also chide with his 

famous “confound you” which we 

did not really know the meaning of. 

My father left a deep impression on 

all of us.”

179 

Jesudason’s 

children from first 

marriage: Janet, 

Edward, Joan, 

Junice, Jessie, 

Jacqueline. Photo 

taken in Taiping, 

Perak circa 1940.

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Joan Esther / 

Juince Evelyn / No. 4 

Jessie Elaine / No. 5 

Jacqueline Emily / 

No. 3 

“My dad was ‘Papa’. He was a rock 

to me who was strong, focused and 

always set clear boundaries of how 

we should behave. I remember 

longing for him to come home 

from work to give me a gentle 

hug, a smile and a few kind words 

which made me feel secure and 

serene. He often helped me with 

homework. In particular, I remember 

struggling to understand the poem 

“Ode to Autumn” as Singapore had 

no “Seasons of mists and mellow 

fruitfulness!” Papa’s explanation 

helped me to appreciate the poem 

and realize that not everywhere was 

like my home. 

“My father was multi-talented. He 

brought music into my life. He could 

play the piano, violin and accordion 

by ear. Sunday musical gatherings 

for family and friends, sing-alongs 

and solos we all enjoyed. My father 

was unique and he inspired me 

that nothing was impossible with 

commitment. So I do my choir 

music with energy and hard work 

with rewarding results. He was a 

great entertainer to all of us and 

I am sure to many of his friends. I 

remember as a 5 year old child, my 

father acting the leading role in the 

drama “Everyman” at a local show in 

Taiping where we lived at the time. 

I was spellbound by his brilliant 

emotional acting. 

“My father was a true educationist. 

There were always groups of people 

coming to the house for tuition. 

One day I asked him why was he 

always giving tuition and he said 

“Education is the best thing in life 

and nobody can take it away from 

you. It is the highest gift for mankind 

to attain.” 

These words of wisdom inspired 

me to learn not just in school but 

throughout my life to this day.” 

No. 6 

My father was a strict disciplinarian 

but I remember mostly his love 

of family and of music. He played 

several instruments which he learnt 

himself. He instilled in us a love of 

literature especially Shakespeare 

and I can still recall to this day 

excerpts from Twelfth Night. He 

was full of fun and laughter and 

even taught our relatives ballroom 

dancing which he also learnt from 

a book. I will always remember his 

joie de vivre and his kindness and 

generosity to family and friends.” 

I loved Papa, miss him and think 

about him all the time. He was not 

only my dad but my role model.” 

My father was charismatic and witty. 

He was a kind and loving man. But 

he too could be sharp and scary.”

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Vanessa Eileen 

Jesudason 

“THE FIRST THING that comes to 

my mind when people ask me 

about my father is what a dynamic, 

talented, all-rounded man he was. 

I have to honestly say I have never 

met a man so talented on so many 

levels. 

A brilliant speaker and a great story 

teller, I grew up listening not to fairy 

tales, but plays by Shakespeare – 

The Merchant of Venice, Macbeth, 

The Tempest! He loved to dance 

and was a great dancer! He taught 

me how to do the Charleston. He 

could also tap dance, do the rock 

and roll and could do the twist right 

down to the floor and up again. 

He loved music and I believe 

started the first school band in 

Singapore in Bartley Secondary 

School. My house was always full of 

song, dance and laughter as family 

and friends flocked to my father not 

only to be entertained but also for 

his advice and counsel. 

He was a kind, compassionate man 

who always tried to help wherever 

he could, and I know made a great 

difference to the lives of many. This 

is evident by the many letters of 

thanks and gratitude I came across 

while going through his papers. 

He was good with words and wrote 

beautiful poetry 

He wrote the lyrics of the RI School 

song as well as many other lyrics for 

various establishments, including 

the SEAP Games (now known as 

SEA Games). 

He was a great athlete playing 

rugby for the state of Perak. He was 

also a runner and a gymnast and I 

remember him doing headstands 

well into his 60’s every morning. 

He was a keen photographer 

and used to develop his own 

photographs using his study as the 

dark room. 

I haven’t thought about my father 

like this for a long time. So thank 

you for the opportunity for letting 

me share with you my father as I 

remember him.” 

Vincent Eugene: 

When I was a little boy, whenever 

I was naughty which was quite 

often, my dad would scold me and 

I would say ‘I love you’. That always 

made him cry. 

On the outside, my father was strict 

with us but in his heart, he was a 

soft giant - full of love, kindness and 

always forgiving. 

Verner Edwin: 

I remember my father for many 

things. He was a gentleman but 

strict, short tempered and a 

disciplinarian. As children, you 

could not get by saying something 

that was not quite right in the 

English language. He wanted all 

of his children to speak perfect 

English all the time and you would 

be corrected on the spot. Of all the 

good and bad traits that he had, 

I admire his unwavering stamina 

and dedication to his work and his 

hobby, photography. As a young 

boy, I spent many a night (until the 

wee hours of the morning) in his 

study, learning and watching him 

develop black and white pictures 

or editing movies (in the old 8mm 

format) for friends and family to 

see. What a joy it was when each 

project was completed. 

I will always treasure these 

memories and thank my father 

for teaching me never to give 

up. Keep pursuing your dreams 

with unwavering stamina and 

dedication.

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Vivien Esmeralda: 

“The Russian Ballet, the Indian 

Circus, Holiday on Ice – just a few 

things I experienced in my years 

growing up with my father. We 

went to the cinema frequently. We 

travelled often to Malaysia but my 

first big trip overseas was when 

I was 12 to visit my sisters in the 

UK. We visited London’s West End 

to watch a theatrical show which 

left me in awe of the performing 

arts. My love of photography was 

inspired by his passion which 

included developing his own 

photos at home as I watched 

intently, amazed how the photos 

came to life from a blank piece of 

paper. 

I (Eileen) have managed to find 

a photo (right) finally. My mother 

must’ve taken it as she is not there. 

My father had 11 children in total. 

7 from his first wife (at Taiping, 

Perak) and 4 of us from my mother 

(at Singapore) so this photo is the 

4 of us and as I am the youngest, 

I am standing in front of my father 

along with my sister Esme, my 

brothers Edwin (on L) and Eugene 

(R). 

My father gave me the confidence 

to be independent and be 

forthright in expressing my views 

and to pursue my goals with 

conviction. He showed me how to 

live and to strive for the best. 

My dad to me – a man of integrity, 

expansive and inspiring.”

183

184 

Philip Liau 

Philip Liau 

A welcome 

456 Philip Liau was a Teacher 

(Staff photo, 1958) 

458 About Philip Liau - Rafflesian 

Times’ Article 

460 Philip Liau was Prefect’s 

Master 

( Prefects photo, 1960)

185 

STAFF Photo (1958) - PHILIP LIAU was a teacher. 

Sitting L. to R.: (1) Philip Liau (2) L. Rajaretnam (3) Lim Teng Law (4) I.K. Stewart (5) Abdul Karim b. Bagoo (6) V. Ambiavagar (Principal) (7) Chan Chieu Kiat (8) M.E. Wheatley (9) R.T. 

Tambyah (10) J.T. Christie (11) Seah Yun Khong. 

Second Row: (1) M.K. Sharma (2) Chia Leong Quee (3) Tan Kim Chye (4) C. Kumarasingham (5) V. Solomon (6) W.T. Andrews (7) Cheong Pak Lo (8) Kwek Seng Chai (9) Yang Chye Chew 

(10) S. Natarajan (11) Tan Woo Chow. 

Third Row: (1) M. Sankaralingam (2) J.B.J. Supramaniam (3) S.S. Sidhu (4) Henry Yeo Meng Seng (5) Gulam Mohd. Sadick (6) William G. Brohier (*1) 

Fourth Row: (1) R.M. de Cruz (2) K.M. Cherian (3) C.T. Arasu (4) K.P.S. Menon (5) Ng Kim Beng (6) P.V. Pestana 

Mr William G Brohier left RI in 1959 and went to be Principal of the School for the Blind in Penang. His ex-student Goh Chok Tong visited him in 1960 after the A-level exam.

186 

Philip Liau 

Principal Philip Liau 

Rafflesians welcome our new 

principal, Mr. Philip Liau, from 

the Ministry of Education. His 

appointment as PRI is particularly 

heartening to us because we feel 

that the principalship of RI has 

been rightly put into the hands 

of a person who has an intense 

and keen perception of the Spirit 

of the school, for he is no new 

comer to R.I. 

He was a teacher in the school 

as far back as 1949 and was with 

the school until 1961 with only a 

short interval in between when 

he went to the University on a 

departmental scholarship. The 

now thriving Raffles Institution 

Art Club was founded in 1955 by 

Mr. Liau, himself an enthusiastic 

artist. 

A man of varied interest, Mr. 

Liau took a keep interest in the 

dramatic arts and during his stay 

in the school he directed six 

school plays between 1956 and 

1959. He has also written three 

plays for the school. Mr. Liau was 

the Prefect’s Master for the years 

1959 and 1960. In 1959 he was 

appointed acting principal. He 

was transferred to the Ministry of 

Education in 1961, reporting to 

Mr Kwan Sai Kheong (Director 

of Education, ex-RI boy and 

teacher). 

Mr. Liau is today back with 

us, once more, with a heavier 

responsibility as the PRI. The 

Rafflesian on behalf of the school, 

takes the greatest pleasure in 

extending a warm welcome to 

Mr. Philip Liau. We wish him 

good health and look forward to 

greater success of R.I. under his 

able principalship. 

His family members: wife Evelyn, 

sons Alvin (RI 63/65) and Gavin 

(RI 69/71), and daughters 

Evangeline (who married to 

ex-Rafflesian Tommy Goh) and 

Suzanne (RGS 66/68) who won a 

President’s Scholarship in 1967. 

(source: Rafflesian Times, 1966) 

Below: Alvin Liau and Gavin Liau

187 

Mr Philip Liau was form teacher of Upper 6 Arts 

class in 1958. S Jayakumar (middle row, 4th from 

right) later became Singapore Law Minister. Mr 

John Tan, (3rd from right) became a teacher in RI. 

Seated 2nd from right is Ms Nalla Tan. 

Bottom : Cast of Henry V, 1958. 

(5) Mr Philip Liau is standing right, on 3rd row. 

(4) Jayakumar and (3) Ahmad Mattar were in 

front 4th and 6th from right, respectively. Mary 

Chee (1) (who married Mr Tony Tan Keng Yam 

later), is in 2nd row, 4th from left.

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Philip Liau 

About Philip Liau 

“As a young teacher, I was very 

in 1953 and in the same year he 

He became acting principal in 

He was married in 1942 during 

strict in class, but outside school 

started what the now become a 

1959. One year later, he went back 

World War II. In fact, his marriage 

hours my students and I really 

tradition - a Shakespearean play 

to the Ministry where for six years 

ceremony was interrupted 

hobnobbed.” Two years later, he 

every year. He had also written 

he worked as Assistant Examination 

three times by the air-raid alert 

sat for his University of London 

and produced six plays for the 

Officer, Specialist Inspector in 

compelling groom, bride, guests 

Intermediate Arts and passed. 

school’s annual concerts. In 1956, 

English and Advisor of Textbooks 

and Registrar to scramble down to 

He was side backed to sit for his 

he was seconded to the Minisitry of 

and Syllabuses - the last being a 

air-raid shelters in the basement 

Bachelor of Arts Honours in the 

Education where he was Assistant 

superscale post. He came back as 

of the Fullerton Building. On the 

University of Malaya by the offer of 

Secretary A for six months before 

principal of R.I. in 1966. 

way back from the ceremony, 

a scholarship. He was rugby master 

returning to R.I. 

travelling on Beach Road, their 

car was machined by a low-flying 

Jap. fighter and both groom and 

bride evacuated their vehicle and 

dashed for shelter in the Raffles 

Institution Post Office (now the 

Cadet Armoury). 

This was the first time Mr. Liau 

had set a foot in Raffles Institution. 

Little did he dream that one day he 

would be its Principal. 

(Rafflesian Times, December 1971)

189 

Philip Liau as Prefect Master 

The Outstanding 

Prefects in 

opposite page: 

(*1) C 

MUKUNDAN - 

Head Prefect 1961 

(*2) GOH CHOK 

TONG - Prime 

Minister of 

Singapore (1990 - 

2004) 

(*3) ANDREW TAN 

YANG OOI - State 

Scholar, 1963 

(*4) TAN CHENG 

BOCK - MP (1980 

- 2006) 

(*5) CHAN JONG - 

Head Prefect 1962 

(*6) WONG FOT 

NOON - Head 

Prefect 1963 

1960 Prefectorial Board- Mr Philip Liau was Prefect Master 

Front row: Perin Jumabhoy, Ang Beng Chong, Lee Keow Siong (Head Prefect), Mr Wee Seong Kang (Ag. Principal Mr Philip Liau (Prefect’s Master), Tan Lian Teck (V. 

Head Prefect), C. Mukundan (*1) , Goh Chok Tong (*2) 

2nd row: Andrew Tan (*3), Farid M. Onn, Ismail Rashid, Wang Ban Yee, Lim Kim Siang, Tang Hoong Foong, Tan Cheng Bock (*4), Chan Jong (*5), Yew Kok Beng, 

Wong Chiang Kwang, Wong Fot Noon (*6). 

3rd row: Mickey Chiang, C. Ravindran, D. Prem Kumar, Tang Hoong Yee, Tan Soo Leng, Tommy Goh Ewe Hock, Leong Whoi Peng, Tan Han Kok, Ng Khoon Hwa, 

Johnny Fung.

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Introduction 

Students’Articles 

352 Class Types in 9A,1953 

(Khor Teik Hean) 

354 ROLE of RI in Nation Building (Goh Chok Tong) 

360 Books for Reading 

(P Vignehsa) 

360 A Poem 

(Chan Heng Wing) 

361 Bahasa Melayu 

(Imran Yusof) 

362 Be Prepared 

(Alan Chong) 

366 Konfusion in Spelling 

(Liu Woon Lieng) 

367 My Neighbourhood 

(Mak Kum Tong) 

399 The Effects of the Colombo Plan 

on Participating Countries

Raffles Institution Standard IX-A class photo in 1953 

Sitting L-R: Tan Peng Hong, Mah Guan Kong, Tan Kim Chye, Evan Yeo, Mr E.W. Jesudason (Form Master), Tan Kian Yong, Chen Weng Cheong, Koon Kin Fatt (monitor), Giam Choo Hoo 

Second Row: Pang Sig Poh, Lee Teck Moh, G Narayana, Tan Thian Chye, Manokaran T Joseph, Ng Toong Seng, Gan Kim Song, Oon Chong Kiat, Leong Choon Yin, Goh Soo Tian, Goh Kong Tek 

Third Row: Ang Tiong Huat, Lim Jun Fatt, R.A. Meyer, Chiu Hock Seng, Low Tak Heng, Tan Jin Soon, Darshan Singh, Buay Hong Khim, Peter Chia, Ng Eng Soon, Tan Song Mong, Ng Kian Fong, Tay Soo Lay 

191

192 

Introduction 

Class types in IX A 1953 

(Class photo in page 191) 

“It takes all sorts of people to make 

like to keep to themselves, a little 

and their industry, attention in class 

only receive bad results, but also 

the world” and this is true of IX A. 

aloof and self-contained. 

and conversation during recess 

discouraging speeches from the 

I am not writing this to flatter or 

will convince one that they have 

teachers on their laziness. Yet they 

to despise others in the class, but 

CAREFREE 

covered the whole year’s work in 

bear their misfortunes bravely, 

in the hope that, when time has 

Belonging to the same “genius” 

the first term. But they are also the 

argue with no one and show no 

passed and when we do not meet 

are those who are carefree and 

greatest hypocrites; they always 

reaction. 

every day, this will remind us of the 

who, not only appear inattentive 

deny the proved conviction that 

faces, manners and habits of our 

in class, but are also very talkative 

they work day and night. They 

WEEPING PHILOSOPHERS 

friends. 

on the topics of movies, picnics, 

will sacrifice all enjoyment for 

Similar to these unfortunates in 

enjoyments and who always joke. 

their study and their aim is to set 

manner are the great “weeping 

GENIUSES 

Their epicurean manner convinces 

a school record on the amount of 

philosophers” who are playing 

The first type are the geniuses. 

one that they are unconcerned 

paper used in the examination (if 

the sad parts on Shakespeare’s 

They may be gifted in all-round 

with school work. But beware! 

there is an award for such records). 

stage of mankind. Their thoughtful 

work; in English, in Mathematics or 

They are the “rotten apples with 

Their results are good, though they 

gestures all express an outward, if 

in other subjects. These geniuses, 

good cores” and always have their 

pretend that they have done badly 

not true, appearance of profound 

going about the class with smiling 

homework up to date, their lessons 

in the examination. 

learning and experience. They 

faces, are only too willing to 

prepared, ‘top-ranking’ finalists in 

criticise and also doubt every fact 

discuss, explain and ‘lecture’ to 

the examination! 

UNFORTUNATES 

and every action or decision. They 

any one on the subjects in which 

The group that arouses one’s 

exaggerate minor events in History 

they are good, whenever they are 

MUGGERS 

sympathy are those who work very 

and trifling topics in Literature. 

called upon to do so. They will lend 

In strong contrast to these are 

diligently, even more diligent than 

All the ‘genera’ of muggers, 

anyone their exercise books or note 

the ‘species’ of school-renowned 

the great muggers. In return for 

philosophers, and the unfortunates 

books but if they are left alone, they 

muggers. They plod day and night, 

their hard work, however, they not 

never play a single game

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voluntarily, and can stay at home 

every day without even stepping 

out of their backdoors! 

a medical certificate, though they 

hand it up in their merriest manner 

and healthiest form. 

ABSENTEES 

Perhaps the most admirable of all 

are those who calculate time to a 

hundredth of a second and those 

reputed absentees. The former 

usually enter the school gate on 

the first stroke of the first bell, and 

are in the class on the last stroke 

of the first bell. But in life we must 

allow for ‘experimental error’ which 

they neglect. As a consequence, 

they sometimes fall to uphold their 

renowned title of punctuality. As 

for the reputed absentees, one 

can only wonder to their rapid 

change of health. Today they may 

be laughing and joking together; 

then comes the absence on the 

morrow followed on the next day by 

ALL-ROUNDER 

I salute and take off my hat to a 

certain class of boys. Ask them to 

run, swim, play a game of football 

or rugby, or badminton, or ask 

them to cycle for 30 miles without 

a break, or hike, and they will. Ask 

them for the world’s records and 

holders of, say the 100 metres 

sprint or 400 metres swimming, 

or any other branch of sport and 

they can tell you as accurately as 

the information service. Ask them 

what happened in the Middle East, 

the West or Korea, and they can 

relate to you the war, the situation, 

the tension and the trouble. They 

have known many friends, and 

know boys in other standards, other 

1954 - some classmates promoted to Lower 6, with Mr EW Jesudason as form teacher. 

schools, or colleges. But in spite To those in this class, they know 

of their ability to do so many to what type they themselves and 

varied things, they even oust the their friends belong, (of course, 

muggers and philosophers in the these are only the major types). I 

examination. 

cannot point out to outsiders who 

actually does belong to each type.


The role of Raffles 

Institution in 

Nation-Building 

By Goh Chok Tong, Upper 6 A, 1960 

We are living in a period of rapid 

change, a period of transition 

which will bring us into a new era. 

Education, like all other aspects of 

life, will have to adapt itself to meet 

the changing demands of a new 

nation. 

This is the great moment in the 

history of our education for with the 

growth of nationalism education 

will play an increasingly important 

part in moulding the character of 

our new nation. Old educational 

policy and practice will have to 

be discarded in favour of new 

aims, ideals and principles. Ours 

has been a system of colonial 

education whereby we have been 

taught to think in terms of England 

as the guardian of our rights. If 

such an attitude deprives us of our 

national identity then it has to be 

changed. 

Education in the new state 

must train our youths to regard 

Singapore as their home. It must 

develop in them the feeling 

of patriotism, pride in being 

Singaporeans. It must prepare them 

to be useful citizens of Singapore. 

To quote our Minister of Education, 

Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin, “The past 

colonial educational system must 

be changed so that our citizens 

will now have a purpose in life, be 

proud of being citizens of a new 

State, be loyal to it and be trained 

in our schools so that they can be 

quickly employed and help to build 

up an industrialised society. They

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must be taught to use their hands 

to conglomerate the various 

language and a common ideal. 

be given to the four streams of 

and their brains. ‘White-collar’ 

cultures and evolve a culture truly 

education – English, Malay, Chinese 

mentality belongs to the colonial 

characteristic of Singapore. 

Our present government has 

and Tamil. This equality in treatment 

past; new education begins.” 

realised that we are faced with 

will ensure the existence of the 

Though our educational policy 

Another educational aim is to 

the stupendous task of building 

languages of our four main races. 

will have to be greatly revised the 

train the young people of a nation 

a common cultural heritage and 

fundamental concepts and aims 

in a common language to attain 

national loyalty through educating 

(2) But to fulfil the ambition of 

of education will always remain 

a common ideal, to develop 

our young in the correct direction. 

having a common culture we 

the same. Whatever adjustments 

a common allegiance, so that 

In a policy statement our Minister 

must have a common language. 

we may make to meet the 

they will co-operate and work 

of Education announces, “The 

This is being provided for by the 

requirements of our new State, the 

towards the common good of 

government recognises that the 

acceptance of Malay as our national 

primary function of education will 

the community. The provision of 

children of Singapore are the 

language and this forms the second 

always be “to induct the young 

a common language, common 

spring source of our nation. If we 

basis of our educational policy. 

into the culture of the community, 

ideals, and loyalty in our new 

take good care of it, the spring 

(3) The third principle is the revision 

society or nation of which they are 

educational system is of particular 

will develop into a stream which 

of school curriculum to place a 

to be members” 

(I.L. Kandels). 

importance. We have become a 

will nourish an oasis; neglect it, 

greater emphasis on practical 

self-governing state without the 

and the spring will be lost in the 

subjects like mathematics and 

The first function of education, 

pre-requisites of a nation, namely, a 

sands of the deserts.” One of the 

science so as to meet the demand 

therefore, is to acquaint the 

common language and a common 

main concerns of our government, 

of the industrialised society, and to 

young students with the culture 

loyalty. The majority of the multi- 

therefore, is to educate our young 

encourage the study of the various 

of their own country so that they 

racial population by sentiment owe 

towards the ideal of a united 

languages of our country. 

will have the necessary skill and 

their allegiance to the different 

Singapore possessing a common 

knowledge to conserve as well 

countries of their origin. But if 

culture. 

In the march towards achieving 

as to transmit the existing culture 

we are to have unity within our 

the ideal of a common loyalty and 

to later generations. Education 

disunited population we shall 

In attempting to produce a united 

culture, we in Raffles Institution can 

must see the survival of the 

have to educate our children to 

Singapore through education, our 

play an important role. We can: 

cultural and social heritage of 

regard Singapore as their country. 

government’s educational policy 

a country. In Singapore, where 

Our educational policy will be 

has been revised to base itself on 

a) undertake the responsibility to 

we do not possess a distinct 

to orientate their minds towards 

three main principles. 

dispel ignorance by producing 

culture but a variety of different 

this end. This can be achieved 

good and useful citizens who will 

cultures, education must help 

through the medium of a common 

(1) Firstly, equal emphasis will 

work energetically to remove the


barrier of present society. 

Singapore, he recognised readily 

mind the education of the sons 

Long before anyone had dreamt 

that education was one of the 

of influential natives, he did not 

that Malay could be the national 

b) We can assist in instituting a 

first needs of his new settlement. 

exclude the others, who might wish 

language of Singapore, Raffles had 

programme to promote inter- 

He realised that empire did not 

to study in the proposed school. 

already envisaged its importance. 

racial harmony and relationship by 

primarily mean extracting profits 

The second object of his college 

teaching pupils of different racial, 

from the colonies for the mother 

Today, however, Raffles Institution 

was in fact “to afford means of 

religious, and national backgrounds 

country. Empire also meant 

did not only cater chiefly to sons 

instruction in the native language 

to sink their differences and to 

responsibility in developing the 

of important people. It caters to 

to such of the company servants 

respect one other. 

colony the benefit of its native 

all alike. It shows no distinction 

and others as may desire it.” It must 

inhabitants. 

between the son of a millionaire 

be remembered that the native 

c) We can contribute to the effort 

or that of a poor man. A scrutiny 

language was Malay and Raffles’ 

by educating the various races to 

To develop the colony, education 

of the class registers shows that 

foresight has proved that it would 

secure homogeneity of beliefs, 

was necessary and Raffles queried 

the majority of the students come 

become a national language and 

ideals and all those aspects of 

– “And shall we not consider it 

from poor families, some of them 

supersede English in importance. 

a culture essential to national 

one of our first duties to afford the 

desperately poor. The school is 

Thus the recent introduction of 

coherence. 

means of education to surrounding 

meant for all, regardless of class, 

Malay into our curriculum is not 

countries?” As early as 1819, 

colour and creed. The school is 

a new idea but the revival of a 

d) We can help to unify the 

Raffles clearly envisaged an 

itself a community, a family of all 

forgotten purpose of our institution. 

different races by inculcating into 

institution to help Singapore in its 

the races of Singapore, a family of 

our students a sense of common 

development. The institution that 

boys from different social ranks. 

The teaching of vernacular 

allegiance, understanding, and 

was rightly named after him has 

languages has also been extended 

purpose. We can thus play a vital 

always played its part in educating 

Much has been said in recent 

to include Chinese and Tamil. This 

role in moulding the shape of our 

the people of Singapore. 

months about the teaching and 

is in keeping with the government’s 

new State. 

learning of the National Language: 

educational policy of providing 

The first objective of Raffles 

Malay. The national language has 

equal treatment for the four streams 

To gain an insight into the part we 

Institution as read out in the 

been given great importance and 

of education. Though English is our 

are playing in shaping the future 

minutes in a general meeting held 

it has been introduced into the 

medium of instruction the teaching 

trend of our new Singapore, we 

at Government House on1st April 

school curriculum. The teaching of 

of other languages has not been 

have to glance in retrospect to the 

1923 was “to educate the sons of 

the national language, however, is 

neglected. The learning of the 

time when Raffles founded this 

the higher order of natives and 

not a new idea. 

national language is compulsory 

institution. When Raffles founded 

others.” Though Raffles had in 

but other languages are optional.

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The content of education if 

of immense importance. Our 

curriculum is one of increased 

specialisation as one progresses 

through the years. A young Form 

Two student is taught a wide range 

of subjects including English, 

Literature, geography, history, art, 

mathematics, and general science. 

In the next year he pursues the 

same subjects, but with greater 

emphasis on science. 

In Form Four, however, his scientific 

education is extended to include 

pure science subjects like physics, 

chemistry and biology. In the 

Fifth Form a boy has a choice of 

eight subjects from those already 

mentioned in addition to new 

ones like additional mathematics, 

additional literature and commerce. 

At the end of that year they sit for 

the Senior Cambridge Examination 

which to most would mean the end 

of their school career. But for those 

who have the mental ability and 

the physical means, a further twoyear 

post-school certificate course 

prepares them for the university. 

The post-school certificate classes 

A NATION IN THE BUILDING 

The Raffles Cadet Corps is a sterling example of how various races can work together and keep in step with one another. 

in theory absorb the cream of the 

School Certificate candidates. Here 

the boys may specialise in science, 

medicine, or arts, according to their 

aptitude for each particular course. 

The modern trend is towards 

specialisation in scientific and 

medical subjects. To meet the needs 

of an industrialised programme 

the government has revised the 

school curriculum to place greater 

emphasis on what they regard to be 

practical subjects like mathematics 

and science. Here again, the 

importance of these subjects are 

not overlooked by Raffles when he 

founded the institution. In his plans 

for the school, he made provision


for a science department. 

In recent years, there has been an 

increase in demand for scientific 

education. Our science laboratories 

are hopelessly inadequate to cope 

with the increased demand. Four 

medium-sized but old laboratories 

must be considered insufficient 

to meet the requirement of eight 

classes specialising in scientific 

courses in the P.S.C. and the 

nineteen classes in the lower forms. 

There has been constant talk of 

constructing a new science block 

with up-to-date equipment and 

facilities, but unfortunately, these 

talks have not borne fruit. If we, 

however, are to meet the demands 

exacted by an industrialised society, 

we must provide our pupils with the 

necessary facilities for a scientific 

education. Talks of new science 

laboratories have still persisted 

and we sincerely hope that they 

will not come to nothing this time. 

The congestion in the science 

laboratories needs to be relieved 

fast. 

Patrol Leader Goh Chok Tong (centre) leading Kestrel Patrol, on a hike. 

No one can dispute the fact that that a scientific training of a 

we are living in a scientific age greater importance than arts to an 

when sputniks and rockets revolve industrialised society. 

around our earth and a trip to the 

moon is a practical possibility. Nor But those advocates of scientific 

can anyone refute the argument education should not forget 

that even in an industrialised 

economy, there is still a need for 

lawyers, administrators, teachers 

and entrepreneurs to run the 

country along the right lines. 

These advocates should not

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minimise the importance of arts 

forms only a tiny fraction of the 

to work together as one community 

see Malays, Chinese, Indians and 

subjects. They may stress the 

real education a boy receives. If 

and to play as members of one big 

Sikhs playing side by side in the 

importance of practical subjects 

education is considered in its wider 

family. 

field. Games, by requiring co- 

but they should not forget, and 

aspects the process of education 

operation, will help in unity our 

prejudice themselves against the 

lies in the educand adapting 

The Scout movement teaches boys 

diverse races. In this way, games 

practicability of arts subjects in 

himself to his human environment. 

how to dedicate their energies to 

play an important role in dispelling 

everyday life. 

the service of others. It develops 

communal differences and racial 

It then becomes apparent that 

their independence, endurance, 

prejudices. 

A greater emphasis on the 

it is not what one learns, but the 

adventurous spirit. The army 

The existence of numerous 

acquisition of scientific knowledge 

satisfaction one derives from 

and sea cadets train the boys in 

societies provides ample 

should not be done at the expense 

it – that is the important thing 

discipline, and prepare them to 

opportunities for students to 

of arts subjects. We neglect the 

in education. The real test of an 

serve their country in time of war. In 

participate in cultural activities 

arts at our own peril for they make 

educated man is not what one 

the Red Cross the boys learn how 

to debate and train themselves 

a full man. History and Geography 

does, but why one does it. The 

to meet emergencies. Service to 

in public speaking which it is 

are the humanities which teach 

educated man is one who is able 

humanity is their principle and this 

anticipated, will play an increasing 

wisdom as no science subject can. 

to get the best out of this amazing 

is the best work in life. 

part in future years. It is no longer 

They make Man aware of himself 

experience that we call life. Life is 

No education is complete without 

enough to educate man, but he 

and his frailties, proud of his 

the greatest teacher and what one 

its physical aspects being taken into 

must be made articulate for a 

achievements and humble for his 

learns outside the classroom can 

consideration. Physical education 

democratic society. 

mistakes; they broaden his mind 

prove to be of more importance 

develops the physique of the pupils 

outside laboratory walls and teach 

than mere academic instruction. 

and keeps them in good health. A 

Hence, what Raffles Institution 

him tolerance, co-operation and 

healthy body is just as essential as 

must produce are the citizens of 

confidence. Literature sharpens his 

By providing a variety of extra- 

a healthy mind. The importance of 

tomorrow. It is our tomorrow, a 

imaginative and critical faculties 

mural activities we are actually 

physical education has not been 

light that beckons and never fades, 

and gives him moral values and 

teaching our boys to get the best 

overlooked and it is compulsory 

demanding the best from all of us. 

opens his ears to the music of hu 

out of life. Our uniformed units 

for the younger members of the 

And we must equip our people to 

manity. 

include the Army Cadets, Sea 

school. 

give of this best. 

Cadets, the Scouts, and the Red 

Our education is not confined 

Cross. In these uniformed groups, 

And for the older boys there are 

to academic instruction in the 

we develop the boys’ inherent 

a number of games for them to 

classroom. Academic instruction 

qualities of leadership, train them 

participate in. it is common to


Books for Reading 

By P. VIGNESHA 

Secondary 2 C 

A man is happy if he had acquired 

the habit of reading in his youth. He 

has in his possession an everlasting 

source of pleasure, instruction 

and inspiration which costs more 

than gold. When reading is the 

hobby of a man, never can he feel 

lonely. All his leisure time is not 

spent idling but on a worth-while 

occupation. Even when his friends 

become enemies, he can still make 

more friends in books and feel 

more pleasant. Ruskin called books 

“King’s Treasuries” as they are filled 

with riches not gold and precious 

stones - but knowledge and ideas. 

A man who does not read is poor, as 

he has no treasury in which to keep 

knowledge and ideas. His brain 

becomes barren, and it only has 

outmoded and useless thoughts. 

Reading as a hobby confers on 

its follower many blessings. The 

personis able to express his 

thoughts clearly and hence produce 

intelligent answers in arguments 

and examinations. This can assure 

him of great success inhis career. 

Choice of books plays an important 

part in reading. Pleasure can only 

be obtained when one is reading 

the right books. Novels and books 

of imaginatiomust have their place 

in the reading list of every reader. 

When tired of serious study, one 

should read an absorbing story of 

a master-detective - novelist like 

Conan Doyle (of Sherlock Holms) 

Erle Stanley Gardner or Agatha 

Christie. 

But to read fiction and nothing 

else is like eating rice and gravy 

for every meal. Just as eating rice 

and gravy leads to malnutrition, 

reading books of fiction only will 

be mere indulgence. It is better to 

read books on travel, economics, 

geography, science, etc. for a 

change, as it provides more 

practical knowledge. 

Poetry too is important. It gives 

us noble thoughts and sensitive 

feelings, expressed in the most 

precise language. The recitation 

of poems helps one to remove the 

tired, jaded feeling of living in a 

humdrum world of strife. 

Books are the dearest of 

possessions. They are better than 

friends. A friend can change into 

an enemy but a book can never 

change. A beloved friend may die 

before you, but a book can live 

through centuries if kept in good 

condition. 

A Poem 

The mole looks out 

From his hole 

And finds that he is nothing 

Compared to anything else. 

No sight 

No knowledge 

No depth 

No feeling 

Just deep inhibited jealousies 

Of all the beautiful things he 

cannot feel. 

Back in the hole 

He boasts that he has seen the 

outside world 

He says what he has done 

He organises the lives of other 

cowling moles 

Glory, part of the group, 

laughting at others 

With no wit in the laughter 

And he feels the greatest 

And he is treated as god by 

some. 

CHAN HENG WING 

Pre-U. 2 Arts B

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Bahasa Melayu Ia-Lah Suata 

Bahasa Yang Mudah Di-Pelajari 

By IMRAN YUSOF, 

Menangah 4A Sains 

(1965) 

Bahasa Melayu memang-lah suatu 

bahasa yang mudah di-pelajari. 

Jikalau di-bandingkan bahasa 

Melayu dengan bahasa Inggeris, 

China atau bahasa India, nyatolah 

bahawa Bahasa melayu lebeh 

muday di-pelajari dari pada 

bahasa2 tersebut. 

Dalam bahasa Melayu terdapat 

dua-puloh enam huruf sahaja, 

manakala dalam bahasa China 

mithal-nya, beribu jumlah hurufnya. 

Sa-lain dari itu, huruf2 tersebut 

di-ambil dari huruf2 Inggeris. 

Oleh itu, pelajar2 bahasa Inggeris 

boleh dengan senang sahaja, 

mempelajari bahasa Melayu. 

Dari segi mengeja perkataan2, 

perkataan2 dalam bahasa Melayu 

memang-lah senang sekali de-eja, 

oleh kerana ejaan-nya bersamaan 

dengan bunyi perkataan2 itu. Ini 

berbedza dengan sa-tengah2 

perkataan dalam bahasa Inggeris, 

saperti “yacht,” yang di-bunyikan 

“yat.” 

Bahasa Melayu tidak mempunyai 

tekanan di-dalam suku-kata saperti 

yang terdapat di-dalam bahasa 

Inggeris. Umpama-nya per-kataan 

“satu,” kita boleh menyebut 

dengan tidak menekan salah satu 

daripada suku-kata “sa” atau “tu,” 

tetapi di-dalam bahasa Inggeris, 

kita terpaksa mengadakan tekanan 

kapada suku-kata, di-dalam mithalnya 

perkataan “exquisite.” Jika 

tidak di-tekan perkataan itu pada 

bahagian “ex,” neschaya kita akan 

di-ketawakan oleh orang. Tekanan 

juga membedzakan erti suatu 

perkataan itu. 

Demikian juga tentang perubahan2 

sa-suatu perkataan, saperti 

perkataan perbuatan. Di-dalam 

bahasa Melayu tidak berlaku 

perubahan itu. Mithal-nya kita 

ambil perkataan “makan” sabagai 

chontoh. Sekarang dia makan. Esok 

dia akan makan. Kelmarin dia telah 

makan. Di-dalam bahasa Inggeris 

pula, perkataan itu akan berubah2 

mengikut masanya. “I am eating.” 

“I have eaten.” “Yesterday I ate four 

apples.” 

Perkataan2 dalam bahasa Melayu 

lebeh mudah di-bunyikan dari satengah2 

perkataan dalam bahasa 

China, India atau Peranchis, oleh 

sa-orang pelajar. Saperti perkataan 

China “rrhernn” dan perkataan 

Peranchis “au revoir.” 

Bahasa Melayu juga menerima 

kemasokan segala jenis Bahasa 

dengan mudah. Ini men-jadikan 

bahasa Melayu lebeh “flexible” dan 

senang di-pelajari. 

Bokti yang jelas yang menunjokkan 

bahawa bahasa dengan mudah 

di-pelajari, terdapat dalam kesah 

Puan Barbara, ia-itu sa-orang 

Amerika yang mendapat gelaran 

Johan Sharahan Bulan Bahasa 

Kebangsaan, Bahagian Bukan 

Melayu (Dewasa) tahun lalu. Puan 

Barbara baharu mempelajari 

bahasa Melayu kira2 sa-tahun, 

tetapi beliau telah dapat menguasai 

bahasa Melayu dan boleh 

berchakap dengan faseh-nya. 

Walupun bahasa melayu lebeh 

mudah di-pelajari daripada 

bahasa2 lain, namun Bahasa 

Melayu yang tinggi tidak-lah 

senang di-pelajari. Namun 

damikian, untok kegunaan sa-hari2, 

bahasa Melayu tetap menjadi suatu 

bahasa yang mudah di-pelajari.


“Be Prepared” 

“God put us in this jolly world to be happy and enjoy life.” - Baden Powell. 

By Alan Chong Yoong Hin, Sec 4, (1963) 

The spirit of adventure lingers in 

the heart of every boy. He has a 

desire to enjoy all the things set in 

store for him in outdoor life, games, 

fellowship, and healthy living. Like 

any other boy, it is this urge that 

made me join the scouts in RI. And 

the three years of scouting are 

memorable for me, during which I 

have learned much about scouting 

in RI. 

My introduction to scouting was 

the “bump”. This is indeed not to 

be forgotten because of its effect 

on my back after being bumped 

20 times on the ground. This ritual 

is widely practised among our 

scouts whenever recruits join the 

troop or when someone gains a 

badge or a stripe. Very often it is 

also used as a form of punishment. 

Another common form of penalty is 

“Running the Gauntlet”, at which the 

victim must run through two rows 

of scouts, trying his best to dodge 

the blows delivered at him, with 

“scarfslings”. 

The first thing I was told was “Once 

a scout, always a scout.” Probably, 

this is true for a scout realises the 

fun and experience he would miss 

if he were to leave the troop. Very 

soon, I acclimatised myself to the 

practices, punishments, hardships 

and enjoyment of the scout 

movement. 

Scout’s Lingo 

Furthermore, I learned to speak 

the scout’s own “lingo”, which 

incorporates many strange terms 

Alan Chong (back 

row, 2nd from left) 

with family during 

visitors’ day at camp, 

1961. The scouter 

with spectacles is 

Kong Hoe Leong.

203 

not to be found in any dictionary. 

Camp Programme 

phrase is “if you want to eat, eat. 

his hair. Finally, the extremely loud 

Take for example: 

The general camp programme 

If not, shut up and starve”. The 

snorer might one night find salt in 

-“Kybo” means keep your bowels 

includes hikes, wide games, 

funniest thing in camp is, although 

his mouth after which peace and 

open (I need not elaborate on this); 

swimming, boating, a cooking 

we eat food that often contained 

tranquillity would settle in the tent 

-“Eno” means ending constipation; 

competition, an obstacle journey, 

almost seventy-five percent carbon 

again. 

-“Jab” means eating cold food 

camp-fires, a pioneering project 

and drink water drawn from 

straight from the tin; 

(e.g. bridge construction), climbing, 

wells straight from the pail, yet a 

When the day of striking camp 

- “Python” describes something 

fishing, inter-patrol competitions, 

stomach complaint is never heard 

finally arrives, the nostalgic look can 

disgusting or dangerous; and 

star watching, cooking practice 

of. Nevertheless, camp food is 

be seen in everyone’s eyes. All the 

- “Frustro” means exasperated. 

and sometimes a barbecue, scout 

excellent. For breakfast, the menu 

scouts are sad to leave but happy 

There are many other terms which 

sports, or a talentime. One feels 

consists of bread, corn flakes, milk, 

to go home – back to fussy old 

are words borrowed from the 

that life is grand in camp for 

biscuits, oatmeal porridge and 

mum and the Dunlopillo bed. But 

Chinese dialects or Malay and 

the freshness and fragrance of 

fruits. The richer patrols of course 

then, when the school term starts 

which any scout would asily explain. 

countryside air arouses one’s inner 

can have tinned foods daily. Ask 

again, the yearning to go to camp 

feeling of “being glad to be alive.” 

any scout and he will tell you the 

begins once more. 

Found Real Meaning of Scouting 

One also begins to learn what it is 

best part of camp is in the eating. 

Duty to God and Community 

At my first camp and also in 

like to sleep on hard cold ground, 

Besides enjoying life every scout 

subsequent camps, I learned the 

to eat camp-food, to have to carry 

Scouts tend to be mischievous 

is bound by a sense of duty to 

real meaning of scouting. 

the water which one uses and to 

Mischievous not in the sense 

God and the community in which 

In camp, the first things one learns 

live without the modern essentials – 

of villainy or spite but rather of 

he lives. The scouts of our school 

is to work, obey orders and “shut 

the telephone, T.V. set, the tap and 

boyish frolics and play. Interesting 

thus carry out their duties at certain 

up”. 

the flush system. 

incidents often occur in camp. A 

functions ever willing and well. 

First day in camp means the 

cracker might suddenly explode 

When it comes to working, one will 

setting up of campsite, pitching 

In camp, one’s appetite usually 

in the middle of the night and 

know the calibre of our scouts, if 

tents, kitchens building gadgets 

increases tremendously. Even after 

wake up every one, to start long 

one know that Raffles scouts earn 

and preparing to settle down. 

seeing the unorthodox manner in 

stream of hot words. Then someone 

the most during Job Week 1962 in 

During the rest of the days, the 

which the food is prepared, one 

might find sauce instead of grape 

the City District, - a sum of nearly 

programmes that were planned 

devours the food set before one. 

syrup in his syrup bottle and 

$2,000 by approximately 100 

in advance by the organisers 

Despite its shortcomings, the food 

vice versa. Another might even 

scouts. 

(Scoutmaster, Troop Leader) are 

in the plates literally disappeared 

discover Colgate tooth paste in 

carried out. 

in a trice. One commonly heard 

his haircream only after combing


Do our Best in Competitions 

In the annual city district inter-troop 

competitions, the stiffest opposition 

the other troops have to face is 

from Raffles. Last year, we captured 

the pioneering competition shield. 

This year, the two shields for the 

signalling competition were both 

won by our scouts. At the scout 

sports our school troops won the 

challenge trophy for the scouts and 

came in 2nd in the Senior section. At 

the Shell Traffic Games, 2nd Raffles 

group representing R.I. became 

City District champions and third 

in the State. These remarkable 

achievements are of little wonder for 

we have with us a long established 

tradition coupled with incessant 

practices, brains and energy. We 

have shown that in whatever field 

of endeavour, be it athletics, (we 

have won the inter-unit relay at the 

School Swimming Carnival) studies 

or scouting, Raffles stands very near 

the top, if not right at the top. 


It may be of interest to Rafflesians 

that our present principal was once 

the Group Scout master in our 

32nd Raffles Senior Scouts, 1963. Sitting: Jeff Tan Boon Khiong, Tay Ah Soon, Puhaindran, Goh Chong Heeng, Kwek Teng Khoon. Middle 

row: Toh Chun Choong, Wong Peng Sang, Lim Meng Swang, Chan Peng Mun, Lim Poh Hock, Tan Kim Hock, Hsu Moh Leong. Back row: Yip 

Mang Meng, Au Hou Tuck, Ng Teck Seng, Loh Ngin Seng, Foo Shang Jiam, Ng Seng Chong, Low Kim Huat. 

school. Our scout troop at present 

have a den right at the top of the 

“office building” complete with 

bathroom, store room and mess 

hall. This allotted to them by the 

kind permission of our present 

principal. 

Boats 

The 2nd Raffles Group also has 

three boats enabling our “land” 

scouts to learn something about the 

art of seamanship. With our treasury 

replenished with income from this 

year’s job week and the sum of 

money gained from a film show, 

there is every promise of more 

equipment, improved facilities and 

even more food at camps. Surely 

with better facilities for scouting our 

school troops will even do better in 

winning laurels for our school.

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Chan Peng Mun, standing right, was 

a Boy Scout in primary school. 

2nd Raffles Scouts at Punggol 

Beach, 1962 

World Brotherhood of Scouts 

From the small seed of brotherhood 

that Lord Baden Powell had sown in 

England, a huge tree of friendship 

has sprouted. All over the world, 

groups of boys and men have rallied 

together regardless of race, class 

or creed to form bands of scouts 

living up to the expectations and 

aspirations of the founder. 

In R.I., our scouts are not the least of 

these. Together with scouting comes 

experience and memories that one 

would cherish forever – the golden 

days of youth and vigour, fun and 

frolic, hardships and enjoyments 

and above all CLEAN LIVING.


Konfusion in Spelling 

By Liu Woon Lieng 

(Pre U 1 Science A) 

, 1965 

Those of you who often have 

difficulties in spelling, must have 

thought that English spelling is an 

unholy muddle of letters. Perhaps 

Next komes the dropping of ‘ph’ 

and putting an ‘f’ in its place. 

This would exsite fonetisians and 

reduse the spelling of ‘potografers’ 

wud agre cat ce muddle created 

by ce silent ‘e’s is horrible. Cerfor 

wic ce droping of ‘e’s wi kan be 

contented wic ce rest of ce alfabets 

you are right. Words like “through”, 

and fotografs’. Students kan 

in ce words wicout worrying about 

“thorough”, “laugh”, “draught”, 

now well dispense with ‘ph’ and 

ce uselessness of silent ‘e’s. 

“cough”, “dough” and “drought” 

spell with considerable ease. The 

are a few of these words that get 

kumbersome double letters should 

If we kontinu wic ce proses grajuali 

on your nerves. The great writer 

be removed sinse it is the reason 

wi wil inevitibli kom to hav a reali 

George Bernard Shaw suggested 

why some kannot spel akurately. 

sensibl, wurkabl languaj. After som 

that we change our alphabet 

Unesesary leters in words like 

mani years, everiwun wud be abl 

(remember Higgins with his 

‘would’ shud be kut down to give 

to spel infalibli, so cere wud be no 

phonetics in the movie My Fair 

‘wud’. 

mor trublsum speling difikultis. Wi 

Lady?). If we did so, spelling would 

must cank Mr Shaw for inspiring us 

be, without doubt, much easier. 

Then there wud be no more ruf 

and hope cat his long cherished 

nites worrying over the unesesary 

drims wud finali kom tru. 

This has to be done gradually. We 

‘gh’ that is found in so many of the 

can begin by using ‘s’ instead of 

words mensioned in the beginning. 

the soft ‘c’. this could sertainly be 

By this slow proses of eliminasion 

of use to students. Then the hard 

and replacement we shud be able 

‘c’ can be replaced by ‘k’ since they 

to progress quite susesfuly. 

both have the same pronunisiation. 

This kould klear up all the confusion 

The leter ‘c’ being now not in use 

in the minds of spellers. 

kan be substituted for ‘th’. Al of us

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My Neighbourhood 

Mak Kum Thong, 

Secondary 2 A 

(1964), President’s 

Scholar 1968 

With the attainment of 

independence within the 

framework of a happy nation, 

Singapore is now on her way to a 

higher standard of living. While 

the multiplication of flats is the 

concern of the Government, the 

improvement of old houses and 

their environment should not be 

overlooked. I am a dweller of one 

of these old houses, and I want 

attention to be paid to the harsh 

conditions of the surroundings. 

My house lies in a rural area of filth 

and mud, mosquitos and flies. It is 

a sordid attap hut, standing on one 

end of a winding narrow lane. The 

lane is but of soft earth. It may be 

used in good weather, but during 

the rainy season, it is transformed 

into a chain of muddy pools, and 

constitutes more of a hindrance 

and source of danger, than a means 

of communication. 

This condition of the lane is 

further worsened by the smell 

that proceeds from the dustbins 

alongside. Most of them are lidless, 

exposing the rubbish which gives 

off an intolerable stench. You would 

be struck with disgust on seeing 

flies hovering over the rubbish, 

and remembering that they are the 

same flies that pay you visits during 

meal-times in your hut. 

During the night, the terror of the 

flies is taken over by mosquitoes. 

Where they come from is still a 

mystery. Without knowing the 

source of these insects, it is hard 

to exterminate them. They come 

buzzing in your ears when you 

are walking along the lane, and 

when you are in bed. They keep 

you awake all through the night 

and make your even-ing stroll 

an unpleasant one. Even if you 

manage to get to sleep, you will 

wake up in the morning to find 

fresh red blis-ters all over your skin. 

The residents of the region have a 

relatively low standard of living. In 

place of electric lamps that make 

the urban areas bright and cheerful, 

we have only oil lamps which are 

not powerful enough to pierce the 

darkness of the night. The danger 

of fire is increased by their use. For 

the supply of water, there are only 

five wells for over thirty fami-lies. 

And the water, which one cannot be 

certain is clean, is used as drinking 

water as well as for washing. 

Such are the conditions in my 

neighbourhood, which definitely 

cannot be allowed to continue. The 

danger of fire is ever present in our 

minds. It is long enough that we 

have been leading this miserable, 

stagnant way of life, isolat-ed from 

the comfort of other Singaporeans. 

Very little has been done in the 

past because the older generations 

lacked the initiative to advance and 

catch up with the times. 

The younger generations, however, 

have a more critical attitude. They 

are wondering what can be done to 

improve their way of life. Appeals 

are being made to the government 

for supplies of electricity and piped 

water, and such amenities as a post 

office and telephone booths. I 

have suggested the widening of 

the lane and we are still waiting for 

the official reply. The near future, i 

hope, will see a mass reconstruction 

of the present site to match the 

conditions with those outside.

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Introduction 

The Effects of the Colombo Plan 

on Participating Countries 

Fan Peng 

Thim, 

Pre-University 1. 

(1962) 

(This essay won the 

1st prize in the 

Overseas League 

Essay contest, 

1963). 

It seems to be a law of nature 

that no two great events can ever 

happen in the world at the same 

time. In the past when lack of 

means of communication split the 

world into isolated civilisations, 

separate people could flourish 

and lead their ways of life in 

some measure of independence. 

But modern science restricts us 

as much as it liberates us from 

our material wants. It integrates 

the human race into one unit, 

bounded by its efficient system of 

communication, making us realize 

our degree of interdependence 

and forcing us to turn our myopic 

view of nationalism to a grander 

whole. However, nationalism too 

has received its stimulus and the 

20th century marks the awakening 

of Asia and Africa. These people, 

fascinated by the success of the 

west and infuriated by the disparity 

of living standards, rise as a whole 

to industrialization and they 

promise to do it with a vengeance. 

Thus were born the many plans of 

an international nature, all out to 

mitigate the destructive force of 

this nationalistic tendency and turn 

it into constructive planning. The 

Colombo Plan is one of these. 

The Colombo Plan first 

conceived at a meeting of 

Commonwealth foreign ministers in 

January 1950, as a developmental 

scheme for the Commonwealth 

countries, has extended to cover 

the whole of South and South East 

Asia. It involves 600 million people, 

a quarter of the world’s population, 

and covers one of the most vital 

positions of international politics. 

It is a strange fact that despite the 

extreme divergence of political 

views of its member nations, it has 

survived wave after wave of political 

crises and has flourished from a 

3-year programme to more than a 

decade. It has demonstrated that 

cordiality can still exist between 

past colonies and their former 

colonial masters, between right and 

left wing forces, and between east 

and western nations. The reason 

lies in the inherent honesty of the 

Colombo Plan and the manner of 

its administration. For example, 

it provides the solution for those 

western nations which genuinely 

like to help their poorer eastern 

neighbours. By giving their aid 

through the Colombo Plan, the 

donor countries allay nationalist 

fears of probable economic 

dependence. There is no catch to 

their aid. In this way many eastern 

countries have benefited from aid 

which would have been looked 

upon with suspicion had it been 

given in any other form. 

A list of the material 

achievements of the Colombo 

Plan can go on for ever. To name 

but a few, the iron and steel mills 

at Durgapur, India, stand as a 

result of Indian, British, Canadian 

and American co-operation; the 

Khomer-American Friendship 

Highway which stretches proudly 

from Sihanoukville in Cambodia 

is another achievement through 

American aid; through the 

Colombo Plan, over 7000 students 

have received specialised training 

and over 1000 technical experts 

have been sent to South East Asia. 

By 1959, a total of 66.6 million 

British pounds had been spent 

on technological development 

and research. Chesterfield Park 

Research Centre in England 

can speak proudly of the Asian 

students it has trained in food 

protection and pest control. The 

British Broadcasting Co. has placed 

its vast facilities at the service of 

radio-engineers from the east. 

Nor is the help necessarily in one 

direction. Many Australian students

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are enrolled yearly into Indian 

universities, giving them a chance 

to learn in a world so different from 

their own and to understand the 

aspirations of the Indian people. 

India herself has helped many of 

her own eastern neighbours. Nepal 

has benefited largely from her. 

But to say that the Colombo 

Plan affects its members in no way 

other than material aid is to do 

it a great injustice. The essence 

of the Plan lies elsewhere. It is 

manifested in the way it conducts 

its business. If a nation requires 

assistance, it puts forward its plans 

and proposals to the Committee. 

The donor nation considers 

the plans and gives aid to the 

schemes which in its consideration 

demands priority. Nor do the 

donor nations foot the larger part 

of the bill. Their help is meant to 

be a supplement to the schemes, 

the receiving governments having 

to pay about 80 % of the cost. In 

this way, the Colombo Plan stresses 

the importance of the spirit of 

self-help. The young nations are 

made to understand that no other 

nation could help them as much as 

themselves. It replaces the apathy 

of oriental culture with a vitalizing 

force of co-operation and selfhelp. 

Formerly, it is the tendency 

of Asians to leave all matters of 

improvement to their governments. 

They prefer to wait patiently for 

government help on a project than 

to do it themselves. And if the help 

is not forth coming, the project is 

abandoned. 

Another vital service that 

the Colombo Plan has done is 

to show to the Asian people the 

usefulness of systematic planning. 

Before 1950, few eastern countries 

except India had any national 

scheme resembling a plan. 

The Asians enjoy their state of 

precarious complacency while their 

living standards remained static or 

dropped slowly. The war shattered 

their hopes for rehabilitation and 

laziness or a lack of knowledge 

prevented them from doing much 

to get out of their rut. But by now, 

nearly every country in the East has 

a development plan. India would 

have entered into her Third Five 

Year Plan if not for the border war. 

Ceylon has a Ten Year Plan, the 

Indoneasian cabinet has approved 

a Five Year Plan, Cambodia too has 

her Five Year Plan. Planning is an 

essential for Asia’s awakening. 

It remains for us now to 

anticipate the ultimate effect of 

the Colombo Plan. We ask “Since 

the Colombo Plan is conceived as 

a scheme for bettering the living 

standards of the Asian people 

and to place them in a position 

of economic equality with the 

West, will it not end when its 

object is achieved? Will not, in 

fact, all international plans end 

once the Asians and Africans 

attain economic independence?” 

Perhaps the Colombo Plan will 

end; all plans work their way to 

their own death for it is a basic 

object of plans to make themselves 

unnecessary. 

But as man has developed 

to such a level to understand 

the basic egalitarian unity of the 

human race, these plans may not 

necessarily be so ephemeral. We 

sound the essence of the Colombo 

Plan when we consider the 

possibility of a world government. 

It is the utopia of all political 

dreams. When it will blossom into 

reality is yet conjecture, but if it 

does, it owes not a little to a certain 

modest achievement known as the 

Colombo Plan. 

A Brilliant Old 

Rafflesian 

He achieved a brilliant triple success at 

University of Manitoba while on a Colombo 

Plan scholarship. 

He won: 

1) the Morton Stall Memorial Scholarship 

for the highest averate in the 2nd year of 

the course in Science or Arts; 

2) the Dr. Maxwell S Rady Scholarship, for 

the highest standing in 2nd year science, 

general or honours; 

3) the Isbister Scholarship, which by 

tradition is the university’s highest 

academic award given to students 

who make significant contributions of 

leadership and stability to Canada. 

While in Raffles Institution, Peng Thim 

enjoyed a splendid academic career. In 

1962, he topped the Cambridge School 

Certificate results with six A1’s, and was 

awarded the Collyer Prize. In the Higher 

School Certificate Examinations he did just 

as spectacularly. He won the Young and 

Mooyer Prize for the best all-round results 

in the examinations. 

He crowned his achievements with 

the coveted Yang di-Pertuan Negara 

Scholarship in 1965. 

(source: The Rafflesian, 1967)

210 

Recollections 

Recollections 

370 PM Goh’s message 

in 1992 Bishan Campus 

Opening Ceremony 

373 Grandfather’s Stories 

378 Five friends for 50 years 

384 What happened at school 

50 years ago? 

390 Teachers of Bygone Era 

402 Pain of Schooling 

404 Pangs of Nationhood 

406 The World around Us 

408 Effects of Extra Mural 

Activities. 

410 Ten things you need to know

Acting Police Commissioner John Le Cain inspecting the 

Guard of Honour during Founder’s Day 1963. Behind him were Lta Sharma, and Principal Jesudason. Front row extreme rightwas Richard Ow. 

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212 

Recollections 

Opening Message 

from the Prime Minister, 

Mr Goh Chok Tong 

Guest-Of-Honour Ri Bishan Campus Opening Ceremony (July 1992) 

Your request for a personal message gives 

me a chance to reminisce. 

When our class-teacher, Mr Selvarajah, at 

Pasir Panjang English School, announced 

that some 20 of us had qualified for Raffles 

Institution, we broke into spontaneous 

applause and cheering. It was the first time 

that so many from the rural school had made 

it to the premier school. Then silence, anxiety 

and nervousness followed, as we waited 

for our names to be called out. My anxiety 

turned into joy when I heard my name. 

RI has a special place in my heart. The 

school at Bras Basah Road had character, 

atmosphere and history. The timber-board 

floors resounded as we marched down the 

corridors, and creaked in places to remind 

us of their age. The school hall lined with 

portraits of past principals and honour rolls 

of head-prefects and scholars, the library 

with its treasure of knowledge, the popular 

tuck-shops, the active school field - all 

these contained many frames of indelible 

memories. 

They are not just memories of a place, but 

of teachers, school mates, friends, events 

and emotions. I remember how Mr SS 

Sidhu, our Form lll (Sec 2) teacher firmly 

handed a schoolboy fight and got both

213 

sides to become lasting friends instead of 

punishing them. I remember the huge turnout 

each time the school rugby team played 

St Andrew’s, and the electric exhilaration 

of victory. I remember our many “exploits” 

as scouts, including an impulse to practise 

axemanship while camping in Changi. We 

felled several coconut trees, and once in the 

middle of the night. 

We had great teachers. Mr Philip Liau who 

taught us English Literature wanted me to 

be Head Prefect. I lost the election. He was 

disappointed, but I was not as I had lost to 

my best friend, Lee Keow Siong. Mr Eugene 

Wijeysingha taught us General Paper and 

History. He shocked us with his parsimony - 

the class averaged less than 3 marks out of 10 

for GP essays, with many getting less than 1. 

There were many others, too many to 

mention. To all my teachers, I want to express 

my lasting gratitude for the values and 

knowledge they imbued in me. My friends 

especially my student days. A few came all the 

way from my primary school, like Lee Keow 

Siong (now a surgeon) and Cheng Heng 

Kock (a paediatrician with Tan Tock Seng 

Hospital), but many were made in RI. We 

became a “clique”. Tan Cheng Bock (Member 

of Parliament), Lim Ek Hong (Controller of 

Immigration), Lim Jit Poh (with Lum Chang 

Ltd), Victor Choa (with Nanyang Technological 

University), amongst others, were in the clique. 

We still meet every Chinese New Year in my 

house for a night of drinks and boisterous talk. 

My six years in RI laid the foundation for my 

later life. They were fulfilling years. I have 

such happy memories because of the 

teachers, students, activities, achievements 

and traditions that made up the RI spirit. 

My message to the present generation of 

students in RI is a simple one. Keep up the 

spirit of RI. It is the school where the best meet, 

forge abiding ties and later contribute their 

share to the country. Lead a full and balanced 

life while in RI. Take part in sports, societies, 

uniformed groups, and other student activities 

while keeping up with your school work. The 

camaraderie, the innocence of growing up, 

the sentiments, the life-long friends, the RI 

spirit - all these you may not find elsewhere. 

My message to all old Rafflesians - support RI. 

Retain, and better still, strengthen your bond 

with your alma mater. 

Above: Class Upper Six Arts 1960 with Mr Wijeysingha. Goh Chok Tong is standing 3rd 

row extreme right. 

Below: From 5A (1958) 

Opposite page: Scouts at camp (1958). 

Goh Chok Tong, extreme left, and buddies; 

Tan Cheng Bock who is holding a ukulele.

214 Recollections

215 

A collection of 

Grandfather Stories 

Lim Soon 

Hock 

and do not give up. It has a 

profound bearing on what I have 

accomplished in later life. 

presented it as a "computer ", and 

challenged visitors to outwit it. It 

was built up with switches and light 

bulbs, and operated in a pre-fixed 

in the faces of many, who lost 

to our "computer ". Both our 

exhibits won the top prizes in the 

two exhibitions. Later on in life, in 

I also have fond memories of 

algorithm through Boolean algebra, 

retrospection, we won it because 

participating in the school's annual 

that assured the "computer" to 

we were able to package the ideas 

I remembered failing in several 

subjects in my first term in 

secondary one. I never have 

any red marks in my report card 

before. It was not just a humiliating 

experience but a cultural shock. 

Today, I called it the Raffles 

orientation. I was apprehensive 

when I presented my report card 

to my dad for him to sign. Instead 

of lecturing me, he gave me words 

of encouragement: that I have to 

learn how to compete with the best 

and to meet exacting standards, 

science and maths exhibition in 

Sec4 and Pre-U 1. I teamed up with 

Chan Shelt Tsong and Tan Choon 

Kooi, my Primary School mates, 

who were in different classes. Our 

ideas were simple but we managed 

to package it and made it appear 

big and complex. 

The first exhibit was to produce 

synthetic rubber. We designed our 

set up to look like a manufacturing 

process, with all the different stages 

in the production. The second was 

a logic game. We configured and 

win most of the time. Unlike today, 

the computer was a rarity then. 

We attracted a lot of visitors - 

probably the most - as many were 

fascinated by the term " computer 

" and wanted to prove that they 

can beat it in a game of logic, i.e. 

that humans are still better than a 

machine. 

Our current Prime Minister (then a 

student with Catholic High) tried 

his hand on our exhibit. I cannot 

remember, whether he won or lost, 

but I can recall the disappointment 

well, and presented it cleverly to 

make it interesting, creative and 

original. We had the gift of the gap 

too. It was to launch my career into 

IT in my later life.

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Recollections 

Murli Sawalani 

Recess time was one of the better 

parts of school day. A break from 

the stress of lessons, time to meet 

up with friends from other classes, 

chit chat with the hawkers selling 

the food, enjoy their delicious food 

(cannot get that quality nowadays) 

and simply relaxing by the 

Stamford Canal and watching the 

light traffic go by. 

V. Sivarajan (1965- 

68) 

1965 - The great old Banyan 

tree outside the Main Tuckshop 

was uprooted after a heavy 

thunderstorm. Mr Moses Tay was 

my form teacher. To improve our 

English, he bought paperback story 

books and made us read one per 

week and pass on to next student. 

The first batch of 4 lady teachers 

joined the afternoon session's 

hitherto male dominated teacher 

faculty. RI beat St Andrews in a 

thrilling final in June. 

Yeo Loy Tong 

What stands out to this day in my 

mind about being a Rafflesian is 

that RI by virture of its very nature, 

nurture all of us to take challenge 

and in the course of it to be 

the best or near the best in the 

endeavour. 

Wong Koi Weng 

Sec 3A (Science) One of the 2 

privileged classes in the morning 

session. I was Class Monitor. The 

elected prefects were Mak Kum 

Thong and Dileep Nair (who 

eventually became Head Prefect). 

Form Master - Heng ... English - the 

late Lee Kok Cheong Mathematics/ 

Additional Mathematics - Lam 

Peck Heng Geography - Linda Teo 

Gek Sim Literature - S S Siddhu 

Chemistry - the late Natarajan 

Physics - Heng Malay (Syllabus 

X) Swimmer, Athlete, Scout (9th 

Dolphin Open Group).

217 

V Anantharaman 

On first entering RI in 1963, fresh 

from my days as a Primary school 

student, I met two teachers who had 

taught me in Primary School. One 

was Mr WD John who had been my 

Primary 1 form master and the other 

Mr Danny Chan, who had been 

my Primary 3 form master. They 

were among the teachers who also 

taught me in Secondary 1. 

Calculate the probability of having 

your primary school teachers 

also becoming your teachers in 

secondary school -- extremely 

remote. (If all your primary school 

teachers [n=A] are to be posted 

to secondary schools [n= B], what 

is the probability that any two of 

them would be a teacher in your 

secondary school?) Answer A/2B:1 

What is the probability of them 

being two of your subject teachers 

(if each class will have 5 subject 

teachers and there are 60 teachers 

in the school)? Answer A/24B:1 

I hope Mr Hector Chee and my 

Pre-U Maths teacher Mr VG Kamath 

will both forgive me if I have got any 

of the maths wrong. 

Teo Ming 

Kian 

(Class of 

68/70) 

IT SEEMS not too long ago that I 

was sitting there with you students 

in one of such Founder’s Days. It 

was not like this of course. We were 

sitting under tents on the field. 

In school, the competition was 

tough but the environment 

nurturing. Hard as I tried in games, I 

could only make it to Class or House 

teams. A dislocated shoulder 

during one of the rugby trials did 

not help. But that did not dampen 

or discourage one to try and excel 

in other areas. While I may fail in 

a subject in one term, I could win 

a prize for the same subject at the 

end of the year. Failure in RI was 

not something that would condemn 

one into a downward spiral. 

I count myself fortunate to be 

able to be nurtured by the 

excellent environment of RI. I 

am not referring to the physical 

environment, looking at the 

beautiful campus here. You should 

have seen what we had then. We 

sat on wobbly chairs and wrote 

on shaky tables, having to peer 

intently at illegible chalk marks on 

well worn out green boards, at the 

mercy of the weather when bright 

sunshine glared and blinded us 

and the rain through the broken 

window helped erased what was 

on the board.” 

“It was the trust and confidence the 

teachers gave us to do a task and 

the independence and leadership 

thrust on us that prepared us well 

for life. Of course we did not think 

that way then. We were as cynical 

as any teenage now.” 

(Excerps from Mr Teo Ming Kian 

speech as Guest-of-Honour during 

RI Founder’s Day celebration in 

2002). 

PRI Philip Liau congratules the 0-level 1968 top students. From left: Teo Ming Kian, Yuen 

Yue Mun, Yeo Boon Leng, Seow Boon Cheng and Khoo Teng Chye.

218 

Recollections 

Ng Siew Wah 

"Jack Benny" (the codename for 

Chong Meng 

In 1966, we were issued with the 

Low Hou Loke 

I vividly remember that fateful day 

Tan Leng Cheo 

Leng Cheo completed his 0-level at 

the Principal Philip Liau) liked to 

existing NRICs. Apparently the 

in 1965 when the nation became 

Outram Secondary School in 1962. 

prowl the toilets to catch students 

numbers were first allocated to 

independent. ‘Some of us recalled 

And like other Outramians of this 

smoking. 

schools along Bras Basah Road 

PM Lee Kuan Yew reaking down and 

period Cheo moved straight into 

starting in the hundreds at the 

crying as he answered a reporter’s 

the job market, landing a job at the 

Dhoby Ghaut end to RI that received 

question, and the telecast had to be 

East Asiatic Company (agent for 

numbers from 6000+ to 7000+. 

paused until he had control of his 

VESPA scooters, etc) as a shorthand 

When it was my class’ turn to queue, 

emotions. ‘I declared to my rugby 

/ typist. Working in the day, Cheo 

many found out that the remaining 

mates that I will try my best not to let 

took night classes (Lembaga) for 

numbers were between 6980 to 

him have any more reasons to weep 

the Cambridge School Certificate at 

7050. There was a massive shuffling 

again, as it broke my heart to see 

Queenstown Technical Sec School. 

to get into positions for prized 

him so sad.” (see rugby team photo 

His 7 distinctions result easily got 

numbers like 6996, 6999, 7000 & 

in page 129) 

him admitted into the Higher School 

7007. At first, the numbers were 

Certificate classes in RI, in 1964. He 

issued consecutively, but when the 

won the President’s scholarship in 

queues got out of hand, the issuing 

1966. 

clerks got upset and they all started 

to shuffle the cards like decks of 

cards. The issues were randomized! 

By a stroke of luck, I got one of the 

prized numbers. 

Tan Leng Cheo and Koh Cher Siang 

were ex-Outram Sec School. Both won 

President’s scholarship in 1966 together 

with classmate Mark Hong Tat Soon.

219 

Jeffrey 

Chan 

(1966/68): 

During the 4 years I was in Junior 

Red Cross, I learned many things 

while having a very good time with 

my friends. The emphasis of Junior 

Red Cross at that time was First Aid, 

to effectively carry out the tasks 

we have to do when rendering 

humanitarian assistance in difficult 

or even dangerous conditions. We 

accepted its necessity. Red Cross 

Police trainers and a shot went off. 

Immediately there were shouts of 

“Red Cross, Red Cross, Red Cross”. 

My senior, Steven Tan Kia Heng, 

rushed to treat the injured. The rest 

community service and bonding 

at that time was reputed to have 

of us (Goh Oon Tong was one of 

I WAS ELEVEN YEARS OLD and in 

my first few days in Secondary One 

of Raffles Institution when I joined 

Red Cross Cadet Unit 17. At that 

time, there was no Singapore Red 

Cross. So what I joined was the 

British Red Cross Society (Singapore 

Branch). I joined because the Red 

Cross among the first school ECAs 

(now called CCAs) that promoted 

itself to newly enrolled Sec 1 

boys. It promised opportunities 

for learning First Aid, doing 

humanitarian work, community 

service and also many social 

activities. It was also a uniformed 

group. I was a Scout in my primary 

school and was so partial to 

uniformed activities. I could not join 

the army cadets as I could not meet 

the height requirements. I thought 

Red Cross was the best alternative. I 

was not wrong. 

among members. Our trainers 

were members of the Red Cross 

Voluntary Aid Detachments (the 

VAD). They were all adult volunteers 

from all walks of life and gave their 

time and even their own money 

in order to impart Red Cross skills 

and knowledge to young people 

like us. Many of them were not 

thighly educated and nearly all 

were Chinese speaking. Despite 

difficulties in communications with 

us, which occurred from time to 

time, there was no doubting that 

they were serious, sincere and 

completely committed to shaping us 

up to be good Red Cross members. 

A major emphasis at that time was 

foot drill. Our VAD drill instructors 

were all trained by the Police. 

They explained to us that foot 

drill, though uncomfortable, was 

designed to inculcate discipline. 

the best foot drill among all the 

uniformed groups in Singapore. 

I became one of the Drill Instructors 

to my own Cadet Unit and to a 

number of other Cadet Units from 

other schools. RI was an all-boys 

school. The other schools were 

girl’s schools or had girls. I enjoyed 

myself. 

First Aid was very much a core of 

Junior Red Cross activities. We 

were deployed for First Aid duty at 

all schools and district events. So, 

like my other fellow cadets, I treated 

numerous instances of cuts and 

bruises, fractures, heat exhaustion 

and leg cramps. I hated having to 

massage smelly legs and feet. 

The most memorable injury I 

encountered was a bullet wound. 

One of the R I Police cadets was 

them) came immediately to back 

him up. The bullet entered inner 

side of the boy’s left arm near his 

elbow. The wound was very small 

but blood was gushing out like a 

fountain. Thanks to our training, we 

knew what to do. Steven and Oon 

Tong applied a tourniquet to stop 

the bleeding we then applied a 

dressing on the wound. Someone 

called for an ambulance which 

arrived very shortly and brought 

the boy to the hospital. I do not 

think any Red Cross member here 

has have ever encountered a bullet 

wound! 

(Source: The Singapore Red Cross - 

Reprinted with permission from the 

Singapore Red Cross) 

Discipline is required in order 

playing with a revolver of his

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Recollections 

Rohan Kamis 

(1965/67) 

anyway because I had promised not 

disappoint her. 

LIFE IN SCHOOL went beyond 

years at Raffles. 

And even today, strangers become 

immediate friends once they 

Several parts of the school were out 

of bounds and there was this evernagging 

fear that the wooden plank 

floors might someday just give way. 

But there were dedicated teachers 

and a canteen with character. 

These were enough to make RI at 

Bras Basah memorable, although 

the facilities were to say the least, 

tentative. 

Of course having Mr MK Sharma as 

the form teacher in Secondary One 

(see class photo, 1962) helped. He 

was a prolific organiser of several 

out-of-school excursions to various 

parts of the island. Nothing fancy 

by present day standards but quite 

an exciting novelty then. My class 

naturally became the envy of the 

other secondary ones. There were, 

of course, other teachers. The 

kind and gentle Mr Ng Kim Beng 

who taught Art and Ms Linda Teo, 

whose subject, Geography, I did 

not like but managed a decent pass 

books and I remember my first 

outdoor camp with scout group 

vividly. The scout master Mr 

Puhaindran, himself became the 

first casualty of the outdoors when 

a snake bit him and had to be 

hospitalised. My fortunes were 

somewhat better as I went on to 

complete the camp despite strong 

protests from my parents. 

Many acquaintances were made 

and many became more than just 

acquaintances. It is not everyone 

who has a President’s Scholar (Mohd 

Ismail bin Ibrahim) for a friend and 

even fewer who can call him by an 

unflattering nickname. Pupils in RI 

inevitably came from all walks of life! 

Now married with two children, 

the eldest is studying in RGS, I still 

finds time to be active in community 

work. I served a stint as an MP for 

Telok Blangah and remains active 

in Mendaki. The ease with which 

I relates to the different people I 

meet daily is attributed to my early 

mention that they too went to RI. 

That, is the Rafflesian Spirit. 

Photo below: Rohan Kamis 

(squatted in front, left). Imran Yusof 

is in back row 3rd from left. 

(source: RI Outlook, 1992)

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Anonymous 

10. CIRCLE OF LIFE: “I brought you 

into this world, and I can take you 

Most of our generation of 60+ were 

“HOME SCHOOLED” in many ways 

. My mother taught me: 

out...” 

11. BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION : 

“Stop acting like your father!” 

12. ENVY: “There are millions of less 

1. TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL 

DONE. 

“If you’re going to kill each other, do 

it outside. I just finished cleaning.” 

2. RELIGION: “You better pray that 

your report card has no red mark.” 

3. LOGIC: “ Because I said so, that’s 

why.” 

4. FORESIGHT : “Make sure you 

wear clean underwear, in case 

you’re in an accident.” 

5. IRONY : “Keep crying, and I’ll give 

you something to cry about.” 

6. OSMOSIS : “Shut your mouth and 

eat your dinner.” 

7. CONTORTIONISM : “Just you 

look at that dirt on the back of your 

neck!” 

8. STAMINA: “You’ll sit there until all 

fortunate children in this world who 

don’t have wonderful parents like 

you do.” 

13. ANTICIPATION: “Just wait until 

we get home.” 

14. RECEIVING: “You are going to 

get it from your father when you get 

home!” 

15. HOW TO BECOME AN ADULT: 

“If you don’t eat your vegetables, 

you’ll never grow up.” 

16. GENETICS: “You’re just like your 

father.” 

Dr Samy prize (1963) 

“Yes, I was the last recipient for 

the full award. I think there was 

leftover interest money given out 

as Dr Samy prize the following 

year. But I am not sure if the school 

top it up to the full award of $1, 

800. Indeed, it was this award 

that enabled me to proceed to 

pre-university, without which my 

education would have stopped at 

the 0-level then.” 

Dr Louis Samy 

that vegetable is gone.” 

9. HYPOCRISY : “If I told you once, 

I’ve told you a million times, don’t 

exaggerate!” 

It was reported in the RI Times 

(1963 edition) that the sum of 

$1,800 donated by Dr Samy in 

1962, had exhausted.

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Recollections 

1965 – The YearThat Gave Me Four Friends for Life 

Five Friends for 50 Years 

By Thng Pheng Soon 

(1966/68) 

I began my Secondary Three in 

1965 with a heavy heart. After all, 

two years before that, I managed to 

squeeze into RI from Cantonment 

School -- which would have been 

called a neighbourhood school in 

today’s lingo. Back then, Tanjong 

Pagar, the neighbourhood where 

I was born and grew up in, was 

Singapore (ok lor, give and take) 

and many of us were neighbours. 

So were our schools too. 

During my first year in RI, I worked 

hard, nay, super-hard, and managed 

to find a seat in Secondary 2A, with 

a position in standard of 15/575. 

Yes, it was full house with 14 

secondary one classes, bursting at 

its own seams with more than 40 

students each, thanks to the baby 

boom! 

Of course, getting into that class 

(Sec 2 A) must have brought halos 

over most heads, and looking 

back, mine swelled in size as well. 

Why else would I have to get so 

traumatized when told at the end of

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1964 that I would be plonked into 

Secondary 3D the following year, 

CHAN MUN CHENG 

was because that class mainly 

comprised Cadet Corp students, 

Additional Maths or Add Madn’ss. 

She tried to brainwash us into 

and in the afternoon session (read 

second-class citizen) at that! I could 

not comfort myself by rationalizing 

that: C’mon, it was because all the 

other students had been working 

harder too. Hard truths might 

aplenty be, but the hardest to hit 

me was this: my POS (Position in 

Standard) had shot up ten-fold to 

156/578. 

Imagine my relief when I spotted 

Mun Cheng on my first day as a D 

class student. He was my classmate 

in Sec One M, and would be in 

the same class hence. I remember 

that he was fat and chubby then, 

as confirmed by memories of the 

nickname conferred by my family 

members on him -- Tua Pui Bi Lek, 

or the Fatty Buddha. Little did I 

know how this Chubby Buddha 

would be playing a lovingly critical 

role in building up the friendship 

amongst five friends, or FFs, to 

flourish for the next fifty years (and 

still counting)! 

But I digress. 

known for the self-styled macho 

as well as masochistic cheekiness. 

They suffered two ladies teacher 

to break into tears as both came to 

the end of their respective tethers 

while trying to handle this bunch of 

‘ah boys on their way to becoming 

men.’ It took no less than our burly 

and fearsome principal, Mr E W 

Jesudason, to defuse the military 

crisis by giving these NS pre-daters 

a piece of his mind. And no, he did 

not raise his arms on that occasion. 

Okay, okay, we had problems 

suffering under these two teachers 

at our end as well. One of them 

taught us Elementary Mathematics 

believing the existence of the 

square root of a negative number. 

She thought or taught that it would 

be easier if we were to call that a 

complex number. 

After struggling harder than Jacob 

of the OT (Old Testament) did with 

the Angel at Penuel, I had to agree 

that the name fits this inscrutable 

subject /object like a glove this 

time. But how would you use this 

number to count anything? After 

all, isn’t that what numbers were 

invented for? I can sumpah (swear) 

that I wasn’t the only bloke who 

went nuts over this, as one of our FF 

members would triple-confirm each 

Back to the classroom scene 

that tragic year. Secondary 3D 

shared the same entrance as the 

neighbourhood class of Secondary 

Three 3C -- they had to troop 

through ‘our’ door, then beluk 

kanan (turn right) to get into their 

partition (Hey, isn’t that a more 

appropriate term to use!). Get 

it? Oh, did I say troop in? That 

and many of us soon realized that 

that there was a misfit between 

the syllabus and its own name 

-- we ‘catch-no-ball’ during her 

lessons. Many of us still remember 

her famous line -- “now erect 

a perpendicular line” to us, 

youngsters who were within a hair’s 

breadth of our own manhood! 

The other lady teacher taught us 

time we meet up: You know, when 

I asked her a few more times, she 

would say, I tell you what: you just 

forget about taking this subject, ok? 

I am not sure if he did eventually 

forgive her for that though! 

I have reason to believe that 

“to forget about it” stood out 

prominently in her stable of pet 

phrases. She did not forget to make

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Recollections 

that declaration aloud each time 

after wiping off right away what she 

tilt the sealed tube up and down 

for say twenty times, measuring its 

YIP SENG LEONG 

CHOY KHEE KWOK 

wrote on the blackboard– and that 

would happen almost every other 

time. Of course, we did not forget 

that either. 

And there was this male 

teacher who taught us Physics. I 

remembered him for two things. 

First, he was of such a small frame 

that he would have been easily 

mistaken as one of us if he were 

to don white on white. You would 

recall, fellow Grandpas, that in 

those days we could start putting 

on long pants only upon reaching 

secondary three, something that 

those of us sporting or sprouting 

more (or earlier) hormonal saplings 

were dying to do! 

The other thing that I remember 

him for, and may not hold him 

responsible for, took place during 

a laboratory session, during which 

we were to verify that heat is a form 

energy that can appear as a result 

of friction. We were told to take 

a long glass tube, half-fill it with 

temperature before and after to 

register the heat gain. I remember 

this fellow student who stood by 

sheepishly to inquire on the next 

move after completing his shakes. 

This young teacher was, however, 

still engaged in a conversation with 

me as I struggled to make out what 

this darn exercise was all about. It 

goes without saying that whatever 

heat energy gained by the ups and 

downs that my poor classmate went 

through had literally dissipated into 

thin air before anyone realized that! 

Mr Physics also told the class about 

a student who, when told to “State 

Archimedes’ Principle” during the 

Physics Test, wrote down the entire 

episode about the Greek King and 

his scientist, as the latter went on 

to hit that Eureka moment in or 

during his long bath. That accursed 

Principle must have sounded Greek 

to this deeply troubled student – or 

did his answer sound Greek to our 

boyish teacher? 

Small wonder it was, then, that 

one of our FFs, Seng Leong, tried 

to prove to her that Archimedes’ 

Principle was wrong! Yes, I did use 

the female gender this time, and 

NO, there is no gender-bender 

here – we are Rafflesians. Neither 

was it due to the fact that he had 

sported a faint moustache nor 

spoke with the high pitch of a 

piccolo. I am to be blamed for 

this state of confusion, as I cannot 

recall whether one of them was 

a relief / replacement teacher. If 

truth be leaked, it had somehow 

been registered in my corrupting 

ROM that these were two different 

persons, of distinctively different 

genders too! 

It is now time for me to introduce 

the third FF, Khee Kwok, whose 

command of Chinese was 

most ‘powerful’. I spent many 

hours talking about Chinese 

contemporary literature with him. 

I recall that there was a time when 

school was out due to some unrest, 

something that was not uncommon 

during that period. I devoured, 

inter alia, Ba Jin’s Trilogy, The True 

Story of Ah Q et al by Lu Hsun, 

amongst the many tomes under the 

influence of this Chinese scholar 

with the ‘extra time’ that I now had 

on my hands. Believe it or not, it 

called for great courage on our 

part to tenaciously pursue these 

hobbies in view the tumultuous 

going-on in the background, 

with labels being hurled liberally 

everywhere -- everyone and 

everything was either white or black 

-- or red. Indeed, someone had 

been overheard to say that he was 

ashamed to be an ethnic Chinese. 

Sigh. 

small lead shots and repeatedly

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LEE CYN 

Class Happenings 

Those labour pangs after months 

of political and racial tensions had 

And yes, I recall the many outings 

Mun Cheng mentioned in his email 

Lee Cyn, the final FF, in his 

contribution to this article, recalls that 

he may have met this writer during 

Chinese lessons, when the students 

were mixed and matched for the 

occasion. All students taking different 

languages (Chinese, Malay and 

Tamil) were re-channelled into GRCs 

-- Grossly Reconstituted Classes. So 

we had our own Merger during the 

“language class” period too. (I don’t 

blame some 3C students for walking 

into our classroom at other times. You 

see, on top of the flimsy partition, we 

shared those unforgettable teachers, 

too.) Oh, I forget to add that Lee Cyn 

used to read Khee Kwok’s Chinese 

essays and “remembers how vividly 

he described Chinatown.” Indeed, 

Pagoda Street was where the 

budding essayist grew up in. And I 

recall that he won a prize in an islandwide 

competition and had to collect 

it at the then Nanyang University – 

before that was morphed.But he is 

no mad Chinaman, though. He reads 

Somerset Maugham and Han Suyin, 

too. 

Mun Cheng was appointed to be the 

class librarian. The ‘library’ turned 

out to be a mobile one, which meant 

that he had to tote sufficient copies 

of Understanding Science (the 

equivalent of National Geographic 

today) for the entire class so that 

everyone would have ex-curricular 

reading materials. I have no doubt 

that he must have carried this task in 

a most ungrudging manner, given 

my hindsight knowledge of Chubby 

Buddha. Someone labelled him the 

‘Beast of Burden’, just because he 

had picked up Somerset Maugham’s 

label on the poor coolies in old 

China during English lessons that 

afternoon! At that time, I thought 

that that was being mean to the 

exploited coolies, and especially 

so to our dedicated librarian. Over 

time, however, that title had since 

taken on a life of its own. It has 

become an endearment of sorts, just 

like the moniker given to the Little 

Red Dot that burst into being amidst 

tears, joy and flashes of lightning on 

09 August that fateful year. 

made the delivery all the more noisy, 

with memories still fresh of the news 

that came with a big bang from 

the MacDonald House some five 

months before that. The explosion 

took place at a stone’s throw from 

where our school was located at 

that time. No thanks to Bung Karno’s 

Konfrontasi and his anti-imperialist 

rhetoric. 

Despite those incessant heady 

moments, the FFs did many things 

that had brought us closer. In today’s 

lingo, we would have said these 

activities bonded us. Mun Cheng 

reminisces in an email exchange 

while I was seeking him out on this 

essay: 

“…One thing that brought our 

friendship to the highest level was 

our mutual study together.” He 

remembers that he, Khee Kwok and 

Seng Leong “used to study maths 

and do the 10-year series together. 

This had helped us greatly with 

our O-level results. ” Now, that is 

fellowship at work. 

too, particularly the one to the JB 

Zoo in 1966, where we spotted a 

limping tiger in a cage. I am indeed 

grateful that we did not end up in a 

cage like that poor cat, nor returned 

home limping like it and that we 

were still able to get home in one 

piece, especially after the details 

of the highly charged atmosphere 

prevailing across the Causeway 

during that period were made 

public decades thereafter. 

During those days when handphones 

were still unheard of and 

the black clunky table model a 

treasured rarity, it seems incredible 

that we managed somehow to 

maintain contact and meet up so 

regularly. 

Still on the topic of outings, all FFs 

harbour fond memories of our 

conquest of the highest peak on 

this island, where we discovered an 

eerie cave on the wall of the granite 

formation. We were put off by the 

stinking dampness and decided not 

to look in for Yamashita’s hidden war

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Recollections 

booty though. 

sorry for the incident, which now 

in Canada. Mun Cheng, too, 

any better after that though. 

seems to have been forgotten, 

settled down in nearby Toronto, 

And yet another unforgettable 

“much like Lu Hsun’s short story 

after working as a manager in SIA 

Looking back half a century later, 

one was our drive up to Seletar 

about the kite.” Catch up with the 

during the seventies / eighties. 

I realize that I need not have felt 

Reservoir with Lee Cyn at the 

Frozen song, Lee Cyn “Let it Go”! 

Meanwhile, I did Engineering in the 

‘down-cast’ after the ‘fall’, really. It 

steering wheel in my dad’s old 

Yes, it’s long been forgiven, too! 

local university, whilst Seng Leong 

was my own ego and snobbishness 

Austin when he backed it into 

went on to become an electronic 

that had nearly dragged me down. 

another car. Happily, it was just 

And so it was as, we muddled on as 

specialist. 

As far as I know, Sec 3D produced 

that our bumper got lodged under 

time marched on. 

a professor – our very own Dr 

that of the unlucky car. With a 

Indeed, Mun Cheng’s cherishing 

Lee Cyn Ang, Program Director 

collective heave, we managed to 

To cut my grandfather’s story short, 

of our old ties has overcome the 

of Neuropathology Residency 

resolve the bumper-to-bumper 

the amazing thing was that that year 

miles that would have separated us 

Training Program in Canada and 

grip-lock and shot off from the 

was the only one where we were in 

over the last five decades. He and 

even a Singapore Consular Consul 

crime scene immediately, with nary 

the same class (ok, Lee Cyn was in 

Lee Cyn would be the reason for us 

to the PRC. Of course there is a 

a glance backwards. Khee Kwok, 

another partition of our class), as we 

to get together for a simple meal 

host of other bright sparks as well, 

who commented at that time that 

went separate ways after that. But 

or just la kopi and chat about the 

including scholars, educators, 

“we were not made to commit 

thanks be to dear old Mun Cheng, 

good olde days without fail every 

arbitrators, engineers et al, who had 

murders”, would, for years to come, 

who ought to be conferred the 

time they fly in to see their own 

made huge splashes locally and 

be harping time and again that my 

Order of Kaki Lima. To be serious, 

folks at home. For Mun Cheng, this 

abroad -- each in their own way, of 

face had the colour of a Beijing 

we would have been strewn apart, 

is a de facto sequel to what he had 

course. Where are you now, fellas? 

cabbage (so too was our greenhorn 

even in different parts of the globe, 

been doing during the days before 

And today, as one who had just 

driver) during that great escape. 

never to call on one another again 

his defection to Canada -- he would 

missed the privilege of being a 

without his efforts. You see, Khee 

drive all the way from Paya Lebar 

Pioneer for dropping in a few 

Lee Cyn did not fail to remind 

Kwok, Mun Cheng and Seng Leong 

Airport to catch up over a cuppa 

months late, I have no regrets 

all that his sister and mine were 

went on to start their rather early 

with whoever he could lay his 

whatsoever. Because the best 

classmates in RGS. He recalls to 

working lives after Secondary Four, 

hands on. 

takeaway from my RI days was 

have found out through my sister 

while Lee Cyn and I proceeded to 

neither these ‘achievements’ 

that I could not sleep for a few 

the U in 1968. Upon graduation 

To finish my own story, I managed 

nor the glow reflected from 

nights and that my dad had to 

and after working for a few years in 

to claw my way back into Sec 4A in 

the luminaries of the day -- or 

make a police report so that I could 

Singapore, Lee Cyn jumped ship 

the end and was back with the big 

thereafter. It is being a member 

rest in peace. He said that he is still 

to practise as a neuropathologist 

boys once again. Not that I fared 

of the FF founded in that fateful

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period—Five Friends, who have 

stuck together through thick and 

Post Script 1 

Human efforts, Heav’nly grace! 

Post Script 2 

thin through our growing-up years, 

even as the people of this little 

nation did, as we trudged along our 

own track ----- and surviving it all. 

I managed to dig out the following 

verse in Chinese with an English 

translation that I had put together, 

after we met up at Orchard Country 

Club in 2007. 

2007 年 6 月 2 日 

May our friendship forever be, 

Sturdy as the olde banyan tree! 

Vive l’amour, vive la Compagnie! 

Alas, the night is getting weary, 

How I wish time could just tarry! 

Vive l’amour, Vive la Compagnie! 

I would like to thank Mun Cheng, 

Khee Kwok, Lee Cyn and Seng 

Leong for their respective inputs / 

insights and their own memories 

because I did not have the 

awesome memory that Mun Cheng 

had always been hyping about at 

all. Last but not least, a special word 

胡姬乡村俱乐部聚会留念 

of thanks goes to Siu Kang Fook 

for his help in retrieving the old 

行云流川 , 四十暑寒 ; 

records that sowed the seed in my 

少年同窗 , 英姿发焕 

head to put this up in the first place. 

天各一方 , 鹤发斑斑 ; 

全家福聚 , 天赐热肠 

但愿友谊 , 古榕根盘 ; 

余意未尽 , 再继天长 

Flowing clouds drift on high 

Mighty river sweeps past by 

Forty years -- the flash of an eye! 

We’re now strewn ‘cross the oceans 

vast; 

Silver threats adding to frust’ 

Crowning glories turning to rust! 

By what credit did such take place? 

Reliving golden moments, good 

old days;

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Recollections 

What Happened 

at School 50 years ago? 

Recollections from the 1967/69 batch of Raffles Institution. 

Compiled by A/ 

· The political merger of Malaya, 

Singapore on 9 August 1965, 

‘Rafflesian Spirit’, proud of our 

Prof Lionel Lee 

Singapore, Sabah and Sarawak to 

after Singapore’s relentless effort 

alma mater and thankful for our 

form Malaysia on 16 September 

at working towards a “Malaysian 

educational experience in Raffles 

1963 

Malaysia”. 

Institution. 

· The difficult early Malaysian 

· The turbulent ‘Konfrontasi’ waged 

Fifty-years later, many of us got 

nationhood period of disagreement 

by Indonesia against Malaysia from 

together in an Internet chat-room 

between the central government in 

1963 to 1966 and the MacDonald 

facility, “Telegram” reminiscing the 

Kuala Lumpur and the Singapore 

House bombing on 10 Mar 1965 

good old school days. Below are 

We were school boys of Raffles 

local government. 

some snippets of the chat. 

Institution from 1964 to 1967(Sec 

The “Koro” ( hysterical penile 

4) and 1969 (Pre-U 2). We went to 

· The racial tensions between 

retraction) scare in 1967. 

secondary school in the formative 

Chinese and Malays in Singapore 

years of our nation, Singapore. 

culminating in the riots in 1964 

Despite the many exciting events 

These were also tumultuous years 

of the world around us, we spent 

for our country. We witnessed and 

· The ignominious separation of 

4 to 6 years of our growing up 

experienced 

Singapore from the rest of Malaysia 

years basking in the schoolboys’ 

leading to an independent 

camaraderie known also as the

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A Class Full of 

Pranksters 

I share some pranks committed by 

Sec 3BSc in the spirit of memories 

for SG50. 

The other class Sec 3A was having 

a physics lab below us. We decided 

to stamp our feet hard on the 

wooden floors bringing down more 

than 100 years old dust trapped 

between the wooden slabs apart 

from making thunderous noise. 

While our Physics teacher, Mr P, was 

teaching, some of us burnt papers 

in our flip top wooden desks, 

causing a lot smoke it our class 

room. We often latched a ‘string’ 

of paper to the back of Mr P as 

he moved up and down the class 

room teaching. There was a day 

when Cecil Chiam turned on the 

siren while we were in the Physics 

Lab making such a din throughout 

the Annex building of the school. 

Every day we started by standing 

up as a class to recite the pledge. 

Some of us then sat down only 

to realise that we sat down on 

chewing gums, spat onto our seats 

by our classmates behind us. My 

white shorts often stained with 

‘gooey’ gum stuck to my bottoms! 

The class was detained and was not 

allowed to go to the Saints-Raffles 

Rugby match. At day’s end there 

was the flag lowering ceremony, 

presided by Mr George Sobreilo. 

We were so unhappy to miss the 

match, we took our time and made 

a very slow march across the field 

to the flagpole. I still remember 

George S angrily and frantically 

waving at us to hurry up! - LIONEL 

LEE 

Hi Lionel, thanks for bringing back 

memories of the pranks we played. 

I cannot forget the triple jumps and 

long jumps we did, sending dirt to 

the lab below. That scene about 

us “boycotting the flag lowering 

ceremony” is still fresh in my mind. 

We delayed the ceremony a good 

8-10 minutes. That was a daring act 

of defiance and somehow we got 

away with it!!- CHAN YAU SENG

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Recollections 

Sec 3 B (1966): Seated : L3- Chey Chor Wai, Rajan, Chong Huai Seng, Cheong Moon Foo, Mr Charanjit Singh, Lionel Lee (4th from right), 

Giam Eng. 

Can anybody remember what 

not justify the punishment. - CHEN 

watching the Saints-Raffles Rugby 

We had pranks done on almost 

crime 3BSc 1966 was punished for 

WEN 

match. 

all the teachers except our form 

by having to remain behind while 

teacher, Mr Charanjit Singh, a 

the rest of the school went to St. 

The crime that Sec 3BSc committed 

It was the best class that I attended. I 

modern Singh, who treated us 

Andrews for the rugby game? I 

was a number of us were caught by 

practically went back laughing every 

to stories of his hobby of cutting 

don’t. I am curious now – hopefully 

Mr George Subreilo in the canteen 

day. Sorry to say that it was normally 

interesting newspaper cuttings. He 

someone still remembers. All I 

eating when we should not be there. 

at the expense of the teachers. 

was normally very friendly, until we 

could remember was the crime did 

The whole class was banned from 

were kicked out of our normal class

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to another class room, because 

we were too noisy and the “O” Lab 

Exams were about to be conducted 

under our class. - LIM POH SENG 

physics lab to stop the siren. He was 

afraid the whole school will hear 

the sound. Surprisingly, no one was 

punished for the incident. 

About our Language 

Teachers 

an impassioned speech before the 

class and acknowledged that Mr. T 

was being very unfairly treated by 

the class. Shortly after the speech, 

It is funny that if the class was not 

punished, nobody would have 

remembered much about the 

game. Instead that day turned 

out to be inerasable for the wrong 

reasons. I am wondering whether 

it could be Mr. G. Sobrielo himself 

was not thrilled about having 

to stay behind when the other 

teachers could go to the game, and 

hence Sec 3B Sc was punished to 

keep him company. 

I agree that Mr Charanjit Singh our 

form teacher thought the class was 

an exemplarily well behaved class 

In Sec 3B one of us found a shaky 

wooden chair where the seats were 

broken into two halves with a small 

gap in the center. This chair was 

placed at the teacher’s table. Mr P 

unknowingly was the first teacher 

to sit on that chair. The two halves 

of the seat wedged his bottom 

and he jumped out of his chair. 

When he had recomposed himself, 

he told the class that he has very 

good reflexes. The class roared with 

laughter 

Someone released a grasshopper 

into Mr P’s shirts. That was the 

We had a Malay teacher teaching 

us National Language which we 

nicknamed Tupai, Malay for squirrel 

and the title of the first chapter of 

our text. Mr Tupai had a strange 

habit of ending his sentences with 

‘eh’. One day, whilst the National 

Pledge was recited with Tupai 

presiding, all of us punctuated ‘eh’ 

to each phrase ‘We the citizens ‘eh’ 

of Singapore ‘eh’ pledge ourselves 

‘eh’ as one united people ‘eh’. Mr 

Tupai turned around and screamed, 

‘Who made that screeching noise?’ 

- LIONEL LEE 

the class said sorry to Mr. T whole 

heartedly and the remaining Malay 

classes in 1966 continued without 

any hard feelings on either side. - 

CHEN WEN 

Thanks for the sweet memories of 

that rascal class in RI. I don’t think 

kids today will ever enjoy such an 

experience, especially in a premier 

school like RI. Early years in RI 

were very traumatic years for me. 

Singapore has had a merger with 

Malaysia and suddenly, we were 

told to study Malay. It became a 

compulsory subject, fail Malay and 

until the final 3 weeks when all hell 

broke loose. Until then, Charanjit 

Singh thought we were all angels. 

It was a good thing that he found 

out what we really were that late. 

I am sure in retrospect he would 

conclude that we were simply 

having fun and did nothing to harm 

anybody. - CHEN WEN 

I remember Mr P rushing into the 

last straw. He demanded that 

Cheong Moon Foo our class 

monitor to name the student. It 

was a big showdown. Finally the 

student owned up and was sent to 

detention class. I think that was the 

last prank we played on Mr P. - LIM 

POH SENG 

Tupai was actually a gentle person 

and teacher. He was ridiculed 

more because the students disliked 

the subject he was teaching. He 

took a lot of ridicule and teasing 

from Sec 3B Sc until one day he 

could took it no more and simply 

stopped teaching. I remembered 

Chong Huai Seng came forward 

to the defence of Tupai. He made 

you fail the whole exam! 

So poor Mr Tupai was parachuted 

in to get us up to speed on Malay 

but the textbooks were basic, and 

the only ones available were about 

a bunch of squirrels, more pictures 

than text if I can recall the textbook 

was looking like Winnie the Pooh 

stuff. After about 2 weeks of looking 

and reciting about tupais, the class

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got totally bored to tears. We all 

began to do our own thing. 

Somehow, a pretty mature book on 

Sex and Growing Up (Kama Sutra 

type) was being passed around the 

class. It ended up with me reading 

it underneath the foldable table 

top during Tupai’s class and he 

caught me red handed reading it. 

He became very agitated when he 

saw what the book was about. He 

confiscated the book, said he would 

show it to headmaster and get me 

expelled from school! I was totally 

shocked, scared and spent the next 

3 weeks in fear as I waited for the 

call from the headmaster’s office. 

The call never came. In the fourth 

week, Tupai came to the classroom 

and quietly returned the book to 

me without saying a word. I found 

out later that the headmaster Philip 

Liau saw the book, probably read 

it a bit and declared that there was 

no harm in healthy young boys to 

be curious about sex. God bless Mr 

Liau, I was found not guilty and not 

expelled. - CHONG HUAI SENG 

We nicknamed our Chinese 

teacher, My Egypt. He used to 

pontificate a number of the things 

to the students. When we asked 

him how did he know if they were 

true. He asked, “Do you know about 

Egypt?” When we replied yea, he 

asked “How did you know about 

Egypt?” He loved to argue that 

Alexander the Great should not be 

called Great because he killed a lot 

of people. He also liked to discuss 

in the class about the validity of 

religion. One day he was doing that 

when Swee Chuang walked into 

the classroom. Mr Egypt asked him, 

“Do you believe in God? What kind 

of god do you believe in?” Swee 

Chuang replied “Egyptian Gods”. 

The class roared.- CHEN WEN 

I remembered being slapped by Mr 

Egypt and being made to stand on 

the chair. - JOE CHUA 

I do recall being caught by him 

during a Chinese spelling test. I 

was looking down at the textbook 

without knowing that he was 

standing next to him. He asked 

what was I doing and I answered 

sheepishly, “Just taking a look”. I 

Chong Huai Seng Chen Wen 

Lim Poh Seng Cecil Chiam 

Chan Yau Seng Yap Cheng Hua

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survived not knowing how or why, 

he just failed me for the test. - 

WANG SWEE CHUANG 

Sports and Extracurricular 

Activities 

Cecil do you remember that Mr 

Egypt was once so upset with you 

that he tried to slap you in the face? 

You managed to duck, it was fast 

reaction indeed. - LIM KIM QUEE 

Yes, his hand hit the sharp vertical 

edge of the metal desk. It must 

have hurt him terribly!- CECIL 

CHIAM 

He is quite a violent type. But we 

must give him credit for the effort 

he made to teach us the language.- 

LIM KIM QUEE 

Those were the days when we are 

mad about football. We came to 

School early before 12 noon to 

play football and by the time class 

started, we were totally drenched. 

Just wonder why the teachers did 

not scold us. Perhaps a drenched 

white shirt is not easily spotted. - 

CHAN YAU SENG 

I remember Cheng Hua being 

so energetic, chasing every ball. 

Sometimes our white shorts were 

caked with mud before we started 

lessons. - LIONEL LEE 

Photo: Scouts swimming at Punggol Beach. On the left, Chan Bok carries Denis Tan, while 

on the right, Chor Wai carries Lim Kou. In the centre is Poh Yew Tay 

Yes I remember too. I love football 

but have no chance to develop it. 

But I played on weekends with a 

team called Belvedere Rangers. I 

had boundless energy when I was 

young. - YAP CHENG HUA 

Aikido came to RI when we were 

in Sec 2. Before that there was only 

Judo. The teacher in charge was

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John Chew. Cheong Moon Foo was 

the student in charge. - LIM POH 

SENG 

Talking about Aikido, the school 

gym which we practised in had an 

eerie story to tell. One night some 

students stayed overnight at the 

gym when they heard what sounded 

like cocking of rifles and violent 

noises. They all ran out with their 

hair standing. Rumour had it that the 

gym was used as an interrogation 

room by the Japanese during the 

war. - CHAN YAU SENG 

I still have my Aikido outfit 50 years 

later. I always thought Aikido might 

come in handy one day should I 

come across a bully. However that 

was never realised. Actually we were 

quite ahead of our time as Aikido 

was quite unknown then. These 

days it is quite popular even here in 

Canada. - LIM HENG KIAN 

Unfortunately, Aikido was disbanded 

in RI after an unrelated Judo 

incident. After that incident martial 

arts were taken off the ECA list. That 

was a pity. I did resume Aikido as a 

sport until just 6 years ago. - CECIL 

CHIAM 

1966-67 were also the years when 

the Rugged Society was introduced 

in Singapore. Being RI, we were 

the first school to have calisthenics 

in the morning and the evening, 

before or after school. This was 

under Mr Puhaindran, the Sports 

Master and the 2001 Scoutmaster. 

Ri introduced the fitness test. All of 

us can remember the amazing feat 

of 1000 sit-ups achieved by our 

classmates Hia Hui Kim. - LIONEL 

LEE 

About the sit-ups, anyone can do it 

if you are as idiotic as I was. I landed 

with two swollen and red buttocks 

from back and forth motion 1111 

times! It was on a judo mat with a 

rotation of teachers, Mr Pestana, 

Szeto, Hector Chee and Puhaindran 

doing the counting.- HIA HUI KIM 

I remember an incident in a 2101 

Scout Troop overnight at Mount 

Faber. Maurice Neo was the troop 

leader. For whatever reasons he 

lifted some cans of milk from 

a nearby campsite. That group 

came around with daggers drawn, 

identified the cans and threatened 

us. They were adults but luckily not 

“pai kias.” They lined us up then 

rummaged through our belongings 

and took whatever they fancied such 

as our scout’s daggers, lamps and 

our rations. - LEONG TEEP KHEE 

Yes we used the old and dilapidated 

Alkaff Mansion grounds on way 

to Mount Faber a few times for 

the 2101 “Tenderfoot Initiation 

Ceremonies.” We would sit around 

the campfire and told ghost stories. 

We frightened the tenderfoots 

that the mansion was haunted. 

Another place we frequented for 

our overnight camps was the Lim Bo 

Seng Memorial site at MacRitchie 

reservoir. After midnight the senior 

scouts would take the tenderfoots 

out to stalk courting couples, 

many of whom were in passionate 

embrace. In the morning we made 

the tenderfoots rummage the 

newspapers strewn on the ground 

looking for condoms. - LIONEL LEE

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Singing and the 

Rafflesian Spirit 

Melioris Avi” from the 1963 

Rafflesian, our school magazine.- 

LIM HENG KIAN 

song sheet that I had. I converted 

all the notes into blows and sucks 

and was able to get a resemblance 

of the National Anthem coming out 

very small file, which we can carry in 

our smart phones all the time. - LIM 

POH SENG 

We had music/singing classes in 

the early secondary school years 

and the teachers that taught us 

included Benjamin Khoo, David Lim 

and George Subreilo. At assembly 

we sang with gusto the School 

Anthem and folk songs in English, 

Malay, Tamil and Mandarin. These 

folk songs preceded the national 

songs which are being produced 

every National Day. I believe singing 

together lustily helped us inculcate 

develop the Rafflesian spirit and 

establish a camaraderie amongst 

us. My favourite is “The Race is 

Run” sung to the tune of “Danny 

Boy” but lyrics by Headmaster 

E.W. Jesudason. This was sung at 

assembly and every sports day 

and other competitive events. To 

me the lyrics are very inspiring and 

imbue the Rafflesian sporting spirit. - 

LIONEL LEE 

The lyrics of the anthem were 

written by Mr E W Jesudason, RI’s 

headmaster from 1963-66. - LIM 

POH SENG 

The music was composed by Mr 

Benjamin Khoo. It was sung at every 

weekly Thursday school assembly. - 

CHEN WEN 

I was very glad that G Subreilo 

taught us the basics of music and 

to read musical notes. When one of 

our classmates told me for a C key 

harmonica, to get the C, D, E, F, G, A, 

B, C’ notes you have to blow, suck, 

blow, suck, blow, suck, suck and 

blow, I was able then to play within 

a day the harmonica which was the 

cheapest musical instrument during 

our time. This is not to boast, but to 

encourage others to try playing the 

harmonica. 

of my harmonica. Later on, I have 

to select songs with no sharps and 

flats, because my harmonica was a 

basic one which could not handle 

the sharps and the flats. After my 

first song, all other songs played 

on my harmonica were done by 

sensing the notes. 

In our Sec 3B class, we had two very 

good trumpeters, Moo Pao and Hui 

Kim. I remember after the Exams, 

they brought their trumpets and 

gave us a great performance. Music 

had always been a way of life for 

us because of our weekly school 

assembly which involved singing as 

well. I still have with me, my good 

old Rafflesian Song Book which was 

first printed in 1963 in quite good 

condition. 

Today whenever we have our 

reunion gatherings, we are still 

I was able to find the original score 

of the School Anthem “Auspicium 

The first song that I played on 

the harmonica was the National 

Anthem, because that was the only 

singing the songs from this song 

book. John Yap and Tony Tan were 

able to condense all the songs into a

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Recollections 

Teachers of a 

Bygone Era (1950’s) 

STAFF 1953 

FRONT: Tan Kim Yong, CA Sinnathamby, Thong Sing Ching (Pasir Panjang Sec), Wee Seong Kang (Siglap Sec), V Ambiavagar (Ag Principal), Ismail Aziz (Siglap Sec), EW Jesudason (Bartley 

Sec), Tharam Singh. 

MIDDLE: V Solomon, M Sankaralingam, JT Christie (Kaki Bukit Sec), Lim Teng Law (Queensway Sec), J Villaneuva, MA Malla, N Vaithinathan (Tanjong Katong Sec Tech), Tan Teck Chwee 

(JohoreGranite; Public Service Commission chairman), Balakrishnan, CG Lazaroo, VC Bickley, S Natarajan, Z Joseph. 

BACK: H S Subramaniam, PM Menon, Lian Fook Shin, Philip Liau, RR Supramaniam, CT Arasu (Joo Avenue Sch), Low Kee Pow (Victoria School), Koh Eng Kiat, Richard Tambyah (Queenstown 

Sec), JG Parry. 

(NOTE: in brackets were the schools which they were headmaster later).

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(1) WEE SEONG KANG: 

Headboy in 1925 and 1926. Taught 

in RI since 1931. Left in 1955 to take 

charge of Siglap Secondary School. 

(2) In 1936, Tharam Singh and JT 

CHRISTIE joined RI. Christie was 

principal of Kaki Bukit Sec during the 

1960’s. 

(3) ISMAIL AZIZ 

was an old Rafflesian. In 1927 he 

joined the staff and the following 

year entered Raffles College. 

Graduating in 1931 amongst the 

first batch to emerge with a diploma 

in science, he rejoined Raffles and 

taught science till the outbreak 

of the war. He taught during the 

occupation, served as Inspector of 

Schools and later as principal of a 

school. After the war, he was posted 

back to Raffles where he served 

as Senior Science Master until his 

appointment as principal of Siglap 

Secondary School. He was also a 

writer of a number of Malay primary 

and secondary school text books. 

He was president of the Muslim 

Religious Council from its inception 

in 1968 till 30th June, 1972, when he 

was appointed to the Public Service 

Commission. In 1972, he was also 

awarded with the BBM, a Public 

Service Medal. 

Our PM Lee Kwan Yew, 

paid him his last tribute in a letter 

to his wife Cik Hasnah Ali. Mr Lee 

said: “He was a good man. He 

had served Singapore well... After 

retirement, he increased his public 

duties, as member of the Presidential 

Council, as president of the Maglis 

Ugama Islam Singapura, and then 

as a member of the Public Service 

Commission. His death is as grievous 

a loss to Singapore as to you and 

your family.” 

(4) N VAITHINATHAN: 

a story is told 

of how he was 

calmly shaving 

upstairs in his 

house at 46 

Wilkie Road 

when the rest 

of the civilians 

were in bomb 

shelters. A 

bomb fell on No 42, but “Vaithi” 

emerged half-shaved and a muddle 

of lather, safe to return to Raffles after 

the war. He taught for many years 

in Raffles before being appointed 

principal of Tanjong Katong 

Secondary Technical School. 

(5) THONG SING 

CHING: 

The period of 

the fifties was 

marked by the 

departure of a 

large number of 

senior members 

of the staff. 

THONG SING CHING, Malal, 

and EW JESUDASON went on 

departmental scholarships to the 

University of Malaya. JT Christie and 

Philip Liau also left on departmental 

scholarships. 

Shortly after their return, SC 

Thong went as headmaster of Pasir 

Panjang School and EW Jesudason 

as Senior Master of Victoria School 

for a few months before becoming 

headmaster of Bartley Sec. 

Colonel Thong was honoured 

with an MBE and, in 1963, he 

received the Efficiency Decoration 

(Singapore Miliary Forces) for 

his participation in the Battle of 

Singapore against the Japanese in 

1941-45. In 1965 he was appointed 

Deputy Director in the Ministry of 

Education, and he also served as 

Acting Permanent Secretary. 

(6) V AMBIAVAGAR: 

His association with the school dated 

back to the 1930’s. First Asian to be 

confirmed in the post of principal 

of RI in 1959. A year later, posted to 

MOE as Dy Director of Education as 

Director Darke went on leave. 

(7) TAN TECK CHWEE: 

Left teaching in 1956 to start the 

Johore Granite Company. Was a very 

successful business man. PM Lee 

Kuan Yew appointed him chairman of 

Public Service Commission. 

(8) LOW KEE POW: 

Studied at St Joseph during 1930s, a 

champion athlete during Raffles College 

days. Principal of Victoria School, 1963- 

66. Family owned ROXY cinema. 

(9) TAN KIM YONG (Clerk): 

” An old boy of RI, be became clerk 

of RI round about 1925. PR principals 

came and went, but Kim Yong 

remained. For 30 years he was the link 

between past and present, the living 

repository of RI lore and RI traditions. I 

cannot think of RI without thinking of 

that tall, lanky figure, so unassuming, 

so quietly picking up loose ends left 

by others and joining them together. I 

used to think that without Kim Yong, RI 

would have ground to a halt.” (N I Low) 

The Rafflesian 1974/5.

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Recollections 

Teachers of a 

Bygone Era (1960’s) 

1. Teachers came in all shapes, 

sizes, colours, accents and smells. 

2. RNV Prasad: punished students 

by making them write 1000 lines 

words of “I shall never forget to 

……” 

3. Teachers were given lots of 

powers, which resulted in unique, 

fear inducing training methods. 

4. Mr SS Sidhu (a modern Singh) 

was famous for his dictation lessons. 

5. Other notable teachers included 

Mr Koh Beng Thiam, who offered 

students career advice; Mr KP John, 

whose voice could be heard a few 

classrooms away; Mr John Tan who 

made literature lessons enjoyable 

by employing engaging teaching 

methods; Animal Farm song 

(Clementime). 

6. The quote from Julius Caesar 

“Speak hands for me” was seen as a 

sexual innuendo by students. 

7. Teachers’ allegations that the 

staircase to the art studio was 

haunted discouraged students from 

taking art. 

8. Moses Tay class. A Student 

was intrigued by the burning of 

magnesium ribbons and decided to 

steal some from the science labs. He 

eventually owned up. 

9. Kwek Teng Khoon wrote a 

composition on the topic of “a ghost 

story”. The story involved him being 

invited to sleep with a girl for a 

night, and waking up hugging a log 

in a graveyard. Needless to say, the 

teachers were not a fan of the turn 

of events. 

10. Mr Hector Chee was 

remembered for his friendly attitude 

toward students, a rare find in those 

days. 

11. Mr PK Hernon suffered from 

asthma but still smoked. His wife 

owned a beauty saloon at Amber 

Mansion, Orchard Road. She 

attended Founder’s Day. 

12. Caning in public was common 

for the purpose of humiliation. 

Before the execution on the stage, 

girls and lady teachers were 

excused to leave. 

13. Some students used money 

intended for school fees to buy 

cigarettes and chocolate. 

14. Miss Valerie Vince (an oversea 

volunteer teacher) often wore a 

short skirt and sat on the teacher’s 

table, drawing many peeks from 

students. 

15. School cleaner Arasu was 

known fondly for sewing and 

mending clothes for students. 

The Scouts ordered new (made to 

measure) uniforms from him too. 

His residence was just next to the 

scout den. His wife was petite. His 

daughter attended Crescent Girls 

Sec. Later became a teacher at Kuo 

Chuan Presbyterian Sec School. 

16. Unknown to many Rafflesians, 

RI also had a teacher who once 

played for English soccer club 

Southampton. The Oxfordeducated 

Richard B.I. Pates (1911- 

2000) joined RI as a Mathematics 

teacher in 1963 after retiring as 

Singapore last expatriate magistrate. 

Pates had been honorary coach 

to Singapore’s soccer team from 

1950 to 1959, and was appointed

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chairman of the Football 

Association of Singapore (FAS) in 

1974. 

17. Several teachers were old-boys 

of the school: Wee Seong Kang, 

Ismail Aziz, Kwang Sai Kheong, MK 

Sharma, Vincent Gomez, Koh Kek 

Cheow, Koh Beng Thiam, John 

Yip, Ng Kim Beng, N Suppiah, Goh 

Soo Tian, Tan Wee Kiat, Soong Hee 

Siong, Lam Peck Heng, John Tan, 

Lim Jit Poh, Wee Ban Bee, David 

Paul, Natahar Bava and Heng Jee 

Yong. 

Prefects 1951- Ng Kim Beng, N Suppiah 

Sitting (L to R) : Tan Djin Hock, T. Kamakar, Wong Poh Wah (Head Prefect), Mr’. E. H. Wilson(Principal), K.M.R. Menon (Prefect Master), Lee 

Hoe Guan (Vice Head Prefect), N. Suppiah, Chan Swee Chin, Chin Yoon Fook (Absent), 

Standing (L to R) : Boon Kok Peow, Low Ah Yui, Leong Kok Wing, Donald Stewart, Keith Mitchell, J.K. Mïtra, Ng Kim Beng, Lian Boon Khiam, 

Wee Keng Lim, Lim Soon Chye, FLA Smakom.

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Koh 

Standard 6 (1947) - Koh Beng Thiam 

“Thanks for the photo. Brought back a flood of memories. Yes, that's me 2nd left, 2nd row. That photo was taken in 1947 when we were in Standard Six. The gentleman in 

the middle 2nd row was our form master, Mr Low Kee Pow. His family owned the ROXY cinema theatre on East Coast Road in the forties fifties and sixties. I recognize and 

can name over 60% of the characters in the photo. On my right is Wong Poh Wah, who was the head prefect in 1950. (The Prefects’ photo is on page 395). On my left is 

Lee Hoe Guan who was the vice head prefect. Standing extreme right, third row, is Eric Cheong Yuen Chee, PAP assemblyman in early independent Singapore. “

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Tan 

Prefects (1959) – Tan Wee Kiat 

1st row: Siti Alfish Buang, Cham Tao Soon, Tan Cheng Guan (Vice Head Prefect), Mr Philip Liau (Senior Master), Mr Soo Ban Hoe (Ag Principal), 

Mr R Tambyah (Senior master), Low Lip Peng (Head Prefect), Abd. Ghani Suratnan, Henry Ong. 

2nd row: Tan Wee Kiat, Ang Beng Chong, R. Joethy, Low Sin Moh, Foo Ho Loon, Tan Lian Teck, Athsani B. Karni. 

3rd row: C. Mukundan, Robert Tan, Ng Seng Cheow, Balbir Singh, Goh Chok Tong, Ibrahim Burhan, Lee Keow Siong, Ee Chong Nam.

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David 

SEC 3 A (1960) – David Paul 

Sitting: Leong Cheng Chit, Yik Tuck Yow, Hia Kwee Yong, Wong Fot Noon, Mr John Yip (Form-master), Phua Hong Chiang, Khoo How Yong, Victor Ang, Leow Min Siong. 2nd Row: 

Seah Siew Kheong, Poh Choo Chye, Tan Choon Tew, Teo Soo Hwei, Lim Aik, Leong Hon Kong, Lau Chan Sin, Tan Ong San, Eric Lee, Chew Kian Cheong, Anthony Thio, Tan Teck Joo, 

Low Kim Soon, Sum Soon Lim, DAVID PAUL, Seetoh Cheong Wah, S. Tiwari, Lim Liang Boon, Kwa Ak Soo, Ang Kong Hua. Last Row: Henry Yeo, Lee Soon Khiong, Kannabiran, Ng 

Chwee Hwei, Henry Tan, Lim Kuan Keng, Ong Geok Soo, Chua Teck Chiang, Lim Ho Kee, Leong Chan Chuen, Ng Kee Choe, Ong Leong Boon, and Oo Soon Hee.

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Lam Peck Heng 

Rover Scout (1957) 

2nd Raffles Rover Crew (1957) – from left: 

Ng Toon Seng, Chee Kee Yam, Tan Ser Wee, 

Lim Soon Beng, Leong Choon Yin, Lam 

Peck Heng. 

Lam 

Sept 1963 R.I. Times: 

New Teachers: We welcome Mr Lam Peck 

Heng, an old boy of the school and a Texan 

Singaporean (besides being an M.A.) who 

has just joined the staff. He is teaching the 

Pre-U classes. 

Below: MK Sharma 

Cadets (1962) with Micky Chiang

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Recollections 

Mr John Tan 

A tribute in the Rafflesian Times, 

April, ‘77 

A prominent figure in the school’s 

teaching staff has recently been 

transferred to the Ministry of 

Education on his appointment as 

the Planning Officer for Evaluation. 

The appointment, with effect on the 

3rd of January this year, will deprive 

us of one of our most dedicated GP 

teachers. 

A teacher of RI since February 1962, 

Mr John Tan is currently attached to 

the Planning and Review Branch of 

the MOR. The director of this sector 

is coincidentally an ex-Rafflesian. 

When Mr John Tan started teaching 

in RI, he was credited with BA 

(Hon.) and a Diploma in Education. 

He was later awarded the Fulbright 

Scholarship in August 1969, 

following which he graduated with 

a MA (IOWA) Degree in September 

1970. 

During his teaching days, Mr Tan 

taught the following subjects: 

General Paper, Literature and 

English Language. He took over 

from Mr PK Hernon as Head of 

the RI English Dept before his 

departure for the US in 1969. On 

his return, he was reinstated as 

Head of the English Department till 

his recent appointment. 

As a Rafflesian schoolboy, Mr 

John Tan was indulged in a host 

of extracurricular activities, among 

which, was Raffles Players’ plays. 

He was also one of the founder- 

John Tan (bottom left), an active 

gymnast during student days, 1958. 

John Tan taught literature, and some 

students remember him teaching 

Animal Farm with the song : Beasts 

of England (sung to the tune of 

Clementine).

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members of both the body-building 

and gymnastics clubs, being mainly 

responsible for fund-raising projects 

for these two clubs. The school was 

then under the Principal, Mr John 

Young. 

Mr John Tan later took over the reins 

as teacher-in-charge of the Raffles 

Players from 1963 to 1969. During 

that six years, Mr John Tan replaced 

the RP Talentime Series with the 

Drama Festival, which today is still 

one of the glamourous events on the 

school calender. 

The school’s Gymnastics Club, and 

the English Literary and Debating 

Society, also came under his control 

till he withdrew from these activities 

due to pressure of work. He was one 

of the teachers inside the panel that 

supervised the production of the 

school magazine, THE RAFFLESIAN. 

Mr John Tan has contributed 

immensely towards the 

maintainance of the English standard 

here during his stay. His services 

have proved to be most invaluable 

to us and we wish him success in his 

new endeavours. 

Beasts of England, 

Beasts of Ireland, 

Beasts of every land and clime, 

Hearken to my joyful tidings 

Of the Golden future time.Soon or 

late the day is coming, 

Tyrant Man shall be o’erthrown, 

And the fruitful fields of England 

Shall be trod by beasts alone.Rings 

shall vanish from our noses, 

And the harness from our back, 

Bit and spur shall rust forever, 

Cruel whips no more shall crack. 

Riches more than mind can picture, 

Wheat and barley, oats and hay, 

Clover, beans, and mangel-wurzels 

Shall be ours upon that day. 

Bright will shine the fields of 

England, 

Purer shall its waters be, 

Sweeter yet shall blow its breezes 

On the day that sets us free.For that 

day we all must labour, 

Though we die before it break; 

Cows and horses, geese and turkeys, 

All must toil for freedom’s sake. 

Beasts of England, Beasts of Ireland, 

Beasts of every land and clime, 

Hearken well, and spread my tidings 

Of the Golden future time. [2] 

TEACHERS Seated from 

left: Koh Khek Cheow, E 

Wijeysingha, Cheong Pak 

Lo, and John Tan. 

Raffles Players, 1969.

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Recollections 

Mr Richard B.I. Pates 

In 1934, Mr Pates began teaching 

mathematics at Forest School, a 

Military Administration (BMA). After 

the war, Mr Pates was posted to Muar 

was very good. 

public school on the outskirts of 

as District Officer, then to Kluang and 

SOCCER 

London, after he had obtained a 

Sandakan. 

On the subject of soccer, Mr Pates 

Master’s degrees in the subject 

said, “Soccer has been part of my life 

from Oxford. When World 

MAGISTRATE STINT 

at school and at Oxford University. 

War II interrupted his teaching 

1950 saw Mr Pates in the Singapore 

Then I played for one of the foremost 

appointment in 1939, Mr Pates 

Civil Service. On joining he was 

amateur clubs in England (Barnet 

joined the 134th Royal Artillery 

appointed to the courts as second 

Football Club) and we won the 

Regiment and was soon promoted to 

Magistrate. He said, “My stint as D.O. 

Amateur Cup. Later I became a 

the rank of major. His regiment was 

was a good training ground for legal 

Southampton player. When I got too 

sent to singapore in 1942 to assist 

work.” 

old, I refereed, coached, and then 

against the Japs but was diverted to 

“As D.O. you did everything - from 

became an administrator.” 

India to help in the Burma Campaign. 

marrying people and burying them, 

At Fort Dufferin in Burma, Major 

to routine administration and settling 

He was Singapore’s National Football 

Pates, commanding British and 

disputes.” He was Singapore’s last 

Coach for eight years. Through his 

Indian troops, experienced the most 

expatriate magistrate and served for 15 

guidance and encouragement, 

exciting period of his life. 

years. He retired in 1965. 

Singapore won the Malaya Cup 

four times. He trained the cream of 

THE SIEGE 

BACK TO TEACHING 

Singapore’s Footballers in the 1950s 

Following a nine-day siege, he 

“I found that time was a little heavy on 

- Awang Bakar, Chia Boon Leong and 

signalled off the final attack. 

my hands and so I decided to teach 

Ivan Vass, to name a few. 

On bursting into the Fort, they 

again.” Henceforth, Mr Pates became 

discovered that the japanese had 

part of the RI staff. In the evenings, he 

As for his ten years in RI, all the 

fled during the night. Having tasted 

conducted lectures at the Singapore 

mathematician turned Army Officer, 

victory, Major Pates and the 134th 

University. On looking back on how 

District Officer, Magistrate, Soccer 

sailed to Singapore anticipating 

it was in Forest, he said, “In the public 

Coach and now re-employed 

more action. On D-day, they arrived 

schools of England, there were smaller 

pensioner could say was a frank, “I 

only to receive news that the 

classes of eight or nine students. In 

like it here.” 

Japanese had already surrendered. 

the sixth-form it was nearly individual 

He was then transferred to the British 

tuition. Student-teacher relationship 

C.L.T.C. 14 April 1977 RTimes

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Capt Tan Kim Cheng 

Mr Tan Kim Cheng, a 

Humanities teacher and a 

Discipline Master, is a teacher 

who needs no introduction 

to students from the Bras 

Basah and Grange Road 

campus. Having dedicated 

himself to teaching in RI from 

1963–1987, this man, famous 

for his booming voice and 

ideals, is known as a teacher 

who would guide students to 

excellence in class and their 

CCAs. What’s interesting is 

the fact that he was trained to 

teach in a primary school and 

some of the CCAs he was put 

in charge of were activities he 

had never done before, such as 

gymnastics. 

Photo above left: Farewell parade for Capt 

Tan in 1968 as he was seconded to MOE. 

Photo top right: Capt Tan brought his two 

sons to ORA Fun Fair, 1967. 

Photo right: Capt Tan with school servant 

Arasu. Some latecomers had reasons to 

be grateful to Ah Loke and Arasu. They 

sometimes left the side gate of the Annexe 

tuckshop open to allow them to sneak into 

the school without being detected by the 

prefects.

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Recollections 

The ‘Pains’ of Schooling 

This is the life of Kamar (not his real name) who was a student in RI from 1961 to 1964 

1: Kamar’s father promised a 

bicycle if he managed to get into 

Raffles Institution but ended up 

going back on his promise as his 

business wasn’t doing very well at 

that time. 

2: He was also given a pathetic 

amount of pocket money: 20 cents. 

This was not enough for snacks in 

school as well as transport. 

3: In an attempt to resolve Pain 2, 

he stole his father’s co-tenant’s bike 

to solve the dilemma of transport 

and snacks. He was eventually 

found out and was slapped twice 

by his father. (mind you Kamar was 

already 14 years old then). 

4: Mr Kamar had to help his father 

in his work till 7.30 at night, seeing 

that he was overworked trying to 

support a family of 9. 

5: Due to Pain 4, by the time Kamar 

and his father reached home it 

would be dark. The clothes can 

only be washed at the communal 

standpipe where it was dark. 

Deeming it unsafe for his mum and 

sisters to do it, Kamar took it upon 

himself to do the chores 

6: Due to Pains 4 and 5, it eventually 

led to Kamar being too tired to 

even take out his textbooks as it was 

already 11 p.m. by the time chores 

were done and he had finally eaten 

his dinner. This had an adverse 

effect on his homework. 

7: Financial issues in the family 

caused Kamar’s father to crack 

under the tremendous pressure, 

and was diagnosed with mental 

health issues. 

8: Due to aforementioned financial 

issues, Kamar’s family had no

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money to spare to get him new 

one ever bothered to find out his 

public shaming. 

4. Even after his success, due to the 

shoes, or even get him underwear. 

reasons for late arrivals, or try to 

3. From the first snippet, Kamar 

humiliation, shame, and injustice 

help him. He was as a result very 

realised the solution to his current 

he felt when he was in RI, Kamar 

9: Two pranksters, Foo SB and 

shamed, humiliated, and angry. 

issues was to leave school and look 

shunned RI for more than 30 years, 

Herbert (standing right in photo 

for a job. He eventually worked his 

till around 2006, when Herbert, 

during Founder’s Day 1964), using 

15: Kamar failed all his 4 years in 

way up to an Engineering Supplies 

the aforementioned prankster and 

the mirrors on the sharpeners 

Secondary School. 

Executive in Singapore Airlines 

“underwear exposer”, met up with 

back then to reveal Kamar’s lack of 

Limited, where he used his success 

him and persuaded him to ‘let 

underwear. 

16: Grief and humiliation brought 

to help the less fortunate and 

bygones by bygones’. 

about by Pain 15 was further 

fought for justice of workers. This 

10: Had to reach school by 7.30 

compounded upon by his teachers 

was to ‘even out the playing field 

a.m., which was perceived to be 

and principal, who left less-than- 

of life’, as well as give thanks for the 

exceedingly early by Kamar. 

encouraging comments. This led to 

charities that helped Kamar’s family 

him shutting out RI till much later. 

out earlier. 

11: Pain 10 combined with 

aforementioned transport problems 

Other Interesting Snippets 

brought about late coming issues 

1. Kamar’s family received financial 

for Kamar 

assistance from the Social Welfare 

Department. The Catholic Church 

12: Pain 11 caused Kamar to be 

in Kings Road also gave their family 

constantly sent to detention class 

food, despite their family being a 

punishment 

family of Muslims. 

2. Kamar found opportunity in 

13: Pain 11 eventually caused 

adversity: Taking advantage of 

Kamar to be publicly shamed 

the ‘raging hormones of [his] 

and caned. This pain was further 

fellow schoolmates’, he sold risqué 

exacerbated by the lack of 

photos which he obtained from his 

underwear. 

connections along Bras Basah Road. 

This solved many of his issues or 

14: Kamar felt it was unjustified for 

‘Pains’, such as bus fare problems, 

him to go through Pain 13, as no 

and as a result, late arrivals and the

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Recollections 

The Pangs of Nationhood 

1. Race Relations 

with Indonesia, Bukit Ho Swee Fire, 

pet student of the teacher-in-charge. 

bursting into the classroom to 

* racially harmonious, no 

racial riots 

announce that a curfew was 

discrimination 

5. The Racial Riot 

declared and they had to leave. He 

* ”Chow Ngee Fook was not playing 

3. The Malaysia Proposal 

* racial riot broke out on 21 July 

only realised when he listened to the 

basketball with Foo Siew 

* 27 May 1961, Tunku Abdul 

1964 

radio at home. 

King or Lee Kheng Nam. 

Rahman proposed merger 

* happened during their Secondary 

6. The Rich and The Poor 

He excelled in hockey and cricket 

* Students were given picture 

4 preliminary examination 

* even though there was a mix 

amongst the Singhs and Singas.” 

books with Malaysia’s favourite 

* curfew was imposed on their 

of financial backgrounds, the 

* ”Whether one is racist or not is 

animals and birds upon which they 

Geography examination, which 

students got along with one 

irrelevant so long as racism is taken 

had to do a cut-and-paste job on 

was stopped abruptly and all 

another fairly well and there was no 

with 

those animals and birds. 

students were told to quickly pack 

discrimination against poor students 

a pinch of salt and reciprocated 

and go straight home. 

* sometimes, chauffeur drivers even 

accordingly by the 

4. National Day Parade 

* OBG Prasad was offered a lift 

offered rides to less well- 

target with no malice or ill-intention.” 

* after self-government, Singapore 

home in Mr K P John’s car. 

off students 

had National Day Parades 

* Yee Kek On was walking along 

* the 10 cent bus fare was so 

2. Important Events During The 

every year, starting from 1960 

Nicoll Highway with his friends and 

important that many students 

Period 

* Sec 2 cohort was involved in the 

chattering away, when he suddenly 

walked to school instead. Some 

* students mostly unaware of events 

1962 NDP march past at City Hall. 

stepped on a corpse at the junction 

even took the bus 

without 

around the world, such as 

They went through drills before 

of Telok Kurau and Changi Road. 

paying. They quickly got up the bus 

Vietnam War, Cuban Missile Crisis, 

the real march past at the Padang. 

This incident was etched inedibly in 

and ran to the back amongst the 

War in Laos, Congo Crisis, building 

They used a flag in each hand to 

his mind. 

crowd, so that the conductor would 

of Berlin Wall, Sino-Indian War 

perform the semaphore message or 

* Herbert did not even know that 

not see them. 

* more concerned about local 

“Singapore”. Their leader was Abdul 

a riot was ongoing. He could 

* some rich kids living in Serangoon 

events, such as Confrontation 

Latiff, one year their senior and the 

only remember Mr Patrick Pestana 

Gardens, Binjai Park and

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Holland Road could afford the bus 

ride to school and back home, but 

they did not brag or put others 

down. 

* Lim Meng Swang: “Walking 

and riding bicycles was probably 

the best that these kids had. I 

remember that I used to live in 

a Kampong just outside Trevose 

Crescent where Alvin Liau (eldest 

son of Mr Philip Liau) was staying, 

meet up with him on my old bicycle 

and racing through Stevens Road/ 

Orchard Road with Alvin on a 

classy racing bicycle to RI for rugby 

practices. 

* some rich students even took cars 

to school 

7. The Great Bukit Ho Swee Fire 

* 25 May 1961 

* fire broke out at 3.20pm in Bukit 

Ho Swee and spread from Tiong 

Bahru Road to Delta Circus 

* Michael Toh Chun Choong saw 

homeless refugees running or 

trying too salvage their things 

* some parents offered dinner to 

victims. 

8. Japanese Occupation in 

Singapore 

* We should let bygones be 

bygones, others feel that we 

should not forget about the cruel 

humiliation by the Japanese 

* Archibald Kang’s dad suffered a 

great deal under Japanese hands. 

The Japanese stuffed a water hose 

down his throat, put bamboo spikes 

in his fingernails, and burnt with 

cigarettes. Died when Archibald 

was 4 months. His mother could not 

forgive them. 

(Source: Under the Banyan Tree). 

Classmates 

Back row: Chew Ser Kim, Leong Fook Kwong, Lai Yuen Poh, Lim Meng Swang, Sio Tat Hiang 

and Chan Hee Chye. 

Front row: Kwek Teng Khoon, Low Soon Kiat and Tan Kok Ann.

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Recollections 

The World Around Us 

1. 1961 

* We were young adolescents 

* Witnessed 10 US prime ministers and 11 

British prime ministers 

* our batch had the “top” 400 people (Sec 

Ones in RI) 

* did not take into account the smart girls in 

society, and those 

non-governmental schools 

that went to 

* Straits Times, and radio provided News in 

English 

* Elvis Presley and Cliff Richard in 

ascendency in 1961. Strains 

of “Oh! Carol” we’re sung in RI 

* John Wayne’s ‘North to Alaska’ was 

shown in Odeon Cinema 

* world preoccupied with Congo Crisis 

* Dr Tom Dooley died just as our batch 

entered RI in January 

* taught about the Punic Wars 

* rugby sessions taught by Lim Guan Kim 

(rugby master)/ Tiger Lim 

* awashed with pop songs in 1961 

2. 1962 

* Tan Lian Ann triumphant from World 

Junior Chess Championship 

in Yugoslavakia. Singapore gave him a 

hero welcome. 

* Harold McMillan became PM of Britain 

* Films: The Magnificent Seven, Gone With 

the Wind, The Guns 

of Navarone 

* China issued serious warning to US 

* Burma changes regime 

* ’Ginny Come Lately’ was the latest pop 

song 

* The band “The Blue Diamonds” was very 

popular 

* Ahmad Ibrahim, first Minister for Health, 

died. A road was 

then named after him. 

* Cuban Crisis, King Kennedy King vs Nikita 

Godzilla? 

3. 1963 

* new hit by Trini Lopez, “If I had a Hammer” 

* ”HATARI”, a new John Wayne film 

* new principal, Mr Jesudasen. Disliked by 

students as he was strict. 

* The USS Thresher, a nuclear submarine, 

was lost in Atlantic, 

all perished 

* films: Have Gun Will Travel, The Wonder 

Horse 

* Goh Keng Swee returned as a member of 

Kreta Ayer 

* Lord Home succeeded MacMillan 

* Buddhists in South Vietnam protested 

Ngo Din Diem’s rule, 

CIA killed all of them 

* Mansoor Sukami and Natahar Bava (RI/63 

batch) were their 

track superstars. 

(SOURCE: Under the Banyan Tree)

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Raffles 

Fellowship 

Song with lyrics by E. W. Jesudason 

Let every good fellow now join in 

our song, Vive la compangnie 

Success to each other and pass it 

along 

Vive l compagnie. 

Vive la, vive la, vive l’amour (x2) 

Vive l’amour, vive l’mour (x2) 

Vive la compagnie! 

A friend on the left and a friend 

on the right 

In love and good fellowship let us 

unite. 

Our Raffles School friendship’s a 

mighty fine thing 

A better new world it is going to 

bring. 

Our school is a place where 

there’s plenty of fun 

Some boys, they talk too much 

while others are dumb. 

We argue in whispers, with 

courtesy rare - 

No twirling of whiskers or tearing 

of hair. 

There’re some of us lazy, alas it is 

true 

But we’re on the mark when 

there’s something to do. 

The lads of this school are a 

wonderful sight 

Some masculine grace, that you’d 

swoon with delight. 

The girls of this school are most 

beauteous and fair 

With cupid lips, starry eyes, flow’rs 

in their hair. 

And now as the company soon 

must depart 

Success to our school, of the 

cheerful warm heart! 

Now wiser and wider our circle 

expands, 

We sing to our comrades in far 

away lands. 

Three scouting schoolmates at 1968 Cross Country Run at MacRitchie. From left: Poh Yew 

Tay, Chua Thiam Chwee, and Teo Guan Chye.

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Recollections 

The Effects of 

Extra-Mural Activities 

By Lee Hock Choon (3 

as a passport to qualify as an 

such boys who adopt “all work 

we used to think could only be 

B Sc. 1967) 

“active” student. Hence those who 

and no play make Jack a dull 

prevalent in Primary schools are 

thoroughly deserve a credit are 

boy” as their maxim and then 

beginning to predominate the 

over-shadowed by “imposters.” 

fail to pass their examinations. 

gossip in tuckshops. When we 

In several cases, the “imposters” 

However, some of the victims 

fellow students were in school in 

I was in Secondary One when the 

attend only the general meeting 

of this disadvantage of wasting 

1965, there was an atmosphere 

school introduced the emphasis 

and then vanish into thin air. At 

precious hours are not to blame 

of dignity and everyone spoke 

on extra-mural activities. Hence 

the end of the year, the teacher- 

themselves, for certain activities 

English with a noble accent. 

my friends and I have gone 

in-charge takes their word for 

demand their presence outside 

This atmosphere is slowly 

through the years of extra 

truth and unsuspiciously signs 

school hours. But the majority are 

disappearing, and, somehow the 

curricular activities. No doubt a 

their report cards. 

so active in the club and society 

behaviour of the present boys 

new breed of boys have been 

that they are willing to spend a 

become similar to that of Primary 

created, but many side-effects 

GRADES FALL 

whole day in school. 

six students. Fortunately, this 

have been felt by the pupils of R.I. 

The other weakness of pupils 

unpleasant consequence is not 

is neglect of studies. The 

“ROUGH TONGUE” 

infectious, and only a few boys 

“IMPOSTERS” 

introduction of games and 

Games, also part of the extra- 

are affected. 

In these days, when someone 

hobbies serves as a means of 

mural activities, are meant to 

asks for a membership form from 

using one’s leisure. However, 

build up one’s physical fitness. 

Undoubtedly, the active student 

a club or society, Chances are that 

many fail to avoid the danger of 

They also help to toughen one for 

is a better boy than the classroom 

the committee member in charge 

indulging in such activities for too 

a rugged society. However, some 

“mugger” but gentlemanly 

will not be too certain to hand it 

long a period and consequently, 

boys become so rough and tough 

conduct is more important. Do 

over. The reason is simply that the 

grades start to fall. From personal 

that they even develop a “rough 

you not prefer to be a strong 

boys are using the club’s name 

experience, I happen to know 

tongue”. As a result, words that 

silent type?

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Lyrics of Song penned by 


THE SCHOOL MY GUIDING STAR 

(Tune: The Happy Wanderer) 

I love to sing an RI song, and happy days recall. 

And as i sing I love to bring, the Raffles cheer to 

all. 

Valerie, Valera , Valerie, valera ha ha ha ha ......... 

valerie, valera 

The Raffles cheer to all. 

The boys and girls of Raffles School, no matter 

big or small, 

To make good friends, it is their rule, and be a 

boon to all. 

THE RAFFLESIAN TIMES COMMITTEE 1969 

Front Left to right: Goh Su Li, Ms Leow Jean Lin, Wong Siew Kwun 

Back row: Hor Siew Fu (Managing Editor), Poh Yew Tay, Lee Hock Choon, and Khoo Teng Chye. 

I smile at all the friends I meet, beneath each RI 

tree. 

And on the field or in the street, and they smile 

back at me. 

And if I go a wandering, to countries near or far 

I’ll always be remembering,THE SCHOOL MY 

GUIDING STAR.

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Recollections 

Ten Things 

you need to know 

originally published in Under the Banyan Tree (2007) 

1. The low rate of fights amongst 

4. It was a common practice to put 

a Senior Cambridge Certificate 

was known as Standard 9. Before 

RI boys was a remarkable statistic 

a handkerchief around the neck 

so that we could at least get a 

1955, one spent 7 years in primary 

considering the fact that most 

to prevent the collar from getting 

prestigious job as a clerk in the 

school. They were: Primary 1, 

of the students came from poor 

stained. 

government service. Out parents 

primary 2, Standard 1 through to 

families. 

called the certificate the Standard 

Standard 5. Secondary school 

5. Most of our parents were too 

9 Certificate (Gow Ho Mun Pun , 

continued with Standard 6 (later 

2. In those days, we took buses, 

busy looking after big families 

Cantonese). 

called Form 2, still later called 

cycled or walked to school. Only 

and trying to feed them. Thus 

Secondary 1) and at the end of 

a handful were lucky, or maybe 

we had plenty of freedom and 

7. At the start of 1961, the 

Standard 9 you sat for your “0” 

unlucky enough (missing all the fun 

responsibilities. We were free 

education system changed. Prior 

levels Cambridge exams. 

on the buses) to come to school by 

because our parents were 

to the change, Sec 1 was Form 

car. 

uneducated enough to tell us 

2. (there was no Form 1 – it was 

9. The fashionable hair-style of the 

what to do and what not to do or 

skipped.) So what was Form V 

time was the “curry pok” which 

3. Some had only one set of 

chart our lives for us. They could 

(five) became Secondary 4. Pre 

was a style where the hair was 

uniforms to wear for the week and 

not teach us or nag us to do our 

U 1 was Lower Sixth. Pre U 2 was 

completely flattened onto the skull 

a pair of white canvas shoes to last 

homework. 

Upper Sixth, of course. 

leaving a bulge at the anterior 

for a year or till the growing feet 

frontanelle. In order to maintain 

outgrew them. 

6. Our responsibilities were to 

8. The previous change was at 

such hairstyles, combs became 

stay out of trouble, study and get 

the start of 1955. Form V (five) 

the ubiquitours possessions of the

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boys. We kept our hair neatly 

in place with Brylcreem, Vitalis, 

Vaseline, Yardley, Tancho, and 

other sticky gel. With the comb 

and the hair cream, we could 

style our hair into various shapes 

and forms. 

10. For those with the dreadful 

pimples, it was a trying time. To 

rub salt into the wounds, we, 

like all adolescents, liked to give 

hurtful nicknames, and awarding 

the title of “Pimple King” was 

unkind enough to drive the 

person to check his appearance 

in the mirror many times a day. 

If you had pimples, you were 

likely to lose your self confidence 

unless you were rich enough to 

come in a chauffeur-driven car.


The Raffles 

Family 

440 Sec 1 1965 

442 Sec 2 1965 

443 Sec 3 1965 

444 Sec 4 1965 

446 Pre-U 1 1965 

448 Pre-U 2 1965 

450 Sec 1 1966

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ATHLETES (1963) 

Teachers: Puhaindran, 

Pestana, Wijeysingha and 

John Yip 

BAYLEY House: 


Chew Li 


Quek Sai Chai 

Hia Kwee Yang 

Ong Hwee Jin 

Low Yan Khin 

Robert Wong 


Wun Khai Ping 

Lim Ee Koon 

Lam Pin Kwee 

Mok Siew Cher 


Kulwant Singh 

Sim Thian Heng 

Chan Kok Poh 

Chan Chee Yuen 

BUCKLEY House 

Steven Karuppiah 

Kok Moon Seng 


Bava Natahar 

Chow Ngee Fook 

Lai Kiew Kong 

G. Johnson 

Ong Hong Huat 

Syed Abdullah 

Ong Bak Weng 

Jeffrey Tan 

Lam Pin Foo 

Soon Boon Eng 

Loh Fng Teck 

Woo Siew Cho 

Leong Cheng Chit 

HULLETT House 

Ho Yew Kee 

Siew Mun Fatt 

Thio Sin Toh 

Raymond Teo 


Lim Chin Liong 

James Woodworth 

Edward Lee 

Tan Peng Guan 

Goh Seng Kit 

Lee Kin Fong 

Gorbechan Singh 

Ong Geok Soo 

Ng Kee Choe 

Diljeet Singh 

Robert Loo 

Yong Cho Tat 


MOOR House 

Frederick Koh 

G. Rajaiya 

S. Thanapathy 

Wong Siew Parng 

Daya Shankar Singh 

Low Seck Fun 

Jaswant Singh 

Szeto Cheng Kooi 

Peter Ho 

Vijeyendra 

BAYLEY House (cont’e) 


Balbir Singh 

MORRISON House 

Andrew Chee 

Woon Wee Juai 

Chia See Keen 

William Phoa 

Victor Huang 

Jayandran 

Abert Kan 

Chng Meng Kng 

Pushkarie Desai 

Gopal Singh 

Tao Nan Ying 

Jamaludin 

Tom Doornik 

Victor Lye 

Cheong Yue Kuan 

Tan Kia Heng


Sec 1 classes 

Year 1965

Sec 1 D (1965) FRONT row: Pang Kim Jong, Abdul Ghani, Miss Tay, Leow Ghian Seng, Lian Yew Leong. 

2nd ROW: Tan Koon Kee, Richard Tan, Loh Chwee Hua, Sim Cheok Leng, Palanivelu, Yeo Tong Puay, Lim Eng Meng, Dennis Oei, Tay Swee Keng, Ghazali, Tan Yam Kin, Teo Seng Choon, Chan 

Wai Meng, Lim Thiam Khoon, Mok Keng Cher, Mervyn Sirisena. 

3rd ROW: Ahmad Zohri, Jaffarullah, Joseph, Liew Leong Poh, Lam Peng Kuen, Teo Guan Chye, Ow Cheong Sam, Seow Peng Fai, Quek Choon Teck. 

BACK row: Wong Chai Kee, Soon Eng Teck, Woo Wai Seng, Sim Siang Kok, ?, Whye Yip Khuen, Mohd Zaki, Foo Chit Peng, Liow Siew Choon, Jaafar, Liu Tsun Kie, Koh Sa Ti, Koh Peng Cheok 

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1A 

Abraham Philips 

Amha b Buang 

Ansari 

Bhumpinderpal 

Singh 

Bok Thye Huat 

Chan Cheow Keng 

Chan Teck Hon 

Chang Wei Keat 

Chin Yoke Pang 

Fayez Choudhury*1 

Chua Siow Leng 

Chow Chee Kiong 

Chua Tiong Meng 

Fong Hong Yuen 

Goh Chwee Guan 

Aliwin 

Hassan Mirza 

Hsu Tar Su 

Ishak b Salam 

Jimmy Hsu 

Kok Wai Leong 

(*1) Pakistan High Com’s son (*2) Sec 2 top boy, 1966 (*3) National Javelin Record Holder, 1969 -

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Kuan Kim Seng*1 

Lai Ching Chuan 

Lee Fook Heng 

Lee Yue Cheong 

Leslie Chew KH*2 

Lim Beng Sum 

Low Khai Sun 

Mustaza*3 

Ng Meng Hiong 

Ng Kai Leong 

Ngiam Kia Huat 

Ong Meng Cheong 

Soh Yeo Cheong 

Ravi Chandran 

Sim Boon Wah*4 

Edmond Tan TH 

Wong Toon Yuke 

Yang Pow Sing 

Kuan Wai Cheng 

Foo Cheong Kum 

(*1) Anglican Bishop (*2) American Field Service Scholarship 1969; Senior Counsel, 

(*3) Vice Head Prefect, 1970 (*4) SAF Scholar, 1972


1B 

Abdul Ghani 

Chan Kok Yong 

Chan Kwan Teck*1 

Chia Soon Ee 

Cheong Chee Moon 

Chia Boon Hong 

Chia Chee Kiong 

*2 

Choo Hock Yeow 

Goh Sin Binc 

Ho Boon Thong 

Khoo Choon Kiat 

Koh Kah Aik 

Lee Hock Choon 

Lee Kee Huat 

Leong Puah Kuan 

Leong Wai Sung 

Lim Eng Chong 

Lim Fung Tong 

Lim Sing Tee 

Lo Kok Leong 

(*1) BIZAD top boy, 1976 (*2) QANTAS scholarship, 1969

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Loh Kah Weng 

Low Ching Sian 

Lu Thiam Seng 

Michael Lelah 

Ng Thin Kong 

Ganaraj S 

Seah Kwee Leng 

Derek 

Selamat b Sapuan 

Sim Kwang Ser 

Sumardi b Ali 

Swee Choon Kiat 

Tan Eng Lee 

Tan Kim Thor 

Tan Nee Kiam 

Teh Kong Leong*2 

Wang Mong Lin*3 

Wong Joo Kok 

Wong Shee Meng 

Yeo Ek Seng 

Young Ser Thern 

(*1) ex MENDAKI CEO (*2) ex-Maritime Port Authority chief (*3) Sec 3 top boy, 1967


1C 

Abedeen A Kader*1 

Anil K Adhikary 

A T Jasudasan*2 

Chan Mun Lye*3 

Eng Buck Chua 

Goh Hiang Fong 

Harpal Singh 

Ismail b Hamid 

Kamal b Johari 

Lee Chiaw Boon 

Lim Kok Ming 

Lokman 

Low Chek Kwang*4 

Low Mun Kit 

Low Peng Sum 

Mirza 

Mohan Prakash Vij*7 

Mohd Ibrahim*5 

Mohd Rohmat 

Ng Kwok Hong*6 

(*1) President’s Scholar, 1970 (*2) UK High Commissioner (*3) JAYA Holding CEO (*4) SAF Sword of Honour, 1972 

(*5) Cadet Sergent Major, 1969 (*6) QANTAS Scholarship 1969 (*7) Attended India National Day Celebration ‘69 at New 

Delhi.

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Ng Seng Chuan 

Probin 

Sadasivan 

Rajaratnam 

Sim Ngoh Hwu*1 

Sukhdev Singh 

Tan Denis*2 

Tan Koon Liang 

Tay Soo Min 

Tng Swee Huat 

Tung Meng Choong 

Yeo Chee Teck 

Yip Kuan Lee 

Yong Yin Min*3 

(*1) School Cadet Best Recruit, 1965 (*2) Leader of Gunong Tahan Climb 1971 (*3) Chess Champ, (Under 16) 1967.


1D 

Abdul Ghani Karim 

Chan Wai Meng 

Mohd Jaffarullah 

Foo Chit Pheng 

C. Joseph 

Jaafar b Mohd 

Koh Peng Cheok 

Koh Sa Ti 

Lam Peng Kuen 

Lee Thiam Khoon 

Leow Ghian Seng 

Lian Yew Leong 

Liew Leong Poh*2 

Lim Eng Meng 

Liow Siew 

Choon*3 

Liu Tsun Kie*1 

Loh Chwee Hua 

Mohd Ghazali 

Mohd Zaki Hakim 

Mok Keng Cher 

(*1) Sec One top boy, 1965; President’s & SAF Scholar (*2) HSC Arts Stream top boy 1970 (*3) Medical doctor

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Oei Chooi Leng 

Ow Chong Sam 

Pang Kim Jong 


Seow Peng Fai 

Sim Cheok Leng 

Sim Siang Kok 

Sirisena Mervyn*1 

Soon Eng Teck 

Tan Koon Kee 

Kenny 

Tan Liat Chew 

Tan Yam Kim 

Tay Swee Kheng 

Teo Guan Chye 

Teo Seng Choon 

V.Palanivelu 

Whye Yip Khuen*2 

Wong Chai Kee*3 

Woo Wai Seng 

Yeo Tong Puay 

(*1) SIA Engineering CEO (*2) Head Prefect 1970 (*3) Triple Jump champion, 1969


1E 

Ahmad Salleh 

Chan Kin Yan 

Chang Kim Fie 

Chay Kim Fun 

Chew Soon Kheng 

Chia Kong Hin 

Chia Siew Kwong 

Chow Chee Meng 


Eng Lam Seng 

Foo Juan Tong 

Goh Oon Tong 

Jacob Chacko 

Kang Beng Ho 

Khng Eu Meng 

Khoo Teng Chye*1 

Lau Wah Kee 

Lee Charlie 

Lee Kwok Weng 

Lee Tuck Seng 

(*1) President’s Scholar, 1970. PUB Chief

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Lee Weng Fatt 

Lee Yew Cheong 

Lim Beng Kuan 

Lim Tien Jit*1 

Loh Boon Song 

Loong Say Meng 

Low Kam Fook 

Munir Shah*2 

Ng Peng Kin 

P. Subramaniam 

Poh Yew Tay 

RamaKrishnan 

Seo Puay Chong 

Sinwan b Kaslan 

T. Sachithanathan 

Tan Hang Khee*3 

Sachithanathan 

Tan Sui Siang 

Teo Seow Kok 

Wong Seng Kuen 

Yong Tai Choong 

(*1) National Soccer player 1970. RI Sportsman of the year 1969/70. (*2) International Squash Referee 

(*3) SAF Colonel, trained in Australia.


1F 

Abdul Ghaffar 

Abdul Kader 

Abdullah b Suaib 

Boey Tak Hap*1 

Chan Kum Khung 

Chin Chiat Foo 

Chye E Sien 

Daniel Jesudoss 

James 

Khoo Chin Hean*2 

Koh Cheong Teck 

Ernest 


Lee Chee Nang 

Lee Joo Koon 

Leong Tuck Sum 

Lim Tong Kee 

Lim Whay Yuan 

Loh Fook Hong 

Low Poh Huat 

M. Mahendran 

Mok Poh Wah 

(*1) SAF Scholar 1972, Defence Chief (*2) Chairman, Singapore Energy Authority

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Ong Teck Hock 

Pham Kow Seng 

Png Geok Puah 

Prem Mansukhani 

Soh Eng Sim 

Siu Kang Fook 

Soh Ying Chian 

Tan Hiang Keng 

Tan Kiat Boon 

Tan Tiew How*3 

Tan Wo Heem 

Teo Kiang Seng 

Teo Ming Kian*1 

Tham Quin Yew, 

Robert 

Theng Kian Min 

Thong Soo Seun 

Wong Chye Guan 

Yap Beng Khoon*2 

Yeo Boon Leng 

Yeo Yew Hock 

(*1) Chairman of EDB, Media Corp (*2) Combined Schools Softballer, and Athlete 1969 

(*3) National Junior College 1st Rugby captain 1969


1G 

A. Subramaniyam 

Adrain Patrick 

Watts 

Chiang Yeow Mun 

Chow Kok Kee 

Chua Thiam 

Fok Seng Fatt 

Han Chan Juan 

Ho Hin Cheong 

Ho Yee Choong 

Hor Siew Fu 

Kwok Phoon Nga 

Lam Khin Siak 

Lee Chun Yen 

Leo Teng Tong 

Liew Wan Khong 

Lim Kin Hock 

Lim Sing Lip 

Low Hock Siew 

Nah Yam Kim 

Pang Tow Min 

(*1) President of Old Rafflesians Association, 2013 -

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R Marappan 

Seow Boon 

Cheng*1 

Seow Yeow Soon 

Sin Teow Hong*2 

Anthony Tan 

Tan Hai Pheng 

Tan Kay Choong 

Jimmy 

Tan Siak Kwang 

Tan Tai Chew 

Tan Thian Poh 

Tay Mui Seng 

Edmund Wee*3 

Woo Fong Wah 

Woo Kwok Cheng 

Wong Leong Wah 


Yeo Teow Chong 

Yuen Yue Mun*4 

(*1) 2nd in School Cert Exam, 1968; 1st in Science Stream, 1969 (*2) SMU Finance Controller 

(*3) Founder of EPIGRAM publishing co. (*4) 1st in School Cert Exam, 1968.


Sec 1 A. Front: Amha, Low Khai Sun. 2ND row: Hsu Tar Su, Hassan, Fayez Choudhury, Mr 

David, Abraham Philip, Leslie Chew. 3RD row:Soh Yeo Cheong, Yang Pow Sing, Chow 

Chee Keong, Chua Tiong Meng, Lai Ching Chuan, Wong Toon Yuke, ?, Sim Boon Wah, 

Ngiam Kia Huat, Chan Cheow Keng, ?, Ravi Chandran. 4TH row: Aliwin, Kuan Kim Seng, 

Foo Cheong Kum, Kuan Wai Cheng, Bok Thye Huat. 5TH row: Fong Hong Yuen, Lee Yue 

Cheong, Edmond Tan, Chua Siow Leng, Chan Teck Hon, Chin Yoke Pang, Goh Chwee Guan, 

Ansari. REAR row: Ng Kai Leong, Mustaza, Ong Meng Cheong, Lee Fook Heng, Kok Wai 

Leong, Chang Wai Keat, Jimmy Hsu, Bhupinderpal Singh, Ng Meng Hiong. 

Sec 1 B. Front: Loh Kah Weng, Chan Kwang Teck, Lee Hock Choon, Chan Kok Yong, Lu 

Thiam Seng. 2nd Row: Michael Lelah, ng Thin Kong, Mr Chew Siang Pow, Wang Mong Lin, 

Teh Kong Leong. 3rd Row: Lo Kok Leong, Chia Boon Hong, Ganaraj, ?, Young Ser Thern, 

Koh Kah Aik, Wong Shee Meng, Lim Sing Tee, Leong Puah Kuan, Leong Wai Sung, Yeo Ek 

Seng, Chia Chee Kiong, Sim Kwang Ser, Sumardi. 4th ROW: Goh Sin Bin, Derek Seah, Tan 

Kim Thor, Swee Choon Kiat, Ho Boon Thong, Lim Eng Chong, Tan Eng Lee, Wong Joo Kok, 

Abdul Ghani. BACK row: Selamat, Chan Soon Ee, Choo Hock Yeow, Low Chin Sian, Khoo 

Choon Kiat, Tan Nee Kiam, Lim Fung Tong, Lee Kee Huat, Cheong Chee Moon. 

01 Sec 1 scouts, 1965. From 

left: Robert Tham, Soh Eng 

Sim, Jacob Chako, Chia Chee 

Kiong, Chiang Yow Mun, 

Lionel Lee, Poh Yew Tay, Denis 

Tan, Sim Cheok Leng,

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Classmates (Chiaw Boon, Wan Kong, 

Daniel James, Leslie, Mun Lye, and 

Dennis Oei) sending Chia Chee Kiong, 

in black jacket, off to Australia on Qantas 

Scholarship 1969. Two other RI boys on 

similar scholarships are: Kang Beng Ho, 

and Ng Kwok Hong. 

Sec 1 C. Seated from left: Yip Kuan Lee, Chan Mun Lye, Ismail Hamid, Miss Ng, Tng Swee Huat, Rajaratnam. 2ND row: Ng Kwok Hong, 

Low Chek Kwang, Denis Tan, Ng Seng Chuan, Low Mun Kit, Probin, Low Peng Sum, Lim Kok Ming, Chee Teck, Jasudasen, Mirza, Yin Min, 

Sim Ngoh Hwu. 3RD row: Harpal Singh, Mohan Vij, Ibrahim, Tan Koon Liang, Lokman, Anil Kumar, Goh Hian Fong. REAR: Sukhdev Singh, 

Rohmat, Kamal, Lee Chiau Boon, Eng Buck Chua, Abedeen, Tay Soo Min, Eric Tung. 

Sec 2 A, 1966 

Front: Foo Juan Tong, Whye Yip Kuan, Theng Kian MIn, Sim 

Siang Kok, Yap Cheng Huat, Mr Kong, Tan Thian Poh, Lee Hock 

Choon, Khoo Chin Hean, Fayez, Liu Tsun Kie, Tan Kiat Boon. 

Middle: Loong Say Meng, Hor Siew Fu, Low Kam Fook, Lee Yue 

Cheong, Goh Oon Tong, Yeo Teow Chong, Ng Meng Hiong, 

Wang Mong Lin, Khoo Teng Chye, Teo Ming Kian, Lee Tuck 

Seng, Kok Wai Leong, Low Poh Huat, Seow Boon Cheng, Jimmy 

Hsu, Yoong Yuen Howe. Back row: Mervyn, Ismail, Lim Eng 

Chong, ?, ?, Teo Kian Seng, ?, Palanivelu, Teo Seng Choon, 

Mahendran, Chan Kin Yan, Gerald Lim, Pham Kow Seng, Tan 

Koon Kee, ?, Lim Tong Kee, Lee Chee Nan.


Sec 1 E. Form Mistress: Ms Han Kim Hoong. Seated from left: Tan Hang Khee, Foo Juan 

Tong, Ms Han, Eng Lam Seng, Wong Seng Kuen. President’s scholar (1970) Khoo Teng 

Chye is in 4th row, 3rd from left. 

>Sec 1 G. Form Mistress: Ms Kong Biu Wah. Seated from left: Tay Mui Seng, Tan Siak 

Kwang, Ms Kong, Woo Fong Wah, Lam Khin Siak. Back row L2 is Yuen Yue Mun, the 1968 

0-level top boy. 

Top Right: Rugby Junior 7-a-side team (1967) - Nat Sch Champion (coach: Low Teo Ping) 

FRONT: Chan Soon Ee, Chua Thiam Chye, Chin Fei, Tan Tiew How. REAR: Edwin Ng (Baby 

Elephant), Tham Hoi Ping, Ibrahim, Ng Hon Cheong, Ng Kai Leong.

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Beng Khoon started off as a swimmer and 

softball player in Sec One. Two years later, 

in Sec 3, he was the 2nd fastest runner for 

Class 2. 

Below: Sec 4 A Arts (1968) classmates: 

Selamat, Ong Meng Cheong, Munir Shah, 

and Jasudasen. 

Sec 1 F 

1st row: Yeo Boon Leng, Teo Kian Seng, Kwan Fook Seng, Leong Tuck Sum, Chye E Sien, Mahendran. 

2nd row (seated): Robert Tham, Boey Tak Hap, Mr David Paul, Yap Beng Khoon, Khoo Chin Hean. 

3rd row: Loh Fook Hong, Chin Chiat Foo, Mok Poh Wah, Tan Kiat Boon, Teo Ming Kian, Chan Kum Khung, Pham Kow Seng, Lim Whay Yuan, 

Theng Kian Min, Lee Chee Nang, A Ghaffar, Lee Joo Koon, Ong Teck Hock, Lim Tong Kee. 

4th row: Png Geok Puah, Tan Tiew How, Yeo Yew Hock, Thong Soo Suen, Low Poh Huat, Abdullah, Yi Pak Weng, Tan Wo Heem, Tan Hiang Keng. 

Back row: Soh Eng Sim, Daniel James, Prem, Wong Chye Guan, Soh Ying Chian, Yoong Yuen Howe, Kader, Ernest Koh, Siu Kang Fook


SOCCER 

National School Soccer Senior Champion 1970. 

Back: Mr Pates, Abdul Rahman Kahar, Sivaji, Quah Kim Song (Vice-Captain), 

Graham Ng, Pang Kim Jong, Chow Seng Fook, Kok Wai Leong. Front: 

Zainal Abidin, Kumar, Lim Tien Jit (Captain), Ismail Hamid, Richard Tan. 

ATHLETICS 

RI finished 2nd in the overall placings, in the Schools’ National Athletics 

Championship at Farrer Park, 1970. Our star athletes: Kok Wai Leong 

(front right) the National Javelin Record holder), Ho Lin Meng (rear, R5), 

and Jan Lee. Our sprinters, back row L3- Mustaza, L4- Andrew Chee 

(coach), L5- Rajagopal, L6- Yap Beng Khoon. Wong Chai Kee (standing R3) 

won the triple jump A div title. 

Squatted in front: L1-Tham Hoi Peng, L3-Soh Eng Hwa, L4- Jan Lee. Middle 

row L1 is Jeyabalan. 

ORA Fun Fair (1967) : Young Ser Thern, Ong Meng Cheong, Lim Sing Tee, Lim Eng Meng, 

Jacob Chacko, Eric Tung, Sachi.

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Sec 4 A Science. 

Front: Goh Oon Tong, Liu Tsun Kie, Boey 

Tak Hup. Fayez, Hoong Bee Teck, Yap Beng 

Khoon, Mr Yang, Mervyn, Teo Ming Kian, 

Edmund Wee, Seow Boon Cheng, Chow 

Kok Kee, Lee Tuck Seng. MIDDLE Row: 

Wong Chai Kee, Chan Kum Khung, Lee 

Chee Nang, Khoo Teng Chye, Mok Keng 

Cher, Chia Boon Hong, Ho Yee Chong, 

Teo Kian Seng, Lee Hock Choon, ?, Lian 

Yew Leong, Ng Yong Chor, Yeo Teow 

Chong, Yuen Yue Mun. BACK row: Lim Eng 

Chong, Loong Say Meng, Han Chan Juan, 

Pananivelu, Low Kum Fook, ? , Mahendran, 

Kang Beng Ho, Lau Wah Kee, Woo Kwok 

Cheng, Khoo Choon Kiat, Khoo Chin Hean, 

Yap Cheng Huat, Teh Kong Leong, Wang 

Mong Lin, Jimmy Hsu. 

(?: Chua Tiong Meng, Low Hock Siew) 

Sec 2 E (1966) 

Front: Lee Fook Heng, Tan Tiew How, 

Edmond, Wai Cheng, Hassan, Charlie Lee, 

Ms Ng, Puah Kuan, Kai Leong, Jimmy Tan, 

Cheong Kum, Seng Chuan, Eng Meng. 

Middle row: Kim Hock, Bryan, Siow Leng, 

Prem, Peng Kin, Lee Lee Seng, Yeow Soon, 

Wei Kiat, Koon Liang, Kang Fook, Ansari, 

Kwang Ser, Ghani. 

Back row: ?, Choon Teck, Thiam Chye, 

Hoong Bee Teck, Sumardi, Yeo Chong, 

Kim Fun, Amha, Hang Khee, Yan Kin, Geok 

Puah, Tuck Sum, See Meng, Michael Lelah, 

Joo Kok.


Sec 4 A (Arts) 1968. Front row: Derek Seah, Yip Kuan Lee, Sim Cheok Leng, Low Peng Sum, Abedeen Tyebally, Ismail Hamid, Charlie Lee, Ng Kai Leong, Amha, Chang Wei Tuck, Liew Leong 

Poh, Lim Sing Tee, Selamat. MIDDLE row: Ms Thambyiah, Tan Kim Thor, Sim Kwang Ser, Png Geok Puah, Wee Tiem Ting, Prem Mansukhani, Lim Sing Lip, Munir Shah, Peter Chan Kwang Teck, 

KwanFook Seng, Loh Fook Hong, Yeo Tong Puay, Chow Chee Meng, Jasudasen. BACK row: Lee Kee Huat, Eng Buck Chua, Ghaffar, Low Chek Kwang, Sumardi Ali, Chay Kim Fun, Tan Yam Kin, 

Wong Joo Kok, Quek Choon Teck, Ong Meng Cheong, Koh Peng Cheok, Siu Kang Fook, Jaffarullah, Richard Tan Liat Chew, Jacob Chacko, Bhupinderpal Singh. 

Sec 4 B Arts. FRONT Row: Tay Soo Min, Tan Lin Peng, Rohmat, Philips Abraham, Sukdev Singh, Koh Sa Ti, Mr Wee Ban Bee, Ng Seng Chuan, Khng Eu Meng, Chandra Mohan, Choo Hock 

Yeow, Eric Tung, Kamal. MIDDLE Row: Lee Weng Fatt, Lam Chin Lim, Tan Hiang Keng, Sachi, Lee Thiam Khoon, Lu Thiam Seng, Lee Chun Yen, Nicky Tay, Lee Fong Wah, Chong Faan Chong, 

Sinwan, Young Ser Thern, Ratan, Foo Chit Pheng, Tan Nee Kian. BACK Row: Joseph Chellapan, Lee Fook Heng, Kader, Ghaffar, Yong Tai Choong, Kuan Kim Seng, Teng Kay Sing, Eng Lam 

Seng, Ghazali, Abdullah, Lim Eng Meng, Tan Thian Poh, Lam Peng Kuen, Syed Abdul Raman, Denis Tan.

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Sec 3 A (1967). 

Front: Chia Chee Kiong, Tan Wo Heem, Whye Yip Kuen, ?, Chan Mun Lye, Teh Kong 

Leong, Sim Ngo Hwu, Dennis Tan, Ahmad, Lee Chiaw Boon, Leo Ting Tong. MIDDLE 

Row: Mrs Thiru, Gerald, Chin Chiat Foo, Lai Ching Chuan, ? , Seow Puay Chong, Chow 

Chee Kiong, Fong Hong Yuen, Chiang Yeow Mun, Ernest, Liew Wan Kong, Yeo Boon 

Leng, Ganaraj, Swee Choon Kiat, Loh Kah Weng, Leow Gian Seng, ? , Yeo Chee Teck, Yi 

Pak Weng. BACK Row: Chua Thiam Chye, Chang Wei Kiat, Dennis Oei, Tan Koon Liang, 

Kwok Phoon Nya, ?, Tay Mui Seng, Wong Chai Kee, Ghani, Liow Siew Choon, Goh Hian 

Fong, Probin, Mohan Vij. 

Sec 3 B (1967) 

Front Row: Teo Kian Seng, Lee Chee Nang, Loong Say Meng, Robert Tham, Lee Hock 

Choon, form teacher, Tan Siak Kwang, Seow Boon Cheng, Foo Juan Tong, ?, ?. 

MIDDLE Row: Pham Kow Seng, ?, ?, Hoong Bee Teck, Teo Ming Kian, Jimmy Tan, ?, ?, 

Wang Mong Lin, Lim Ting Tong, Pani, Chia Boon Hong, ?, Han Chan Juan. BACK Row: 

Hor Siew Fu, Soh Ying Chian, Hsu Tar Su, Yoong Yuen Howe, Ng Meng Hiong, Low Kam 

Fook, Koh Kah Aik, Yuen Yue Mun. 

Sec 4 C Science. 

FRONT Row: Woo Wai Seng, Chang Kim Fie, Kok Wai Leong, Chan Teck Hon, Yeo Yew 

Hock, Daniel James, Ms Tan,Lee Chiaw Boon, Chia Chee Kiong, Leow Gian Seng, Lim 

Whay Yuan, Leslie Chew, Teo Guan Chye. MIDDLE Row: Lee Soon Huat , Goh Hiang 

Fong, Soh Ying Chian, Lim Beng Sun, Chua Thiam Chwee, Loh Kah Weng, Ng Thin 

Kong, Ganaraj, Lo Kok Leong, Eu Mun Leong, Lee Yew Cheong, Lam Khin Siak, Chew 

Soon Keng, Chan Mun Lye, Yong Chee Min, Yong Yin Min. 

BACK Row: Yeo Chee Teck, Leong Puah Kuan, Lim Kin Hock, Liew Wan Khong, Leo 

Tong Kee, Loh Chwee Hua , Chin Yok Pang, Lim Fung Tong, Bok Thye Huat, Tan Wo 

Heem, Probin, Theng Kian Min, Whye Yip Kuen, Dennis Oei, Tan Eng Lee.


1969 

PU1 

Leong Weng Yew 

Kwong Kam Hoi 

Kooi Hood Hin 

Gurmit Singh 

Deepak Mahtani 

Lau Liat Khoon 

Lim Lean Im 

Lam Yeok Lin 

Chua Guay Lian 

Tan Eng Guan 

Gopal Das 

Chew Ah Kin 

Chong Yeow Chin 

Quek Sze Swee 

Low Boon Yong 

Khoo Eng Luck 

Praimaa V 

Ng Hwee Siew 

Choo Tiong Neo 

Chow Seng Fook

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Teo Choon Moey 

Sim Siang Koen 

Tan Soon Pen 

Seow Yuke Ching 

Lie Vida 

Sim Sok Peng 

Peh Beng Hong 

Chew Yew Hock 

Stella Chiang 

Low Peter 

Cuthbert*1 

Lye Mee Fong 

Tan Suan Sim 

Koh Keng Hoon 

Lily Yang 

Wong Siew Kwun 

Goh Su Li 

Chia Helena 

Alsagoff S 

Marion J Kadley 

Chan Lay Hoon 

(*1) Lawyer


1969 

PU1 

Chen Pin Leong 

Baview Stella*1 

Noorjahan 

Usha Harar 

Jeffrey Phuah 

Seah I Lian 

Asha Kumari 

June Lim Bee Lian 

Daisy Pang 


Ong Mary 

Yip Kok Yen 

Cheong Lye Huat 

Zainuddin M 

Tang Tuck Meng 

Tay Cheng Siew 

Goh Li Shien*2 

Khoo Guan Bee 

Ronny 

Lee Hing Men 

Lee Beng Hong 

(*1) School Prefect and Debater (*2) School Prefect, 2nd in School Girl’s Chess championship 1970

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Tan Hai Pheng 

Chong Swee Han 

Kamsinah 

Sivaji*1 

Ong Kai Leng 

Kong Heng Toh 

Tay Lee Hian 

Avtar Singh 

Bhagwant Singh 

See Tiang Hock 

Seow Yeok Hong 

Koh Yian Har 

Hing Mee Hoon 

Lee Siew Chinn 

P Kannu*2 

Chuang Shaw 

Peng 

Lai Nam Chen 

Oei Kiok Hoa 

Ranjit Singh 

Sim Khee Wang*3 

(*1) Soccer star / coach / manager of Singapore National Team (*2) Long Distance running champ 

(*3) General Manager, TOUCH Community Services


Pre U 1 Arts C 

Pre U 2 Science C

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Pre U 2 Science F 

Pre U 1 Science E 

Pre U 1 Science D


Pre U 2 Science A 

Pre U 2 Science B

291 

Pre U 2 Science D 

Pre U 2 Science E


The SAF Scholarships 

The SAF scholarships, the first of its kind to 

be awarded, has an annual grant of 1,000 

British Pounds, about $7,350. In addition, 

the officers receive their full military pay 

and allowances. After their courses, they 

will serve 8 years in the SAF. Conditions 

require them to have an excellent record in 

soldiering as well as at least 3 distinctions in 

the HSC examinations. 

3 out of the 5 of the SAF Scholarships were 

awarded to Old Rafflesians. 

1. BOEY TAK HAP, who will be undergoing 

a course in systems engineering at 

Manchester University, showed leadership 

potential even in school. He was a school 

prefect since Sec 4. He represented the 

Rugby Senior Team 

(1970) 

school and City district in softball. In 1968, 

he made it into the Combined Schools 

team. 

2. SIN BOON WAH was especially active in 

scouting and has done a great deal for the 

2101 Unit since he joined in 1966. He was 

an Assistant Unit Leader in 1969, a Scout 

Unit Leader in 1970. With his organisational 

capability, he should do well in his course in 

Mathematical Statistics at Leed University. 

3. LIU TSUN KIE was especially prominent 

in the academic field, being one of the 

top students. A President Scholar, he will 

be pursuing a course in electronics at 

Birmingham University. 

(source: The Rafflesian 1970/71) 

SAF Scholars, 1971 at the Instana. Seated from left: Boey Tak Hap, Lai Seck Khui, Lee Hsien 

Loong, Liu Tsun Kie, and Sin Boon Wah. 

National school champions in 

7-a-side, and 15-a-side 

Back: Natahar Bava, Loh Fatt Kheong, Chan 

Soon Ee, Charlie Lee, Lee Lee Seng, Tay Eng 

Kiat, Chin Fei, Ismail Hamid, Anthony Tan, 

Chua Thiam Chye, Foo Cheong Kum, Lee 

Fook Heng, Mr Seet 

FRONT: Lai Poh Wah (captain), Koh Chee 

Wah, Lee Soon Tai, Ng Kai Leong, Tham Hoi 

Ping, Hia Hui Kim, Benny Low, Whye Yip 

Khuen, Herman Ng.

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Top photo: Yap Beng Khoon (588) winning 

the City District A-Boys 100 m sprint. 2nd 

was Christopher Wong Kok Wah (587), 

and 3rd was Tham Hoi Peng (574). They 

received their prizes in bottom photo. 

Bottom left: Morning exercise 1967. 

Quek Choon Teck enjoyed the squatting 

jump. Behind him were Sumardi, Chow 

Chee Meng, and Wong Joo Kok. Amha is 

the tiny figure on the left of photo. 

Bottom right: Sec 4 A (Arts) Rugby Team, 

1968 won the inter-class rugby champion 

trophy sponsored by Ng Teck Chin (RI 

rugby senior captain). 

Front: Quek Choon Teck, Peter Chan Kwan 

Teck, Charlie Lee, Ong Meng Cheong, 

Eng Buck Chua. 2nd row: Ms Thambyah, 

Ismail Hamid, Chay Kim Fun, Wong Joo 

Kok, Low Chek Kwang, Siu Kang Fook. 

Back: Selamat, Jaffarullah, Ghaffar, Richard 

Tan, Sumardi, Lim Sing Tee, Ng Kai Leong, 

Jasudasen, Jacob Chacko. Form mistress 

Ms Thambaiyah gave the team a treat to 

the Islamic Restaurant (opposite Sultan 

Mosque).


Sec 2 classes 

Year 1965

Sec 2 A (1965) 

From Front left to top right: 1. Ng Tze Pin 2. Tan Ngiang Mok 3. Ng Choon Siew 4. Lim Kou 5. Chan Hong Hei 6. Soh Keng Joon 7. Alec Lim Kim Tiang 8. Cheong Moon Foo, Mr John 

Chew, 9. Lionel Lee, 10. Rajan 11. Chan Bok 12. Lim Heng Kian 13. Lee Dan Lin 14. Tham Kheng Keong 15. Png Siak Khoon 16. Fok Fook Kong 17. Lo Tai Yin 18. Wong Woon Liong 19. 

Chan Yau Seng 20. Koh Ah Meng 21. Fong Kum Hor 22. Leong Teep Khee 23. Chen Wen 24. Giam Chong Han 25. Abdul Rahim 26. Gangan Prathap 27. Heng Hiang Khng 28. Kong 

Soon Chew 29. Lim Choe Lian 30. Mohandas Menon 31. Lui Eng Yee 32. Abdul Karim 33. unidentified, 34. Mohd Tayal 

35. Lim Kim Quee 36. Subramani Jaider 37. Koh Kuek Chiang 38. Chua Fook Kee 39. Lee Keng Miang 40. Yap Cheng Hua 41. Loh Hock Leng 42. Quek Joo Hee 43. Chen Yin Fei, 

Unidentified Oh Soon Huat 

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2A 

Abdul Karim Baba 

Abdul Rahim 

Rajubin 

Chan Bok 

Chan Hong Hei 

Chan Yau Seng 

Chen Wen 

Chen Yin Fei 

Cheong Moon 

Foo*1 

Chua Fook Kee 

Fok Fook Keng 

Fong Kum Hor 

Gangan Prathap*2 

Gan Chong Man 

Heng Hiang Khng 

Koh Ah Meng 

Koh Kuek 

Chiang*3 

Kong Soon Chew 

Lee Dan Lin 

Lee Keng Miang 

Lee Kim Hock*4 

(*1) 2nd top boy 1964 (*2) School Cert Exam top boy, 1967 (*3) School Cert Exam top boy, 1967. Attended Outward Bound School 

*4) SAF Chief Medical Officer.

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Lim Heng Kian 

Lim Kim Tiang Alec 

Lim Kou 

Loh Hock Leng 

Lui Eng Yee 

Mohandas Menon 

Ng Choon Siew 

Ng Tze Pin 

Oh Soon Huat 

Png Siak Khoon 

Rajan 

Soh Keng Joon 

Subrahani Jaideva 

Tan Niang Mok*1 

Tham Kheng 

Keong 

Wong Woon 

Liong*2 

Yap Cheng Hua*3 

(*1) Sec One top boy, 1964; QANTAS scholarship 1968 (*2) Civil Aviation Authority CEO (*4) School Div 2 Chess 

champion, 1968.


2B 

Abdul Majid 

Chin Woon Fong 

Choo Choong 

Khim 

Chua Eng Hee 

Chua Wee Kwang 

Goh Lian Meng 

Jeman b Sulaiman 

Joseph A.G.*1 

Koh Chet Foo 

Lai Chee Seng 

Lee Nung Hing 

Lee Wah Meng 

Leo Chin Seng 

Leong Wai Keat 

Leong Yit Siong 

Lim Gim Cheng 

Lim Kim Chew 

Lui Chew Yin 

Lui Sit Pui 

Loke Fook Seng 

(*1) Medicine Stream top boy, 1969

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Low Yong Kwee 

Lye Soon Ngian 

Nan Chee Sam 

Ng Sin Heng 

Pang Johnny*1 

Poon Teng Heng 

Quek Meng Poo 

Sarwan b Atmore 

Sathiyamoorthy C 

Syed abdul Rahim 

Tan Boon Tee 

Tan Chek Jim 

Tan Tiow Yong 

Edwin 

Tan Yong Tong 

Teo Joo Huak*2 

Tjua Jang Long 

Wong Chin Loon 

Yeow Sze Muan 

Foo Moo Pao 

(*1) Sec 3 top boy, 1966 (*2) Financial Controller, Trans-Island Bus Ltd


2C 

Chan Kai Sing 

Chey Chor Wai 

Cheong Kah 

Meng*1 

Chin Cheing Onn 


Chong Huai 

Seng*2 

Chow Kim Wah 

Chua Cheok Kwang 

Foo Khee Fong 

Ho Phak Chuan 

Ho Wah Hoi*3 

Ho Wee Chan 

Kong Yew Keng 

Lai Chee Fan 

Lau Tong Weng 

Lee Kwang Cheng 

Lim Chye Lye 

Lim Poh Seng 

Lim Siak Meng 

Liu Nan Chuen 

(*1) ex-Home Nursing Foundation CEO (*2) Softball captain, Colombo Plan scholar (*3) manage HO Printing Pte Ltd

301 

Loh Kuan Meng 

Low Chek Tong 

M. Logendran 

Neo Hock Cheng 

Ng Soon Wang 

Ong Meng Jip 

Padat Devadas 

Pang Boon Chye 

Poh Kheng Leong 

Quek Seng Yeow 

Seow Yeow Teck 

Sng Hock Seng 

Tan Chin Teck 

Tan Choon Tat 

Roland 

Tan Kho Chew 

Tan Kwong Wah 

Tay Tuan Ngee 

Teo Hoon Seng 

Toh Swee Hwee 

Vignehsa Pon.


2D 

Abhilash 

Balakrishnan*1 

Adnan b Abas 

Chan Hiap Kong 

Chow Kah Kiong*2 

Chow Kok Weng 

Chow Kok Yuen 

Clarence Sirisena*3 

Goh Siang Seng 

Goi Meng Wah 

Heng Chai Siang 

Hia Hui Kim*4 

Ho Chip Chiew 

Krishna Kumar A 

Lau Mun Wai 

Lee Chak Yong 

Lee Cheong Kuan 

Lee Churk Yin 

Lim Kim Seah 

Lim Luck Thong 

Lim Tze Chiow*5 

(*1) A/Prof in NUH (*2) Practise with Raffles Hospital (*3) Dy Dir at Singapore Science Centre 

(*4) Holder of sit-up record 1,111 (*5) SAF Pilot

303 

Lo Thin Soong 

Low Sian Teng 

Mok Who Tai 

Ngeow Khim Sooi 

Ng Jui Keng 

Ng Koang Heng 

Oh Thiam Eng 

Palaniappan A*1 

Paramesvaran K 

Poh Yee Tuan 

Ramakrishnan S 

Subhrankar M 

Swami S.R. 

Tan Chin Hor 

Tan Koon Wah 

Tao Nan Wah 

Teo Chong Wee 

Wong Choong 

Ann 

Woo Chee Kiong 

Yoong Siew Kay 

(*1) Tamil Interpreter, Singapore Parliament House


2E 

Bok Thye Pok 

Chan Kwok Wah 

Chatterji Sushil 

Chen Chow Kong 

Cecil Chiam T H 

Chia Ngiang 

Hong*1 

Chow Hock Leong 

Choy Chan Wah 

Daniel Jacob 

Han Yan Chuan 

Heng Wee Jin 

Kalaiyeswaran 

Koh Boon Teck 

Lee Chee Sing 

Leong Keng Sin 

Leong Kok Hong 

Leo Ting Ping 

Loh Chock Piew 

Loh Siew Wah 

Mah Kah On 

(*1) City Development Ltd CEO

305 

Mah Seow Haung 

Manmohanjit 

singh 

Mohd Kamil Salleh 

Ng Peng Hean 

Henry 

Ong Yeah Heng 

Osman b Aman 

Ponnalagu 

Manickan 

Paramasuaram 

A.M. 

Quek Keng Chiang 

Rajendran M. 

Ratnam G 

Soon Hock Bee 

Tan Chow Chen 

Teo Kwan Hai 

Valliappan K 

Vijay Chandy 

Wong Peng Soon 

Yeo Kian Guan 

Yeo Teng Geok 

Venkitaraman B


2F 

Achilles R Coloud 

Baldhiraj Singh 

Chan Chee Keong 

Cheong Kein Sung 

Chew Wui Teck 

Chua Song Chye 

Elangkovan 

Fong Chiew Min 

Jaganathan V. 

Jiang Suan Wah 

Juay Chee Pong 

Karuppiah N. 

Kishin A Kishnani 

Koh Hock Leong 

Kok Yuen Hin 

Kong Su Vui 

Lai Moon Thong 

Lam Choon Seed 

Lee Cheng Seng 

Lee Jim Teck

307 

Lee Jim Yong 

Lee Yoon Moi 

Levy Eyal 

Lim Lay Yew 

Lim Seong Thiam 

Loh Jooi Cheong 

Loh Koon Weng 

Menon Karunakara 

Ragunathan C 

Tan Niap Chiang 

Tham Kok Tong 

Trinad Chakraborty 

Wan Lai Choong 

Yap Andrew 

Yong Pui Cheng 

Yuen Chee Mun 

Tony Tay Tuan 

Ngee


Other 

Sec 2s 

Suntheralingam 

Wong Swee 

Chuang 

Yong Shan Chi 

Quek Joo Hee*1 

Teo Chee Khiang 

Leow Kee You 

Zainal Abidin 

Kishore P 

Hui Chee Seng 

Boni S V 

Chong Jenn Siong 

Jaya Prakash K 

(*1) Head Prefect 1969)

309 

David C 

Kulanthairaj 

Yap Poon Ann 

Leong Chun 

Chong 

Tan Seung Po 

B Balakrishner 

1968 

PU1 

Thia Teng Wui 

Tan Huang Meng 

Ho Chew Thim 

Ng Weng Chew 

Tan Boon Tee 

Chia Choon Kiat 

Lim Kin Guan 

Michael Chong PH 

Mohandas Naidu 

Chew Heng Ching 

Low Siew Khong 

Denis 

Fernandes Ivan 

Lynn


1968 

PU1 

Darshan Singh 

Chow Mun Keen 

Toh Chun Lan 

Giam Yeng 

Wong Leong Jeam 

Liew Chin Beng 

Tan Seng Meng 

Kaw Jit Kee*1 

Lim Sin Jong 

Teo Chee Ann 

Lim Chor Nam 

Tay Swee Lee 

Robert Foo HK 

Liao Kuo Kong 

Foo Wah We 

Madusoodanan J 

Pillai 

Tan Kin Hou 

(*1) Award RI School colour for Softball and Badminton 1969

311 

Phuang Jee Song 

Leong Chee Wah 

Tan Kai Seng 

Tan Bar Tien 

Chow Peng 

Teh Kim Hock*1 

Phua Aik Khng 

Chan Soon Kiat 

Loh Fang Khim 

Siow See Chye 

R Jagathesan 

Koh Eng Bak 

Yap Neng Pin 

Tan Niap Chang 

Lee Cheok Yew*2 

Tan Boon Huat*3 

Hsieh Tsun Yan*4 

(*1) School boy Judo champ 1969 (*2) President’s Scholar (*3) Debater, Colombo Plan Scholar 

(*4) President’s Scholar, has a twin brother Tsun Ming.


Above: Tham Kheng Keong, Gangan Prathap, and Koh Kuek 

Chiang on stage with Joy Ee in an Inter-House Quiz, 1965. 

Below: 32nd Raffles Junior Scouts. Standing from right: Chey 

Chor Wai, Choo Lee Ken, Chua Choon Lan, Kwok Wai Keong. 

Front: L2 is Paramesvaran. L4 is Chatterji. 

SEC 2 C 

A1 Tan Kho Chiew, A2 Ho Wah Hoi, A3 Ho Wei Chan, A4 Padat Devadas, A5 Chua Cheok Kwang, Joe A6 M. 

Logendran 

B1 Ho Phak Chuan, B2 Chong Huai Seng, B3 Mr Puhaindran, B4 Chey Chor Wai, B5 Chin Chieng Onn, Andrew 

C1 Teo Hoon Seng, C2 Lim Poh Seng, C3 Suntheralingam, C4 Lim Siak Meng, C5 Foo Khee Fong,James C6 

Koh Chin Teck, C7 Ng Soon Wang, Paul, C8 Yong Shan Chi, C9 Vignehsa s/o Ponnampalam, C10 Chionh 

Chye Khye, C11 Lee Kweng Cheng 

D1 Poh Kheng Leong, D2 Liu Nam Chuen, D3 Tan Choon Tat Roland, D4 Seow Yeow Teck, D5 Low Chek Tong, 

D6 Loh Kuan Meng, D7 Tan Kwong Wah, D8 Lim Chye Lye, D9 Chan Kai Seng, D10 Neo Hock Cheng, D11 

Ong Meng Jip, D12 Chan Chew Keat, D13 Toh Swee Hwee, D14 Chow Kim Wah, Lawrence 

E1 Lai Chee Fan, E2 Lau Tong Weng, E3 Wang Swee Chuang, E4 Quek Seng Yeow, E5 Cheong Kah Meng, E6 

Kong Yew Meng, E7 Pang Boon Chye, E8 Sng Hock Seng, E9 K Jayaprakash 

Missing D12 Chan Chew Keat D12, E9 Jayaprakash in the photo collage.Extra : Tony Tay Tuan Ngee.

313 

Above: Scouts Campfire. 

Lim Kou holding a ukulele while Lionel is talking to him. 

Right: Sec 2 D. Seated: Abilash, Kishore, and Mr 

Sahadevan. 

Right: The GRYPHONs, 1968. Standing: Kaw Jit Kee, ?, 

Sukdev Singh, Sim Ngo Hwu, ?, Boey Tak Hup, Chong 

Huai Seng, Andrew Ng, Phee Thian Chye. Front: Chye 

Khye, Yap Beng Khoon, Lam Lum Kong, Ernst Koh.


Sec 2 E (1965) 

A1: Bok Thye Pok A3: Mr Koh Kek Cheow A6: Henry Ng 

B3: Abhilash Balakrishnan (?) B4: K Valliappan B6: Lee Chee Sing B7: Teo Kwan Hai B9: A M Parameswaran B10: Ratnam Ganesh 

C1: Vijaya Rao C2: Manimaran C3: M Rajendran C4: Chiam, Cecil C5 Loh Siew Hua 

D1: Vijay C Chandy D2: Mohamed Kamil (?)D3: Leong Keng Sin D4: Mah Kah Onn D5: P Manikam D6: Manmohanjit Singh Bajaj D7: 

Kalaieswaran D8 Heng Wee Tin 

E1: Sushil Chatterji E2: Koh Boon Chye E3: Yeo Kian Guan E5: Loh Chock Piew E7: Daniel Jacob E9: Soon Hock Bee E10 Cheow 

Chen 

TOP left: Cheong Kah Meng at Sarimbum Scout Camp (1966). BOTTOM photo: Cheong Kah Meng, Henry Ng (Junior Troop 

Leader) and Siu Kang Fook in front of scout den (1966).

315 

Pre U 1 Sc A FRONT: Leong Kok Hong, Lee Cheong Hoh, Foo Khee Fong, Krishna Kumar, Low Chek Tong, Michael Lee Kok Mun (form teacher) Heng Wee Tin, Poh Kheng Leong, Hsieh Tsun 

Ming, Chow Kok Weng, Lee Kweng Cheng. MIDDLE row: Eyal Levy, Chua Jee Muay, Lim Gim Cheng , Lawrence Loh, Chey Chor Wai, Neo Hock Cheng, Mah Seow Huang, Lim Siak Meng, 

Goh Lian Meng, Gordon Lim, Low Sian Jeng, Bok Thye Pok, Leow Kee You, Ching Cheing Onn. BACK row: Lee Yoon Moi, Yuen Chee Mun, Foo Moo Pao, Lee Chak Yong, Tong Yoon Ho, Han 

Yan Chuan, Yong Shan Chi, Leong Wai Keat. (Note: Class started with 43, by mid year left with 32 students). 

Pre U 1 Sc C FRONT: Chan Hong Hei, Lui Eng Yee, Teh Kim Hock, Ng Jui Keng, Lim Kin Chew, Mr Chionh Sin Ah, Teo Chee Khiang, Chong Huai Seng, Clarence Sirisena, Lee Mung Hing, 

Soon Hock Bee. MIDDLE row: Nan Chee Sam, Ng Sin Heng, Kwang Min Loo, Tham Keng Keong, Tan Chin Teck, Tan Koon Wah, Chan Hiap Kong, Teo Kwan Hai, Syed Ab Rahim, Logendren, 

Vashi Sajnani, Chng Bee Teck, Rajan Krishnan. BACK row: Lim Chor Nam, Hsieh Tsun Yan, Percival Wee, Koh See Heong, Chionh Chye Khye, Jaganathan, Chew Heng Ching, Tjua Jang Long, 

Eugene, Raymond Ho Chew Thim, Tay Swee Lee.


COLOMBO PLAN 

AWARDS (1970) 

Sec 4 B (1967) 

Pre-U 1 (Arts) A, 1968. 

FRONT: Jaya Prakash, Lau Hong Thye, Kaw Jit Kee, Quek Joo Hee, Soh Keng Joon, Jaidev Subramani, Ms Linda Teo, Lum Lam Kong, Alec 

Lim, Lo Tai Yin, Khoo Thiam Hock, Lim Kou, Giam Eng. MIDDLE row: Dennis Low, William Ang, Chow Mun Keen, Gopalan Nair, Toh Chun 

Lau, Thia Teng Hui, Tan Seng Meng, Teo Chee Ann, Wong Thay Wing, Ngeow Kim Swee, Wong Leong Jeam, Chua Fook Kee. BACK row: 

Jegadeson, Mohd Tahir, Wong Leong Jong, ?, Chandra Segaran, Liew Kok, Louis Heng, Krishna Kumar, Chow Peng, Lo Thin Soong, Quintin 

Loh, Lin Han Yong, Heng Hiang Khng. 

(1) Chew Heng Ching 

(2) Lee Cheok Yew - 

(President’s Scholar) 

(3) Wong Woon Liong 

(4) Lee Keng Miang 

(5) Chan Kok Wah 

(6) Koh Kuek Chiang 

(7) Tan Tze Chye 

(8) Chua Fook Kee 

(9) Heng Hiang Khng 

(10) Kong Soon Chew 

(11) Hsieh Tsun Ming 

(12) Hsieh Tsun Yan - 

(President’s Scholar) 

(13) Fok Fook Kong 

(14) Chen Wen 

(15) Foo Hee Kok 

(16) Tan Boon Huat 

(17) Lui Eng Yee 

(18) Yap Neng Pin 

(19) Yap Cheng Hua 

(20) Wang Swee Chuang 

(21) Chong Huai Seng

317 

Pre U 1 Sc F (1968) Medicine Class. FRONT row:Tan Boon Huat, Chatterji, Poon Teng Fatt, Oh Tiam Eng, John Yap, Cheong Moon Foo, Mr Khoo Kay Giap, Daniel Williams, Lionel Lee, Quek 

Meng Poo, Mohandas, Kishore, Padat Devadas. MIDDLE row: AG Joseph, Lim Yew Ying, Teo Hang Beng, Tan Tseung Poh, Koh Hock Leong, Chng Buck Chwee, Goh Siang Seng, Abhilash B, 

Ng Hock Hua, Koh Chet Foo, Roland Tan, Chow Kah Kiong. BACK row: Ratnam, Ronald Lim, Christopher K David, Lee Wah Meng, Ng Tze Pin, Ng Soon Wang, Lim Lay Yew, Edwin Tan, Tan 

Chin Hor, Ho Soon Onn, Tan Yong Tong, Letchumanan. 

Pre U 1 Sc B FRONT: Chen Wen, Yap Cheng Hua, Ng Choon Siew, Tan Kin Hou, Fok Fook Kong, Lai Chee Seng, Mr Robert Pates, Koh Kuek Chiang, Wong Woon Liong, Koh Poh Hwa, Chan 

Bok, Joe Chua Cheok Kwang, Tan Kwong Wah. MIDDLE row: Foo Wah Wee, Sutheralingam, Oh Soon Huat, Liao Kuo Kwong, Gangan Prathap, Johnny Pang, Wong Chin Loon, Kong Soon 

Chew, William Lim Heng Kian, Madu Pillai, Choo Chong Khin, William Chan Kok Wah. BACK row: Darshan Singh, Lee Cheok Yew, Robert Foo, Loke Fook Seng, Foo Say Kum, Lee Keng 

Miang, Leong Teep Khee, Wang Swee Chuang, Lim Choe Lian, Ang Boon Chye, Ivan Fernandez, Lim Kim Quee.


Rugby Senior 1st XV team (1969) 

National Schools 15-a-side champ. 

FRONT: Lui Eng Yee (Captain), Jaganathan, 

Tham Hoi Ping, Charlie Lee, Chin Fei, Tan 

Tiew How, Ang Thiam Hong, Chua Thiam 

Chye. BACK: Mr Lee Tuck Wah, Hia Hui 

Kim, ?, Kim Hock, Benny Low, Loh Fan 

Khim, Christopher Wong Kok Wah, Heng 

Wee Tin, Whye Yip Khuen, Chey Chor Wai, 

Mr Tan See Kang. 

Raffles Players, 1968. 

Teachers in front: Mr Goh Soo Tian (RI 

53/55), Ms Eadie, Ms Laird, Mr Wee Ban 

Bee. 

Back row: Lee Suan Hiang, Lionel Lee, Tan 

Eng Leong, Alec Lim, Rajan Khrishnan, 

Chek Ai Ming, Chong Huai Seng, Lee 

Chiang Huat.

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Secondary 2 Book List 

Secondary 3 Book List 

1. English Three (O’Malley & Thompson) $ 3.40 cts 

2. English Compresion for Malayans Book 2 1.70 

3. Animal Farm 1.15 

4. Laughter from the Past 1.15 

5. The Poet’s Window Book 2 1.80 

6. A Time of Darkness 1.75 

7. Oxford Geographical Notebook ‘Europe’ 1.30 

8. Oxford Geographical Notebook ‘Africa’ 1.00 

9. Oxford Geographical Notebook ‘N. America’ 1.00 

10. Oxford Geographical Notebook ‘S. America’ 1.00 

11. Foundation of Modern Geography Book 1 5.20 

12. Elementary Maths Part 2 4.80 

13. The Cambridge Four Figures Tables 1.15 

14. General Science for the Tropical Schools Bk 2 2.00 

15. The Story of Mankind Book 2 3.50 

16. History of Raffles Institution 4.00 

17. Junior Mapwork for Malaysian Students - 

18. Bachaan Dewan Buku Lima 1.80 

19. Pimpinan Bahasa Kebangsaan Book 3 2.80 

20. Sec. School Chinese Course for Malaysia Bk 2 2.20 

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TOTAL $ 43.15 cts 

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Supplied by Asia Book Company, 155, Cross Street, Spore 1. 

1. English Four (O’Malley & Thompson) $ 3.40 

2. All Men Are Brothers 3.40 

3. Julius Caesar (New Swan) 2.25 

4. History of the British Empire & Common.- S.gate 4.50 

5. History of South East Asia (Williams & J Singh) 4.80 

6. Foundation of Modern Geography Book 1 5.20 

7. Study Map Notebook No. 3 Asia 2.25 

8. South East Asia with Malaya 3.40 

9. Maps Reading for Malayan Students 3.40 

10. Elementary Mathematics Part 3 4.80 

11. Elementary Analysis 4.95 

12. General Science for Tropical Schools Bk 3 2.80 

13. School Certificate Chemistry (Lam. & Hold.) 6.75 

14. Principles of Physics - Nelkon 6.75 

15. History of Raffles Institution 4.00 

16. Bachaan Dewan Buku Enam 2.00 

17. Pimpinan Bahasa Kebangsaan Book 4 3.00 

18. Sec. School Chinese Course for Malaysia Bk 3 2.40 

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1. School Tie $ 2.50 cts 

1. School Tie $ 2.50 cts


Sec 3 classes 

Year 1965

321 

Sec 3 A (Science) 1965 

FRONT: Dileep Nair, Cheong Yuen Kong, Wong Koi Weng, Mr. Heng Yow Kiat, Loke Tat Luen, Ng Hwee Hin, Mak Kum Thong 

2nd Row: Rajapuhendran, Noordin, Maurice Choo Hock Heng, Tan Kee Huat, Kwek Siew Jin, Kwok Wai Keong, Chan Yuke Wan, Koh Poh Kian, Ng Siew Wah, Perrigrin Dorrasman 

3rd Row: Ong Chin Hwee, Ng Chee Keong, Lee Zee Ming, Djan Kee Nam, Said Omar bin Alwi, Russell Miles, Lim Meng Kin, Michael Khoo, 

4th Row: Abdul Khalid, Mohamed Iqball, Low Yan Poh, Omar Salleh, Tan Kim Theng, Sing King Yuen, Paul Pang Kim Phong 

5th Row: Choo Lee Ken, Teo Keng Seng, Tan Teck Chye, See Chak Wah, Lim Kim Hock, Liu Mun Seng, Tow Heng Fong 

Back Row: Chia Chuan Thong, See Kay Soh, Tan Sen Lai, Foo Cheong Kow, Matthew Linus, Ng Teck Chin


3A 

Chan Yuke Wan *1 


Chia Chuan Thong 

Choo Hock 

Heng*7 

Choo Lee Ken*2 

Khoo Beng Hock 

Koh Poh Kian 

Kwek Siew Jin*3 

Kwok Wai Keong 

K. Matthew Linus 

Lim Kim Hock 

Lim Meng Kin*4 

Liu Mun Seng 

Loh Yan Poh 

Loke Tat Luen 

Mak Kum Thong*5 

Miles Russell 

Mohd Iqball 

Nair Dileep*6 

Ng Chee Kheon 

(*1) Sec 3 top boy, 1965 (*2) Took Cambridge exam and scored a Grade One while in Sec 3 (*3) Rear Admiral, Singapore Navy 

(*4) SAF Chief Medical Officer during Hotel New World collapse incident (*5) President’s Scholar (*6) Head Prefect ‘68; CEO of POSB

323 

Ng Hwee Hin 

Ng Siew Wah 

Ng Teck Chin*8 

Noordin b 

Abdullah 

Omar b Salleh 

Ong Chin Hwee 


Rajakulandran S 

See Chak Wah 

See Khay Soh 

Sing Kong Yuen 

Syed Omar b Alwi 

Tan Khee Huat 

Tan Kin Theng*9 

Tan Sen Lai 

Tang Teck Chye 

Teo Keng Seng 

Tjan Kee Nam 

Tow Heng Fong 

Wong Koi Weng 

(*7) Heart Surgeon (*8) Rugby Captain 1968 (*9) Medical Doctor


3B 

Amin Nordin 

Chan Kin Kheong 

Chan Shelt 

Tsong*1 

Chan Wai Chong 

Chong Kim Chye 

Chua Choon Lan 

Chua Chwee Seng 

Chua Kian Meng 

Chua Kim Poh 

Chuang Kwong 

Yong*2 

Goh Seng Mui 

Leong Chuen 

Weng 

Lim Eng Lian 

Lim Kheng Huat 

Lim Kok Chuan 

Loke Swee Fatt*3 

Ng Choong 

Ong Cheng Huat 

Ong Meng Peng 

Ow Weng Fye 

(*1) Cadet Sergeant Major, 1967 (*2) Auditor-General (*3) Vice Head Prefect, 1968

325 

Sam Sui Chee 

Tai Say Kiat 

Tan Chung Koei 

Tan Kim Leong*1 

Tan Kim Pong 

Tan Tiong Bee 

Tang Eng Swee 

Teo Choo Soo*2 

Teo Eng Liang 

Teo Soon Hoe*3 

Tham Wai Keong 

Toh Pang Chun 

Wee Toon Boo 

Wong Foon Wah 

Wong Toon Kwok 

Wong Wee Fatt*4 

Yap Beng Huat*5 

Yip Kang Fie 

Umesh Doshi 

(*1) Best Photographer, 1967-68 (*2) A/Prof in Dental Dept (*3) Keppel Corp Finance Director 

(*4) Senior Pastor, Mt Zion BP church (*5) Fastest runner, 1968


3C 

Bay Gek Heng 

Chan Tat Wong 

Chan Weng Kee 

Chao Kuo Liang 

Donald 

Chee Fook Seng 

Cheng Hoo Wah 

Cheng Lian Heng 

Chia Swee Cheong 

Chia Teck Swee 

Ronald 

Chong Meng 

Choo Siew Meng 

Chua Seng Chew 

Chua Tak Heng*1 

Foo Hee Tim 

Fong Yin Leong*2 

Ho Tew Hong 

Ho Tian Lam 

Kuan Choon Hock 

Kwong Shiu Yoong 

Lam Ti Ngian 

(*1) SAF Pilot (*2) Straits Times S/Editor, RI BoG member

327 

Lee Eng Lock 

Lee Hock Chye 

Lee Yew Meng 

Leow Huat Siong 

Lim Lan Yuan*1 

Lim Lian Chye 

Ng Bee Woo 

Ng Kim Guan 

Mak Wai Nam 

Pang Phui Weng 

Tan Seong Kok 

Wong Hoe Sang 

Wong Leong 

Thong 

John Teo 

Chang Chan Fong 

(*1) A/Prof with NUS


3D 

Ang Kie Meng 

Bin Hee Heng 

Chan Ah Tuck 

Chan Kue Kong 

Chan Mun Cheng 



Chong Siew Kian 

Choo Teck Huat 

Choy Khee Kwok 

Ho Soon Bun 

Lau Chee Kin 

Lau Wei Fatt 

Lee Kai See 

Lee Wai Hong 

Leong Kee Nam 

Leong Wei Weng 

Lim Boon Hua 

Letchumanan P 

Loh Kin Mun

329 

Low Yew Bin 

Md Hajireen 

Rajudin 

Naranjan Singh 

Ng Yan 

Ong Tech Chin*1 

Pandian D 

Sim Poey Teck 

Sathyadevan G 

Tan Kwang Seng 

Tan Tee Yong 

Tay Keng Leng 

Tay Poh Huat 

Teo Swee Hock 

Thng Pheng Soon 

Tong Chee Chew 

Wang Chian Moon 

Wong Shuen 

Chong 

Wong Tuck Meng 

Wong Weng Kee 

Yip Seng Leong 

(*1) Best Actor, 1968; Rhodes Scholar 1976, SAF Sword of Honour, 1973; Anglo-Chinese School (I), 

Principal


3E 

Chan Cheng 

Chan Seng Heng*1 

Chan Tso 

Chee Teng Yew 

Chiang Sin Foo 

Chin Tien Sung 

Chow Weng Onn 

Eng Chwee Pioh 

Gunasulan 

Karthigesu 

Koh Eng Joo 

Leong Guan Hing 

Lim Kim Keang 

Lim Soon Hock 

Lim Tian Seng 

Low Sing Ngam 

Mok Ah Sam 

Nadaison Prush 

Ng Soon chye 

Ng Wun Fei 

Ng Yiak Hua 

(*1) Sandhurst-trained SAF Colonel, Warrior Soccer Team Manager; Singapore National Olympics Council’s Secretary General.

331 

Ong Boon Ann 

Ong Chuan Kian 

Ong Tiong Hiap 

Selvarajah K 

Sharma Vijay 

Kumar 

Sim Cheng Kim 

Szeto Yee Jean 

Tai Jimmy 

Tan Kay Kok 

Tan Wellington 

Tan Tze Chye 

Tay Tong Mau 

Teo Han Beng 

Teo Kok Peck 

Tey Yoh Huat*1 

Toh Kok Tak 

Toh Kwok Pui 

Wong Choon 

Kwong 

Woo Ah Ngan 

Woo Miaw Sen 

(*1) Ship Captain with NOL


3F 

Awtar Singh 

Dhillon 

Chan Chiz Heong 

Chan Fook Kong 


Foo Say Kum 

Han Thien Fong 

Kishore Chandulah 

Koh Geok Huat 

Lam Ga Huat 

Lee Lian Song 

Lim Seng Tee 

Loh Yun Yue 

Low Kok Yan 

Mohd Jiffry Muljee 

N Nagappan 

Ng Ching Thiam 

Ng Choo Kiong 

Ng Kee Biang 

Nihal P Kulat 

See Seng Guan

333 

Seow Siong Tuan 

Sim Cheng Lin 

Sim Poey Teck 

Sundarariah C. 

Tan Choon Huat 

Tan Poh Puay 

Tham Kat Yan 

Thong Cheok Wah 

Tien Kim Swee 

Wee Poh Lin 

Yeo Ker Soon 

Yuen Hon Pew


3G 

Abdul Hamid 

Ang Chay Chuan 

Chan Kin Fai 

Chan Wah Teck 

Jeffery*1 

Chee Tah Kong 

Chek Ai Ming 

Chen Yin Swee 

Chia Siew Whye 

Chiang Boon Yong 

Chin Koo Leng 

Chong Hong 

Leong 

Chong Kwok Choo 

Chow Mun Kwong 

Eu Seong Beng 

Fong Chee Keong 

Ho Gim Thian 

Kandiah Silva*2 

Kwok Kum Chiew 

Lee Hong Kwang 

Lee Wah Seng 

(*1) President’s Scholar, 1968; District Judge, Dy Dir - Attorney General Chambers; (*2) President’s Scout, 1968

335 

Lim Cher Guan 

Lim Peng Chek 

Lim Swee Piow 

Loke Pak Chee 

Mohd Hakim 

Hassan 

Ng Tze Kwong 

Ng Wee Yong 

Ng Yew Teck 

Andrew 

Ow Weng Kee 

Quah Kok Hua 

Sin Mun Kay 

Tan Yeow Chin 

Teo Tee Chin 

Vijayan 

Cumarasamy 

Wang Toon Chay 

Wong Kok Leong 

Wong See Keon 

Yap Thiam Por 

Yeo Tuck How 

Yong Mon Loon


3H 

Chan Cheng 

Leong 

Cheong Kee Loke 

Chew Wing 

Cheong 

Chin Kok Ngian 

Choo Weng Kee 

Chua Kok Meng 

Eio Siak Guan 

Goh Thiang Hock 

Heng Kow Mui 

Karthikeyan S 

Koh Boon Keow 

Lam Sin Chai 

Lee Chiang Huat 

Leong Kum Kong 

Lim Chin Seng 

Lim Heng Folk 

Lim Jit Suan 

Lim Kee San 

Loh Yong Sun 

Looi Boon Teck

337 

Mohd Shariff 

Pang Wing Seng 

Phoon Kok Cheng 

Phoon Kok Kheong 

Prabhat S 

Ramesh P.K. 

Seah Siew Par 

Sivarajan V.*1 

Sng Boh Khim 

Soon Chai Kian 

Tan Eng Leong 

Tan Kok Tai 

Tan Yong Chew 

Teng Pok Chye 

Wong Cheong 

Boon 

Wong Yat Heng 

Yeo Peng How 

Yeo Loy Tong 

(*1) Managing Director, PSA Marine


3I 

Anantharaman V 

Ang William 

Chan Wing Yuan 

Chang Kwok 

Yeong 

Chee Sin Kong 

Chew Aik Choo 

Chong Kwek Kim 

Choo Seng Tiang 

Gan Kok Hoon 

Ho Han 

Khoo Kim Heng 

Alan 

Koh Tin Fook 

Koong Bong 

Toong 

Kow Boo Huat 

Lai Tat Keong 

Lau Chee Kian 

Leong Toh Kiat 

Leong Weng 

cheong 

Liew Men Khek 

Lim Han Khuang

339 

Lim Yeng Kok 

Loo Teong Heng 

Loon Chee Poon 

Ng Hee Tong 

Poon Lee Kwee 

Shih Teck Yen 

Sirasubramaniam 

B 

Tan Hong Thye 

Tan Jwee Song 

Teo Boon Hoe*1 

Tham Soh Jee 

Varughese e.K. 

Wan Lai Meng 

Wong C K, 

Michael 

Wong Kok Weng 

Yap Biaun Giok 

Yap Teck Hian 

Yeo Hung Kiat 

Yeo Kwee Tiong 

(*1) State under-23 Rugby player, 1967


3J 

Chan Than Foong 

Chee Boon Keng 

Chan Fook Koong 

Chan See Seong 

Chiam Tow Hiang 

Chua Teng Hui 

Chong Yoke Sen 

Foo Kok Eng 

Ho Yew Chun 

Koh Tat Boon 

Lam Kwong Wei 

Lee Chai thiam 

Lee Khin Loo 


Lee Tiong Peng 

Lee Yew Huat 

Leow Yoong 

Cheong 

Lim Kim Hock 

Loh Meng See 

Mulki V Ashok

341 

Ong Ah Cheng 

Ramamoorthy R.C. 

Ramesh Kumar 

Seah Su Beng 

Seow Kin Siong 

Sim Puay Hua 

Sum Weng Yew 

Tan Chia Yee 

Tang Khin Wai 

Tan Kok Tong 

Tan Seng Nan 

Tay Kah Beng 

Teo Chye Hock 

Teo Kar Lee 

Tham Kit Weng 

Wong Kok Yong 

Wong See Cheong 

Wong Tip Fun 

Yee Kam Chuen 

Yeow Kok Hoong


3K 

Abdul Latiff 

Ang Tiong Soon 

Balram T Lakkiani 

Chakkroboty Tripet 

Chan Kouk Weng 

Chan Pak Tho 

Chen Yee Yin 

Chiang Hai Keong 

Fong Heng Boo*1 

Gek Chee Sin 

Goh Yong Kwang 

Heng Gee Guan 

Heng Ngian Thye 

Ho Wah Yan 

Jumaat b Yusoff 

Khoo Chek Hang 

Khoo Peng Khoon 

Lok Boon Yan 

Md Osman 

Hussain 

Ng Kum Weng 

(*1) Director, Singapore Totalisator Board

343 

Ngoh See Wie 

Noor Sam Affandi 

Ong Jim Leong 

Ong John 

Rahmat b Sawalin 

Ranjeet Singh 

Seck Ngee Huat 

Tan Kim Hua 

Tan Kim Hock 

Tan Kim Hui 

Tay Kiong Long 

Ti Ching Kang 

Wong Mun Peau 

Yeow Beng Wan


3L 

Abdul Aziz Karim 

Ashok K Mahtani 

Balasubramaniam K 

Boey Chark Hoong 

Chew Suan Ching 

Han Chung Juan 

Ho Fook Cheong 

Hong Ah Kee 

How Wai Chew*1 

Hui Chee Heng 

Kong Seng Kwong 

Kwok Kar Wah 

Lai Tshun Loy 


Lim Chee Seng 

Lim Seng Bock 

Manmohan Singh 

Ng Chee Seng 

Ng Choon Loi 

Oh Chai Lai 

(*1) State Under-23 Rugby Player, 1967

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Poon Weng Keung 

Allan 

Premnath Tiwari 

Queck Meng Chua 

Rahmat b Sariman 

Sutresnoh 

Syed Alwi Aidid 

Tan Beng Hock 


Tan Ting Leow 

Tan Mui Khim 

Tan Wee Hoon 

Teo Hock Meng 

Teo Kai Eng 

Teo Kei Moey 

Thomas Mathew K 

Yew Hoy Ying 

Zaimi b Bustami


3M 

Abdullah Thani 

Barzi Ahmad 

Chan Kok Fan 

Chan Tuck Sang 

Charles Edmund 

Victor 

Chin Sik Yang 

Daud b Mamat 

Ee Tiang Siew 

Fathullah b Jamil 

Ho Ann Chew 

Ho Kian Fak 

Jacob Abraham 

Jamil b Rahman 

Johari b Yusoff 

K. Anandan 

Kang Chiang 

Meng 

Lai Poh Wah*1 

Lai Seck Kheong 

Lee Soon Cheng 

Lim Chin Seng 

(*1) Rugby Captain, 1970; State Under-23 Rugby player

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Low Siew Sie 

Mohd Isa 

Murli Issardas 

Ng Joon Teck 

Ngai Kok Leong 

Ong Tiong Eng 

Soon Mah Chye 

Sodirman b Ghani 

Surjit Singh Bal 

Tan Khuan Kiat 

Tan Siok Chye 

Tan Soon Guang 

Tng Bee Huat 

Tham Keng Kuang 

Wee Harry 

Wong Nam Sang 

Woon Wee Juai 

Yong Kee Ching


3N 

Ab Hamid b 

Ahmad 

Azza Salim 

Chee Hock Leong 

Chia Li Sen 

Chia Poy Moi 

Chng Eng Chye 

Devendran K 

Eng Sew Chiw 

Fesal b Idris 

Gnanasundram S 

Goh Cheng Tian 

Goh Soo Kiat 

Khong Hing Seng 

Lee Chee Seng 

Lee Kiow Kwang 

Lim Cher Tuck 

Lim Hock Leng 

Lim Tong Hua 

Md Fawzi b Rahna 

Md Salleh b Aziz

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Md Taib b 

Sulaiman 

Md Yassim b 

Jantan 

Ng Jea Sing 

Ong Teong Law 

Poh Lee Jin 

Sim Beng Siang 

Soo Tuck Kheng 

Tan Kok Thai 

Tan Teck Boh 

Teo Choa Chee 

George 

Teo Eng Thye 

Wee Tai Tian 

Wong Bun Yeck 

Yam Kok Leong 

Yeo Siew Wei 

Yuen Chan Foo 

Ho Wah Nam


1967 

PU1 

Prithpal Singh 

Ramakrishnan 

Mohan Roy 

Savarueh Peter 

Surajan*1 

Su Allin 

Sng Yew Jin*2 

Seow Nee Heng 

Kassim Taiyabali 

Tan Chin Nam*3 

Yip Mien Hui 

Tay Sion Teck 

Tan Teck Koon 

Tan Kwong Huat 

Benny 

Yeo Eng Kia*4 

William Yip Chin 

Ling 

Kirpal Singh*5 

(*1) State Hockey player (*2) State Under-23 Rugby player (*3) President’s Scholar 1968; Perm Sec, MOM, and 

Ministry of Information, Communication, and the Arts; (*4) State Under-23 Rugby Player (*5) Lecturer with SMU

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Chang Kay Hoi 

Chew Yang Meng 

Chng Chwee Lye 

Choi Thim Wah 

Chong Kek Yuen 

Goh Teck Chong 

Koh Lye Meng*1 

Kong Sim Guan*2 

Lim Luck Ser 

Lau Liat Chim 

Lee Chew Ling 

Lim Teck Ee 

Ng Kwan Ying 

Lee Teck Har 

Narain B Lulla 

Ng Ah Poh 

Ow Weng Tye 

(*1) Fastest Swimmer, 1967/68, Combined School Water Polo Player (*2) Top Boy, Medicine Stream 1968; 

Psychiatrist


Other 

Sec 3s 

Cheok Kiat Huat 

Tham Chat Moi 

Wee Yew Jong 

Yap Wong Peng 

Yew Woo Liang 

Sec 2 D (1964) 

Seated centre: Loke Swee Fatt.

353 

Visit to Changi Prison industry. 

Sec 4 A (Science)1966


4 Science A participants in MacRitchie X-Country run, 1966. 

Front row from right: 

Choo Lee Ken, Khee Huat, Yuke Wan, Yan Poh. 

Rear: Koi Weng, Tat Luen, Hwee Hin, Tow Heng Fong, Cheong Yuen Kong, Kwok 

Wai Keong, Dileep Nair, Chan Shelt Tsong. 

Right top photo: Prefects gathering 1968. 

FRONT: Liu Mun Seng, Alec Lim, Tan Eng Leong, Loke Tak Luen, Wong Koi 

Weng. BACK: Lee Suan Hiang, Charlie Lee, Cheong Yuen Kong. 

Right photo: Chey Chor Wai, Loh Yan Poh, Ng Teck Chin, Chek Ai Ming. BACK: 

Ng Hon Cheong and Wong Koi Weng.

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Sec 3 B (Science) 1965. 

Front: A1- Chan Kin Kheong, Loke Swee Fatt, Chuang 

Kwong Yong, Mr Ng Kim Beng, Ong Meng Peng, Chua 

Choon Lan, Chan Shelt Tsong. B7-Teo Choo Soo, B9-Teo 

Soon Hoe, C3-Yap Beng Huat, C5- Chua Kim Poh. D1- 

Wee Toon Boo, D3-Richard Tai Say Kiat, D4-Doshi, D6- 

Wong Foon Wah, D7-Sam Sui Chee, Wong Wee Fatt, 

D12-Tan Kim Leong. E4- Chong Kim Chye, E5- Chan Wai 

Chong. 

Photo bottom left: Camping at MacRitchie. No 

swimming allowed. 

Below: Prefects 1967. Front: Loke Tat Luen, Alec Lim, 

Chan Shelt Tsong, Loke Swee Fatt, Liu Mun Seng. 

Rear: Mustaza, Koh Ah Meng, Whye Yip Kuen, Mak Kum 

Thong, Tan Eng Leong, and Soh Keng Joon.


Cadets with trophies 1967 

Chee Fook Seng, Chan Shelt Tsong, Leong Kok and Quintin Loh. 

Sec 3 L (1965). 

Seated next to Tiger Lim was How Wai Chew, the outstanding rugby 

player. The Singh at the rear is Mammohan Singh. 

Sec 3 K 

Form teacher: Sin Wai Meng

357 

Sec 3 C 

The Army Cadets class. 

Chua Tak Heng, Chee Fook Seng, and Chan 

Weng Kee. Non-cadets: Fong Yin Leong, 2nd 

row left, and Lim Lan Yuan, seated 2nd from 

left. 

Bottom right photo: Chan Weng Kee, Kwong 

Shiu Yong, and Leong Kok. 

Bottom left: Sec 2 K (1964) 

1st row R-L: Philip Tay Hong Hui, Mohd Aziz, K 

L Wong, Seek Ngee Huat, Chow Mun Kwong, 

Teo Kai Eng. Those standing included Tiwari, 

Lai Poh Wah, Leong Kok, Fook Seng Chee, 

Ow Weng Kee, CHING Koo Ling, Chek Ai 

Meng, Lee Weng Cheong, Kumar, Sze Tze 

Kwong, Lam Sin Chye, Neo Tay Keng. Form 

teacher Mr Quddoos, far left.


Sec 4 A (Science) 

Sec 4 B (Arts)

359 

Sec 4 C (Science) 

Sec 4 B (Arts) 

Graduation party 

Sec 3 H


Pre U 1 (Science) A, 1967 

(A4) Fong Yin Leong, (A7) Chan Kin Kheong, (A9) Cheok Kiat Huat, (A11) Loke Swee 

Fatt. 

Pre U 1 (Medicine), 1967 Form teacher: Ho Tat Kin. 

Pre U 1 (Arts) B, (1967) 

Form Mistress: (A6) Mrs Tan, (A5) Lee Hong Kwang, (A11) Chua Tak Heng. (B1) Low 

Yan Khin, (B2) Silva Kandiah, (B11) Tan Jwee Song, (B12) Chan Seng Heng. 

Pre U 1 (Arts) A, 1967. 

Form Teacher: Ms Yong Choy Har. Sitting by her sides: Tan Eng Leong and Lim Han 

Khuang. Rear left is Kirpal Singh. B8 is Jeffrey Chan.

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ABOVE: Breakfast at Ah Leng’s canteen. ( Tang Teck Chye, Loh 

Yan Poh, Wong Hoe Sang, Poh Puay, Ong Teck Chin, Seng 

Chew, Teck Koon). BELOW: R I discotheque. ORA Fun Fair & 

Games Day (24th Sept ‘67). Ong Teck Chin, in school uiform, 

dancing. 

ABOVE: RGS Pre U 2 Arts (1968) 

BELOW: Rugby 2nd team (1966). Standing: Capt Low Hou Loke, Edward, Anthony Kuek, Lee Cheong Hoh, Barzi 

Ahmad, Mr Lam Peck Heng, Chua Cher Yak, ?, Pang Siok Guan, Lim Yun Chin. FRONT: Lim Han Khuang, Yuen 

Chee Mun, Lee Yew Huat, Lee Cheong Kuan, Tan Eng Leong, Phee TC , Chey Chor Wai.


Pre U 2 Science C (1968) 

Front: Chan Tat Wong, Phee TC, Ng Siew Wah, Kwek Siew Jin, Lim Lan Yuan, Ng Choon, Mrs Dennison, Liu Shih Shin, Wan Tong Weng, Lau Weng Fatt, Loke Tat 

Luen, Tan Kay Kok , Yap Beng Huat . Middle row: Tan Chin Nam, Lee Wai Hong, Lee Zee Ming, Tham Wai Keong , Tham Kat Yan, Ong Chin Hwee, Tay Siong Teck, 

Ong Ah Poh , Ang Joo Huat, Ng Kwan Ying, Kwok Pong Hong. Back Row: Tan Kwang Seng, Thng Pheng Soon, Ong Eng Hock, Lim Kim Hock, Tan Chung Koei , 

Ong Boon Ann, Wong Foon Wah , Tan Khee Huat , Chan Kue Kong ,Lee Chew Ling, Chan Wai Chong , Lim Kok Ann 

COLOMBO PLAN SCHOLARS 

1. One Meng Peng 2. Lee Zee Ming 3. Ong Chin Hwee 4. Loh Kin Mun 5. Lau Wei Fatt 6. Dileep Nair 

7. Ng Siew Wah 8. See Khay Soh 9. Chuang Kwong Yong 10. Tan Chung Koei 11. Mak Kum Thong 12. Tan Chin Nam 

13. Tan Khee Huat 14. Chua Kim Poh 15. Sing Kong Yuen 16. Tan Seong Kok 17. Lee Chew Ling 18. Chan Kin Kheong 

19. Lim Teck Ee 20. Lee Eng Lock 21. Phee Thian Chye 22. Lee Suan Hiang

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Pre U 2 (Medicine) 1968. 

Seated front: Maurice Choo, Doshi. Koh Poh Kian, Sam Sui Chee, Omar Salleh, Foo Hee Tim, Mr Ho Tat Kin, Ng Hwee Hin, Lim Teck Ee, Lau Liat Chin, Tan Seu 

Lai, Teo Choo Soo, Wong Koi Weng.MID row: Kuan Choon Hock, Tham Chat Moi, Ho Tew Hong, Leong Wei Weng, Kong Sin Guan, Tan Tiong Bee?, Khoo Beng 

Hock, Eng Chwee Pioh, Ng Choo Kiong, Tan Kin Theng, Chua Hai Sen. REAR row: Lim Ming Kin, Wong Tuck Meng, Prabhakaran Nair, Sathy, Lim Luck Ser, 

Chan Fook Kong, Tan Boon Kwang?, Chong Kek Yuen, See Chak Wah, Thiyagarajah, Tan Kwong Huat. 

Pre U 2 (Arts) A, 1968.


Pre U 2 Science B (1968) 

Front: (1) Dileep Nair, (2) Chan Shelt Tsong, (3) Cheong Yuen Kong. Form teacher: Jasvanlal, (9)-Tan Keng Siong, 

(10) Chan Yuke Wan, (12) Mak Kum Thong, (13) Liu Mun Seng. 

Right: Mak Kum Thong, holding his result slip which shows he scored A in every paper. He topped the 1968 ‘A’ 

level exam in Singapore. Was awarded President’s Scholarship.

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Caltex Inter-School Athletics Meet (1967) 

Right: RI won a trophy for 2nd in Class I category. 

Front: Mustaza (12.2 sec for 100m and 24.9 for 200m), Andrew Chee (clocked 10.95 

sec for 100m, and 23.4 sec for 200m), Tan Kia Heng (RI Discuss record holder at 137 

ft 2-1/2”) and Natahar Bava (Old boy/coach).Back: Ng Hon Cheong, and Tan Keng 

Siong (won Triple jump 41 ft. 5”, and Pole Vault 9 ft 3”). Note: The records were asper 

RI Athletics Meet. 

Bottom right: Yap Beng Huat (tag 14) winning the 200 m (Class 1) on RI field in 1968. 

He won the 100 m too. The other runners in the photo: Yap Beng Khoon (59) and Sng 

Yew Jin (28). 

Below: Buckley Houe, 1968. 

Seated in front, from left: Teo Soon Hoe, Sng Yew Jin, Wong Koi Weng, Tan Eng Leong, 

Mr Sin Kwai Meng, Mr Lam Peck Heng, Mr Ng Eng Teck, Szeto Yee Jeen, Lee Suan 

Hiang, Alec Lim, AG Joseph.

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2101 Senior Scouts (1967) 

Seated in front: Kwok Wai Keong, Silva Kandiah, 

Tan Poh Puay, Chang Wai Chong. 

Chong Hong Leong. 

13 new Seniors were enrolled. Middle row: 

Low Khai Sun, Sachi, Ahmad Salleh, Khoo 

Teng Chye, Yong Yin Min, Lee Kee Huat, Chan 

Kin Yan, Chiang Yow Mun. Back row: Sinwan, 

Soh Yeo Chong, Denis Tan, Kwok Phoon Nga, 

Leow Gian Seng, Teo Guan Chye. 

Photo left: Yap Beng Khoon and Yap Beng Huat. 

Far left: Yap Beng Khoon hitting the drum 

to cheer RI atheletes at City District Athletics 

Meet (1968) at Farrer Park. His elder brother 

Yap Beng Huat won the 100 metre A boy 

sprint. Flanking him are Mak Kum Thong, and 

N Pillai.

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Introduction

369 

1967 Rugby Senior 

The victorious RI Rugby Senior, after beating the Saints 9-3 at the 4th encounter at the 

Padang. This match was telecast live over Television Singapura. 

FRONT: Teo Boon Hoe, Szeto, Lui Eng Yee, Ho Wai Chew, Ng Teck Chin, Lee Cheong Kuan, Chey Chor Wai. 

REAR: Charlie Lee, Loh Fang Khim, Jaganathan, Chua Tak Heng, Chua, Whye Yip Kuen, Yeo Eng Kia, Chan Peng Mun, 

Sng Yew Jin, Lai Poh Hua, Maurice Neo (Captain), Lawrence Ho (coach), and Lam Peck Heng (teacher-in-charge). 

In 1967, thirty five boys were selected to undergo centralised 

training scheme held during the April holidays in the school. The 

project was initiated with a medical check-up conducted by Capt 

(Dr) Robert Yap of the Beach Road Camp. Our rugger coach Mr 

Yap Boon Chuan gave us intensive coaching which involved 6 to 

8 hours of hard work. All the same, we are happy to say that not a 

single boy was unable to stand up to the rigours of the course. 

Mr Yap was later transferred to take care of the National 

Soccer Team during the 2nd term. However he introduced 

Mr LAWRENCE HO who is from the Physical Education of the 

Teachers’ Training College. The Juniors, meanwhile, were being 

coached by Mr LOW TEO PING, a very popular old Rafflesian. 

ACHIEVEMENTS: 

This year (1967), we swept both the Inter-school 7-a-side 

titles, winning in the Senior and Junior Sections. 

BELOW left: Tennis Team (1968). 

BELOW right: Dinner for Champions 1967. Proabhakaran, 

Kasim , Wong Hoe Sang and Mr Puhaindran.


Sec 4 classes 

Year 1965

371 

Sec 4 A (Science) 

Seated: Choy Chan Pong, Yeo Hui Cheng, Imran Yusof, Mr Ram Chandra, Tan Kian, Chee Lai Yong. 

2ND row: ?, Tai Foong Leong, Christopher Catherasoo, Ismail Ibrahim, Cheng Heng Lee, Teh Kong Chuan, Goh Boon Kiat, Ng Beng Lee, See Hung Foo, Tan Kin Lian, Er Seow Whye, Tay Soi 

Kheng. 3RD Row: Rajalingam, Goh Kee Hock, ?, Baldev Singh, Ngiam Thye Eng, ?, Pillay, Fock Kwong Ming, Low Choon Sin, Shankar. BACK row: Goh Kee Fong, Yang Hong Ping, Maik Seck 

Hoe, ?, Ng Beng Lee, Leong Hon Kheong, Yeo Ek Thoe, ?, Loo Choon Yong, Wong Sin Hee, Devathasan G, ?, Ho Wah Tong, Tan Liong Kew.


4A 

Science 

Abdul Aziz 

Baldev Singh 

Catherasoo 

Christopher*1 


Chang William 

Chee Lai Yong 

Cheng Heng Lee 

Chew Teck Hin 

Choy Chan Pong 

Er Seow Whye 

Fock Kwong Ming 

G. Devathasan 

Goh Boon Kiat 

Goh Kee Fong 

Goh Kee Hock*2 

Ho Cheok Yuen 

Ho Wah Tong 

Imran b Yusof*3 

Leong Hon Kheong 

Lim Kin Choon 

(*1) President’s Scholar, 1967 (*2) Top boy, Medicine Stream 1967 (*3) Son of President Yusof Isak

373 

Loo Choon Yong*1 

Low Choon Sin 

Lum Kum Poh 

Maik Seck Hoe 

Md Ismail 

Ibrahim*2 

Ng Beng Lee 


Pillay Naganatha 

R. Shankar 

S. Rajalingam 

See Hung Foo 

Tai Foong Leong 

Tan Kian*3 

Tan Kim Heng 

Tan Kin Lian*4 

Yeo Ek Thoe 

Tan Liong Kew 

Tay Soi Kheng 

Teh Kong Chuan 

Wong Siew Seng 

Wong Sin Hee 

Yang Hong Ping*5 

(*1) Raffles Hospital CEO (*2) President’s Scholar, 1967 (*3) Vice Head Prefect, 1967 (*4) NTUC Income CEO 

(*5) (*4) Sec 3 top boy, 1964


4B 

Science 

A. Ilancheran 

Chander 

Tikamdas*1 

Chan Seow Khoon 

Chan Shau Him 

Chan Soh Har 

Chew Kang Ngoh 

Choo Khoon Meng 

Chua Harry 

Chua Thye San 

Chung Weng 

Siong 

Goh Teck Tham 

Hira Singh*2 

Ho Hon Wah 

Ho Kay Leng 

Kang Ho Soon*3 

Kok Moon Seng*4 

Kok Sin Cheong 

Lau Kheong 

Thye*5 

Lee Ming Kwang 

Lee Yuen Hung 

(*1) Medical Director with World Vision (*2) NUS student union President (*3) Senior Pastor with Kampong Kapor 

Methodist church (*4) Fastest school boy sprinter, 1965; Head Prefect 1967 (*5) Fastest ‘B’ boy sprinter, 1965; Overseas 

Field Exchange student to USA 1966.

375 

Liew Cheng Sin 

Lim Heck Seng 

Lim Yeow Hwee 

Lim Yun Chin 

Loh Kok Hua 

Lui Chew Wah 

M. Chinnaraja 

Mani Dharma 

Rajan 

Neo Kian Tee 

Irving 

Phua Chye Toon 

Quek Cheng 

Meng 

Rohan Kamis*1 

Soh Guan Bin 

Tan Ah Hui 

Tan See Heng 

Tan Teck Lee 

Teo Chwee Beng 

Teo Teow Meng 

Yap Kian Tiong 

Yeo Loy Kiang 

Zainul Abidin 

(*1) ex MP for Telok Blangah (*2) Mayor of North East District; Singapore Ambassador to Kuwait.


4C 

Science 

Ang Tock Seng 

Chan Fook Weng 

Chan Kwok Weng 

Chan Peng Kin 

Cheah Sin Chee 

Chee Fong Tim 

Cheong Kwok Yen 

Chew Li 

Chin Lai Seng 

Goh Beng Koon 

Goh Seng Kit 

Ho Kee Chin 

Ho Lai Seng 

K V Ratnam 

Kwan Hon Meng 

Kwok Kah Kie 

Lai Weng Kwong 

Lee Chak Boon 

Lee Thiam Seng 

Leo Ah Bang

377 

Lim Boon Hoe 

Loh Ah Chew 

Lum Siew Kay 

Lum Yew Meng 

Mohd Salim b 

Daud 

Neo Ban Leong 

Quek Joo Seng 

Seah Lim Soon 

Seo Puay Yong 

Soh Cheow Beng 

Sung Ying Chow 

Tan Hoe Him 

Tan Kim Soon 

Tan Lai Watt 

Tan Seng Chuan 

Tay Boon Keng 

Tham Kim Fei 

Wee Seng Poh 

Wong Chay Fatt 

Wong Sye Sum 

Wu Yhee Chi


4D 

Science 

Chan York Meng, 

Alan 

Chee Cheow 

Eng*1 

Chin Hai Kwang 

Chow Kum Wah 

Chua Kim Choon 

Tjoe Jong Hong 

Foo Suan Kok 

Ho Soo Kam 

Onkar Nath 

Kashyap 

Kuruvilla George 

Kwok Kah Keong 

Lee Kim Sin 

Lee Siong Pin 

Lee Yew Kwong 


Lim Chong Tea 

Lim Siak Seng 

Lim Tiong Jee 

Loh Fang Yong 

Alfred 

Patrick A Nugawela 

(*1) President’s Scout

379 

Oh Swee Hong 

Pang Kok Kong 

Phua Hong Chiang 

Poh Ah Peng 

Shaikh Esa Mattar 

Tan Boon Hock 

Tan Jiak Kai 

Tan Keng Hong 

Richard 

Tan Sze Jin 

Toh Seng Huat 

Tow Boon Toon 

Wee Eu Tong 

Wee Eng Poh 

Wong Kwong Soon 

Yam Kah Sing 

Yap Thiam Teng 

Yeoh Jeok Thean 

Yong Wai Tong 

Tan Kah Khong 

Tan Kah Thuan


4E 

Science 

Ajith P Ragavan 

Aminuddin Yusof 

Jaikishin R 

Bhojwani 

Chan Peng Chuan 

Chng Chee Kea 

Chng Tiong Kheng 

Chua Siew Wah 

Chua Teck Hong 

Dieu Eng Seng 

Ding Yew Mui 

David 

Foo Chien Ho 

Foo Siang Heng 

Gay Beng Toong 

Ho Kin Kheong*1 

Hoon Soon 

Kwan*2 

Koh Robert 

Lau Swee Kwong 

Lim Kok Guan 

Lim Tiang Sang 

Lim Yan How 

(*1) Represented Singapore in Youth Soccer Tournament (*2) Gymnast Junior champion, 1964.

381 

Loh Hung Ghee 

Loh Kok Wah 

Madhavan M Rajan 

Mak Kum Seng 

Mohan G Mathews 

Neo Boon Eng 

Ng Choon Hua 

Nguyen Tinh Chau 

Phua Soo Phuan 

Prakash Sankaran 

Ramaswamy 

Chellappa 

Seah Soon Cher 

Tan Kwang Ming 

Tan Liat Song 

Tan Sim Chye 

Edward 

Tang Kwok Kin 

Tham Loke Moy 

Tham Wah See 

Yip Kuan 

Vijayendra Arula 

Dinakaram Appiah


4A 

Arts 

Chan Fatt Chow 

Chan Kai Cheng 

Cheong Cheng 

Kiat 

Chia Poh Pheng 

C Karuppiah 

Eswaran Sukumar 

Goh Kim Seng 

Han Tuck Kwong 

Heng Chin Hien 

Heng Thye Yong 

Hon See Meng 

Jaswant Singh*1 

Kassim b Sariman 

Kong Yong Yeo 

Kulwant Singh 

Shaik Fauzi 

Lek Seow Yam 

Edward Lim 

Low Ching Ming*2 

Phua King Song 

(*1) Junior Cross Country champion. (*2) Arts Stream top boy; MBA, lecturer

383 

Quek Hiong How 

R. Kalamohan 

Reginald 

Schooling*1 

Sim Ah Eng 


Tai Oh Hoon 

Tan Bak Choon 

Tan Cher Ping 

Tan Chuan Beng 

Tan Soo Hock 

Tay Kok Wah 

Teo Sok Nguang 

Tang Tuck Foon 

Wee Eng Lim 

Wong Chee Seng 

Wong Kum Chong 

Wong Peng Keung 

Wong See Meng 

Ernest Lim 

Foo Tai Siow 

(*1) Softballer and swimmer. Father of Joseph Schooling


4B 

Arts 

Abdul 

Houmayune 

Abraham Selveraj 

Ali Arhiari 

Ang Lay Tim 

Chan Teck Leong 

Cheong Kok Fu 

Chin Peng Wah 

Chionh Chye Beng 

Chow Chee Wing 

Fong Keng Kiong 

Goh Hai Yong 

Khoo Kay Koon 

Kong Pak Seng 

Lee Ah San 

Lee Cheng Kin 

Lee Chuen Chong 

Lim Gin Swee 

Lim Heng Wah 

Lim Kim Hock 

Lim Sin Chin

385 

Ng Ah Tee 

Ng Chin Siong 

Ng Kee Choon 

Ong Theng 

Kuek Eng Chye 

Rawi Jumid 

Sim Chin Thiam 

Tan Hock Leng 

Tan Kwee Chew 

Teo Herbert 

Teo Kim Ngo 

Teo Mong Teck 

Teo Soon Lye 

Wong Foo Chee 

Yeo Kiat Kim 

Chan Yam Song 

Lee Cheow 

Meng 

Chung Song 

Meng


4C 

Arts 

Adab Singh 

Chan Kar Wai 

Cheong Kok Mun 

Chew Soo Beng 

Chia Kim Hung 

Chua Hua Teck 

Philip 

Fernando Sisira 

Gopal Singh*1 

Ha Sip Khian 

Ho Sui Ha 

Khalid b Salleh 

Kok Pin Loong 

Lee Sek Meng 

Leong Siew Kwong 

Liang Yee Wah 

Lim Ah Ong 

Lim Hua Kee 

Lim Lai Huat 

Lim Soon Choon 

Mok Wan Thai 

(*1) Cross Country Senior Champion 1964/66

387 

Ooi Seng Soon 

Paramjit Singh 

Tay Huan Mui 

Teo Choon Hee 

Teo Soon Bock 

Teong Ah Min 

Tham Yew Leong 

Wan Lai Kwong 

Wong Kuey Hoe 

Yip Kwok Kwan 

Yuen Say Wing 

Chong Fook Choe 

Goh Soo Hock


4D 

Arts 

A. Piyaratne 

Chee Kow Chai 

Chai Yee Seng 

Chong Chee Phang 

Cheah Hock Beng 

David Chandra 

Daing Mohd 

Farhan 

Ho Wah Pak 

J. Jayachandra 

Kwoh Choo Hong 

Lee Kim Hong 

Lee Lye Teck 

Leong Cheng 

Leong Keen Sun 

Lim Chye Heng 

Loh Kim Cheng 

Low Hwee Chiang 

Mukund Doshi 

Neo Choon Aik*1 

Ngiam Kee Jin 

(*1) Rugby Captain, 1967; President Scout.

389 

Ngoh Tee wah 

Ong Yew Jee 

Ooi Hock Lim, 

Robert 

Ow Peng Siong 

Pang Choon Wah 

Prabhakaran Nair 

Quek Kwong Pow 

Sapuan Sarmani 

Seah Kee Kho 

Seong Kok Wah 

Sin Wye Sun 

Tan Aik Hin 

Tan Boo Hock 

Tan Gek Huat 

Tan Kho Hai 

Vijay Lekhraj 

Wong Kow Teng 

Wong Kum Heng 

Rahmat Bachok 

Lee Hua Khiang


4E 

Arts 

Balashanmugam, 

G. 

Chan Hoong Kwun 

Chan Seng Chow 

Chia Wong Chye G 

Chong Chee Eng 

Chua Cheng Soo 

Ee Cheng Huat Eric 

Ee Thian Phong 

Foo Say Boon 

Ho Yoke Leng 

Ismail Osman 

Jamaludin 

Zaiforrullah 

Kho Kok Meng 

Koh Hiok Joo 

Lai Andy 

Lee Hoong Fatt 

Loh Fang Kwee 

Daniel 

Loh Soi Meng 

Low Lai Long 

Low Yan Khin

391 

Mohd Aris 

Ng Weng Wah 

Oh Keng Hoe 

Edward 

Rajan Jacob 

Seah Muah Hock 

Seet Eng Tiong 

Seow Chin Teck 

Tan Hock Leong 

Tan Jin Chuan 

Tan Kia Heng 

Tan Kok Keng 

Tang Eng Huat 

Robert 

Teo Ah Hock 

Teo Kien Lee 

Tey Meng Wah 

Tse Sui Poh 

Yee Kit Hong 

Yen Wan Nan 

Yip Sam Fong


4F 

Arts 

Amrik Singh 

Ang Ah Tee 

Boy Ang Moh 

Chan Yeng Keen 

Chay Peng 

Cheong 

Chee Fook Chew 

Chen Chin Chi 

Cheong Lay Soo 

Chia Lai Fun 

Chng Teck Kok 

Chong Fook 

Choon 

Chou Mun Kit 

Chua Eng Kat 

Gan Kah Chwee 

Ho Kum Weng 

Ho Ping Chan 

Ho Yiu Pang 

Khoo Kian Voon 

Lam Miao Lai 

Low Heng

393 

Lim Chin Seng 

Lim Chye Poh 

Lim Seng Teck 

Mong Boh Heng 

Phua Kian Soon 

Jaya Prasad 

R. Veeraputhiran 

Seah Arthur 

Singham Dennis 

Tan Huan Tiow 

Teo Jwee Tio 

Thomani Francis 

Ting Boon Sin 

Toh Chye Seng 

Wang Yow Hsiong 

Yeo Arthur 

Yap Ah Teck 

Chee Teck Chuan 

Wong Ah Gan


1966 

PU1 

Toh Wing Chow 

Sudheesan *1 

Suhaimi 

Ho Chok Chan 

Chan Wah Koon 

Chong Ked Poon 

Foong Cheng Tee 

Koh Eng Phuat 

Koh Swi Wan 

Yip Chuan Sin 

Ng Hark Seng 

Mohd Yusoff 

Wu Seow 

Sua Fong Jong 

Yeo Eng Cheong 


Tan Boon Wan*2 

Dinakaran A 

Lee How Kway 

Lim Shyong 

(*1) Ex-Naval Base Sec, long distant running champion, younger brother of Subhas Anandan (*2) 1965 Singapore O-level top boy.

395 

Sec 4 B (Science) 

Members of Parliament Rohan Kamis (back row R8), and Zainul Abidin (seated R4). 

Fastest School Boy Sprinters Kok Moon Seng (A Division), (seated R3) and Lau Kheong Thye 

(B Division), (Seated L3). 

Church Pastor Kang Ho Soon (back row L5);World Vision Doctor Chander T Mahtani (seated 

L4); Student Union President Hira Singh, (seated R2). 

Left: 1967 Founder’s Day. Head Prefect Kok Moon Seng flag bearer for Prefects Contingent 

in the march past. Behind him was Hira Singh.


3 C (Arts) 1964 Sec 1 A (1962) 

Sec 1 E 

Sec 1 F

397 

Sec I (I) 

Sec I (I) 

Sec 1 K 

Malay LDCS (1965)


Pre U 1 Medcine A (1966) 

Sec 4 D (Sc). Mr Kamath. 

Gymnasts: Wong Kum Chong, 

Hoon Soon Kwan, and Low Chin 

Wing.

399 

Pre-U 2 Science A (1967) 

Seated from left: (1) Kok Moon Seng (Head Prefect), (2) Ismail b Ibrahim (President’s Scholar), (4) Kwok Kah Kie, (5) Chee Lai Yong, (6) Mr Lam Peck Heng, (7) Christopher Catherasoo. (11) 

Tan Boon Wan - was Singapore’s 0-level top boy in 1965. 

COLOMBO PLAN SCHOLARSHIP 

1. CJ Catherasoo 2. Mohd Ismail Ibrahim 

3. Lui Chew Wah 4. Goh Boon Kiat 

5. Ho Cheok Yuen 

6. Tan See Heng 7. Tan Kim Heng 

8. Chan Guan Chye 9. Ho Wah Tong 

10. Darma Rajan 

11. Mark Seck Hoe 12. William Chang 

13. Tan Liong Kew 14. Lum Siew Kay 

15. Tai Foong Leong 

AWARDED BY PUBLIC SERVICE 

COMMISSION: 

16. Chang Hui Boon 17. Choo Choong Khin 

AWARDED BY VOSPER THORNY CRAFT 

18. Chan Chew Keak 

PRESIDENT’S SCHOLARS: 

1. CJ Catherasoo 

2. Mohd Ismail Ibrahim.


Right: Sec 4 D (Arts). 

Mrs Johnson. A2- Cheah Hock Beng, A6-Maurice Choo. C1- 

Sapuan. F1-Ho Wah Pak. 

ABOVE: Rover Scouts 

Phua KIng Song, Low Yan Khin, Yee Kek Onn, Kwok Kah Kie, and 

Foong Yin Keong. 

RIGHT: Sec 4 E (Sc). 

Form teacher Mr Jasvantlal.

401 

Hobbies Club, 1967. 

FRONT: Lee Hock Choon, Goh Kee Hock 

(chairman), Mr David Paul, Mr Ronnie 

Chan, Teo Teow Meng, Tan Kay Kok. 

REAR: Tan Ah Hui, ?, Chung Weng Siong, 

Wong See Meng, ?, ?, Jiang Suan Wah, Tai 

Foong Leong, Loong Say Meng, Lee Hong 

Fatt. 

Pre U 1 Med B (1966)


PRE U 2 Med A (1967) 

Pre-U 2 Arts A (1967) Seated from left: (1) Low Ching Ming, (2) Soo Meng Tong, (3) Kulwant Singh, (4) Adab Singh, (5) Phua King Song, (6) Mr John Tan, (7) Choo Khoon Meng, (9) Cheah 

Hock Beng, (10) Anandan Sudheson. Archibald Kang and Jaswant Singh are in the back row.

403 

Pre U 2 Medicine B (1967) 

Seated from left: (2) Yeo Hui Cheng, (3) Francis Tham, (4) Peter Foo, (5) Chee Cheow Eng, Mr Tan Wee Kiat, (7) Hira Singh, (8) Imran Yusof, (9) Chander Tikamdas (11) Ratnam. Foo Siang 

Heng (2 row, R2). 

Pre U 2 Arts B (1967) 

Seated in front: (2) Gopal Singh (3) Edward Oh (6) Mr Ram Chandra (7) Maurice Neo (8) Andrew Chee (9) Wong Kum Chong. Rear: (3) Tan Kia Heng Steven (5) Zainal Abideen Rashid.

404 

Introduction

405 

KIWI Cup 1967. 

Maurice Neo receiving the cup from Mr Weir, New Zealand High Commissioner to Singapore. Although 

our senior team was narrowly defeated (11-9, a goal, try and penalty to a try and two penalties) at the Jalan 

Besar Stadium, but from the total score of the two friendly matches played against the Saints, we were 

awarded the Kiwi Cup. Seated extreme right was the principal of St Andrew’s School. Note: First match 

score 8-0 in favour of RI. Second match score 3-5 lost to the Saints. Overall score of 3 matchs: 20-16. RI 

won. 

Left: The Straits Times Report.


Pre U 1 classes 

Year 1965

407 

Pre U 1 Arts B (1965) 

Form teacher: Mrs Dennison 

A1- Ding Yew Teik, A3-Eunice Sim A5-Wye Quee Inn, A7-Lim Peck Hoon. B1-Ann Chiang, B2-Huri, B7- Chua Swee Huang. C6- Wong Wee Chwee. 

D2-Tay Boon Seng, Iskander, D4- Low Sek Fun, D5-Cheong Yuen Kay. E1-Kek Soon Eng, E4- Lai Yew Kong, E10-Archibald Kang.


1 

Arts 

A 

Ban Kah Choon 

Basant Kumar 

Kapur*1 

Chan Jer Hing 

Peter*2 

Chen Ee Hoon 

Ann Chiang 

Corinna Ther Mei 

Ean 

Ho Beng Huat 

Kam Chuan Aik 

Kek Soon Eng*3 


Koh Siew Gim 

Lee Kah Chuen 

Lee Kwang Foo 

Edward 

Leong Peck Chang 

Lim Thiam Hock 

Low Sek Fun*4 

Lee Teng Kim Mary 

Nadaisan 

Logaraj*5 

Ng Ah Kow 

Neo Hin Chai 

(*1) 1st in Arts Stream, 1966 (*2) President’s Scholar (*3) NUS Lecturer (*4) State Rugby Player (*5) Lawyer

409 

Ng Tian Khean 

Ong Chuah Keh 

Philip Nalliah Pillai 

Poh Choon Jin 

Ram Labhaya 

See Poh Lin 

Susan Lim Chiew 

Im*1 

Tan Chew Peng 

Tan Choo Neo 

Tan Khay Quee 

Tan Wang Joo 

Tan Yang Howe 

Wong Kim Yoke 

Wong Seen Kwun 

Yeo Kok Phuang 

Ying Meng Siong 

Young Siew May 

Yung Mun Sung 

Ng Kiat Chong*2 

(*1) Lead singer of the CRESCENDOS’ first single “Mr Twister” in 1963. “The Boy Next Door” became their greatest hit in 1964. 

She drowned at sea in 1970. (*2) ex-PSA Executive Director


1 

Arts 

B 

Abdul Aziz Yat 

Abdul Rahim Jalti 

Amy Koh Siang 

Boon 


Ashadevi 


Chua Cher Yak 

Chua Swee Huang 

Ding Yew Teik 

Hamidabai A T 

Huri Harjani 

Iskander Badarudin 

Kallyapan R. 

Khong May Yue 

Koh Chwee Lam 

Kok Wai San 

Lai Yew Kong 

Lee Hock Lye 

Lim Choo Eng 

Lim Peck Hoon

411 

Lim Soy Nia 

Low Hou Loke 

Mahmood Fadjiar 

Ng Chin Fong 

Rajmala V. 

Sim Geok Hwa 

Eunice*1 

Sio Tat Hiang 

Tan Chin Siong 

Tan Swee Lan 

Tang Yew Kay 

Tay Boon Seng*2 


Wun Khai Ping*3 

Wye Quee Inn 

Yeo Boon Hian 

Yeo Hock Neo 

Yeo Pee Pin 

Zakaria Ahmad 

(*1) Singapore Talentime finalist (*2) Rugby Team captain, ‘66 (*3) Vice Head Prefect, 1966


1 

Arts 

C 

Adnan Hani 

Ang Lay Beng 

Chan Cheng Lock 

Chew Tiat Bin 

Veronica 

Chua Bee Lin Irene 

Chue Wai Tat 

Han Kathryn 

Jimmy Wee Jin Ho 

Koh Chye San 

Leong Fook Kwong 

Leung Yam Kwan 

Lim Dora 

Lim Meng Swang 

Lyn Jessie Y K 

Mohd Farid Rahna 

Ng Ser Chuan 

Carolyn 

Ng Jui Ping*1 

Ng Pau Yin 

(*1) SAF Chief of Defence

413 

Ng Puay Koon 

Noel Selvarajoo 

Poh Yew Lay 

R.P. Sharma 

Shafeek Ahmad 

Shawal Ismail 

Sukhbir Kaur 


Tan Kah Hin 

Tan Kim Thiam 

Tan Ting Meng 

Tony Yap Chee 

Seng 

Wee Patrica 

Wee Priscilla 

Yeo Ek Khuan 

Zainal Abidin Akib 

Chia Chiu Leng


1 

Med 

A 

Ainon Bt Ismail 

Chan Chwee Yin 

Chan Yue Meng 

Cheang Won 

Heng Amy 

Chew Gian Moh 

Chia Yang Pong 

Chia Yuit Keen 

Chin Ming Lek 

Choa Teck Cheng, 

Adrienne 

Choy Poh Chun 

Chung Wai 

Kwong 

Goh Ek Ek 

Han Chew Ching 

Hsu Moh Leong*1 

Kathleen Chua 

Lee Hwa 

Yeo Siam Yam 

Kwok Syn Wun 

Lam Pin Kwee*2 

Lee Ah Huat 

Lily Sim Jui Eng 

Lim Ee Koon*3 

(*1) Medical Surgeon (*2) Head Prefect, 1966 (*3) President, Old Rafflesians Association

415 

Lim Keng Chye 

Lim Khek Koon Paul 

Lim Liong*1 

Lim Siew Leng 

Vivienne 

Loh Lum Kit 

Long Fung 

Low Seng Kim 

Low Tut Choon 

Mag Chan Oi Yoke 

Mohd Mashhoordin 

Ong Guek Im 

Doreen 

Ow Cynthia Lay Ha 

Pang Fei Ling 

R.N.V. Prasad 

Tan Hong Ang 

Wan Pong Lim 

Tan Teow Hin 

Tan Yong Teck 

Tang Kwok Choon 

Teo Kian Tong 

Tong Yoke Chin 

Wong Wee Nam 

(*1) 1st in Form, 1964 School Cert.; 1st in Medicine Stream, 1966


1 

Med 

B 

Abdul Latiff 

Chan Peng Mun*1 

Chee Gim Chiang 

Cheok Yen Aik 

Chong Chin Ching 

Ella 

Chow Kwok Wah 

Chuah Betty 

Daya Shankar singh 

Dorothy Tan 

Foo Chew Yin 

Foo Shang Jiam 

Frances Cheang 

Chin Neo 

Goh Choo San*2 

Kalia Kumar 

Lee Kia Jiam 

Yip Mang Meng 

Lillian Wong 

Lim Hui Mei 

Lim Isabella 

Lim Tiong Chee 

Mathews Mathews 

(*1) President, Old Rafflesians Association (*2) Choreographer and ballet dancer

417 

Muriel Tok Gek Hua 

Ng Hee*1 

Ng Ngah Lee 

Ong Boon Khim 

Ong Hong Huat 

Ong Lin Na 

Pang Siok Guan 

Phillip Chan Yee 

Foo 

Seah Kai Meng 

Seow Pau Chern 

Shanthi Deva 

Armaras 

Sharifuddin Burhan 

Sim Teow Leng 

Sonia Tan 

Tan Kok Kong 

Wong Kwang Pin 

Tan Lian Ann*2 

Toh Chun Choong 

Verghese Kurian 

Wan Meng Cheng 

Wan Shirley 

Yeo Boon Khim 

(*1) School boy chess champion (*2) 4th in World Junior Chess championship, 1962; Singapore National Chess 

champion.


1 

Sc 

A 

Chan Kwan Ho 

Chia Pak Chong 

Chinniah Manohara 

Chong Kok Pan 

Choo Chiau 

Beng*1 

Chow Sheng Choy 

Chow Tat Kong 

Chua Hock Choon 

Foo Siew King 

Robert Goh Soon H 

Goh Teck Soon 

Mohandas Kamath 

Koh Kock Eng 

Lee Sian Tee 

Lee Thian Teck*2 

Ling Swee Chan 

Low Ah Mui 

Natarajan 

Varaprasad*3 

Ng Beng Hong 

Ng Hark Cheng 

(*1) ex Keppel Corp CEO; Chairman RI Board of Governors 2013- (*2) Sec 3 top boy (*3) Temasek Poly founding principal; 

National Library Board CEO, Vice chairman NUS.

419 

Ng Kim Poh 

Ong Lin 

See Leong Kit 

Seow Hong Pheow 

Su Guaning*1 

Tang Tuck Kim 

Tham Choon Tat 

Teo Seng Kee 

Toh Kai Hua*2 

Toh Kim Huat*3 

Wong Kok Choy 

Wong Thye Kiew 

Yap Gim Chui 

Yee Wee Hong 

Yeo Kheng Hong 

Goh Leng Seng 

Kong Yew Chye 

Tan Huck Jin 

Tan Peng Ann 

(*1) President’s Scholar; NTU Vice-Chancellor (*2) 1st in Form, 1964 School Cert; (*3) Senior 

Cambridge top boy who scored 8 distinctions


1 

Sc 

B 

Ang Chin Soon 

Ang Richard 

Ang Tang Chor 

Boey Wing Kee 

Chia Peng Hong 


Evelyn Chiam Tsu 

Hua 

Gan Huat Tatt*1 

Goh Yew Hong 

Ho Chee Keng 

Ho Hwee Keng 

Ho Soo Meng 

Kwok Kah Yien 

Lai Yuen Poh 

Lee Kin Fong 

Lee Wah Cheong 

Lim Tow Seng 

Loh Kok Kee 

(*1) - NUS lecturer

421 

Ng Poon Teck 

Siew Mun Choy 

Sundaram P 

Maheson 

Syed Akhtar Shah 

Tan Chin Wan 

Tan Pong Tyea 

Wee Ban Lock 

Yee Kek On 

Yeo Teck Leong 

Goh Leng Seng 

Kong Yew Chye 

Tan Huck Jin 

Tan Peng Ann


Colombo Plan 

Scholars 

Raffles Times reported in 9th November 

1966 issue: 

News has just been received that 38 

Rafflesians have been awarded Colombo 

Plan Scholarships subject to 

confirmation by their H.S.C. results. 

The Colombo Plan was initiated in 

1960 among Commonwealth countries 

to cooperate in the extension of 

various forms of aid to those countries 

in need. We list below the successful 

candidates and wish them 

luck in the examinations at the end 

of the year. It would not be asking 

too much of them if we did ask them 

to keep the school colours flying in 

their chosen fields of study and to 

keep in contact with the school. 

Pre-U 2 Science A 

Mechanical Engineering 

(Australia) 

1. Chinniah Manohara (18) 

2. Chong Kok Pan (19) 

3. Lee Sian Tee 

4.. Koh Kock Eng (17) 

Mechanical Engineering (New 

Zealand) 

5. Foo Siew King (12) 

6. Ong Lin (13) 

Mechanical Engineering (Canada) 

7. Chan Kwan Ho (6) 

8. Chia Pak Chong (5) 

9. Goh Teck Soon 

10 Yap Gim Chui 

11. Yeo Kheng Hong (4) 

Electrical Engineering (Australia) 

12. Tham Choon Tat (16) 

17. Wong Thye Kiew (10) 

Electrical Engineering (Canada) 

18. Chua Hock Choon 

19. Su Guaning (24) 

20. Toh Kim Huat (7) 

Chemical Engineering 

(Australia) 

21. Wong Kok Choy (23) 

22. Lee Thian Teck (15) 

Chemical Engineering (Canada) 

23. Lee Kheng Nam 

Land Surveying (Australia) 

24. Tan Huck Jin (20) 

25. Tang Tuck Kim (21) 

Quantity Surveying (United 

Kingdom) 

26. Goh Leng Seng 

27. Yeo Wee Hong 

Naval Architecture (U.K.) 

30. Choo Chiau Beng (2) 

31. See Leong Kit 

32. Tan Cheng Hui (32) 

PRE-U 2 MED. A 

Medicine (Australia) 

33. Lim Liong (1) 

34. Wong Wee Nam 

35. Low Seng Kim 

36. Md Mashoordin (8) 

PRE-U 2 MED. B 

Medicine (Canada) 

37. Ella Chong 

Veterinary Science (Australia) 

38. Ong Boon Khim 

*( ) refer to individual photo on next page. 

13. Chow Tat Kong 

Metallurgical Engineering 

Electrical Engineering (New 

Zealand) 

(Australia) 

28. Seow Hong Pheow (22) 

14. Natarajan Varaprasad 

15. Ng Kim Poh (11) 

16. Toh Kai Hua (9) 

Valuation (New Zealand) 

29. Ling Swee Chan

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Pre. Univ. (Science & Medicine) 

Book List (1965) 

1. Straight & Crooked Thinking $ 1.50 cts 

2. Higher Model Test Paper 2.25 

3. Intermediate Chemistry - Prescott 11.25 

4. Practical Chemistry - Lambert & Muir 7.20 

5. Textbook of Botany 9.45 

6. Animal Biology - Grove & Newell 13.50 

7. Heat - Noakes 7.20 

8. General Physics -Noakes 6.10 

9. Light - Noakes 6.30 

10. Electricity & Magnetism - Noakes 7.20 

11. Laboratory Manual of Physics - Tyler 5.40 

12. Further Elementary Analysis - Porter 9.45 

13. A Shorter Intermediate Mechanics 12.15 

14. Three Vertebrates: A Practical Guide 8.10 

15. Invertibrates Types: A Practical Guide 8.10 

16. Histology & Embreyology 

- 

17. Further Mathematics 11.25 

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S’pore 1.


Sec 1J (1961) 

Front row: Teo Guan Leng, Chia Choon Kiat, Nio Teck Lim, Low Hou Loke, Leong Fook Kwong, Mr MK Sharma, Ng Teck Seng, Sim Cher Seng, Archibald Kang, Tay Boon Seng, Tan Keng Hoe. 

Middle row: Lee Too Chin, Ho Wai Chui, Ho Tak Kwong, Wong Wing Kee, Lim Meng Swang, Wong Tan Wee, Kwek Teng Khoon, Lhu Liong Chuan, Tan Kok Ann, Chew Ser Kim, Lim Keng Chye, 

?, Sio Tat Hiang, Vijaya Harumal Idnani. Back row: Chin Ming Lek, Kho ManPoh, Lai Yuen Poh, Saparwan b Awang, Wong Wee Teck, Poh Kar Chiow, Wong Chee Meng, Chui Tuck Kong, Low 

Soon Kiat, Balachandran wwwP, Wong Thye Kiew, Goh Soo Hock, Wee Ho Hup, Chong Hong Siong, Iskandar Dzakurmain, Chan Hee Chye. 

LEFT: Chan Peng Mun, 

2nd row 3rd from left, in 

Secondary 2 (1962)

425 

PreU 1 A 

Medicine 

(1965) 

A1-Sonia Tan, A3-Loh Lum Kit, Mr Choo 

Tian Seng, A5- Lim Liong, A7-Tong Yoke 

Chin. B5-Magdalene Chan (aka Mrs Toh 

Chun Choong). B9-Chia Yuit Keen. 

C6- Daya Shanker. D2-Toh Chun 

Choong,D3-Hsu Moh Leong,D6-Lam Pin 

Kwee, Lim Ee Koon, Prasad, D10-Ng Hee, 

D11-Goh Choo San, D12-Wong Wee Nam.


Pre U 1 Medicine B 

A1- Yip Mang Meng, A2-Chow Kwok Wah, A4-Mr Natarajan, 

Lim Keng Chye, A6-Tan Lian Ann, A7-Chan Peng Mun. 

D2-Shanthi Deva, D7-Abdul Latiff, D16-Philip Chan, D17- 

Mathews Mathews. 

Photo Right: Rotary Field Day on Pulau Ubin. The guys in front 

are Lim Ee Koon, Wong Wee Nam and Lam Pin Kwee.

427 

Pre U 2 (Medicine) A, 1966 

FRONT Row: Chan Chwee Yin, Chia Yuit Keen, Tong Yoke Chin, Amy Cheang, Tan Hong 

Ang, Lim Keng Chye, Mr Choo Tian Seng, Loh Lum Kit, Lim Liong, Lam Pin Kwee, Long 

Fung, Han Chew Ching, Vivienne Lim. 

MIDDLE Row: Lily Sim, ?, ?, Magdeline Chan, Doreen Ong, Low Seng Kim, ?, Chia Yang 

Pong, Prasad, Low Tut Choon, Lim Ee Koon, ?, ?, ?, Adrienne Chua, Ainon Ismail, ?, ? 

BACK Row: ?, ?, Wong Wee Nam, Hsu Moh Liong, Lee Ah Huat, Paul Lim, Sinha Ashok, Low 

Seng Kim, ?, Tang Kwok Choon, Tan Yong Teck, Teo Kian Tong, Chung Wai Kwong. 

Photo Right: Chan Peng Mun, Tan Lian Ann, Tan Hong Ang, and Lam Pin Kwee.


Sec 4 E (Science) 

Front row: Ram Goswami, Chegu Husni, David Paul, Choo Tian Seng, Mr Soon, Sin Kwai Meng, SS Sidhu, Asokan 

Damu, Lee Kok Cheong, ?, Wong Hee Sing, Yang Chye Chew, Toh Chun Choong. 2nd row: Kwok Wai Tour, 

Sudhakaran, Sim Cher Cheng, ?, Tan Chor Meng, ?, Charles Ng, Tan Thian Poh, Chan Jee Kong, Tan Ah Hock, Loh Kok 

Kee, ?, ?, Chia Boon Chye, Kwok Kah Yuen, Mathews Mathews, George Abraham. 3rd row: Cheng Ah Kow, Ong Hong 

Huat, Wong Tan Wee, Tan Kim Hock, Yong Siew Fong, ? Lim Siew Cheng, Seng Kok Chye, Tong Hean Leng, Kum Yong 

Kan, Ng Yoke Meng, ?, Arumugam Moorthy, Philip Mackintyre. 5th row: ?, Goh Ki Heng, ? Misrudin Anwar, Chang Wei 

Chun, Souran Singh, ? Mahesan Hrvindar Singh. 

Toh Chun Choong: 

I was in Sec 4E Science. This was a class of boys that the school administration did not know 

what to do with. Most of us were arts boys who had wanted to “switch stream”. Many of us were 

studying science at the Institute of Science in Serangoon/ Balestier Road, outside school hours, 

in the hope that we would be given a place in the Science stream, or at least allowed to take our 

chosen science subjects like Physics, Chemistry etc. 

Photo right: RI cadets (Prasad, ?, Manohara, and Loh Kok Kee) marching to collect prize during 1966 Combined 

Schools Parade.

429 

Sec 4 A (Science) 1964 

Front row: Paul Lim Kek Koon, Tan Hong Ang, Koh Kok Eng, Chow Kwok Wah, Mr S Sidhu, Ng Hee, Foo Siew King, Ling Swee Chan, Lee Sian Tee. 

2nd row: Joseph Chee Gim Chiang, b2, Lee Kheng Nam, See Leong Kit, Wong Thye Kew, Lim Ee Koon, Yap Gim Chwee, Hsu Moh Leong, Foo Chew Yin, Loke Yew Chong, Lee Wah Hin, Lee 

Kim Fong. 3rd row: Toh Kim Huat, Lim Liong, Low Swee Guan, Yeo Kheng Hong, c5, Ong Lin, Chia Pak Chong, Tay Ban Hin, NV Prasad, Ng Beng Hong, Lee Chuk Seng, c12. 4th row: Arthur 

Tan Teow Hin, Chow Seng Choy, Lee Thian Teck, Nara V Prasad, d5, Toh Kai Hua, Ng Kim Poh, d8, d9. 

R.I. Times (1st March 1965) 

The Cambridge Senior School Cert results were released 

on the afternoon of 23rd February. 

The results were extremely satisfactory. There were 192 

Grade I’s, 136 Grade II’s, and 60 Grade III’s. Last year’s 

percentage was 92.3. There were 430 candidates. RI 

produced one scholar with 8 distinctions, 5 with 7 

distinctions and 9 with 6 distinctions. The top boys are: 

Lim Liong (6 points) 

Low Seng Kim 

Toh Kai Hua 

Lee Thian Teck - 7 points 

Toh Kim Huat - 8 points (8 distinctions) 

Lee Keng Nam 

Low Swee Guan 

Ong Lin 

Tan Teow Hin 

Teo Kheng Hong 

Foo Siew King - 9 points 

Hsu Moh Leong 

Lim Ee Koon 

Natarajan VaraPrasad 

See Leong Kit. 

All these boys, with the exception of Low Seng Kim (Sec 4 

C Sc.) were formerly in Secondary 4A Science. As a result 

of the favourable results, Monday 1st March will be a halfholiday.


Sec 4 B (Science) 1964. 

Pre U 2 Arts A 

(1966). B2-Tan Khay Quee, B3-Lee Kah Chuen, B5-Susan Lim, B7-Corinna, B8-Ann chiang, B9-Tan Wang Joo, B10-Mary Lee, B11- Logaraj,, B12-Ban Kah Choon. C1-Ram 

Labhaya, C2-Lim Thian Hock, C5-Tan Yang Howee, C6-Kek Soon Eng, C7- Yeo Kok Phuang, C10-Ng Kiat Chong, C11-Peter Chan Jer Hing, C13-Yong Mun Sung.

431 

Sec 4 A (Arts) 1964 

Seated: Mr Ng Kim Beng, Hector Chee, Suppiah, Ms David, Patrick Chew, Mrs Dennison, Pestana. 

2nd row: Ng Kiat Chong, Wong Kim Yoke, Tang Yew Kay, Jimmy Wee, Quek Ngak Boon, Mahmood Fadjiar, Ng 

Seng Chong, Lai Kin Guan, Mak Kwok Thong, Tan Ah Bah, Yeo Boon Hiong. 3rd row: Huang Chung Liang, Ng Jui 

Peng, Ng Thian Keng, Chan Jer Hing, Lee Hock Lye, Wee Kay Kee, Chan Cheong Hoy, Yung Mun Sung, Tay Boon 

Seng. 4th row: Cheng Kwok Mui, Chow Peng Soon, Shafeek Ahmad, Wong Wee Chwee, Kaan Quan To, Abdul 

Rahman, Yong Koi Kwong, Wun Khai Ping. 5th row: N Logaraj, Ang Ah Lay, Leong Yam Kwan, Lim Choo Eng, Neo 

Hin Chye, Chan Seng Ho, Ng Ah Kow. 6th row: Ho Beng Huat, Lai Yew Kong, Kaliappan, Lee Kah Chuen, Edward 

Lee, Chia Choon Kiat, Mohd Feroze, Archibald Kang. 

RIGHT: Badminton Team (1963). Seated: Gan Kok Peng, Mr Yang, Mr Wijeysingha, John Yip, and Rajendra. Back 

row: Micky Yong, Lam Pin Kwee. Chan Seng Kee is on the right.


Pre U 2 classes 

Year 1965

433 

Pre U 1 Medicine A (1964) 

FRONT: Chiang Wee Sik, Mr John Tan, Ms David, Tan Wee Kiat, Mrs Sigamoney, KP John, Khoo Pong Tiah 

2nd row: Anni Yue, Mehta Minakshi, Teh Hue Hang, Veltath Elizabeth, Jane Lim,Christina Tong, Ng Lee Ngoh, Shirley Wee, P Ratnam 

3rd row: Raymond Teo, Richard Ow, Goh Kim Soon, Tan Ser Kiat , Lee Hin Peng, Lee Wah Hin, Leong Chee Whye, Quah Kit Khoon, Alan Choong, Chin Heng Fook, Lee Choon Huat, Ho Yew 

Kee. Rear row: Alfred Tay, Vincent Loh, Ong Geok Hwee, Rajendran, Chin Hian, Edward Lee, Ling Siew Meng, Steven Koh, Tan Kok Kheng, Ling Siew Meng, Narendran, Arthur Tan.


2 

Arts 

A 

Anandan 

Subhas*1 

Ang Ai Boon 

Aswani Jaikishin 

Cheong Bick Mui 

Chong Fook Choy 

Davamoni Joyce 

Gan See Kham 

goh Khee Kuan 

Ho Kum Yin 

Hong Tat Soon *2 

K Sathasivan 

Koh Boon Kim 

Koh Cher Siang*3 

Kumarasamy 

Sarojany 

Kwa Ser Eng 

Lee Bon Leong 

Lee Chee Yeng 

Lee Hong 

Cheong 

Michael Lim CS 

Peter Loong TK 

(*1) Famous Lawyer (*2) President’s Scholar (*3) President’s Scholar; IRAS Commissioner

435 

Mansoor Marican 

M K Latiff 

Ng Geok Sean 

Ng Shui Heng 

Ng Soo Meng 

Oh Sok Cheng 

Tan Kin Mee 

Tan Leng Cheo*1 

Tan Mei Hua 

Tan Oon Poh 

Arthur 

Tan Tsu Haung 

Vanderput G 

Audrey 

Wee Kiat 

Yeo Bor Hee Pearl 

Leo Loy Hoon 

Yu Sau Kuk 

Geoffrey 

Low Teo Ping*2 

Bernard Chan C 

W*3 

Lai Mee Lee 

Yushea Degani 

(*1) President’s Scholar (*2) RI ‘Sporting Sam’ (*3) Tokyo Olympic swimmer, 1964


2 

Arts 

B 

B. Vijayalakshmi 

Boh Tuang Teck 

Chan Heng 

Wing*1 

Chen Hui Teck 

Cheong Chee Mun 

Chiu Hock Peng 

Chong Lee Kian 

Goh Lee San 

Zainol b Hussein 

Kan Ting Chiu*2 

Kernail Singh 

Koh Meng Wee 

Judy 

Kwan Yue Yeong*3 

Lau Liat Hoe 

Lee Mui Noi 

Liew Chin Choy 

Lim Lee Chin 

Lim Peck Tee 

Lim So Jean 

Loh Ai*4 

*1- Oversea Field Student Exchange *2-Supreme Court Judge *3- SAF Best Officer Cadet, 1967 *4- Sec School Principal

437 

M Rajalakshmi 

Murugasu Sheela 

George Paul 

Retnam Sivasagthy 

S Screpathy 

Sant Singh 

Seah Meow Kim 

Vivien 

Sia Poh Wah 

Sum Chong Hong 

Tan Kee Lian 

Roney*1 

Tan Kok Keng 

Wang Min Lee 

Wong Loi Fatt 

Wong Yoong 

Khiang 

Yeo Inn Siong 

Yeo Meng Swa 

William 

Yeo Oi Leng 

Jeanne 

Deepak K Kapur 

Nabi Gulam 

(*1) - Oversea Field Exchange student to USA, 1964


2 

Med 

A 

Chin Heng Fook*1 

Chong Yoong Hin 

Chua Soon Tee 

Goh Kim Soon 

Ho Yew Kee*2 

Narendran K 

Rajendran K 

Khoo Pong Tiah 

Koh Stephen 

Lee Choon Huat*3 

Lee Hin Peng*4 

Lee Wah Hin 

Lee Yuen 

Keung,Ed 

Leong Chee Whye 

Lim Chin Hian 

Lim Poh Chuan 

Jane 

Ling Siew Meng 

Loh Sze Yung 

Vincent*5 

(*1) Head Prefect 1965 (*2) Rugby Team Captain (*3) President’s Scholar (*4) A/Prof (*5) Cadet Sergeant Major, 1965

439 

Low Miang Chew 

Mehta Minakshi 

Ng Lee Ngo 

Ong Geok Hwee 

Ow Kok Keng 

Richard 

Quah Kit Khoon 

Retnam Pryadarshini 

Tan Kok Sheng 

Tan Ser Kiat 

Tan Yang Chye 

Arthur Tay Beng 

Chye Alfred 

Teh Hue Hang 

Raymond Teo C 

S*1 

Tong Mei Wen 

Christina *2 

Veltath Elizabeth 

Wee Shirley 

Yue Anni 

Ratna Devi Arulam 

Sivayogini Thamb 

Jeannette Lim Kim 

Lian 

(*1) Anaesthetist (*2) Phd, Pharmacy


2 

Med 

B 

Ang Poh Tee 

Bee Bee 

Marguerita 

Chin Siat Yoon 

Chong Chin Kah 

Choo Yong Mei 

Ding Yew Soong 

Ee Soo Hoong, 

Joy 

Foo Chuan Pow 

Jan Mohammed 

Kee Wee 

Kwee Kai Liang 

Lam Chung Kai 

Simon 

Lai Kin Ming 

Lee Cheow Seng 

Lee Yew Mun 

Liew Kuan Wye 

Daron 

Lim Tuan Neo, Renee 

Loh Wee Tiong, 

Alfred 

Loh Fang Kum 

David Low Hian Tiong

441 

Pan Tien Chor*1 

Quek Li Lian 

See Boon Tiong, B 

Shariffudin b 

Burhan 

Sinha Ashok 

Tan Hock Bee 

Tan Kiat Choon 

Toh Chong Mun 

Tong Tek Liong 

Wan Soon Yong 

Wong Sen Chow 

Woo Fong Men M 

Yong Yin Vui Alvin 

Chong Chuan 

Siong 

Lim Hoa Aek 

Chan Hiang Chye 

Thomas John 

Kumarasamy 

Nagasw 

(*1) Cadet Sergeant Major, 1964


2 

Sc 

A 

Chan Wai Mun 

Chan Yew 

Chen Yin Choong 

Chia Soon Keng 

Chong Chin 

Chung Thiam Eng 

Er Kwong Wah*1 

Kan Kim Mun 

Lam Pin Foo 

Lee Kian 

Lee Leong Ying 

Lee Yock Suan*2 

Leo Chin Fook 

Leong Yu Kiang*3 

Liao Kuo Tang 

Loh Hoong Sum*4 

Low Chin Wing 

(*1)- Perm Sec, MOE (*2) - President’s Scholar 1965; Minister of Education (*3)- President’s Scholar 1965 

(*4) - Senior Cambridge Exam top boy, 1963

443 

Moh Siew Meng*1 

Ng Fook Sang 

Ng Seng Sum 

Ong Eng Kian 

Sim Boon Chai*2 

Sng Cheng Hwa 

Tan Swee Tee 

Tan Thuan Heng*3 

Tan Tiong Thiam 

Tan Wai Liang 

Tan Yong Seng 

Teo Hock Hin 

Teo Oon Hock 

Wong Heng Tem 

Wong Leng Hung 

Yip Fook Seng 

Yong Mee Swee, 

Micky*4 

(*1) Perm Sec, Ministry of Labour (*2) Shell Scholarship winner 1965 (*3) Tokyo Olympic swimmer 1964; Rhodes Scholar (*4) Entrepreuner


2 

Sc 

B 

Chan Heng Choon 

Foo See Giap 

Gan Huat Seng 

Goh Chee Fong 

Koh Yong Guan 

Lee Chai Hock 

Lee Churk Pui 

Leow Siew Beng 

Lim Ah Kheng 

Lim Chor Hwee 

Lim Ming Seong 

Lim Weng Yew 

Liew Kuan Sing 

Loh Weng Whye 

Low Boun Chye 

Low Gek Piow

445 

Low Seng Chua 

Ng Yew Chong 

Quek Pin Hou 

Sim Hui Thong 

Sydney Sng 

Song Sin Liang 

Tan Chin Hock 

Tan Teow Hong 

Tay Ah Ong 

Teo Kim Sing 

Wong Choon Hon 

Wong Sin Huat 

Yeo Kok Seng 

Thomas John 

Soon Yee Ping 

Lilian Lee


Pre U 2 Science A (1965) 

FRONT: Loh Hoong Sum, Lam Pin Foo, Wong Heng Tem, Leong Yu Kiang, Lee Yock Suan, Mr Koh Beng Thiam, Kan Kin Mun, Tan Swee Tee, Chia Soon Keng, Sim Boon Chai 

MIIDDLE Row: Chan Wai Mun, Low Chui Wing, Chen Yin Choong, Leo Chin Fook, Teo Hock Hin, Lee Leong Ying, Er Kwong Wah, Tan Yong Seng, Ng Fook Sang, Chan Yew, Liao Kuo Tang, Ng 

Seng Sum, --, Micky Yong Mee Swee. 

REAR: Ong Eng Kian, Wong Leng Hung, Chong Chin, Tan Wai Liang, Moh Siew Meng, Tan Tiong Thiam, Tan Thuan Heng, Chung Thiam Eng, Sng Cheng Hwa, Teo Oon Hock, Yip Fook Seng, 

Lee Kian.

447 

Above: Sec 4 B (1963) reunion. 

Photo above right: 

(1) Mehta Minakshi, (3) Chua Soon Tee, (4) Tan Ser Kiat, (5) Goh Kim Soon, (6) Edward Lee 

(9) Jane Lim (10 Chin Heng Fook, (11) Ong Geok Hui 

Pre U 2 Med A (‘65)


Top: Pre U 1 Medicine A (1964) 

Front: Ho Yew Kee, Chin Heng Fook, Richard Ow, Cheang Wee Sik, Mr Tan Wee Kiat (form teacher), Khoo Pong Tiah, 

Raymond Teo, Alan Chong 

2nd row: Anni Yue, Vettath Elizabeth, Christina Tong, Teh Hue Hang, Mehta Minaksh, Jane Lim, Christina Tong, Shirley 

Wee, P Ratnam 

3rd row: Chin Hian, Goh Kim Soon, Narendran, Lee Choon Huat, Leong Chee Whye, Tan Ser Kiat , Quah Kit Koon, Lee 

Hin Peng, Wah Hin 

Rear row: Ong Geok Hwee, Alfred Tay, Rajendran, Edward Lee, Ling Siew Meng, Steven Koh, Tan Kok Kheng, Ling Siew 

Meng, Vincent Loh, Arthur Tan 

Left: Interact Club Members: 

Back row from right: Steven Koh, Edward Lee, and Roney Tan.

449 

Pre U 2 Medicine B (1965) 

FRONT: Pan Tien Chor, Ms David, Mr Natarajan, Mr Lee Fong Seng, Mr E Wijeysingha, Mr Koh Beng Thiam, Lee Yew Mun. 

2ND row girls: Quek Li Lian, Ang Poh Tee, Wong Seen Kwun, Joy Ee, Choo Yong Mei, Marguerita, Renee, Kumarasamy Nagaswari, Loh Fang Kum. 3RD row: (1) Benny See (2) Joy Ee (3) Wong 

Sen Chow (4) Tan Kiat Choon (5) Kwee Kai Liang. BACK row: (3) Foo Chuan Pow, David Low, Tan Hock Bee, Alvin Yong, Wan Soon Yong, Albert Toh, Michael Woo, ?, ?, Jan Mohd, ?, Ding Yew 

Soong, Chin Siat Yoon.


Pre U 1 (Arts) A, 1964 

Above: Hannah, Ivy Seow, Mayar Advani, 

Rajalakshmi (1964) representing the 4 

races of Malaysia. 

Pre-U 2 (Arts) A, 1965

Newspaper cutting from The Straitis Times. . The scholars from left: (1) Tan Leng Cheo, (2) Lee Yock Suan, (3) Chia Chee Hong, (4) Barry Desker, (5) 

President Yusof, (6) Sim Yong Chan (7) Mark Hong Tat Soon (8) Koh Cher Siang (9) Leong Yu Kiang . Rafflesian Lee Choon Huat (photo right) was 

away in Australia. 

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3 

Class Photos 

Photo (1): 

Sec 3 classmates 1962. Chin Heng Fook, 

Yew Kee, Hin Peng, and Alan Choong. 

1 

2 

Photo (2): 

Prize winners on 1964 Founder’s Day. 

From right: 

1) Ng Soo Meng - 1st in English 

2) Mark Hong - 1st in Literature 

3) Lee Hin Peng - 1st in Elem Maths 

4) Khoo Pong Tiah - 1st in Physics 

5) Wong Loy Fatt - 1st in Gen Science 

6) Boh Tuan Teck - 1st in Arts 

7) Mohd Bujal - 1st in Malay 

8) Tan Oon Poh - 2nd in english 

Photo (3): Sec 2 (1961) 

4 5 

Photo (4): 

Sec 3 A, 1962. 

Prefects: Chin Heng Fook and Peter Chia 

See Kin. Form master: Gulam Sadick who 

was later transferred to Siglap Sec. 

Sant Singh among the classmates. 

Photo (5): Yue Yeong, and Yew Kee 

camping with classmates. 

6 

Photo (6): 

Sec 4 Arts, 1963 with teachers. Cheong 

Chee Mun and Arthur Tan are in this class.

453 

1 

3 

Class Photos 

Photo (1): 

Pre U 2 Arts A girls, surrounded by Arthur 

Tan, Latiff, Mark Hong, and others. 

2 

Photo (2): 

Sec 4 A Science, 1963. 

Prefects: Chin Heng Fook, Sim Boon Chai, 

Richard Ow. Classmates: Micky Yong, Yew 

Kee, Choon Huat, Yue Kiang, Hen Tem, Kin 

Mun, etc. 

Photo (3): 

Sec 4 B, 1963 with form mistress Ms Tham 

Siew Ngoh. On her left is Pan Tien Chor. 

Raymond Teo is at rear, centre. 

4 

5 

Photo (4): 

Rugby Team tour West Malaysia. 

Standing front centre are Ho Wah Pak and 

Micky Yong. Extreme front right is Lam 

Pin Foo. Behind him is Tan Eng Leong. Mr 

Hernon is with sunglass, holding a walking 

stick. 

Photo (5): 

At Botanic Gardens were: Kiat Choon, Hin 

Peng, Yock Suan, Ser Kiat, Yew Mun, Chee 

Whye, Chan Yew, and Choon Huat. 

6 

Photo (6): 

Pre U 1 Arts A, 1964. Subash Anandan is 

rear right. Form teacher: Ms Tham Siew 

Ngoh.


Army Cadets 

Photo (1): 

Cadets 1963. 

Seated from right is Henry Chua Why Lin - a 

founder member of the band ‘The QUEST’ 

in 1964. 

Photo (2): 

Musketry Team 1963. Back: Richard Ow, 

Wong Siew Chong, Lta Edward Chan, Ho 

Yew Kee, Chow Mun Kong. Front: Kwan 

Yue Yeong, Tan Kiat Choon, Pan Tien Chor, 

Alfred Tay, and Vincent Loh. 

Photo (3): 

Cadets Coy 1964. 

OC Capt Tan Kim Cheng and Capt M K 

Sharma. Coy Sergent Major is Pan tien 

Chor. CQMS is Er Kwong Wah. 

Photo (4): 

Cheong Chee Mun (rear, left) attends 

training at Tanglin gymnasium. 

Photo (5): 

Annual Inspection 1963 

Annual Inspection by LTC Lamb. Officials 

watching training lesson in progress. 

Principal Jesudason in coat.

455 

1 

2 

Classmates 

Photo (1): 

Roney, Teo Ping, Micky Yong, and Loh Fang 

Teck at seaside. 

Photo (2): 

Tan Liat Choon, Leong Chee Whye, Moh 

Siew Meng and Wong Heng Tem. 

4 

Photo (3): 

Sec 4 B (1963). Rear centre is Raymond 

Teo. 

3 

Photo (4): 

Pre-U students attending Christian 

Fellowship. 

Photo (5): 

Sec 4 A Science, 1963. Class size: 45 

students. 

6 

Photo (6): 

Sec 3 A Science, 1962. Form teacher: 

Mr Gulam Sadick who was transferred to 

Siglap Sec School in 1963. 

5


1966 Classes 

Sec 1 1966 & PU1 1970

457 

Chandran 

Muthusamy 

Cheng Kwok Weng 

Choong Kwong 

Chon 

Heng Swee Khoon 

Ho Loong Chan 

Ho Soon Fatt 

Ho Wah Yin 

Jai Singh *1 

Lau Sum Wing 

Lee Chin Poh 

1966 

Sec 

1A 

Lum Tian Fore 

Quek Jin Poo 

Sitoh Tuck Cheong 

Sum Cheong Kee 

Tan Beng Teck 

Tan Boon Hui 

Tang Hock Guan 

Tham Kwok Liang 

Thong Tuck Weng 

Wong Choong 

Chun 

Wong Fook Weng 

Wong Kwong Yew 

Gavin Liau*2 

(*1) Head Prefect 1971 (*2) Joined in 1967. Son of principal Philip Liau


1966 

Sec 

1B 

Abdul Rashid 

Mordiffi 

Amirudin b Abbas 

Chan Wah Soon 

Chandran Robert 

Goh Peng Khoon 

Han King Juan 

Kang Kum Meng 

Koh Chee Wah 

Lam Chong Weng 

Lee Theng Kiat 

Leong Chun Nam 

Leong Sze Hian 

Lim Keng Cheong 

Lim Su Lip 

Loo Choon Beng*1 

Low Chor Teck 

Marlon G McCall 

Teo Soon Hock 

Wong Soong Kig 

V Yogalingam 

Prem N Dass 

(*1) Judo National Championships 1969, 1st in B Division

459 

Abdullah b Hussein 

Abu Bakar b 

Rajudin 

Ang Siew Hock 

Bilahari Kausikan*1 

Chang Weng Fatt 

Chng Teck Lum 

Heng Kum Chuan 

Fred 

Kang Chuan Hock 

Kwok Fook Kee 

Lam Kai Kwek 

1966 

Sec 

1C 

Lee Soon Tai*2 

Lee Wee Beng 

Lim Choon Boo 

Lim Eng Hock*3 

Lim Teck Boon 

Ling Choon Wah 

Loh Fatt Kheong 

Loh Fook Lum 

Low Koon Hoong 

Ng Chee Fei 

Ng Choon Teck 

Soo Tat Kun 

Tan Kim Teck 

Toh Kim Heng 

Loh Chang Bah 

(*1) 2nd Perm Sec, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (*2) President, ORA 2003; member of RI BoG (*3) Billionaire 

Philanthropist


1966 

Sec 

1D 

Chan Hwa Seng 

Chan See Hiang 

Chiam Teck Oon 

Chin Lian Toon 

Gan Chin Yean 

Ho Wye Keong 

Lee Eng Koon 

Leong Chee Fatt 

Lim Seow Chai 

Long Sze Kee 

Low Hong Thong 

Ng Chee Kwee 

Ng Khai Heng 

Ngaim Hai Guan 

Ong Chee Lee 

Ong Eng Hin*1 

Poh Geok Teng 

Quek Poh Chye 

Razalee b Amin 

Singh Santokh 

Tan Chin Seng 

Tan Soo Hoon 

Ting Ngook Choon 

Whye Yip Kwong 

(*1) Member of RI BoG (*2) SAF Scholar, 1972 

Wong Chin Hong 

Wong Yat Meng 

Woo Siew Fook 

Yong Choon 

Kong*2 

Tan Lye Poh

461 

Cheong Kein Fook 

Chio Poh Leng 

Chionh Chye Hion 

Ee Guan Hock 

Goh Koon San 

T. Rajendran 

Khoo Teng Ann 

Leong Chee Ming 

Lim Tia Song 

M Vaithilingam 

1966 

Sec 

1E 

Ma Mong Pak Loong 

Mohd Najeb b 

Maroof 

Ng Heng Hoong 

Pang Kheck Phat 

S. Asokan 

S. Maruthappan 

Soh Gim Chuan 

Tan Chee Ming 

Tan Ching Fu 

Mervyn 

Tan Kok Leng 

Tay Boon Hai 

Tham Hoi Peng*1 

Woo Kwong Fatt 

Yeung Hang Chye 

Putheadathu N 

Kurian 

At 1969 RI Sports Meet, Hoi Peng broke Andrew Chee’s B Boy long jump record with a new mark 20’ 11-3/4”.


1966 

Sec 

1F 

Aw Chee Beng 

Cheah Sin Hean 

Cheong Seck Yuen 

Chua Yew Lee 

Foo Thiam Fong 

Foh Swee Yeow 

Ho Peng Wee 

Khiu Shen Woo 

Krishnan Gopala 

Lee Hong Khim 

Leong Weng 

Kee*1 

Lim Chong Hai 

Lim Ju San Francis 

Lim Kian Joe 

Nadaison Kumar 

Nambiar Soman 

Oh Tiong Huat 

Poh Eng Seng 

See Kiok Beng 

Surendran 

Suresh Mitter 

Gupta 

Tan Chin Hwee 

Tan Wee Ngee 

Tang Yang Seng 

Wee Soon Eng 

Yim Foon Chin 

Yeong Yuen Soo 

Hang Fook 

Kwang*2 

(*1) Dy Dir, National Archives (*2) Straits Times Editor; RI BoG

463 

Abdul Aziz Mahat 

Ab Malek Musbah 

Ang Thiam Hong 

Anthony Lee 

Balasubramaniam 

Boon Swan Ngee 

Chan Fook Keong 

Cheng Heng Yu 

Chew Lin Seng 

Chia Lye Hock 

Andrew 

1966 

Sec 

1G 

Chiang Hai Eng 

Chiang Shao 

Soong*1 

Chiu Wu Chang 

Chong Joon Kwang 

Goh Chuan Ooi 

Goh Kng Yan 

Govin Asokan 

Jothi Kumar *2 

Lee Chew Fai 

Lee Fatt Ping 

(*1) President’s Scholar (*2) RI Board of Governor


1966 

Sec 

1G 

Lim Choo Siang 

Low Boon Liang 

Prasad 

Screedharan 

Ramachandra Jai 

Ramlee Ahmat 

Ronald Goh Chin 

Teck 


Seet Kheng Guan 

Seow Sim Hock 

Shekaran 

Sim Puay Huat 

Syed Abdul 

Rahman Al 

Tang Chee Keat 

Teo Khee Seng 

Thiagayson Pillai 

Yeap Khek Ming 

Lim Chong 

Poh Thiam Huat

465 

Asaad Sameer 

Chow Mun Lup 

Ho Nai Sun 

Khoo Keng Gie Ed 

Kong Hock Heng 

Kong Pak Meng 

Kwan Chun Khuen 

Lee Chak Chew 

Lee Thian Guan 

Lim Cher Lin 

Lim Hung Soon 

Lim Kwee Beng 

1966 

Sec 

1H 

Low Sin Chye 

Dhamishton 

M Sasidheran 

Shali Rosdi 

Sim Seow Chew 

Tan Lye Poh 

Tan Tian Chong 

Tan Tjin Kie 

Tay Kok Hoe 

Tham Kah Wing 

Tham Kok Yew 

Vaithi Yogalingam 

Wee Ban Chiang 

Wong Yin Kee 

Yeo Tian Bong 

K Khojama


1970 

PU1 

Irene Koh 

Lim Yin Nee 

Chan Kar Luan 

Adeline Koh 

Annie Koh 

Violet Ko 

Tse Bik Wan 

Tan Guan Ngoh 

Jeanny Lau 

Rakesh Kapoor 

Ma’amor 

Chiok Siew Neo 

Chiam Soon Siew 

Jennifer Scully 

S Shobana 

Maureen Lauw 

Tan Hui Kian 

Prabha Latha 

Gladys Gomez 

Wong Chia Siew 

Tan Poh Chua 

Tan Teck Hoon 

Bakeri 

Tan Hoe Ching

467 

Ang Siew Yong 

Tan Peck Hong 

Maggie Tan 

Pang Siew Hong 

Tang Hwe Joo 

Tan Guat Neo 

Goh Peck Eng 

Ng Geok Choo 

Nina Ho 

Seah Bee Eng 

Grace Oon 

Loh Yuet Oi 

Ngian Lek Choh 

Sin Thye Luan 

A Jeyamalar 

Baldev Kaur 

Chng Bee Kheng 

Chua Bee Choo 

Diana Leela 

Ee Beng Geok 

Grace Tan 

Inderjit Kaur 

Ingrid Ann Kam 

Janet Tan


1970 

PU1 

Koh Lian Hua 

Koh Poh Hoon 

Lee Siew Ngoh 

Leong Peck Mun 

Lim Geok Lan 

Malkit Kaur 

Nassem Akhtar 

Pang Li Kin 

Rajinderpal Kaur 

Seah Sui Fun 

Sofi Abidally 

Tang Siew Ngoh 

Winnie Oh 

Woon Chu Meng 

Yue Choi Yeng 

Chay Kwok Kee 

Kumar SR 

Phua Chin Meng 

Vijaya Kumar 

Sawaran Singh 

Tan Kheng Siang 

wong Kwan Kuan 

Luke Wai Ying 

Janet Lim Soo 

Mee

469

470 

Brief Reports 

Beyond 1966 

Brief Reports on 1966/1967 onwards 

470 Our Achievements & 

Gratitude 


476 Founder’s Day speech by 

DPM Dr Toh Chin Chye 

478 Uniformed Groups 

486 PM Lee Kuan Yew speech 

at 1969 Founder’s Day 

490 We Salute 

492 Graduation Songs

BUCKLEY House (1966). 

FRONT row: Tan Choo Neo, Ng Hee, Mr Ng Kim Beng, Mr Sin Kwai Meng, Mr Koh Beng Thiam, Mr Lam Peck Heng, Kok Moon Seng, Chow Kwok Wah. MIDDLE row: 3) Yeo Tuck How, 

Richard Tai, Vijayan, Lim Thiam Hock, William Ang, Szeto Yee Jean. BACK row: 2) Hajireen, Seah Lim Soon, Lim Soon Wah, Yee Kek Onn, Tham Kim Fei, Mashmoordin, Tan Eng Leong. 

471

472 

Brief Reports 

Our Achievements 

ACADEMIC 

3) SHELL ESSAY PROJECT 

COMPETITION 

placed 2nd 

- Non-Malay Essay Writing 

successive year. 

1) 1966 CAMBRIDGE EXAM 

RESULTS 

In the 1966 Cambridge Oversea 

Exam, when we presented a record 

number of canddates - 285 for 

the Higher School Certificate, and 

600 for the School Certificate, the 

school again scored very highly. 

The percentage of passes for the 

HSC was 79.3 %, and for the School 

Certificate 90.8 %. As usual the 

number of Division One (Grade 

One) School Certificates dominated 

all the rest. 

2) SCHOLARSHIPS 

PRESIDENT’S SCHOLARS 

Our congratulations go this year 

to Chan Jer Hing and Su Guaning 

for winning the most coveted 

scholarship of all - the President’s 

Scholarship. 

RI was the Champion School, 

winning two first pries and a 

consolation prize. 

EXTRA MURAL 

4) LITERARY SOCIETIES: 

a. The Sin Chew Jit Poh Trophy and 

the Nanyang Siang Pau Cup: Both 

were awarded to RI 

b. Inter-School Malay Elocution 

Contest - RI was 1st 

c. Inter-School Shaer Reading 

Competition (Non-Malay Section): 

RI was placed first. 

d. P.E.R.W.A.N.I.T. Competition 

Results: 

- Pantun Competition: RI was 

placed 1st 

- Nn-Malay Elocution: RI was placed 

1st 

- Malay Elocution (Open) - RI was 

Competition: RI, 2nd. 

5) CHESS 

- Ng Hee won Junior Championship 

- Young Siew May won Junior Girls’ 

Championship 

6) ATHLETICS 

City District Cross Country: RI was 

champion in Senior Division and 

runners-up in Junior Division.City 

District Championship: won by RI 

for the 7th year running. 

Rafflesian Kok Moon Seng 

represented Singapore in the 

Malaysian AAU Meet. 

7) RUGGER 

15-a-side Tournament RI was 

runners-up 

8) SWIMMING 

City District Champion for 5th 

9) SOCCER 

Raffles Junior Team was runners-up 

in the Inter-District Championship. 

10) SCOUTS 

- Job Week: RI Troops earned 

highest total in Singapore of $5,222 

11) CADETS 

Won the Maj Fam Foong Hee Cup 

for Musketry Competition. Sgt Loh 

Kok Kee won the Major Anwar Cup 

for the best individual event.

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Our Gratitude 

PHILIP LIAU: I feel that even though 

as principal it was I who wrote this 

report, yet it is a report of the work 

of many hands. It is a report of the 

teachers who worked at results and 

strove for academic as well as moral 

and physical achievement. It is a 

report of many willing workers, of 

present teachers as well as former 

principals, teachers and old boys 

who gave Raffles its tradition and 

its standards. Some of them are 

gone but their spirit remains. It is 

the report of volunteer from outside 

school, self-sacrificing people, who 

although they have no connection 

with the school or obligation to the 

school, have helped in one way 

or another by volunteering their 

services to enhance our school 

activities. 

1. Major VICTOR HUGO 

2. Staff Sgt. BABA BIN MOHD 

NOOR 

3. Sgt. AHMAD SANI (all of FARELF 

for their inspiration and training 

of our Gymnastic Club) 

4. Major TH STYLE 

5. Ltc MP CARR 

(of the Far East Training 

Centre who contributed to the 

achievements of our Cadet 

Corps) 

6. Mr GEORGE G THOMSON, 

7. Dr IVAN POLUNIN 

8. Mr SHARON AHMAT 

(of the University of Singapore) 

9. Dr KWOK 

(of Nanyang University for their 

talks 

building 

up the school’s choir 

12. Mrs RICHARDSON & Dr POH of 

the Singapore Red Cross. 

Also to following organisations: 

13. Malayan Training Wing of the 

Far East Training Centre 

14. The Headquarters, Singapore 

Brigade 

15. The Singapore Judo Club 

16. The Singapore Amateur Judo 

Association 

17. The Singapore Rugby Union 

18. The Singapore Photographic 

Society 

19. The Singapore Art Society 

20. The Nanyang Academy of Fine 

PRI Philip Liau presenting rugby prizes to 

Chan Peng Mun and Teo Boon Hoe at Jalan 

Besar Stadium. 

The honour roll is very long. I will 

only place on record as exemplifying 

our gratitude to so many friends of 

the school the names of: 

to our societies) 

10. Mrs ROSALIE HERNON for her 

work 

with our Dramatic Society 

Arts 

21. KODAK Co. 

22. SHELL PETROLEUM Co. 

11. Mr DAVID LIM KIM SAN for

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After-School Activities 

TAMIL LITERARY, DEBATING & CIVICS SOCIETY 1966 

Seated: T Jasudasen, G Ratnam, R Shankar, Mr Jesudoss, Palaniappan, Maruthappan,E Sukumar, Ilancheran. 

Back row: (B1) Jayaprakas (B3) M Chinnaraja (B4) K Balasubramaniam. 

Notable achievements: (a) “Established at the end of the year 1965, the Tamil Section in Hullett library today can boast of having over 600 hundred Tamil books.” (b) On the 28th of May, 

1966, RI emerged winners of the Inter-School Tamil General Knowledge Quiz held at Bartley School.

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1966 Cricket Team. 

Front: Firoz, Shariff, Mr E Wijeysingha, Manohara, Roy Gnana Sundram 

Middle row: MV Ashok, Wong Hoe Sang, Kishore Kumar Chandulal, Ram Labhaya, Umesh 

Doshi. Rear: (1) Maheson. 

Cricket 

During the first term, boys came 

down to the school field for 

practices. The response of the boys 

was encouraging. A good-standard 

team was chosen from among the 

interested. With keen practices 

every Saturday morning, it was little 

wonder that we captured the City 

District Cricket Title. The team 

fared well too in the Inter-District 

Competition. 

Cricket, once a very popular game 

with Rafflesians, somehow, lost its 

charm with the boys. Perhaps a 

lack of competition has something 

to do with it. In this respect, we 

hope to see the inter-house cricket 

competition revived. 

Senior 1st Team. Front: Tay Boon Seng (Captain), Mr Adam Hing Cheng Liat, Mr Lam Peck 

Heng, Mr Pwee Teck Hock, Chan Peng Mun. Middle row: Wong Wee Chwee, Ong Hong 

Huat, Chua Hai Seng, Ng Teck Chin, Lai Poh Hua, Maurice Neo, Low Sek Fun. Rear: Teo 

Boon Hoe, Ho Wai Chew, Szeto Yee Jean, Joseph Yee, Yassin, Lai Yew Kong. (absent: Ho Kin 

Kheong). A third of the rugby team were also RI soccer players. 

Rugby 

We are proud to record that 16 of 

our boys were in the Singapore 

Combined Schools Rugby Squard 

while 8 were in the State Under-23 

team which emerged Runner-Up in 

the Malaysian Inter-State Under-23 

tournament.

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Talentime 

Organised by Raffles Music Society. 

Tickets were sold out 5 weeks 

before the show. 

Mahmood Fadjiar, Lee 

Hock Lye, Tay Boon 

Seng, and Ong Hong 

Huat (banjo) sang the 

Sloop John B at a RI’s 

(lack-of) Talentime. 

Boon Seng says, “We 

were k o’ed naturally.” 

RIGHT : LDCS Party ‘67

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Softball Junior 

1966 RI Softball Junior Team (aka 

The Ravens) - finished 3rd in the 

Inter District League. 

Front: Yap Cheng Huat, Chan Kok Yong, 

Wong Joo Kok. 

2nd row: Paul Heng, TC Phee, Chong Huai 

Seng, Mr Lee Fong Seng. 

3rd row: Eyal Levy, Ernest Koh, Chia Chee 

Kiong, Yap Beng Khoon, Boey Tak Hap. 

Rear: Sukdhev Singh, Sim Ngoh Hwu, Ho 

Boon Thong, and Chow Kok Kee. 

Swimming 

The School’s 23rd Annual Swimming 

Carnival was held on 3rd August at 

the Chinese Swimming Club. 

With our state swimmers leaving 

us at the beginning of the year, the 

meet managed to produce only 

six records. Topping the list of 

record breakers was Bayley House’s 

Kenneth Kee, who subsequently 

became the Class I Individual 

House outclassed her rivals with 

two records to her credit. Buckley’s 

William Ang won the Class 2 

Individual Championship while 

Michael Lelah (Hullett) and Teh Kong 

Leong (Buckley) tied for the Class 

3 Individual Championship. Bayley 

House, with a competent all-round 

team, became the 1966 overall 

champions. 

(Lim Ee Koon, Secretary) 1966. 

Teachers: Michael Lew and Linda Teo. 

Captain: Chung Wui Kwong (A3), Vice 

captain: Teh Kong Chuan (B1), Secretary: 

Lim Ee Koon (A6). A7 is Lim Peck Hoon, A2 

is Wong Seen Kuan, A8 is Sim Teow Leng. 

Asst Sect: Eric Kuan Choon Hock (B4). Lady 

record breaker: Kwok Syn Wun (A9). B1 is 

Teh Kong Chuan, B2 is Michael Lelah; B6 

is Chang Hui Boon, B7 is Wong Wee Nam. 

C2 is Andrew Ng, C3 is Cheah Sin Chee, C4 

is Chua Jee Muay, extreme right is Chong 

Hong Siong. 

Champion. Kwok Syn Wun of Moor

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Army Cadets Annual Inspection, 14 September, 1966. 

LTC Durcan, Commanding Officer of 2nd Battalion addressed the Coy. Cadets in the photo from left: Chan Weng Kee, Ng Kwok Hong, Sgt Manohara, Capt Tan Kim Cheng, LTC Durcan, 

Loh Kok Kee, Chee Fook Seng, Kamal, McCall, Lim Eng Hock Peter.

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RI Cadet Corps 

The training programme inclueded 

a parade every Thursday, held in 

a week in the morning during 

the December holidays, until the 

Chan Shelt Tsong was sponsored by 

Rotary West, Singapore, to attend 

Officer Commanding: Capt Tan Kim Cheng 

Platoon Commanders: Lta Phua Eng Lim, Mr 

Paul Heng. Company Sergeant Major: N.V. 

Prasad 

Platoon Sergeants: Loh Kok Kee, and C 

Manohara. Coy Quartermaster Sergeant: A. 

Ilancheran. 

Corp’s strength: 

Officers: 2 NCOs: 20 Cadets: 

30 Recruits: 14 Total : 66. 

the afternoons, and range practices 

every Wednesday and Friday 

during July at the Camp Beach 

Road 0.22 Range. Our school 

musketry team also shot at the Mt. 

Vernon Police Range. Apart from 

the usual parades, special classes 

were held for the Certificate ‘A’ 

examination. 

Annual Camp was held in Mersing 

from April 18th to 22nd, organised 

by the British Army Affiliated Unit, 

Malayan Training Wing of FETC. 

The Corps was greatly honoured 

when Sgt. C Manohara was selected 

to represent the Singapore Army 

the Outward Bound School in 

Lumut. 

We won the Inter-Unit Athletic 

Championship hled on May 3rd. At 

the Certificate ‘A’ Part I examinations, 

RICC obtained nine out of the first 

ten places. Cdt. Mohd Ibrahim had 

the best individual result. 

Part II candidates, every Tuesday 

Cadet Corps at India’s Republic 

We retained the Fam Foong Hee 

and Friday in November, and twice 

Day Celebrations in New Delhi. Cpl 

Cup for the 4th year.

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2101 Scouts 

2101 Junior Scouts Troop (1966) 

Seated: Kwek Siew Jin (Troop Leader), Kuek 

Eng Chye, Tang Tuck Kim, Mr Ronand Chan, 

Mr Puhaindran, Mr David Paul, Chee Cheow 

Eng, Zainul Abidin, Chey Chor Wai. 

Rear: Denis Tan, Chia Chee Kiong, Lionel 

Lee Kim Hock, Ramakrishnan, Swee Hee, Soh 

Eng Sim, Poh Yew Tay, Ahmad, Chan Bok. 

The Group started the year 1966 

with an enrolment of 127 Scouts - 25 

Rovers, 30 Senior Scouts and 72 Boy 

Scouts. The enrolment, largest in 

the Stamford District, included some 

38 new scouts. The Rover Crew, 

now known as the Griffin Crew, has 

which ex-Rafflesians maintain active 

contact with their Alma Mater. 

Activities: Most of the weekly 

meetings were devoted to the 

inculcation of the aims and ideals of 

Scouting. Numerous hikes, camps, 

outings, and social functions were 

put into practice the things learned 

during weekly meetings To the 

Boy Scouts, it was a period filled 

with intensive training. The First 

Aid, Pioneering, Backwoods and 

Leadership sessions formed the 

major part of their training. 

become a practical channel through 

organised to enable members to

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2101 SCOUTS. Top: At Stamford District Scouts Sports. Soh Eng Sim, Denis Tan, Lionel, Swee Hee, Chan Heng Loon. 

Above: Chey Chor Wai, Chan Bok, Lim Kou, Chua Choon Lan. Front: Denis Tan, Poh Yew Tay, Lim Eng Meng, and Seow Peng Fai. 

Right: Sedan-chair race. Sim Boon Wah, Soh Eng Sim, Chia Chee Kiong, and Denis Oei.

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RI Athletes, 1966 

Front Row from left: Kok Moon Seng, Cheong Yuen Kay, Low Sek Fun, Lau Kheong Thye, Andrew Chee. 

Middle Row: Tan Eng Leong, Surjit Singh, Bala, Lim Ee Koon, Ram Lambaya, Daya Sankar Singh , Adnan, Retnam. 

Back Row: Steven Tan, How Wai Chew, Teo Boon Hoe, Chua Hai Seng, Prakash, Archibald, Lam Pin Kwee, Szeto Yee Jean, Yassin, Tan Boon Khiong. 

Teacher in charge: Mr Pestana.

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2102 Scouts 

Top 3 photos: Camping at Sarimbun Camp. 

(1) Kestrel patrol, led by Eric Mah. 

(2) Falcon Patrol, building their kitchen 

gadgets. Kang Fook on the floor, Choon Kong 

behind him. 

(3) ASM Kwok Kah Kie inspects Falcon Patrol 

led by Siu Kang Fook . Others on his left are: 

Yong Choon Kong, Hum Wee Whye, and 

Cheong Kah Meng. 

Bottom 3 photos taken at Pulau Ubin People’s 

Association Campsite: 

(4) Recruits investiture during camp at 

People’s Association campsite on Pulau 

Ubin. ASM Yee Kek Onn invested from right: 

Kojima, Cheong Kah Meng, and Francis Lim 

Ju San. 

(5) Senior Scouts waiting for inspection. From 

left: Toh Seng Huat, (/), (?), Leo Chin Seng, It 

Siong, Edward Oh, and Cheok Kiat Huat. 

(6) from left: Kwok Kah Kie, Michael Wong, 

Peng Soon, Ronald Lim, Eric Mah, Yuen How, 

Yan Khin, and Hong Pew.

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2102 Scouts Group (1967) 

Seated from left: Young Ser Thern, Tan Tiew How, Gerald, Chan Seng Heng, Leo Chin Seng, Ismail Ibrahim (President’s Scholar 1967), Yee Kek Onn, Ram Chandra, S 

Puhaindran, Lau Liat Ho, Low Yan Khin, Tan Kian, Toh Seng Huat, Chin Lai Seng, Phua Keng Song, Edward Oh, Siu Kang Fook. 

Low Ching Ming is standing between two flags at last row centre. In front of him, middle row, is Chiang Shao Soong (President’s Scholar 1971).

Photo right: PANTHER Patrol led by Cheong Seck Yuen (in dark 

glasses); Top right: KESTREL Patrol led by Chen Tse Penn (standing 

left). Bottom right: FALCON Patrol led by Siu Kang Fook (rear, 

left). On his left are Lee Soon Tai, Yong Choon Kong and Yong Yew 

Chong. In front of him are Hum Wee Whye and Edmond Khoo. In 

front of Yew Chong is Han Fook Kwang. 

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Founder’s 

Day 1969 

ADDRESS BY THE PRIME MINISTER, 

MR LEE KUAN YEW 

PM Lee Kuan Yew inspecting the Guard of Honour, on Founder’s Day, 1969. 

Photo contributed by 2LT Low Fook, who is next to PM Lee. 

Principal and students of RI, 

First I want to apologise for being 

a few minutes late. It is not a good 

example and one which I urge you 

never to follow. The reason was a 

misjudgement on my part as to the 

speed at which I could get here, 

knowing there was going to be a 

procession of lorries which was 

part of the University Rag Day. 

A 150 years is a very short time, 

reckoning in the terms of the 

histories of the various civilisations 

which have existed in Asia. But a 

150 years is a very long time in 

the life of any community. It has 

been the rise and fall of empires; 

it has seen the emergence in the 

last 20 years of over 60 new nation 

states, of which we are one. I do 

not pretend to be able to see the 

kind of world we will live in or our 

progeny will live in for a 150 years 

from now. Suffice it to say that if we 

do our duty, five or ten years from 

now we will have a more thriving, 

more robust and a more secure 

Singapore and that much a more 

certain future for all of us. 

Life means change. Nothing that 

lives, whether it be human beings 

or institutions, is static. Raffles 

Institution in the years before the 

war was probably the secondary 

school in Singapore which had 

the best teachers and the best 

students. I am sorry to say that 

it no longer for the time being 

occupies that preeminent position, 

partly because of the rapid 

expansion that has taken place 

in our educational system, first 

in the primary schools and then 

in the secondary schools, which 

meant that a large number of 

young teachers had to be trained 

rapidly and large numbers of an 

experienced and hard core of 

teachers in Raffles were hived off 

to be principals and senior masters 

of these new secondary schools. 

But the position will change again 

and this is a name which should 

once again be connected with 

excellence -- high performance, 

high standards for pupils and 

teachers. 

As we put right and raise the

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standards of teachers and students 

to be sucked up into the fads and 

for a war which seems endless and 

people may have thought on the 

in our schools, so my mind goes 

fetishes that we read about and 

unwinnable or listening to some 

9th of August 1965, that we shall 

forward into the kind of universities 

see on our television screens, the 

of his professors and teachers that 

continue to thrive, to prosper 

which 10, 15 or 20 percent of you 

kinds of student protest, unrest, 

this is a wicked, vicious, inhuman 

and to uphold values which we 

will go into. The English stream 

malaise in North America, in part 

war which he should dodge, 

consider critical to the survival 

will be more and more bilingual, 

of Western Europe and in Britain. 

wondering how he is to solve the 

of new nations which embrace 

I hope effectively bilingual. And 

They have their problems; we have 

problems of black versus white, 

within their frontiers more than 

this is our way to the future. But by 

ours. We share some problems in 

problems of poverty, lack of 

one race, more than one language, 

and large the English stream will 

common, living in a world which 

education, lack of educational and 

more than one religion. In other 

go into the University of Singapore 

has grown smaller as a result 

entertainment opportunities. They 

words, giving and being seen to 

and the Polytechnic of which those 

of man’s inventiveness and his 

are different from the problems 

give equal opportunities to all to 

parts awarding degrees may be 

capacity for instant communication 

the British student faces. He has 

find fulfilment. And that can best 

incorporated into the University of 

and rapid transportation. Ideas 

to ask himself what his country’s 

be done in our context by each 

Singapore. And it is my intention 

pass quickly from capital to 

role is, now that empire is over. He 

keeping his own links with his past, 

and that of my colleagues to see 

capital and we happen to be on 

is undergoing a period of malaise 

his language, his culture so that 

that that Institution is worthy of 

the jet route and on the satellite 

because his elders in government, 

he will understand his parents, the 

the young men and women we 

communication system besides the 

in opposition, in industry, in the 

fables, the folklore, the parables, 

are producing from our schools, 

SEACOM communication system. 

unions are themselves groping 

but seeking common ground with 

that we are nurturing with the 

So what happens in London, 

for answers to his future. I am not 

all the other groups because it is 

right values. And by “right values” 

Washington, Paris, California, 

groping for answers to your future. 

not in the past that we have to live. 

I mean the values that will ensure 

Tokyo, Canberra, Melbourne, 

It is today and tomorrow that we 

you a reasonably secure, a 

Wellington, we know of in a matter 

My colleagues and I have done 

have to prepare ourselves for; that 

relatively high standard of living 

of minutes or see on our television 

our rethinking as of 9th of August, 

means common ground, hence 

which demands a disciplined 

screen in a matter of hours. But 

1965. We attempted the other 

effective bilingualism. 

community prepared to give of its 

always ask: is this relevant to me? 

way, the broader base, a place 

best and ready to pay for what it 

Ask yourself that question. 

within a wider framework. It was 

I am not just saying so many things 

wants, work and earn and pay for 

not workable, not for reasons of 

which I believe are theoretically 

what it wants. 

The American student is caught in 

personality, conflict of leadership, 

desirable. I happen to believe in 

his own problems, the dilemma of 

but for fundamental reasons; and 

these things very profoundly and 

Nothing is more disastrous than 

either being patriotic and dying 

we are determined, whatever 

over the years to know that they

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are absolutely fundamental to our 

your attention to what has been 

of justice and everybody sees that 

one race and one language. The 

future. So much so although I would 

happening. You know that there 

justice is being done, then we go 

monolinguist is a bigot because 

like very much for my sons to have 

have been communal incidents. I 

back and then talk about long-term 

he does not know that there are 

come to this school, I decided that 

returned on the 20th of last month 

problems. For this is now a long- 

other languages and other cultures 

because they would be effectively 

knowing that a Malay had been 

term problem different from the 

as great if not greater than his 

English-speaking, having an English- 

shot and killed by a group of thugs 

riots in 1964. The last time we had 

own. A bilinguist has an aperture, 

speaking environment at home, they 

not very far from here. We held 

no control over the army and the 

a window open in his mind, into 

went to a Chinese school and they 

the ground. It erupted again last 

police, this time we have. The last 

other worlds and when all of 

are completely at home in either 

Saturday. When a situation like that 

time the problems were not as deep 

Singapore understand that and all 

culture, in either language and in 

happens, you first let everybody 

and as abiding. This time they have 

of them have windows opening on 

more than just these two languages. 

know that there will be just, fair, and 

become far more painful, far more 

to each other’s worlds, then we will 

firm government. We talk about 

difficult because the magnitude of 

have a truly more tolerant, more 

Finally, your future is in my hands 

goodwill, love, fraternity in one 

the problem has taken on a new 

understanding and for that reason 

and those of my colleagues for the 

community after everybody knows 

dimension. From time to time we 

a more peaceful and prosperous 

time being but ultimately in yours 

that his life and his property are best 

may have to face this little bit of 

future. I wish you well over the next 

very soon. A generation passes 

secured by listening to reasons and 

fuss and bother but a population 

140 years. 

on, a younger one takes over and 

to what the government through 

properly educated on what is best 

I do not want to see what we have 

its police is urging him to do, not 

for itself should be emotionally 

Thank you. 

done over the last 10 years go into 

to take the law into his own hands, 

inoculated from these irrational, 

fumbling feeble hands. They must 

and not to believe that for reasons 

communal, emotive outbursts. 

go into hands which are firm, minds 

for sentiment he ought to beat 

which are just, free from muddle- 

another person up because of his 

Finally it is in schools like Raffles 

headed thinking, which means that 

race. That is a very foolish thing to 

where the different communities 

we will put our universities and most 

do in Singapore. Those who take 

learn to be one people that the 

important that teachers in those 

the law into their own hands, will 

future lies and eventually all schools 

universities reflect the values which 

be smacked down firmly and where 

in Singapore will comprise within 

trial and error plus theory have 

the evidence justifies it, a criminal 

their classrooms more than just 

shown to be important if we are 

prosecution will go right through to 

one ethnic group. It will take some 

continue to proper and to flourish. 

the end. 

time, but in the long run we will not 

have any schools where pupils are 

It will be unrealistic if I did not advert 

When we have restored this sense 

put together on the basis of just

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Rugby 

Raffles Junior Rugby Team (1967) were the Champions of Inter-School 7-a-side. 

Soccer 

RI won the National Schools Soccer Champion 

(1970) at Jalan Besar Stadium. 

Rugby 7-a-side junior match between RI 

and St Andrew’s, at RI ground, (1968). 

Referee: SS Dhillon. 

Raffles Junior Rugby Team (1967) 

Front: Lee Fook Heng, Chua Thiam Chye, Robert Lim, Chan Soon Ee, 

Tan Tiew How. Middle row: Tham Hoi Peng, Ng Kai Leong, Adwin Ng, 

?, Ibrahim, Yeo Chee Teck. Last row: Ng Hon Cheong, Lim Sing Tee, 

Foo Cheong Kum, Ng Chee Fei, Chow Kwok Weng. 

National Schools Soccer Championships 1970 

From left: Ismail Hamid, Sivaji (holding the RODRIGO trophy), 

Joseph Abraham, Lim Tien Jit. 

Inter Pre-U Class Rugby (1970) 

From left: 4: Herman Ng, 5: Chang Shao Soong, 6: Ong Eng Hin.

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We 

Salute: 

1) GUEST OF HONOUR to our Founder’s Day. 

In 1967, it was Inche Othman Wok, the Minister for 

Culture. Photo (top left) shows GSM Puhaindran 

leading the Scouts contingent in saluting the GOH. 

2) PRINCIPAL EW JESUDASON, for gracing the 

Cadets’ Recruits Passing out parade in 1966. The 

Brass Band was under the charge of Mr G Sobrielo. 

3) OUR 1966 PREFECTS of both Raffles Schools for 

being abled to let down their hairs to enjoy a buffet 

dinner at RI school hall on 22 May 1966. 43 out of 60 

RGS prefects attended. See if you can identify them 

with help from list on next page.

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RGS Prefects (1966) AM 

A.M. Session 

Florence Tan Shirley Low Mary Chako Leow Chee Seng 

Tan Chin Lin Tan May Lin Toh May Lin Chew Yang Nghee 

Lim Keng Choo Tham Oi Kwan Alice Giam Joy Tan 

Elizabeth Chako Evelyn Khoo Lily Chow Khoo Eng Lay 

Sally Wong Aileen Yip Jelita Lee Lye Cheng 

Engeline Lim M Praba Koh Poh Lin Tan Khee Boon 

Diana Wong Koh Ai Lin Lim Guek Poh Maureen Ong 

Irene Wee Yip Poh Lin 

RGS Prefects (1966) PM 

P.M. Session 

Tang Cheng Lin Esther Ng Chan Wai Sum Phang Shook Ching 

Ho Yit Sim Tan Bee Leng Tan Kwee Hong Sim Teow Li 

Wong Cher Yee Wong Yoke Lin Chng Guat Eng Irene Lim 

Lim Lee Been Sally Wee Bok Hoy Lin Han Kin Kin 

Ng Seen Arn Ong Bee Yong Yuen Siew Leng Chiang See Ngoh (Claire) 

Ng Yock Lan Yap Kan Choo Elenor Chin Chia Choy May 

Lau Siok Hoon Catherine Yap Lee Cher Eng Chan Fong Chi 

Wendy Soong Eloise Loh

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Goodbye RI 

(to be sung to the tune of Tipperary) 

We say good bye to dear old RI 

We say good luck and more. 

We say farewell to all at R I 

To the best school that we know. 

Goodbye to all our teachers 

God bless schoolmates all. 

We may go far, far away from R I, 

But our hearts right here. 

10th March 1972, Farewell Assembly for Bras Basah Campus. RI is moving to Grange Road.

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Graduation Song 

Our schooldays now are past 

and gone, 

And yet we fondly linger here, 

For sweet each job that we have 

known; 

‘Tis sad to part from comrades 

dear. 

The world before us brightly lies, 

Yet here fond memory loves to 

dwell; 

With saddened hearts and dewy 

eyes, 

We bid to all a sweet farewell ! 

Farewell ! 

We bid to all a sweet farewell ! 

Long will our hearts recall each 

job, 

That bound us in sweet 

friendship here; 

For time can never more destroy, 

The light of mem’ry buring clear. 

Of other scenes and other cares, 

Our lips must now their story tell; 

Each heart your tender mem’ry 

shares, 

Teachers and comrades, now 

farewell ! 

Farewell ! 

Teachers and comrades, now 

farewell. 

To Sir With Love 

Those school girl days of telling 

tales 

And biting nails are gone 

But in my mind I know 

They will still live on and on 

But how do you thank someone 

Who has taken you from crayons to 

perfume? 

It isn’t easy, but I’ll try 

If you wanted the sky 

I would write across the sky in letters 

That would soar a thousand feet 

If you wanted the moon 

I would try to make a star 

But I, would rather you let me give 

my heart 

To Sir, with love 

(Sung by Lulu in the movie To Sir 

With Love) 

high 

To Sir, with love 

The time has come for closing 

books 

And long last looks must end 

And as I leave I know 

That I am leaving my best friend 

A friend who taught me right from 

wrong 

And weak from strong 

That’s a lot to learn, what 

can I give you in return?

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Staff-1968 

“We have 72 teachers on our teaching 

staff, 2 clerks in the office, one messenger 

boy, 7 school servants including 

groundsmen, and 2 watchmen. Changes 

in the teaching staff are still a matter of 

anxiety. Since I made the last report, 

we have lost another 14 teachers two of 

whom were mobilised. We welcomed 

on the other hand the new teachers who 

from the Voluntary Service Oranisation, 

Ms Kathleen Eadie, Christine Laird, 

Elizabeth Brock, and Elizabeth Phillip 

who has just joined us from New Zealand. 

We congratulate Mr Ng Kim Beng on 

his return from the United Kingdom, Mr 

George Sobrielo on being promoted 

Instructor of School Bands, and Captain 

Tan Kim Cheng on his appointment as 

District Commander of the Army Cadets.” 

(Principal Philip Liau, Founder’s Day 1968)

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Seated: Mrs Dennison, Doreen Thambiayah, KM Eadie, Mrs Tiruchelvarayan, Yong Choy Har, C Phillip, Sukhbir Kaur, Hua Yen Cheung, Tan Kai Hui, E Brock, Henry Kwok, Wong Hee Sing, Mr 

Philip Liau (Principal), S Natarajan, Ng Kim Beng, KP John, Linda Teo, Ang Bee Lian, Lee Ai Lian, C Laird, SG Mahtani, Goh Mui Cheng, Ang Peck Hoon, Leow Jean Lin, Mrs Ling Ding Ing, Tay 

King Inn. 

2nd Row: Sin Kwai Meng, Charanjit Singh, Tan Kim Cheng, John Tan ES, Michael Liew, Lee Fong Seng, S Puhaindran, SM Ortega, RBI Pates, Lau Liat Hoe, Jasvantlal, Lam Peck Heng, Lim Chee 

Lin, Sahadevan, Adam Hing Ching Liat, S Jesudoss, PV Pestana. 

3rd Row: Hector Chee, Ong Yed Deed, Lee Tee Sim, Wong Sheuan Shee, Mohd Dalib b Yusof, Yang Chye Chew, Ronnie Chan, Robert Lim EF, Ahmad Zahari,, Kassim b Ahmad, Wee Ban Bee, 

Abdul Aziz b Kechut, Ram Chandra, Seto Mun Chap, David Paul, Bhajan Singh. 

Back Row: Chung Chee Sung, Lee Hong Tack, Teng Kom Meng, Pwee Hock Teck, Ho Seng Chye, Khoo Kay Giap, David Tan, Tan Wee Kiat, Ho Tat Kin, Paul Heng, Roland Teo, Liang Chee 

Chow, Chionh Sin Ah, Sam Sui Hon, Ng Eng Teck, Low Fook, Lee Tuck Wah.

496 

Brief Reports 

ATHLETES (1961)

497 

We won their applause 

(L-R) Mrs Philip Liau, Ms Norris (Principal, RGS), Toh Puan Nor Aishah, Mr Milton Tan (ORA President), President Yusof bin Ishak, Mrs Milton Tan, and Mr Philip Liau (Principal, RI) at 

ORA concert, 1967.

498 My Grandfather’s Class

499 

Acknowledgements 

This publication is a concerted efforts of all the cohort of RI boys who studied in the school in 1965. 

They were the ones who created all the ‘happenings’ in and out of the class. 

We at Raffles Archives and Museum, merely re-captured them with the ‘luxury’ of hindsight, social media, digital technology, and cheaper printing costs 

thereby many photos were added to make it into a Yearbook. 

Thank you to following who contributed photos: 

1) Pan Tien Chor (2) Cheong Chee Mun (3) Roney Tan (4) Foo Siang Heng 

(5) Wu Yhee Chi (6) Richard Koong (7) Denis Tan (8) Edmund Wee 

(9) Yap Beng Khoon (10) Dr Lee Soon Tai (11) Vannisa Eileen Jesudason 

(12) Chan Shelt Tsong (13) Capt Tan Kim Cheng (14) Anthony Hoon (15) Michael Poh Yew Tay 

(16) Esme Jesudason (17) Dr Lim Ee Koon (18) Tan Eng Leong (19) Lim Poh Seng 

(20) Jeffrey Chan WT (21) Dr Chan Peng Mun (22) Lam Pin Foo (23) Wong Hoe Sang 

(24) Lee Suan Hiang 

And to those who share their memories in My Grandfather’s Class website. 

We have also made references to following books published by Raffles Institution: 

1) History of Raffles Institution (written by Mr Eugene Wijeysingha) 

2) Under The BANYAN TREE (produced by the RI 64/66 batch) 

3) The Rafflesian magazines 4) RI Times / Rafflesians Times 

5) One Man’s Vision 6) The Eagle Breeds a Gryphon. 

We have also checked out photos from websites of 

1) National Archives of Singapore 2) Facebook pages of RI 63-68, Rafflesian Rafflesians, and RI 66-71 

Last but not least, we want to thank the following who have given us advice: 1) Sim Boon Chai 2) Er Kwong Wah 3) Cheryl Yap of RAM

500 

My Grandfather’s Class 

And the 

badge 

passes on... 

1965 was the year Singapore became an independent nation. 

Like Singapore, we were young, we were keen to embrace the world, 

and we were perhaps, on hindsight a little brash. 

And the body was willing and was physically able. 

How time flies. 

Many of us are now in our twilight years. 

For us, the 1965ers who were schoolboys in RI then, 

it had been an eventual journey since. 

This book, My Grandfather’s Class, 1965 had allowed 

a glimpse into those memorable schoolboys years. 

About friendships, formed on the playing fields, in the classrooms 

and in the tuckshops over mee siam and mee pok. 

About fellowships shared through our common beliefs, 

our united causes and sharpened by competition and adversity. 

Yes, we were good Rafflesians. 

We kept the colours flying. 

Like Singapore, the times had moved on and many things have changed. 

But the quintessential themes of friendship, of fellowship 

and in the shared Rafflesian ideals have not changed. 

The badge has been passed on to a new cohort of Rafflesians. 

To you, the grandchildren. 

Auspicium Melioris Aevi. 

( Poh Yew Tay, RI 1965 - 1970)

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Index 

2101 Senior Scouts (1967) 367 

2101 Scouts (1966) 480 

2102 Scouts (1966) 483 

2102 Scouts (1967) 484 

A 

A. Ilancheran 374 

A. Piyaratnae 388 

A. Subramaniyam 274 

Abdul Aziz 372 

Abdul Aziz b Mahat 463 

Abdul Aziz Karim 344 

Abdul Aziz Yat 410 

Abdul Ghaffar 272 

Abdul Ghani 264 

Abdul Ghani Karim 268 

Abdul Hamid 334 

Abdul Houmayune 384 

Abdul Kader 272 

Abdul Karim Baba 296 

Abdullah b Hussein 459 

Abdullah b Suaib 272 

Abdullah Tarmugi 41, 60, 65, 79 

Abdullah Thani 346 

Abdul Latiff 342, 416 

Abdul Majid 298 

Abdul Malek b Musbah 463 

Abdul Rahim Jalti 410 

Abdul Rahim Rajubin 296 

Abdul Rashid Mordiffi 458 

Abedeen A Kader 266 

Ab Hamid b Ahmad 348 

Abhilash Balakrishnan 302 

Abraham Philips 262 

Abraham Selveraj 384 

Ab Rahman Kahar 280 

Abu Bakar b Rajudin 459 

Achilles R Colond 306 

Adab Singh 386 

Adam Hing 475 

Adnan 482 

Adnan b Abas 302 

Adnan Hani 412 

Adrain Patrick Watts 274 

Adwin Ng 489 

Ahmad Salleh 270, 367, 480 

Ahmad Zahri 47 

Ai Chai Kong 461 

Ainon Bt Ismail 414 

Ajith P Ragavan 380 

Akhtar Shah 78 

Alexander Joseph 465 

Alfred Tay 68, 71 

Ali Arhiari 384 

Alphonso Loh 73 

Alsagoff S 285 

Alvin Liau 62, 66, 123 

Alvin Yong 75 

Amha 262 

Amin Nordin 324 

Aminuddin Yusoff 140, 380 

Amirudin b Abbas 458 

Amrik Singh 392 

Amy Koh Siang Boon 410 

Anandan Subhas 434 

Anantharaman V 341 

Andrew Chee 62, 366, 482 

Andrew Ng 124, 125, 477 

Andrew Tan 41 

Andrew Yap 113 

Ang Ah Tee 392 

Ang Ai Boon 434 

Ang Beng Chong 41, 241 

Ang Chay Chuan 334 

Ang Chin Soon 420 

Ang Chong Lim Eric 60 

Ang Kie Meng 328 

Ang Kong Hua 41, 242 

Ang Lay Beng 412 

Ang Lay Tim 384 

Ang Poh Tee 440 

Ang Richard 420 

Ang Siew Hock 459 

Ang Tang Chor 420 

Ang Thiam Hong 463 

Ang Tiong Soon 342 

Ang Tock Seng 376 

Ang Victor 60, 69, 242 

Ang William 341 

Anil K Adhikary 266 

Ann Chiang 408 

Ansari 262 

Anthony Lee 463 

Anthony Quek 122, 361 

Anthony Thio 41, 63 

Archibald Kang 410, 482 

Arthur Tan 122 

Arthur Yeo 74 

Asaad Sameer 465 

Ashadevi 120, 410 

Asha Kumari 286 

Ashok K Mahtani 344 

Ashok Kumar Singha 415 

Ashok MV 475 

Asokan D 48 

Asokan S 48 

Aswani Jaikishin 434 

Athletes (1961) 496 




Athsani Karni 241 

Au Hou Tuck 204, 418 

Avtar Singh 287 

Aw Chee Beng 462 

Awtar Singh Dhillon 332 

Azad 76Azza Salim 348 

B 

B. Vijayalakshmi 436 

Badminton (1964) 62 

Badminton Team (1963) 431 

Baharuddin b Idris 458 

Bala 482 

Balakrishner B 309 

Balashanmugam, G. 390 

Balasubramaniam 463 

Balasubramaniam K 344 

Balbir Singh 241 

Baldev Singh 372 

Baldhiraj Singh 306 

Balijinder Kaur Bajaj 60, 64 

Balram T Lakkiani 342 

Ban Kah Choon 408 

Barry Desker 451 

Barzi Ahmad 346, 361 

Basant Kumar Kapur 408 

Bavier Stella 286 

Bay Gek Heng 326 

Bee Bee Marguerita 440 

Benny See 62 

Bernard Chan 125, 434 

Bhagwant Singh 287 

Bhupindarpal Singh 262 

Bilahari Kausikan 459 

Bin Hee Heng 328 

Boey Chark Hoong 344 

Boey Tak Hap 272, 292, 477 

Boey Wing Kee 420 

Boh Tuang Teck 436 

Bok Thye Huat 262 

Bok Thye Pok 304 

Boni SV 308 

Boon Swan Ngee 463 

Boy Ang Moh 392 

Buckley House (1966) 471 

Buckley House (1968) 366 

C 

C. Karuppiah 382 

Cadets Inspection (1966) 478 

Carmee Lee 64 

Catherasoo Christopher 372 

Chai Wai Meng 268 

Chai Yee Seng 388 

Chakkroboty Tripet 342 

Cham Tao Soon 241 

Chan Ah Tuck 328 

Chan Bok 70, 296, 480 

Chan Chee Keong 306 

Chan Chee Yeun 41 

Chan Cheng Leong 336 

Chan Cheng Lock 412 

Chan Cheow Keng 262 

Chan Chiz Heong 332 

Chan Chwee Yin 414 

Chander T 71 

Chander Tikandas 71, 374 

Chandran Muthusamy 457 

Chandran Robert 458 

Chan Fatt Chow 382 

Chan Fook Keong 463 

Chan Fook Kong 332 

Chan Fook Koong 341 

Chan Fook Weng 376 

Chang Chan Fong 326 

Chang Hui Boon 125, 328, 477 

Chang Kay Hoi 351 

Chang Kim Fie 270 

Chang Kwok Yeong 341 

Chang Shao Soong 484 

Chan Guan Chye 75, 372 

Chang Wai Chong 367 

Chang Wai Kiat 262 

Chang Weng Fatt 459 

Chang William 372 

Chang Yue Shoon 459 

Chan Heng Choon 445 

Chan Heng Loon 459 

Chan Heng Wah 410 

Chan Heng Wing 436 

Chan Hiang Chye 440 

Chan Hiap Kong 302 

Chan Hong Hei 296 

Chan Hoong Kwun 390 

Chan Hwa Seng 460 

Chan Jer Hing Peter 408 

Chan Jong 41 

Chan Kai Cheng 382 

Chan Kai Mun 458 

Chan Kai Sing 300 

Chan Kar Wai 386 

Chan Kin Fai 334 

Chan Kin Kheong 324 

Chan Kin Yan 127, 270, 367 

Chan Kok Fan 346 

Chan Kok Poh 41, 60, 65, 72 

Chan Kok Yong 264, 477 

Chan Kouk Weng 342 

Chan Kue Kong 328 

Chan Kum Khung 272 

Chan Kwan Ho 418 

Chan Kwan Teck 184, 264 

Chan Kwok Wah 304 

Chan Kwok Weng 376 

Chan Lay Hoon 285 

Chan Mun Cheng 328 

Chan Mun Lye 266, 277 

Chan Pak Tho 342 

Chan Peng Chuan 380 

Chan Peng Kin 376 

Chan Peng Mun 60, 65, 76, 118, 

123, 204, 369, 475 

Chan Phillip 118 

Chan Poh Meng 9 

Chan See Hiang 460 

Chan See Seong 341 

Chan Seng Chow 390 

Chan Seng Kee 394 

Chan Seow Khoon 75, 374 

Chan Shelt Tsong 13, 324, 355, 

356, 364, 365, 

Chan Soh Har 374 

Chan Soon Ee 264, 489 

Chan Soon Kiat 311 

Chan Tat Wong 326 

Chan Teck Hon 262 

Chan Teck Leong 384 

Chan Than Foong 341 

Chan Tuck Sang 346 

Chan Wah Koon 394 

Chan Wah Soon 458 

Chan Wah Teck Jeffery 71, 172, 

219, 334, 363, 

Chan Wai Chong 324 

Chan Wai Mun 75, 443 

Chan Wai Siok 462 

Chan Weng Kee 326, 478 

Chan Wing Yuan 341 

Chan Yam Song 384 

Chan Yau Seng 296 

Chan Yee Foo Philip 60 

Chan Yeng Keen 392 

Chan Yew 73, 443 

Chan York Meng, Alan 378 

Chan Yue Meng 414 

Chan Yuke Wan 322 

Chao Kuo Liang Donald 326 

Charles Edmund Victor 346 

Chatterji Sushil 304 

Chang Kay Hoi 351 

Chay Kim Fun 184, 270 

Chay Peng Cheong 392 

Cheah Hock Beng 388 

Cheah Sin Chee 376, 477 

Cheah Sin Hean 462 

Cheang Amy 140 

Cheang Won Heng Amy 414 

Chee Boon Keng Dennis 341 

Chee Cheow Eng 70, 378, 480 

Chee Fong Tim 376 

Chee Fook Chew 392 

Chee Fook Seng 326, 478 

Chee Gim Chiang 416 

Chee Hector 46, 48 

Chee Hock Leong 348 

Chee Kee Yam 243 

Chee Kow Chai 388 

Chee Kwong Chong 48 

Chee Lai Yong 140, 372 

Cheer Team 120 

Chee Sin Kong 341 

Chee Tah Kong 334 

Chee Teck Chuan 392 

Chek Ai Ming 318, 334 

Chen Chin Chi 392 

Chen Chow Kong 71, 129, 304 

Chen Ee Hoon 408 

Cheng Fook Jam 457 

Cheng Heng Lee 372 

Cheng Heng Yu 463 

Cheng Hoo Wah 326 

Cheng Kwok Weng 457 

Cheng Lian Heng 326 

Chen Hai Yung 48 

Chen Hui Teck 436 

Chen Pin Leong 286 

Chen Tze Penn 460 

Chen Wen 296 

Chen Yee Yin 342 

Chen Yin Choong 442 

Chen Yin Fei 296 

Chen Yin Swee 334 

Cheok Kiat Huat 328, 352 

Cheok Kiat Huat 352 

Cheok Yen Aik 416 

Cheong Bick Mui 434 

Cheong Bick Yee 48 

Cheong Chee Moon 264

503 

Cheong Chee Mun 62, 65, 118, 

122, 436 

Cheong Cheng Kiat 382 

Cheong Fook Choy 62, 65, 67, 

108, 123, 124 

Cheong Kah Meng 300, 482 

Cheong Kee Loke 336 

Cheong Kein Fook 461 

Cheong Kein Sung 306 

Cheong Kok Fu 384 

Cheong Kok Mun 386 

Cheong Kwok Yen 376 

Cheong Lay Soo 392 

Cheong Lye Huat 286 

Cheong Moon Foo 296 

Cheong Pak Lo 46 

Cheong Poh Wah 328, 332 

Cheong Seck Yuen 462 

Cheong Wai Chew 60 

Cheong Yuen Kay 62, 410, 482 

Cheong Yuen Kong 67, 322 

Cheong Yuen Kuan 60 

Chew Ah Kin 284 

Chew Aik Choo 341 

Chew Heng Ching 309 

Chew John 47 

Chew Kang Ngoh 374 

Chew Kian Cheong 242 

Chew Li 376 

Chew Lin Seng 463 

Chew Patrick 47, 71 

Chew Sheng Choy 75 

Chew Siang Pow 48 

Chew Soo Beng 386 

Chew Soon Kheng 270 

Chew Suan Ching 344 

Chew Teck Hin 372 

Chew Tiat Bin Veronica 412 

Chew Weng Cheong 129, 336 

Chew Wui Teck 306 

Chew Yang Meng 351 

Chew Yew Hock 285 

Chey Chor Wai 127, 300, 361, 

369, 480 

Chia Boon Hong 264 

Chia Chee Hong 451 

Chia Chee Kiong 127, 264, 477, 

480 

Chia Chiu Leng 413 

Chia Choon Kiat 309 

Chia Chor Siang 48 

Chia Chuan Thong 322 

Chia Helena 285 

Chia Kim Hung 386 

Chia Kong Hin 270 

Chia Lai Fun 392 

Chia Li Sen 348 

Chia Lye Hock Andrew 463 

Chiam Teck Oon 460 

Chiam Teik Hock Cecil 304 

Chiam Tow Hiang 341 

Chiang Boon Yong 334 

Chiang Hai Eng 463 

Chiang Hai Keong 342 

Chia Ngiang Hong 304 

Chiang Shao Soong 463 

Chiang Yeow Mun 127, 274, 367 

Chia Pak Chong 140, 418 

Chia Peng Hong 75, 124, 414, 

420 

Chia Poh Pheng 382 

Chia Poy Moi 348 

Chia Siew Kwong 270 

Chia Siew Whye 334 

Chia Soon Keng 71, 118, 140, 442 

Chia Swee Cheong 326 

Chia Teck Swee Ronald 326 

Chia Wong Chye Georgie 390 

Chia Yang Pong 414 

Chia Yuit Keen 414 

Chin Cheing Onn 300 

Chin Chiat Foo 272 

Chin Hai Kwang 378 

Chin Heng Fook 60, 62, 118, 438 

Chin Kok Ngian 336 

Chin Koo Leng 334 

Chin Lai Seng 376 

Chin Lian Toon 460 

Chin Ming Lek 414 

Chinniah Manohara 418 

Chin Peng Wah 384 

Chin Siat Yoon 440 

Chin Woon Fong 298 

Chin Yoke Pang 262 

Chionh Chye Beng 384 

Chionh Chye Hion 461 

Chionh Chye Khye 300 

Chio Poh Leng 461 

Chiu Hock Peng 436 

Chiu Wu Chang 463 

Chng Chee Kea 380 

Chng Chwee Lye 351 

Chng Eng Chye 348 

Chng Meng Kng 60 

Chng Teck Kok 392 

Chng Teck Lum 459 

Chng Tiong Kheng 380 

Choa Teck Cheng, Adrienne 414 

Choi Thim Wah 351 

Chong Chee Eng 390 

Chong Chee Phang 388 

Chong Chin Ching Ella 416 

Chong Chin Kah 440 

Chong Chuan Siong 440 

Chong Chui 442 

Chong Fook Choe 386 

Chong Fook Choon 392 

Chong Fook Choy 434 

Chong Hong Leong 334, 367 

Chong Hong Siong 66, 125, 420, 

477 

Chong Huai Seng 124, 300, 318, 

477 

Chong Jenn Siong 304, 308 

Chong Joon Kwang 463 

Chong Ked Poon 394 

Chong Kek Yuen 351 

Chong Kim Chye 324 

Chong Kok Pan 418 

Chong Kwek Kim 341 

Chong Kwok Choo 334 

Chong Lee Kian 436 

Chong Meng 326 

Chong San Chew 462 

Chong Siew Kian 328 

Chong Swee Han 287 

Chong Teow Swee 458 

Chong Yeow Chin 284 

Chong Yoke Sen 341 

Chong Yoong Hin 60, 118, 438 

Choo Chiau Beng 7, 418, 423 

Choo Choong Khim 298 

Choo Hock Heng 322, 369 

Choo Hock Yeow 264 

Choo Khoon Meng 374 

Choo Lee Ken 70, 113, 322 

Choong Kwong Chong 457 

Choo Seng Tiang 341 

Choo Siew Meng 326 

Choo Teck Huat 328 

Choo Tiong Neo 284 

Choo Weng Kee 336 

Choo Yong Mei 64, 120, 440 

Choudhury Fayez 262 

Chou Mun Kit 392 

Chow Chee Keong 127, 262 

Chow Chee Meng 270 

Chow Chee Wing 384 

Chow Hock Leong 304 

Chow Kah Kiong 302 

Chow Kim Wah 300 

Chow Kok Kee 274, 477 

Chow Kok Weng 302 

Chow Kok Yuen 302 

Chow Kum Wah 378 

Chow Kwok Wah 60, 72, 75, 118, 

416 

Chow Kwok Weng 462, 486 

Chow Mun Keen 310 

Chow Mun Kong 71 

Chow Mun Kwong 334 

Chow Mun Lup 465 

Chow Ngee Fook 380 

Chow Peng 311 

Chow Seng Fook 280, 284 

Chow Sheng Choy 418 

Chow Tat Kong 418 

Choy Chan Pong 372 

Choy Chan Wah 304 

Choy Khee Kwok 328 

Choy Poh Chun 414 

Chua Ban Choon 346 

Chua Bee Lin Irene 412 

Chua Cheng Soo 390 

Chua Cheok Kwang 300 

Chua Cher Yak 361, 410 

Chua Choon Lan 70, 127, 324 

Chua Chwee Seng 324 

Chua Eng Hee 298 

Chua Eng Kat 392 

Chua Fook Kee 296 

Chua Guay Lian 284 

Chua Hai Seng 123, 475, 482 

Chua Harry 374 

Chuah Betty 416 

Chua Hock Choon 418 

Chua Hua Teck Philip 386 

Chua Jee Muay 477 

Chua Kian Meng 324 

Chua Kim Choon 378 

Chua Kim Hoe 461 

Chua Kim Poh 324 

Chua Kok Meng 336 

Chuang Kwong Yong 71, 324 

Chuang Shaw Peng 287 

Chua Seng Chew 326 

Chua Siew Wah 380 

Chua Siow Leng 262 

Chua Song Chye 306 

Chua Soon Tee 438 

Chua Swee Huang 410 

Chua Tak Heng 326, 369 

Chua Teck Chiang 242 

Chua Teck Hong 380 

Chua Teng Hui 341 

Chua Thiam Chwee 274, 409 

Chua Thiam Chye 270, 489 

Chua Thiam Chye 394 

Chua Thye San 374 

Chua Tiong Meng 262 

Chua Wee Kwang 298 

Chua Yang Hong 75 

Chua Yew Lee 462 

Chue Wai Tat 412 

Chum Chum Yuen 65 

Chung Song Meng 384 

Chung Thiam Eng 442 

Chung Wai Kwong 414 

Chung Weng Siong 374 

Chung Wui Kwong 125, 477 

Chye E Sien 272 

C Joseph 268 

Clarence Sirisena 302 

C Mukundan 41 

Colin Schooling 62, 124 

Corinna Ther Mei Ean 408 

Cricket (1966) 475 

D 

Daing Mohd Farhan 388 

Daisy Pang Wan Zee 286 

Damu Asokan 47 

Daniel Jacob 304 

Daniel Jesudoss James 272 

Darshan Singh 310 

Daud b Mamat 346 

Davamoni Joyce 434 

David Chandra 388 

David JA 46 

David Kulanthairaj 309 

David Low 75 

David Mae Boudewyn 60 

David Paul 242, 480 

Dayanadan 462 

Daya Shankar Singh 416, 482 

Deepak Kumar Kapur 437 

Deepak Mahtani 284 

Denis Tan 367, 480 

Dennis Singham 74 

Devendran K 348 

Dieu Eng Seng 380 

Dileep Nair 118, 364, 365 

Diljeet Singh 68, 412 

Dinakaram Appiah 381 

Dinakaran 394 

Ding Hock Hui 459 

Ding Yew Mui David 380 

Ding Yew Soong 440 

Ding Yew Teik 410 

Doh Da Neing 65 

Dorothy Tan 416 

Durcan 478 

Dzulghifly b Mohd 459 

E 

Eadie 318 

Edward Chan 71 

Edward Lee 122, 361 

Edward Lim 382 

Edward Tan 63 

Ee Cheng Huat Eric 390 

Ee Chong Beng 41 

Ee Chong Nam 241 

Ee Guan Hock 461 

Ee Soo Hoong, Joy 440 

Ee Thian Phong 390 

Ee Tiang Siew 346 

Eio Siak Guan 336 

Elangkovan 306 

Emirzon b Sarves 461 

Eng Buck Chua 184, 266 

Eng Lam Seng 270 

Eng Sew Chiw 348 

Eric Kuan 125, 477 

Eric Mah 482 

Er Kwong Wah 68, 73, 221, 442 

Ernest Koh 477 

Ernest Lim 382 

Er Seow Whye 372 

Eswaran Sukumar 382 

Eu Seong Beng 334 

Evelyn Chiam Tsu Hua 420 

Eyal Levy 477 

F 

Falcon Patrol 482, 484 

Fang Peng Thim 72, 399 

Farid Rahna 412 

Fathullah b Jamil 346 

Fauzi Lajam 140 

Fernandes Ivan Lynn 309 

Fernando Sisira 386 

Fesal b Idris 348 

Firoz 475 

Fock Kwong Ming 372 

Fok Fook Keng 296 

Fok Seng Fatt 274 

Fong Chee Keong 334 

Fong Chiew Min 306 

Fong Chong Huat 75 

Fong Heng Boo 342 

Fong Hong Yuen 262 

Fong Keng Kiong 384

504 


Fong Kum Hor 296 

Fong Yin Leong 326 

Foo Cheong Kam 262, 486 

Foo Chew Yin 416 

Foo Chien Ho 380 

Foo Chit Pheng 268 

Foo Chuan Pow 440 

Foo Don Wan 46, 48 

Foo Hee Tim 326 

Foo Ho Loon 241 

Foo Juan Tong 270 

Foo Khee Fong 300 

Foo Kit Meng 463 

Foo Kok Eng 341 

Foo Koong Cheun 459 

Foo Moo Pao 298 

Foong Cheng Tee 394 

Foo Say Boon 390 

Foo Say Kum 332 

Foo See Giap 445 

Foo Shang Jiam 204, 416 

Foo Siang Heng 380 

Foo Siew King 418 

Foo Suan Kok 378 

Foo Tai Siow 382 

Foo Thiam Fong 462 

Foo Wah We 310 

Frances Cheang Chin Neo 416 

Francis Lim Ju San 482 

Francis Yin 72 

G 

G. Devathasan 372 

Gan Chin Yean 460 

Gan Chong Man 296 

Gangan Prathap 296 

Gan Huat Seng 445 

Gan Huat Tatt 420 

Gan Kah Chwee 392 

Gan Kok Hoon 341 

Gan Kok Peng 62, 66, 394 

Gan See Kham 434 

Gay Beng Toong 380 

Gek Chee Sin 342 

Geoffrey Yue 75 

George Paul 437 

Ghaffar 184 

Ghani Suratnan 241 

Giam Yeng 310 

Gnanasundram S 348 

Goh Beng Koon 376 

Goh Boon Kiat 372 

Goh Chee Fong 445 

Goh Cheng Tian 348 

Goh Chin Wee 457 

Goh Chok Tong 241, 194, 198, 

213, 214 

Goh Chong Heeng 60, 204 

Goh Choo Leng 457 

Goh Choo San 416 

Goh Chuan Ooi 463 

Goh Chwee Guan 262 

Goh Ek Ek 414 

Goh Hai Yong 384 

Goh Hiang Fong 266 

Goh Kee Fong 372 

Goh Kee Hock 372 

Goh Khee Kuan 75, 434 

Goh Kim Seng 382 

Goh Kim Soon 72, 118, 438 

Goh Kng Yan 463 

Goh Kong Hai 60 

Goh Koon San 461 

Goh Lee San 436 

Goh Leng Seng 419, 421 

Goh Lian Meng 298 

Goh Li Shien 286 

Goh Oon Tong 270 

Goh Peng Khoon 458 

Goh Seng Kit 376 

Goh Seng Mui 324 

Goh Siang Seng 302 

Goh Sin Bin 264 

Goh Soo Hock 386 

Goh Soo Kiat 348 

Goh Soo Tian 318 

Goh Su Li 285, 411 

Goh Swee Yeow 462 

Goh Teck Chong 351 

Goh Teck Soon 418 

Goh Teck Tham 374 

Goh Thiang Hock 336 

Goh Yew Hong 420 

Goh Yong Kwang 342 

Goh Yong Meng 462 

Goi Meng Wah 302 

Gomez V 48 

Gopalan Mohana Krishnan 465 

Gopalan Prabhakaran 459 

Gopal Das 284 

Gopal Singh 62, 65, 109, 113, 386 

Govindarajalu Asokan 463 

Goy Liak Meng 461 

Gryphons (1968) 313 

Gurmit Singh 284 

Gwee Hak Theng Spencer 460 

H 

Hah Yan Chuan 304 

Hamidabai abd 410 

Hamzah b Said 458 

Han Chew Ching 414 

Han Chung Juan 344 

Han Fook Kwang 462, 484, 485 

Han Kathryn 412 

Han King Juan 458 

Han Thien Fong 332 

Han Tuck Kwong 382 

Haresh Maniar 458 

Harpal Singh 266 

Hasan S Mirza 262 

Ha Sip Khian 386 

Heng Chai Siang 302 

Heng Chin Hien 382 

Heng Gee Guan 342 

Heng Hiang Khng 296 

Heng Kim Chuan Fred 459 

Heng Kow Mui 336 

Heng Ngian Thye 342 

Heng Swee Khoon 457 

Heng Thye Yong 382 

Heng Wee Jin 304 

Hernon PK 47, 48, 120 

Hia Hui Kim 302 

Hia Kwee Yong 242 

Hing Mee Hoon 287 

Hira Singh 374 

Ho Ann Chew 346 

Ho Beng Huat 408 

Ho Boon Thong 264 

Ho Chee Keng 420 

Ho Cheok Yuen 372 

Ho Chip Chiew 302 

Ho Chok Chan 394 

Hoe Kim Tho 60, 65 

Ho Fook Cheong 344 

Ho Gim Thian 334 

Ho Han 341 

Ho Hin Cheong 274 

Ho Hon Wah 374 

Ho Hwee Keng 420 

Ho Kay Leng 374 

Ho Kee Chin 376 

Ho Kiang Fah 346 

Ho Kin Kheong 65, 123, 380 

Ho Kum Weng 392 

Ho Kum Yin 434 

Ho Lai Seng 376 

Ho Loong Chan 457 

Ho Nai Sun 465 

Hon Chan Juan 274 

Hong Ah Kee 344 

Hong Tat Soon Mark 73, 434 

Hon See Meng 382 

Hoon Dai Loon 459 

Hoon Soon Kwan 63, 71, 380 

Ho Peng Wee 462 

Ho Phak Chuan 300 

Ho Ping Chan 392 

Hor Siew Fu 274, 411 

Hor Siew Weng 461 

Ho Seow Phuan 461 

Ho Soo Kam 378 

Ho Soo Meng 420 

Ho Soon Fatt 457 

Ho Soon Onn 328 

Ho Sui Ha 386 

Ho Tew Hong 326 

Ho Tian Lam 326 

Houmayune 62 

Ho Wah Hoi 300 

Ho Wah Nam 348 

Ho Wah Pak 65, 67, 123, 388 

Ho Wah Tong 372 

Ho Wah Yan 342 

Ho Wah Yin 457 

Ho Wee Chan 300 

How Wai Chew 122, 344 

Ho Wye Keong 460 

Ho Yee Choong 274 

Ho Yew Chun 341 

Ho Yew Kee 60, 65, 67, 68, 71, 

118, 123, 438 

Ho Yew Loon 458 

Ho Yiu Pang 392 

Ho Yoke Leng 390 

Hsu Moh Leong 75, 204, 414 

Hsu Tar Su 262 

Huang Victor Kuo Liang 60 

Hui Chee Heng 344 

Hui Chee Seng 304 

Hum Wee Whye 458 

Huri Harjani 120, 410 

I 

Ibrahim b Mohd 460 

Ibrahim Burhan 241 

Imran b Yusof 372 

Interact Club 76 

Ishak b Salam 262 

Iskander Badarudin 410 

Ismail Hamid 184, 266, 280 

Ismail Ibrahim 69, 140, 399 

Ismail Osman 390 

Ivy Seow 73, 78 

J 

J. Jayachandra 388 

Jaafar b Mohd 268 

Jacob Abraham 346 

Jacob Chacko 127, 184, 270 

Jaffarullah 184 

Jaganathan V. 306 

Jaikishin R Bhojwani 380 

Jais Singh 457 

Jamaludin Zaiforrullah 390 

Jamil b Hassan 459 

Jamil b Rahman 346 

Jan Mohammed 440 

Jasudasen T 184, 266, 279, 282, 

474, 479 

Jaswant Singh 113, 382 

Jaya Prasad 392 

Jeannette Lim Kim Lian 439 

Jee Yan Kin 47, 48 

Jeffrey Phuah Hock Seng 286 

Jeffrey Tan 65, 76 

Jeman b Sulaiman 298 

Jesudason EW 48, 65 

Jesudason’s children 

- Janet Stevens 179 

- John Edward 179 

- Joan Esther 180 

- Juince Evelyn 180 

- Jessie Elaine 180 

- Jacqueline Emily 180 

- Vanessa Eileen 181 

- Vincent Eugene 181 

- Verner Edwin 181 

- Vivien Esmeralda 182 

Jeyandran M 376 

Jiang Suan Wah 306 

Jimmy Hsu 262 

Jimmy Wee Jin Ho 412 

Joethy R 241 

Johari b Yusoff 346 

John Chew 66 

John KP 47, 48 

Johnny Fung 41 

John Tan ES 48 

Joseph A.G. 298 

Jothi Kumar 463 

Joyce Davamoni 75 

Joy Ee 118, 120 

Juay Chee Pong 306 

Julius Caesar 79 

Jumaat b Yusoff 342 

K 

K. Anandan 346 

K. Khojama 465 

Kabayao Gilopez 78 

Kalaiyeswaran 304 

Kalia Kumar 416 

Kallyapan R. 410 

Kamal Johari 113, 266 

Kam Chuan Aik 408 

Kamsinah 287 

Kandiah 76 

Kandiah Silva 334 

Kaneyson 41 

Kang Beng Ho 270 

Kang Chiang Meng 346 

Kang Chuan Hock 459 

Kang Ho Soon 374 

Kang Kum Meng 458 

Kan Kin Mun 69, 118, 442 

Kannabiran 242 

Kan Ting Chiu 436 

Kao Ching Chuan 48 

Kao Keng Hua 458 

Kapur Kumar Swaran 465 

Karrupiah C 62, 109, 118 

Kartar Singh 76, 124 

Karthikeyan S 336 

Karuppiah N. 306 

Kassim b Sariman 382 

Kassim Taiyabali 350 

Kathleen Chua Lee Hwa 414 

Kavipurapu v. Ratnam 376 

Kee Wee 440 

Kek Soon Eng 408 

Kernail Singh 436 

Khalid Salleh 369, 386 

Khiu Shen Woo 462 

Khng Eu Meng 270 

Kho Kok Meng 390 

Khong Hing Seng 348 

Khong May Yue 410 

Khoo Beng Hock Michael 322 

Khoo Chek Hang 342 

Khoo Chin Hean 272 

Khoo Choon Kiat 264 

Khoo Eng Luck 284 

Khoo Guan Bee Ronny 286 

Khoo How Yong 41, 242 

Khoo Kay Koon 384 

Khoo Keng Gie Edmond 465 

Khoo Kian Voon 392 

Khoo Kim Heng Alan 341 

Khoo Peng Khoon 342 

Khoo Pong Tiah 439 

Khoo Saik Chin 408 

Khoo Teng Ann 461

505 

Khoo Teng Chye 270, 411 

Khoo Teng Kew 41, 60, 72 

Khushwant Singh 458 

Kirpal Singh 172, 350 

Kishin A Kishnani 306 

Kishore Chandulah 332 

Koh Ah Meng 296 

Koh Beng Thiam 46, 48, 60, 118, 

125 

Koh Boon Keow 336 

Koh Boon Kim 434 

Koh Boon Teck 304 

Koh Chee Wah 458 

Koh Cheong Teck Ernest 272 

Koh Cher Siang 434 

Koh Chet Foo 298 

Koh Chwee Lam 410 

Koh Chye San 412 

Koh Eng Heng 460 

Koh Eng Phuat 394 

Koh Geok Huat 332 

Koh Hiok Joo 390 

Koh Hock Leong 306 

Koh Kah Aik 264 

Koh Keng Hoon 285 

Koh Khek Cheow 47, 48 

Koh Kock Eng 75, 418 

Koh Kuek Chiang 296 

Koh Lye Meng 351 

Koh Meng Wee Judy 436 

Koh Peng Cheok 268 

Koh Poh Kian 322 

Koh Robert 380 

Koh Sa Ti 268 

Koh Siew Gim 408 

Koh Stephen 439 

Koh Swi Wan 394 

Koh Tat Boon 340 

Koh Tin Fook 340 

Koh Yian Har 287 

Koh Yong Guan 445 

Kok Moon Seng 60, 62, 108, 113, 

118, 374 

Kok Pin Loong 386 

Kok Sin Cheong 374 

Kok Wai Leong 262, 280 

Kok Wai San 410 

Kok Yuen Hin 306 

Kong Heng Toh 287 

Kong Hock Heng 465 

Kong Hoe Leong 41 

Kong Pak Meng 465 

Kong Pak Seng 384 

Kong Seng Kwong 344 

Kong Sim Guan 351 

Kong Soon Chew 296 

Kong Su Vui 306 

Kong Yew Chye 419, 421 

Kong Yew Keng 300 

Kong Yong Yeo 382 

Kooi Hood Hin 284 

Koong Bong Toong 340 

Kow Boo Huat 340 

Krishna Kumar A 302 

Krishnan Gopala 462 

K Sathasivan 434 

Kuan Choon Hock 326 

Kuan Kim Seng 263 

Kuan Wai Cheng 263 

Kuek Eng Chye] 384 

Kulwant Singh 382 

Kumar 280 

Kumarasamy Nagaswari 440 

Kumarasamy Sarojany 434 

Kuruvilla George 378 

Kwa Ak Soo 242 

Kwa Guian Sin 457 

Kwan Chun Khuen 465 

Kwan Fook Seng 272 

Kwang Yeu Yeong 71 

Kwan Hon Meng 376 

Kwan Yue Yeong 62, 65, 68, 108, 

113, 118, 123, 436 

Kwa Ser Eng 434 

Kwee Kai Liang 440 

Kwek Seng Chai 46 

Kwek Siew Jin 70, 127, 322 

Kwek Teng Khoon 204 

Kwoh Choo Hong 74, 388 

Kwok Chow Thim 458 

Kwok Fook Kee 459 

Kwok Kah Keong 378 

Kwok Kah Kie 376 

Kwok Kah Yien 420 

Kwok Kar Wah 344 

Kwok Kum Chiew 334 

Kwok Phoon Nga 127, 274 

Kwok Syn Wun 414 

Kwok Wai Keong 70, 127, 322 

Kwong Kam Hoi 284 

Kwong Shiu Yoong 326 

L 

Lai Andy 390 

Lai Chee Fan 300 

Lai Chee Seng 298 

Lai Ching Chuan 263 

Lai Kin Ming 440 

Lai Mee Lee 434 

Lai Moon Thong 306 

Lai Mun Chew 457 

Lai Nam Chen 287 

Lai Poh Wah 123, 346 

Laird 318 

Lai Seck Khui 292 

Lai Seck Kiong 346 

Lai Tat Keong 340 

Lai Tshun Loy 344 

Lai Weng Kwong 376 

Lai Yew Kong 65, 122, 410 

Lai Yuen Poh 420 

Lam Chong Weng 458 

Lam Choon Seed 306 

Lam Chung Kai Simon 440 

Lam Ga Huat 332 

Lam Hoew Yae 458 

Lam Kai Kwek 459 

Lam Khin Siak 274 

Lam Kwong Wei 340 

Lam Miao Lai 392 

Lam Peck Heng 122, 243 

Lam Peng Kuen 268 

Lam Pin Foo 62, 66, 118, 442 

Lam Pin Kwee 62, 65, 109, 118, 

414 

Lam Sin Chai 336 

Lam Ti Ngian 326 

Lam Yeok Lin 284 

Latiff MK 118 

Lau Chan Sin 242 

Lau Chee Kian 340 

Lau Chee Kin 328 

Lau Kheong Thye 113, 118 

Lau Kwong Chung 461 

Lau Liat Chim 351 

Lau Liat Hoe 436 

Lau Liat Khoon 284 

Lau Mun Wai 302 

Lau Sum Wing 457 

Lau Swee Kwong 380 

Lau Thiam Yew 459 

Lau Tong Weng 300 

Lau Wah Kee 270 

Lau Wei Fatt 328 

Lee Ah Chai 60 

Lee Ah Huat 414 

Lee Beng Hong 286 

Lee Bon Leong 434 

Lee Chai Hock 445 

Lee Chai Thiam 340 

Lee Chak Boon 376 

Lee Chak Chew 465 

Lee Chak Yong 302 

Lee Charlie 184, 270, 369 

Lee Chee Keong 461 

Lee Chee Nang 272 

Lee Chee Seng 348 

Lee Chee Sing 304 

Lee Chee Yeng 434 

Lee Cheng Kin 384 

Lee Cheng Seng 306 

Lee Cheong Kuan 302 

Lee Cheow Meng 384 

Lee Cheow Seng 440 

Lee Chew Fai 463 

Lee Chew Ling 351 

Lee Chiang Huat 318, 336 

Lee Chiaw Boon 266 

Lee Chin Poh 457 

Lee Chiok Sing 418 

Lee Choon Huat 66, 72, 118,125, 

439 

Lee Chuen Chong 384 

Lee Chun Yen 274 

Lee Churk Pui 445 

Lee Churk Yin 302 

Lee Dan Lin 296 

Lee Eng Koon 460 

Lee Eng Lock 327 

Lee Eric 242 

Lee Fatt Ping 463 

Lee Fong Seng 48, 66 

Lee Fook Heng 263, 489 

Lee Hing Men 286 

Lee Hin Peng 118, 439 

Lee Hock Choon 264 

Lee Hock Choon 411 

Lee Hock Chye 327 

Lee Hock Lye 410, 476 

Lee Hong Khim 462 

Lee Hong Kwang 334 

Lee Hoong Cheong 434 

Lee Hoong Fatt 390 

Lee How Kay 394 

Lee Hsien Loong 292 

Lee Hua Khiang 388 

Lee Jim Teck 71 

Lee Jim Yong 307 

Lee Joo Koon 272 

Lee Kah Chuen 408 

Lee Kai See 328 

Lee Kee Huat 127 

Lee Kee Huat 264 

Lee Keen Whye 461 

Lee Kee Sen 461 

Lee Keng Miang 296 

Lee Keow Siong 241 

Lee Kheng Nam 418 

Lee Khin Loo 340 

Lee Kia Jiam 416 

Lee Kian 442 

Lee Kie Tiok 263 

Lee Kim Hock 296 

Lee Kim Hong 388 

Lee Kim Sin 378 

Lee Kin Fong 420 

Lee Kiow Kwang 348 

Lee Kok Cheong 48, 73 

Lee Kuan Yew 89, 486, 

Lee Kwang Cheng 300 

Lee Kwang Foo Edward 408 

Lee Kwok Pui 461 

Lee Kwok Weng 270 

Lee Leong Ying 442 

Lee Lian Song 332 

Lee Lilian 445 

Lee Lionel 318 

Lee Lye Teck 388 

Lee Ming Kwang 374 

Lee Mui Noi 436 

Lee Mung Hing 298 

Lee Sek Meng 386 

Lee Sian Tee 418 

Lee Siew Chinn 287 

Lee Siong Pin 378 

Lee Soon Cheng 346 

Lee Soon Khiong 242 

Lee Soon Tai 150, 156, 459 

Lee Suan Hiang 318, 340 

Lee Teck Har 351 

Lee Tee Sim 46 

Lee Teng Kim Mary 408 

Lee Thean Aun 47, 48 

Lee Theng Kiat 458 

Lee Thiam Koon 268 

Lee Thiam Seng 376 

Lee Thian Guan 465 

Lee Thian Teck 75, 418 

Lee Tiong Peng 340 

Lee Tuck Seng 270 

Lee Wah Cheong 420 

Lee Wah Hin 73, 439 

Lee Wah Meng 298 

Lee Wah Seng 334 

Lee Wai Hong 328 

Lee Wee Beng 459 

Lee Weng Fatt 271 

Lee Yee Chun 69 

Lee Yew Cheong 271 

Lee Yew Huat 340 

Lee Yew Kwong 378, 459 

Lee Yew Meng 327 

Lee Yew Mun 70 118, 440 

Lee Yock Suan 72, 442 

Lee Yoon Moi 307 

Lee Yue Cheong 263 

Lee Yuen Hung 374 

Lee Yuen Keung,Edward 439 

Lek Seow Yam 123, 382 

Leo Ah Bang 376 

Leo Chin Fook 75, 442 

Leo Chin Seng 71, 129, 298 

Leo Loy Hoon 434 

Leong Chan Chuen 242 

Leong Chee Fatt 460 

Leong Chee Ming 461 

Leong Chee Whye 439 

Leong Cheng 388 

Leong Cheng Chit 41, 242 

Leong Choon Yin 243 

Leong Chuen Weng 324 

Leong Chun Nam 458 

Leong Fook Heng 344, 378 

Leong Fook Kwong 412 

Leong Hon Kheong 372 

Leong Hon Kong 242 

Leong Kee Nam 328 

Leong Keen Sun 388 

Leong Keng Sin 304 

Leong Kok Hong 304 

Leong Kum Kong 336 

Leong Peck Chang 408 

Leong Puah Kuan 264 

Leong Siew Kwong 386 

Leong Soh Chye 75 

Leong Sze Hian 458 

Leong Toh Kiat 340 

Leong Tuck Sum 272 

Leong Wai Keat 298 

Leong Wai Sung 264 

Leong Wei Weng 328 

Leong Weng Cheong 340 

Leong Weng Kee 462 

Leong Weng Yew 284 

Leong Yit Siong 298 

Leong Yue Kiang 60, 118, 442 

Leo Teng Tong 274 

Leo Ting Ping 304 

Leow Ghian Seng 268 

Leow Huat Siong 327 

Leow Jean Lin 411 

Leow Min Siong 242 

Leow Siew Beng 445 

Leow Yoong Cheong 340

506 


Leslie Chew Kwee Hoe 263 

Letchumanan P 328 

Leung Yam Kwan 412 

Levy Eyal 307 

Liang Yee Wah 386 

Lian Yew Leong 268 

Liao Kuo Tang 442 

Lie Shen Kui Vida 285 

Liew Chee Seng 461 

Liew Cheng Sin 375 

Liew Chin Choy 436 

Liew Kuan Sing 445 

Liew Kuan Wye Daron 440 

Liew Leong Poh 268 

Liew Men Khek 340 

Liew Wan Kong 274 

Lillian Wong 416 

Lily Sim Jui Eng 414 

Lily Yang 285 

Lim Ah Kheng 445 

Lim Ah Ong 386 

Lim Aik 242 

Lim Alec 318 

Lim Bee Lian June 286 

Lim Beng Kuan 271 

Lim Beng Sun 263 

Lim Boon Hoe 377 

Lim Boon Hua 328 

Lim Chee Seng 344 

Lim Cher Guan 335 

Lim Cher Lin 465 

Lim Cher Tuck 348 

Lim Chiew Sun, Michael 434 

Lim Chin Hian 118, 439 

Lim Chin Seng 336, 346, 392 

Lim Chong 464 

Lim Chong Hai 462 

Lim Chong Tea 378 

Lim Choo Eng 410 

Lim Choo Siang 463 

Lim Chor Hwee 445 

Lim Chye Heng 388 

Lim Chye Lye 300 

Lim Chye Poh 392 

Lim Chyong 

Lim Dora 412 

Lim Ee Koon 62, 66, 125, 414 

Lim Eng Chong 264 

Lim Eng Hock 459 

Lim Eng Lian 324 

Lim Eng Meng 268 

Lim Fung Tong 264 

Lim Gim Cheng 298 

Lim gin Swee 384 

Lim Giok Seng 375 

Lim Guan Kim 46, 48, 65 

Lim Han Khuang 340 

Lim Heck Seng 375 

Lim Heng Folk 336 

Lim Heng Kian 297 

Lim Heng Nian 465 

Lim Heng Wah 384 

Lim Hoa Aek 440 

Lim Hock Leng 348 

Lim Ho Kee 242 

Lim Hua Kee 386 

Lim Hui Mei 416 

Lim Hung Soon 465 

Lim Isabella 416 

Lim Jit Suan 336 

Lim Ju San Francis 462 

Lim Kee San 336 

Lim Keng Cheong 458 

Lim Keng Chye 415 

Lim Kew Leong 457 

Lim Khek Koon Paul 415 

Lim Kheng Huat 324 

Lim Kia Choon 75 

Lim Kian Joe 462 

Lim Kim Chew 298 

Lim Kim Hock 322, 340, 384 

Lim Kim Seah 302 

Lim Kim Siang 41, 62 

Lim Kim Tiang Alec 297 

Lim Kin Choon 372 

Lim Kin Hock 274 

Lim Kok Chuan 324 

Lim Kok Guan 380 

Lim Kok Ming 266 

Lim Kow, 70, 297 

Lim Kuan Keng 242 

Lim Kwee Beng 465 

Lim Kwong Ju 459 

Lim Lai Huat 386 

Lim Lan Yuan 327 

Lim Lay Yew 307 

Lim Lean Im 284 

Lim Lee Chin 436 

Lim Lian Chye 327 

Lim Liang Boon 242 

Lim Liong 415 

Lim Luck Ser 351 

Lim Luck Thong 302 

Lim Meng Kin 322 

Lim Meng Swang 122, 204, 412 

Lim Ming Seong 445 

Lim Neo Chian 465 

Lim Peck Hoon 410 

Lim Peck Tee 436 

Lim Peng Chek 335 

Lim Poh Chuan Jane 439 

Lim Poh Hock 204 

Lim Poh Seng 300 

Lim Seng Bock 344 

Lim Seng Fatt 458 

Lim Seng Teck 392 

Lim Seng Tee 332 

Lim Seong Thiam 307 

Lim Seow Chai 460 

LIm shyong 394 

Lim Siak Meng 300 

Lim Siak Seng 378 

Lim Siew Leng vivienne 415 

Lim Sin Chin 384 

Lim Sing Lip 274 

Lim Sing Tee 184, 264 

Lim So Jean 436 

Lim Soon Beng 243 

Lim Soon Choon 74, 386 

Lim Soon Wah 375 

Lim Soy Nia 411 

Lim Su Lip 458 

Lim Swee Chuan 46, 48, 74 

Lim Swee Piow 335 

Lim Teck Boon 459 

Lim Teck Ee 351 

Lim Thiam Hock 408 

Lim Tiang Sang 380 

Lim Tian Soo 46, 48 

Lim Tia Song 461 

Lim Tien Jit 271, 280 

Lim Tiong Chee 416 

Lim Tiong Jee 378 

Lim Tong Hua 348 

Lim Tong Kee 272 

Lim Tow Seng 420 

Lim Tuan Neo, Renee 440 

Lim Tze Chiow 302 

Lim Weng Yew 445 

Lim Whay Yuan 272 

Lim Woon Lieng 418 

Lim Yan How 380 

Lim Yeng Kok 340 

Lim Yeow Hwee 375 

Lim Yong Joo 462 

Lim Yun Chin 375 

Ling Choon Wah 459 

Ling Siew Meng 75, 439 

Ling Swee Chan 418 

Liow Siew Choon 268 

Li Soon Choon 74 

Liu Mun Seng 322 

Liu Nan Chuen 300 

Liu Tsun Kie 268, 292 

Loh Ah Chew 377 

Loh Ai 436 

Loh Boon Song 271 

Loh Chang Bah 459 

Loh Chock Piew 304 

Loh Chwee Hua 268 

Loh Fang Kum 62, 63 

Loh Fang Kwee Daniel 390 

Loh Fang Yong Alfred 378 

Loh Fatt Kheong 459 

Loh Fook Hong 272 

Loh Fook Lum 459 

Loh Hock Leng 297 

Loh Hoong Sum 118, 442 

Loh Hung Ghee 381 

Loh Jooi Cheong 307 

Loh Kah Weng 265 

Loh Kian Muan 377 

Loh Kim Cheng 388 

Loh Kin Mun 328 

Loh Kok Hua 375 

Loh Kok Kee 420 

Loh Kok Wah 381 

Loh Koon Weng 307 

Loh Kuan Meng 301 

Loh Lum Kit 415 

Loh Meng See 340 

Loh Ngin Seng 75, 204 

Loh Seng Whye 445 

Loh Siew Wah 304 

Loh Soi Meng 390 

Loh Vincent 68, 71, 118, 439 

Loh Wee Tiong, David 440 

Loh Yan Poh 322 

Loh Yong Sun 336 

Loh Yun Ye 71 

Loh Yun Yue 332 

Lok Boon Yan 342 

Loke Fook Seng 298 

Loke Pak Chee 335 

Loke Swee Fatt 118, 324 

Loke Tat Luen 74, 322 

Loke Yue Chong 140, 421 

Lokman 266 

Lo Kok Leong 264 

Long Fung 415 

Long Sze Kee 460 

Loo Choon Beng 458 

Loo Choon Yong 373 

Looi Boon Teck 336 

Loon Chee Poon 339 

Loong Peter 75 

Loong Say Meng 271 

Loong Thim Kui Peter 434 

Loo Teong Heng 339 

Lo Thin Soong 303 

Low Ah Mui 418 

Low Boon Chye 444 

Low Boon Liang 464 

Low Boon Yong 284 

Low Chek Kwang 184, 266 

Low Chek Tong 301 

Low Ching Ming 382, 442 

Low Ching Sian 265 

Low Chin Wing 62, 442 

Low Choon Sin 373 

Low Chor Teck 458 

Low David 75 

Low Fook 486 

Low Gek Piow 444 

Low Heng 392 

Low Hock Siew 274 

Low Hong Thong 460 

Low Hou Loke 76, 122, 411 

Low Hwee Chiang 388 

Low Jooi Cheong 129 

Low Kam Fook 271 

Low Khai Sun 263 

Low Kim Huat 204 

Low Kim Soon 242 

Low Kok Yan 332 

Low Koon Hoong 459 

Low Lai Long 390 

Low Lip Peng 241 

Low Miang Chew 73, 439 

Low Mun Kit 266 

Low Peng Sum 266 

Low Peter Cuthbert 285 

Low Poh Huat 272 

Low Sek Fun 62, 65, 108, 123, 408 

Low Seng Chua 444 

Low Seng Kim 415 

Low Sian Teng 303 

Low Siew Sie 347 

Low Sin Chye 465 

Low Sin Moh 241 

Low Teo Ping 62, 65, 66, 113, 123, 

124, 435 

Low Tut Choon 415 

Low Yan Khin 390 

Low Yew Bin 329 

Low Yong Kwee 299 

Lua Soo Theng 421 

Lui Chew Wah 375 

Lui Chew Yin 299 

Lui Chue Hong 461 

Lui Eng Yee 166, 297, 318 

Lui Sit Pui 299 

Lum Kum Poh 373 

Lum Siew Kay 377 

Lum Tian Fore 457 

Lum Yew Meng 377 

Lu Thiam Seng 265 

Lye Pak Fun Victor 60 

Lye Soon Ngian 299 

Lye Wee Fong 285 

Lyn Jessie 412 

M 

M. Chinnaraja 375 

M.K. Latiff 435 

M. Logendran 301 

M. Mahendran 272 

M. Sasidheran 465 

M. Vaithilingam 461 

Madhavan M Rajan 381 

Magdalene Chan Oi Yoke 415 

Magic in the Mirror 79 

Mah Kah On 304 

Mahmood Fadjiar 411 

Mah Seow Haung, Eric 305 

Maik Seck Hoe 373 

Mak Kum Seng 381 

Mak Kum Thong 118, 322, 355, 

364 

Mak Wai Nam 327 

Mak Yew Choong 462 

Ma Mong Pak Loong 461 

Maniam L 48 

Mani Dharma Rajan 375 

Manmohanjit singh 305 

Manmohan Singh 344 

Mansoor Marican 75, 435 

Marion J Kadley 285 

Mark Hong Tat Soon, 73, 434, 451 

Marlon G McCall 458 

Mashnoordin 65, 75 

Mathews Mathews 416 

Matthew Linus 322 

Maurice Neo 123, 400, 405 

Md Afandi Noh 460 

Md Fawzi b Rahna 348 

Md Osman Hussain 342 

Md Salleh b Aziz 348 

Md Taib b Sulaiman 349 

Md Yassim b Jantan 349 

Mehar Singh 41 

Mehta Minakshi 64, 75, 118, 439 

Menon Karunakara 307 

Menon Narayanan 462 

Michael Lelah 265

507 

Mickey Chiang 41, 243 

Micky Yong 62 65, 66, 67, 123, 

124, 443 

Miles Russell 322 

Milton Tan 79 

Mirza 266 

Mohandas Kamath 418 

Mohandas Menon 297 

Mohan George Mathews 381 

Mohan Prakash Vij 266 

Mohd Aris 391 

Mohd Fauzi b Said 458 

Mohd Ghazali 268 

Mohd Hajireen Rajudin 329 

Mohd Hakim Hassan 335 

Mohd Ibrahim 266 

Mohd Iqball 322 

Mohd Isa 347 

Mohd Ismail Ibrahim 373 

Mohd Jaffarullah 268 

Mohd Jiffry Muljee 332 

Mohd Kamil Salleh 305 

Mohd Mashhoordin 415 

Mohd Najeb b Maroof 461 

Mohd Rohmat 266 

Mohd Saed b Osman 458 

Mohd Salim b Daud 377 

Mohd Shariff 337 

Mohd Yusoff 394 

Mohd Zaki Hakim 268 

Moh Siew Meng 442 

Mok Keng Cher 268 

Mok Kwong Hoong 459 

Mok Kwong Weng 460 

Mok Poh Wah 272 

Mok Wan Thai 386 

Mok Who Tai 303 

Mok Yew Fun 41 

Mong Boh Heng 393 

Moses Tay 48, 122 

M Rajalakshmi 437 

Mukundan C 241 

Mukund Doshi 388 

Mulki Ashok Vasuder 339 

Munir Shah 271, 279, 282, 

Muriel Tok 417 

Murli Issardas 347 

Murugasu Sheela 437 

Mustaza b Kassim 263 

N 

Nabi Gulam 437 

Nadaisan Logaraj 408 

Nadaison K Kumar 462 

Nah Yam Kim 274 

Naidu Pandurangan 465 

Nair RC 48 

Nambiar Soman 462 

Nan Chee Sam 299 

Narain Lulla 351 

Naranjan Singh 329 

Narendran Kanagasunt 439 

Narin Lulla 351 

Natahar Bava 69 

Natarajan 47, 48 

Natarajan Varaprasad 418 

Neo Ban Leong 377 

Neo Boon Eng 381 

Neo Choon Aik 388 

Neo Hin Chai 408 

Neo Hock Cheng 301 

Neo Kian Tee Irving 375 

Ng Ah Kow 408 

Ng Ah Poh 351 

Ng Ah Tee 385 

Ngai Kok Leong 347 

Ngaim Hai Guan 460 

Ng Bee Woo 327 

Ng Beng Hong 418 

Ng Beng Lee 373 

Ng Chee Fei 459 

Ng Chee Kheon 322 

Ng Chee Kwee 460 

Ng Chee Seng 344 

Ng Chin Fong 411 

Ng Ching Thiam 332 

Ng Chin Siong 385 

Ng Choo Kiong 332 

Ng Choong 324 

Ng Choon Hua 381 

Ng Choon Loi 344 

Ng Choon Siew 297 

Ng Choon Teck 459 

Ng Chwee Hwei 242 

Ng Eng Teck 46 

Ngeow Khim Sooi 303 

Ng Fook Sang 442 

Ng Gan Cheong 457 

Ng Geok Sean 435 

Ng Graham 280 

Ng Hark Cheng 418 

Ng Hark Seng 394 

Ng Hee 75, 118, 417 

Ng Hee Tong 339 

Ng Heng Hoong 461 

Ng Henry 129 

Ng Hon Cheong 457 

Ng Hwee Hin 323 

Ng Hwee Siew 284 

Ngiam Kee Jin 388 

Ngiam Kia Huat 263 

Ngiam Meng Lang 70, 140 

Ngiam Thye Eng 373 

Ng Jea Sing 349 

Ng Joon Teck 347 

Ng Jui Keng 303 

Ng Jui Ping 412 

Ng Kai Leong 184 

Ng Kai Leong 263 

Ng Kay Woo 421 

Ng Kee Biang 332 

Ng Kee Choe 242 

Ng Kee Choon 385 

Ng Khai Heng 460 

Ng Kian Min 459 

Ng Kiat Chong 409 

Ng Kim Beng 46, 48, 75, 239 

Ng Kim Guan 327 

Ng Kim Poh 419 

Ng Koang Heng 303 

Ng Kum Weng 342 

Ng Kwan Ying 351 

Ng Kwok Hong 266 

Ng Lee Ngoh 120, 439 

Ng Meng Hiong 263 

Ng Meng Loo 460 

Ng Ngah Lee 417 

Ngoh See Wee 343 

Ngoh Tee Peng 460 

Ngoh Tee wah 389 

Ng Pau Yin 412 

Ng Peng Hean Henry 305 

Ng Peng Kin 271 

Ng Poon Teck 421 

Ng Puay Koon 413 

Ng Seng Cheow 241 

Ng Seng Chong 204 

Ng Seng Chuan 267 

Ng Seng Leong 74 

Ng Seng Sum 75, 443 

Ng Ser Chuan Carolyn 412 

Ng Shui Heng 435 

Ng Siew Wah 323 

Ng Sin Heng 299 

Ng Soo Meng 435 

Ng Soon Wang 301 

Ng Teck Chin 323 

Ng Teck Seng 204 

Ng Thin Kong 265 

Ng Tian Khean 409 

Ng Toon Seng 243 

Ng Tze Kwong 335 

Ng Tze Pin 297 

Nguyen Tinh Chau 381 

Ng Wee Yong 335 

Ng Weng Wah 391 

Ng Yan 329 

Ng Yew Chong 75, 444 

Ng Yew Teck Andrew 335 

Nihal P Kulat 332 

N Nagappan 332 

Noel Selvarajoo 413 

Noordin b Abdullah 323 

Noorjahan 286 

Noor Sam Affandi 343 

N Sivaji 287 

O 

Oei Chooi Leng 269 

Oei Kiok Hoa 287 

Oh Chai Lai 344 

Oh Chye Whatt 465 

Oh Keng Hoe Edward 391 

Oh Sok Cheng 435 

Oh Soon Huat 297 

Oh Swee Hong 379 

Oh Thiam Eng 303 

Oh Tiong Huat 462 

Omar b Salleh 323 

Ong Ah Cheng 339 

Ong Boon Khim 417 

Ong Boon Kiang 461 

Ong Chee Lee 460 

Ong Cheng Huat 324 

Ong Chin Hwee 323 

Ong Chuah Keh 409 

Ong Eng Hin 460 

Ong Eng Kian 443 

Ong Feok Soo 242 

Ong Geok Hwee 439 

Ong Guek Im Doreen 415 

Ong Henry 241 

Ong Hong Huat 122, 417 

Ong Hua Beng 71 

Ong Jim Leong 343 

Ong John 343 

Ong Kai Leng 287 

Ong Kim Siong 48 

Ong Kim Sye 41, 60, 72 

Ong Leong Boon 242 

Ong Lin 75, 419 

Ong Lin Na 417 

Ong Mary 286 

Ong Meng Cheong 184, 263 

Ong Meng Jip 301 

Ong Meng Peng 324 

Ong Tech Chin 329 

Ong Teck Hock 273 

Ong Teong Law 349 

Ong Theng 385 

Ong Tiong Eng 347 

Ong Yeah Heng 305 

Ong Yew Jee 389 

Onkar Nath Kashyap 378 

Ooi Hock Lim, Robert 389 

Ooi Seng Soon 387 

Oo Soon Hee 242 

ORA dinner (1965) 79 

Ortega 46, 48 

Osman b Aman 305 

Ow Chong Sam 269 

Ow Cynthia Lay Ha 415 

Ow Kok Keng Richard 60, 118, 

439 

Ow Peng Siong 389 

Ow Weng Fye 324 

Ow Weng Kee 335 

Ow Weng Tye 351 

P 

P.D. Dhamishton 465 

P. Subramaniam 271 

Padat Devadas 301 

Palaniappan A 303 

Pandian D 329 

Pang Boon Chye 301 

Pang Boon Ngan 75, 375 

Pang Choon Wah 389 

Pang Fei Ling 415 

Pang Johnny 299 

Pang Kheck Eng 345 

Pang Kheck Phat 461 

Pang Kim Jong 269, 280 

Pang Kim Phong 323 

Pang Kok Kong 379 

Pang Phui Weng 327 

Pang Siew Hon 457 

Pang Siok Guan 108, 122, 417 

Pang Tow Min 274 

Pang Wing Seng 337 

Pan Tien Chor 60, 68, 71, 118, 441 

Paramesvaran K 303 

Parameswaran A.M. 305 

Paramjit Singh 387 

Pates RBI 280 

Patrick Allan Nugawela 378 

Patrick Chew 48, 71 

Patrick Tan Kah Wah 65 

Peh Beng Hong 285 

Pek Beng Choon 458 

Pestana PV 47, 48, 62 

Peter Loh 48 

Peter Loong 75 

Pham Kow Seng 273 

Philip Liau 184, 185, 186, 241 

Philip Nalliah Pillai 409 

Phillip Chan Yee Foo 417 

Phoon Kok Cheng 337 

Phoon Kok Kheong 337 

Phua Chye Toon 375 

Phua Hong Chiang 41, 242, 379 

Phua Kian Soon 393 

Phua King Song 382 

Phua Soo Phuan 381 

Phua Tian Chye 124 

Pillay Naganatha 373 

P Kannu 287 

Png Geok Puah 273 

Png Siak Khoon 297 

Poh Ah Peng 379 

Poh Choo Chye 242 

Poh Choon Jin 409 

Poh Eng Seng 462 

Poh Geok Teng 460 

Poh Kheng Leong 301 

Poh Lee Jin 349 

Poh Thiam Huat 464 

Poh Yee Tuan 303 

Poh Yew Tay 127, 271, 303, 411, 

413 

Ponnalagu Manickan 305 

Poon Chee Seng 60 

Poon Lee Kwee 339 

Poon Teng Heng 299 

Poon Weng Keung Allan 345 

Prabhakaran Nair 389 

Prabhat S 337 

Praima V 284 

Prakash Sankaran 381 

Prasad 68 

Prasad Sreedharan 464 

Prefects (1951) 239 








Prem Mansukhani 273 

Prem N Dass 458 

Prithpal Singh 350 

Probin 267 

Puhaindran S 46, 48, 70, 204, 461

508 


Q 

Quah Kim Song 280 

Quah Kit Khoon 439 

Quah Kok Hua 335 

Quay Kim Cheng 47 

Quddoos 47, 48 

Queck Meng Chua 345 

Quek Cheng Meng 375 

Quek Chin Yiok 413 

Quek Choon Teck 269, 293 

Quek Hiong How 383 

Quek Jin Poo 457 

Quek Joo Seng 71, 377 

Quek Keng Chiang 305 

Quek Kwong Pow 389 

Quek Li Lian 120, 441 

Quek Meng Poo 299 

Quek Pin Hon 444 

Quek Poh Chye 460 

Quek Sai Chai 66 

Quek Seng Yeow 301 

Quek Sze Swee 284 

Quek Teong Choon 74, 387 

R 

R. Chandrasekhar 458 

R. Kalamohan 383 

R.N.V. Prasad 415 

R.P. Sharma 413 

R. Shankar 373 

R. Veeraputhiran 393 

Rafflesian Times 411 

Ragunathan Chinniah 307 

Rahmat Bachok 389 

Rahmat b Sariman 345 

Rahmat b Sawalin 343 

Rajakulandran S 323 

Rajan 297 

Rajan Jacob 391 

Rajan Khrishnan 318 

Rajan M 75, 78 

Rajendran Kanagasunt 439 

Rajendran M. 305 

Rajmala V. 411 

Ramachandra Jaipraksh 464 

RamaKrishnan 271 

Ramakrishnan Roy 350 

Ramakrishnan S 303 

Ramamoorthy R.C. 339 

Ramaswamy Chellappa 381 

Ramesh Kumar 339 

Ramesh P.K. 337 

Ram Labhaya 409 

Ramlee b Ahmat 464 

Ranjeet Singh 343 

Ratna Devi Arulampalan 438 

Ratnam 62 

Ratnam G 305 

Ravi Chandran 263 

Rawi Jumid 385 

Raymond Teo 62, 108 

Razalee b Amin 460 

Retnam Pryadarshini 438 

Retnam Sivasagthy 437 

Richard Ow 71 

Richard Poh 122 

R Marappan 275 

Robert Goh Soon Huat 418 

Robert Lim Eng Fatt 67 

Robert Loo 65, 76 

Rohan Kamis 140, 375 

Ronald Goh Chin Teck 464 

Roney Tan 120 

Roney Tan 70, 76 

Rosario 46 

Rudhran Viagasu 462 

Rugby (1964) 65 

Rugby (1965) 122 

Russel Miles 124 

S 

S. Asokan 461 

S. Maruthappan 461 

S. Rajalingam 373 

S. Saminathan 465 

Sadasivan Rajaratnam 267 

Sahadevan 47 

Sam Sui Chee 325 

Sam Sui Hon 47, 67 

Samy Dr 221 

Sant Singh 437 

Sapuan Sarmani 389 

Sarwan b Atmore 299 

Sathiyamoorthy C 299 

Sathyadevan G 329 

Satish Ahuja 464 

Savarueh Peter 350 

Schooling Colin 383 

Scouts 32nd 204 

Screpathy 108 

Seah Arthur 393 

Seah Heng Cheng 457 

Seah I Lian 286 

Seah Kai Meng 417 

Seah Kee Kho 389 

Seah Kwee Leng Derek 265 

Seah Lim Soon 377 

Seah Meow Kim Vivien 437 

Seah Miang Kaw 286, 464 

Seah Muah Hock 391 

Seah Seow Hian Bertie 379 

Seah Siew Kheong 242 

Seah Siew Par 337 

Seah Soon Cher 381 

Seah Su Beng 339 

Seah Su Beng 339 

Seck Ngee Huat 343 

See Boon Tiong, Benny 441 

See Chark Wah 323 

See Hung Foo 373 

See Khay Soh 323 

See Kiok Beng 462 

See Leong Kit 419 

See Poh Lin 409 

See Seng Guan 332 

Seet Eng Tiong 391 

See Tiang Hock 287 

Seet Kheng Guan 464 

Seetoh Cheong Wah 242 

Selamat 184, 265 

Selvaraj 122 

Selvaraja B. 387 

Seong Kok Wah 389 

Seo Puay Chong 271 

Seo Puay Yong 377 

Seow Boon Cheng 275 

Seow Chin Teck 391 

Seow Hong Pheow 419 

Seow Kin Siong 339 

Seow Nee Heng 350 

Seow Pau Chern 417 

Seow Peng Fai 269 

Seow Siang Tuan 71 

Seow Sim Hock 464 

Seow Siong Tuan 333 

Seow Yeok Hong 287 

Seow Yeow Soon 275 

Seow Yeow Teck 301 

Seow Yuke Ching 285 

S Ganaraj 265 

Shaari b Mohd 458 

Shafeed 124 

Shafeed Ahmad 66, 413 

Shah Anilkumar 465 

Shaik Fauzi 383 

Shaikh Esa Mattar 379 

Shali b Rosdi 465 

Shanthi Deva Armarasaniya 417 

Shariffudin b Burhan 441 

Sharifuddin Burhan 417 

Sharma MK 48, 68 

Shawal Ismail 413 

Shekaran 464 

Shih Teck Yen 62, 339 

Shirley Chee Kar Leng 435 

Shirley Wee 64, 120 

Sia Poh Wah 437 

Sidhu SS 48, 65 

Siew Kam Onn 457 

Siew Mun Choy 421 

Sigamoney 41, 46, 47, 48, 140 

Sigamoney Mrs 48 

Silva Kandiah 70, 334 

Sim Ah Eng 383 

Sim Beng Siang 349 

Sim Boon Chai 60, 72, 118, 140, 

443 

Sim Cheng Hua 343 

Sim Cheng Kim 333 

Sim Cheng Lin 369 

Sim Cheok Leng 127, 269 

Sim Chin Thiam 385 

Sim Geok Hwa Eunice 411 

Sim Hui Thong 444 

Sim Kwan Ser 265 

Sim Lwi Hong 387 

Sim Ngoh Hwu 267 

Sim Poey Teck 329, 333 

Sim Puay Huat 339, 464 

Sim Seow Chew 465 

Sim Siang Koen 285 

Sim Siang Kok 269 

Sim Sok Peng 285 

Sim Teow Hong 275 

Sim Teow Leng 417 

Sim Thiam Heng 387 

Sim Yong Kok 459 

Sin Boon Kwang 263 

Sin Boon Wah 292 

Singham Dennis 393 

Singh Nirmal 460 

Singh Santokh 460 

Sing Kong Yuen 323 

Sinha Ashok 441 

Sin Kwai Meng 48 

Sin Mun Kay 335 

Sinwan b Kaslan 271 

Sin Wye Sun 389 

Sio Tat Hiang 411 

Sirasubramaniam B 339 

Sirisena Mervym 269 

Sithampalam 46, 48, 65 

Siti Alfish Buang 241 

Sitoh Tuck Cheong 457 

Siu Kang Fook 129, 184, 273 

Sivaji 280 

Sivarajan V. 337 

Sivayogini Thambipillai 438 

Sng Boh Khim 337 

Sng Cheng Hwa 443 

Sng Hock Seng 301 

Sng Yew Jin 350 

Sobrielo George 47, 48 

Sodirman b Ghani 347 

Softball (1965) 124 

Soh Cheow Beng 377 

Soh Eng Sim 127, 273 

Soh Gim Chuan 461 

Soh Guan Bin 375 

Soh Keng Joon 297 

Soh Ying Chian 273 

Somesha Ponnapulam 461 

Song Sin Liang 444 

Sonia Tan 120, 417 

Soo Ban Hoe 241 

Soo Meng Thong 383 

Soon Chai Kian 337 

Soon Eng Teck 269 

Soong Hee Siong 48 

Soon Hock Bee 305 

Soon Mah Chye 347 

Soon Yee Ping 444 

Soo Tat Kun 459 

Soo Tuck Kheng 349 

Sri Indra, Tengku 459 

S Screpathy 437 

Staff (1953) 236 

Staff (1958) 185 

Staff (1961) 46 

Staff (1963) 48 

Staff (1964) 82 

Staff (1968) 494 

Stella Chiang 285 

Sterring Wheel Club 76 

Sua Fong Jong 394 

Su Allin 350 

Subhas Anandan 62, 109, 434 

Subhrankar M 303 

Subrahani Jaideva 297 

Sudheesan 394 

Su Guaning 419 

Suhaimi 394 

Sukhbir Kaur 413 

Sukhdev Singh 267 

Sukumaran Nard 387 

Sukumaran Subhas 465 

Sumardi 184, 265 

Sum Cheong Kee 457 

Sum Chong Hong 437 

Sum Soon Lim 242 

Sum Weng Yew 339 

Sundaram P Maheson 421 

Sundarariah C. 333 

Sundram M 48 

Sung Ying Chow 377 

Suppiah 46 

Suppiah Nadeson 48 

Surajan 350 

Surendran 462 

Suresh Mitter Gupta 462 

Surjit Singh Bal 347 

Susan Lim Chiew Im 409 

Sutresnoh Saban 78, 345 

Swami S.R. 303 

Swee Choon Kiat 265 

Swimming (1965) 125 

Sydney Sng 444 

Syed Abdul Rahim 299 

Syed Abdul Rahman Al 464 

Syed Akhtar Shah 421 

Syed Alwi Aidid 345 

Syed Omar b Alwi 323 

Szeto Yew Jeen 122, 366, 369 

T 

T. Rajendran 461 

T. Sachithanathan 271 

Tai Foong Leong 373 

Tai Oh Hoon 383 

Tai Say Kiat 325 

Tambiayah D 64 

Tan Ah Hui 75, 375 

Tan Aik Hin 389 

Tan Anthony 275 

Tan Bak Choon 383 

Tan Beng Teck 457 

Tan Boo Hock 389 

Tan Boon Choon 345 

Tan Boon Hock 379 

Tan Boon Hui 457 

Tan Boon Khiong Jeff 204, 413 

Tan Boon Tee 299 

Tan Boon Tou 460 

Tan Boon Wan 394 

Tan Chee Ming 461 

Tan Chek Jim 299 

Tan Cheng Guan 241 

Tan Cheng Hui 419 

Tan Cher Ping 383 

Tan Chew Peng 409 

Tan Chia Yee 339 

Tan Ching Fu Mervyn 461

509 

Tan Chin Hock 444 

Tan Chin Hor 303 

Tan Chin Hwee 462 

Tan Chin Lock 379 

Tan Chin Nam 350 

Tan Chin Seng 460 

Tan Chin Siong 411 

Tan Chin Teck 301 

Tan Chin Wan 421 

Tan Choo Neo 409 

Tan Choon Huat 333 

Tan Choon Tat Roland 301 

Tan Choon Tee 457 

Tan Choon Tew 242 

Tan Chow Chen 305 

Tan Chuan Beng 383 

Tan Chung Koei 325 

Tan Denis 127, 267 

Tan Eng Guan 284 

Tan Eng Lee 265 

Tan Eng Leong 122, 318, 337 

Tan Eng Liang 109 

Tang Chee Keat 464 

Tan Gek Huat 389 

Tang Eng Huat Robert 391 

Tang Eng Swee 325 

Tang Hock Guan 457 

Tang Hoong Yee 41 

Tang Keng Kang 46 

Tang Khin Wai 338 

Tang Khin Wai 338 

Tang Kwok Choon 75, 415 

Tang Kwok Kin 381 

Tang Teck Chye 323 

Tang Tuck Foon 383 

Tang Tuck Kim 70, 419 

Tang Tuck Meng 286 

Tang Yang Seng 462 

Tang Yew Kay 411 

Tan Hai Pheng 275, 287 

Tan Hang Khee 271 

Tan Henry 242 

Tan Hiang Keng Robert 273 

Tan Hiang Tong 462 

Tan Hock Bee 441 

Tan Hock Hin 459 

Tan Hock Huat 459 

Tan Hock Jin Jeffrey 60 

Tan Hock Kee Kenneth 387 

Tan Hock Leng 385 

Tan Hock Leong 391 

Tan Hoe Him 377 

Tan Hong Ang 75, 118, 415 

Tan Hong Thye 339 

Tan Huan Tiow 393 

Tan Huck Jin 419, 421 

Tan Hye Teck 460 

Tan Jiak Kai 379 

Tan Jin Chuan 391 

Tan Jin Siew 48 

Tan John 46 

Tan Jwee Song 129, 339 

Tan Kah Hin 413 

Tan Kah Khong 379 

Tan Kah Thuan 379 

Tan Kah Wah Patick 60 

Tan Kay Choong Jimmy 275 

Tan Kee Lian Roney 118, 437 

Tan Kee Meng 465 

Tan Keng Hong Richard 379 

Tan Keng Khian 48 

Tan Khay Quee 409 

Tan Khee Huat 323 

Tan Kho Chew 301 

Tan Kho Hai 389 

Tan Khuan Kiat 347 

Tan Kia Heng 62, 71, 74, 391 

Tan Kian 118, 128, 373 

Tan Kian Bee 60 

Tan Kiat Boon 273 

Tan Kiat Choon 68, 71, 441 

Tan Kim Cheng 48, 68, 247 

Tan Kim Heng 373 

Tan Kim Hock 204, 343 

Tan Kim Hui 343 

Tan Kim Khim 74, 387 

Tan Kim Leong 325 

Tan Kim Pong 325 

Tan Kim Soon 377 

Tan Kim Teck 459 

Tan Kim Thiam 413 

Tan Kim Thor 265 

Tan Kin Lian 140, 373 

Tan Kin Mee 75, 435 

Tan Kin Theng 129, 323 

Tan Kok Kheng 118, 391, 437 

Tan Kok Kong 417 

Tan Kok Leng 461 

Tan Kok Sheng 438 

Tan Kok Tai 337, 349 

Tan Kok Tong 339 

Tan Koon Kee Kenny 269 

Tan Koon Liang 267 

Tan Koon Wah 303 

Tan Kwang Ming 381 

Tan Kwang Seng 329, 369 

Tan Kwee Chew 385 

Tan Kwong Huat 350 

Tan Kwong Wah 301 

Tan Lai Watt 377 

Tan Leng Cheo 435 

Tan Lian Ann 60, 72, 417 

Tan Lian Teck 241 

Tan Liat Chew 269 

Tan Liat Song 381 

Tan Liong Kew 373 

Tan Lip Hee 458 

Tan Lye Poh 460, 465 

Tan Mei Hua 435 

Tan Mui Khim 345 

Tan Nee Kiam 265 

Tan Ngin Heng 458 

Tan Niang Mok 297 

Tan Niap Chiang 307 

Tann Kah Huat 457 

Tan Ong San 242 

Tan Oon Ho 369 

Tan Oon Poh Arthur 435 

Tan Peng Ann 419, 421 

Tan Peng Guan 60 

Tan Poh Puay 333 

Tan Pong Tyea 421 

Tan Richard 184, 280 

Tan Robert 241 

Tan See Heng 375 

Tan Seng Chuan 377 

Tan Seng Nan 339 

Tan Sen Lai 323 

Tan Seong Kok 327 

Tan Ser Wee 243 

Tan Siak Kwang 275 

Tan Sim Chye Edward 381 

Tan Siok Chye 347 

Tan Soo Hock 383 

Tan Soo Hoon 460 

Tan Soon Guang 347 

Tan Soon Pen 285 

Tan Suan Sim 285 

Tan Sui Siang 271 

Tan Swee Lan 411 

Tan Swee Tee 69, 118, 443 

Tan Sze Jin 379 

Tan Tai Chew 127, 275 

Tan Teck Boh 349 

Tan Teck Joo 242 

Tan Teck Koon 350 

Tan Teck Lee 75, 375 

Tan Tee Yong 329 

Tan Teow Hin 415 

Tan Teow Hong 444 

Tan Thian Poh 275 

Tan Thuan Heng 125, 443 

Tan Tian Chong 465 

Tan Tiew How 273, 318 

Tan Ting Leow 345 

Tan Ting Meng 413 

Tan Tiong Bee 325 

Tan Tiong Thiam 443 

Tan Tiow Hee Edmund 263 

Tan Tiow Yong Edwin 299 

Tan Tjin Kie 465 

Tan Tsu Haung 71, 435 

Tan Wai Liang 443 

Tan Wang Joo 120, 409 

Tan Wee Hoon 345 

Tan Wee Kiat 241 

Tan Wee Ngee 462 

Tan Wee Teck 462 

Tan Wo Heem 273 

Tan Yam Kim 269 

Tan Yang Chye Arthur 438 

Tan Yang Howe 409 

Tan Yeow Chin 335 

Tan Yong Chew 337 

Tan Yong Seng 443 

Tan Yong Teck 415 

Tan Yong Tong 299 

Tao Nan Wah 303 

Tarlok Singh 387 

Tay Ah Ong 444 

Tay Ah Soon 60, 204 

Tay Beng Chye Alfred 438 

Tay Boon Hai 461 

Tay Boon Keng 377 

Tay Boon Seng 65, 123, 411 

Tay Cheng Siew 286 

Tay Hock Seng 377 

Tay Huan Mui 387 

Tay Kah Beng 338 

Tay Keng Leng 329 

Tay Kim Teck 460 

Tay Kiong Long 343 

Tay Kok Hoe 465 

Tay Kok Wah 383 

Tay Lee Hian 287 

Tay Moses 47 

Tay Mui Seng 275 

Tay Poh Huat 329 

Tay Sion Teck 350 

Tay Soi Kheng 373 

Tay Soo Min 267 

Tay Swee Kheng 269 

Tay Tuan Ngee 301 

Tay Wee Lee 70, 127 

Tay Yow Huat 70 

Teh Hue Hang 438 

Teh Kong Chuan 373 

Teh Kong Leong 265 

Teh Yow Huat 127 

Teng Pok Chye 337 

Tennis 369 

Teo, John 327 

Teo Ah Hock 391 

Teo Boon Hoe 122, 338 

Teo Cheng Soon Raymond 60, 

118, 438 

Teo Chin Hee 437 

Teo Choa Chee George 349 

Teo Chong Wee 303 

Teo Choon Hee 387 

Teo Choon Moey 285 

Teo Choo Soo 325 

Teo Chwee Beng 375 

Teo Chye Hock 338 

Teo Eng Liang 325 

Teo Eng Thye 349 

Teo Guan Chye 269, 409 

Teo Herbert 385 

Teo Hock Hin 443 

Teo Hock Meng 345 

Teo Hoon Seng 301 

Teo Joo Huak 299 

Teo Jwee Tio 393 

Teo Kai Eng 345 

Teo Kar Lee 338 

Teo Kei Moey 345 

Teo Keng Seng 323 

Teo Khee Seng 464 

Teo Kheok Kay 465 

Teo Kiang Seng 273 

Teo Kian Tong 415 

Teo Kien Lee 391 

Teo Kim Ngo 385 

Teo Kim Siak 78 

Teo Kin Sing 444 

Teo Kwan Hai 305 

Teo Ming Kian 217, 273 

Teo Mong Teck 385 

Teong Ah Min 387 

Teo Oon Hock 443 

Teo Seng Choon 269 

Teo Seng Kee 419 

Teo Seow Kok 271 

Teo Sok Nguang 383 

Teo Soo Hwei 242 

Teo Soon Bock 387 

Teo Soon Hock 458 

Teo Soon Hoe 325, 369 

Teo Soon Lye 385 

Teo Swee Hock 329 

Teo Tee Chin 335 

Teo Teow Meng 375 

Tey Meng Wah 391 

Teyng Kian Min 273 

Thambyiah 184 

Tham Chat Moi 329 

Tham Chat Moi 352 

Tham Choon Tat 419 

Tham Hoi Peng 461 

Tham Kah Wing 465 

Tham Kat Yan 333 

Tham Keng Kuang 347 

Tham Kheng Keong 297 

Tham Kim Fei 377 

Tham Kit Weng 338 

Tham Kok Tong 307 

Tham Kok Yew 465 

Tham Kwok Liang 457 

Tham Loke Moy 381 

Tham Quin Yew Robert 127, 273 

Tham Soh Jee 338 

Tham Soo Ngoh 47, 48 

Tham Wah See 381 

Tham Wai Keong 325 

Tham Yew Leong 387 

Thiagarajah 369 

Thiagayson S Pillai 464 

Thio Anthony 242 

Thirupathy 41 

Thng Pheng Soon 329 

Thomani Francis 393 

Thomas John 441, 444 

Thomas Mathew K 345 

Thong Cheok Wah 333 

Thong Soo Seun 273 

Thong Tuck Weng 457 

Ti Ching Kang 343 

Tien Kim Swee 333 

Ting Boon Sin 393 

Ting Ngook Choon 460 

Tiwari S 242 

Tjan Kee Nam 323 

Tjoe Jong Hong 378 

Tjua Jang Long 299 

Tng Bee Huat 347 

Tng Swee Huat 267 

Toh Chong Mun Albert 441 

Toh Chun Choong 204, 417 

Toh Chye Seng 393 

Toh Kai Hua 419 

Toh Kim Heng 459 

Toh Kim Huat 419 

Toh Pang Chun 325 

Toh Seng Huat 379

510 


Toh Swee Hee 70, 301 

Toh Wing Chow 394 

Tommy Goh 41 

Tong Chee Chew 329 

Tong Hean Leng 381 

Tong Mei Wen Christina 438 

Tong Tek Liong 62, 441 

Tong Yoke Chin 415 

Tony Yap Chee Seng 413 

Tow Boon Toon 379 

Tow Heng Fong 323 

Trinad Chakraborty 307 

Tse Sui Poh 391 

Tung Meng Choong 267 

U 

Umesh P Doshi 325 

Usha Harar 286 

Uthaman Suppiah 461 

V 

V.Palanivelu 269 

V. Suntheralingam 301 

Vaithilingam Yogalingam 458, 

465 

Vaithinathan David 465 

Valliappan K 305 

Vanderput G Audrey 435 

Varughese e.K. 338 

Veltath Elizabeth 438 

Venkitaraman B 305 

Verghese Kurian 417 

Veronica Chew 120 

Vignehsa Ponnampolan 301 

Vijayan Cumarasamy 335 

Vijayarao B.S. 305 

Vijay Chandy 305 

Vijayendra Arulampalam 381 

Vijay Lekhraj 389 

W 

Wang Chian Moon 329 

Wang Min Lee 437 

Wang Mong Lin 265 

Wang Swee Chuang 301 

Wang Toon Chay 335 

Wang Yow Hsiong 393 

Wan Hoe Weng 60 

Wan Lai Choong 307 

Wan Lai Kwong 387 

Wan Lai Meng 338 

Wan Meng Cheng 417 

Wan Pong Lim 415 

Wan Shirley 417 

Wan Soon Yong 441 

Wee Ban Bee 318 

Wee Ban Chiang 465 

Wee Ban Lock 421 

Wee Edmund 275 

Wee Eng Lim 383 

Wee Eng Poh 379 

Wee Eu Tong 379 

Wee Harry 347 

Wee Kiat 435 

Wee Patricia 413 

Wee Poh Lin 333 

Wee Priscilla 413 

Wee Seng Poh 124, 377 

Wee Seong Kang 41 

Wee Shirley 438 

Wee Soon Eng 462 

Wee Tai Tian 349 

Wee Toon Boo 325 

Wee Yew Jong 329 

Wee Yew Jong 352 

Whye Yip Khuen 269 

Whye Yip Kwong 460 

Wijeysingha Eugene 46, 48 

William Ang 125 

William Ang 66 

William Phoa Hui Liam 435 

Wong Ah Gah 393 

Wong Bun Yeck 349 

Wong Chai Kee 269 

Wong Chan Kok 457 

Wong Chay Fatt 377 

Wong Chee Kee Michael 338 

Wong Chee Seng 383 

Wong Cheong Boon 337 

Wong Chiang Kwang 41 

Wong Chin Hong 460 

Wong Chin Loon 299 

Wong Chin Yeow 462 

Wong Choong Ann 303 

Wong Choong Chun 457 

Wong Choon Hon 444 

Wong Chye Guan 273 

Wong Foo Chee 385 

Wong Fook Weng 457 

Wong Foon Wah 325 

Wong Fot Noon 41, 242 

Wong Hee Sing 46, 48, 75 

Wong Heng Tem 66, 71, 75, 118, 

125, 443 

Wong Hoe Sang 327, 369 

Wong Jip Fun 338 

Wong Joo Kok 184, 265 

Wong Kai Yeng 461 

Wong Kim Ming 379 

Wong Kim Yoke 409 

Wong Koi Weng 323 

Wong Kok Choy 419 

Wong Kok Leong 335 

Wong Kok Seng 457 

Wong Kok Weng 338 

Wong Kok Yong 338 

Wong Kow Teng 389 

Wong Kuen Hoe 74 

Wong Kuey Hoe 387 

Wong Kum Chong 383 

Wong Kum Heng 389 

Wong Kwang Pin 417 

Wong Kwong Soon 379 

Wong Kwong Yew 457 

Wong Leng Hung 443 

Wong Leong Thong 327 

Wong Leong Wah 275 

Wong Loi Fatt 437 

Wong Mun Peau 343 

Wong Nam Fook 458 

Wong Nam Sang 347 

Wong Peng Keong 74, 383 

Wong Peng Khuen 457 

Wong Peng Sang 204 

Wong Peng Soon 305 

Wong See Cheong 338 

Wong See Keon 335 

Wong See Meng 383 

Wong Seen Kwun 409 

Wong Sen Chow 441 

Wong Seng Kuen 271 

Wong Shee Meng 265 

Wong Shuen Chong 329 

Wong Siew Chong 71 

Wong Siew Kwun 285, 411 

Wong Siew Pang 41, 60 

Wong Siew Seng 373 

Wong Sin Hee 65, 123, 373 

Wong Sin Huat 444 

Wong Soong Kit 458 

Wong Sye Sum 377 

Wong Thye Kiew 75, 419 

Wong Toon Kwok 325 

Wong Toon Yuke 263 

Wong Tuck Meng 329 

Wong Wee Chwee 411 

Wong Wee Fatt 325 

Wong Wee Nam 66, 125 

Wong Weng Kee 329 

Wong Woon Liong 297 

Wong Yat Heng 337 

Wong Yat Meng 460 

Wong Yin Kee 465 

Wong Yoong Khiang 437 

Woo Chee Kiong 303 

Woo Chue Wah 464 

Woo Fong Meng Michael 441 

Woo Fong Wah 275 

Woo Kwok Cheng 275 

Woo Kwong Fatt 461 

Woon Wee Juai 347 

Woo Siew Cho 76 

Woo Siew Fook 460 

Woo Wai Seng 269 

Wu Chiew 457 

Wun Khai Ping 60, 62, 18, 411 

Wu Seow 394 

Wu Yhee Chi 377 

Wye Quee Inn 411 

Y 

Yam Kah Sing 379 

Yam Kok Leong 349 

Yang Chye Chew 46, 62 

Yang Hong Ping 373 

Yang Pow Sing 263 

Yap Ah Teck 393 

Yap Andrew 307 

Yap Beng Huat 325, 355, 362, 

366, 367 

Yap Beng Khoon 273, 279, 280, 

281 

Yap Biaun Giok 338 

Yap Cheng Hua 297 

Yap Cheng Huat 275 

Yap Eu Hian 41 

Yap Eu Wim 41 

Yap Gim Chui 419 

Yap Kian Tiong 375 

Yap Teck Hian 338 

Yap Thiam Por 335 

Yap Thiam Teng 379 

Yap Wong Peng 352 

Yassin 122 

Yeap Khek Ming 464 

Yee Kam Chuen 338 

Yee Kek Oon 66, 124, 421 

Yee Koh Hong 391 

Yee Wee Hong 419 

Yen Wan Nan 391 

Yeo Arthur 74, 393 

Yeo Boon Hian 411 

Yeo Boon Khim 417 

Yeo Boon Leng 273 

Yeo Bor Hee Pearl 435 

Yeo Chee Teck 267 

Yeo Ek Khuan 413 

Yeo Ek Seng 265 

Yeo Ek Thoe 373 

Yeo Eng Cheong, 394 

Yeo Eng Kia 350 

Yeo Henry 69, 242 

Yeoh Jeok Thean 379 

Yeo Hock Neo 411 

Yeo Hoon Huat 462 

Yeo Hui Cheng 75, 118, 373 

Yeo Hung Kiat 338 

Yeo Inn Siong 437 

Yeo Ker Soon 333 

Yeo Kheng Hong 75, 419 

Yeo Kian Guan 305 

Yeo Kiat Kim 385 

Yeo Kok Phuang 409 

Yeo Kok Seng 444 

Yeo Kwee Tiong 338 

Yeo Loy Hoon 75 

Yeo Loy Kiang 375 

Yeo Loy Tong 337 

Yeo Meng Swa William 437 

Yeong Yuen Soo 462 

Yeo Oi Leng Jeanne 437 

Yeo Pee Pin 411 

Yeo Peng How 337 

Yeo Siam Yam 415 

Yeo Siew Wei 349 

Yeo Teck Leong 421 

Yeo Teng Geok 305 

Yeo Teow Chong 275 

Yeo Tian Bong 465 

Yeo Tiong Peng 458 

Yeo Tong Puay 269 

Yeo Tuck How 335 

Yeow Beng Wan 343 

Yeow Kok Hoong 338 

Yeow Sze Muan 299 

Yeo Yew Hock 273 

Yeung Hang Chye 461 

Yew Hoy Ying 345 

Yew Kok Beng 41 

Yew Woo Liang 352 

Yik Tuck You 41, 242 

Yim Foon Chin 462 

Ying Meng Siong 409 

Yi Pak Weng 273 

Yip Chin Ling William 350 

Yip Chuan Sin 394 

Yip Fook Seng 62, 67, 443 

Yip John 46, 48, 242 

Yip Kang Fie 325 

Yip Kok Yen 286 

Yip Kuan Lee 267 

Yip Kwan 381 

Yip Kwok Kwan 387 

Yip Mang Meng 60, 118, 204, 417 

Yip Mien Hui 350 

Yip Sam Fong 391 

Yip Seng Leong 329 

Yong Alvin 75 

Yong Choon Kong 460 

Yong Kee Ching 347 

Yong Kee Seng 460 

Yong Mee Swee Micky 443 

Yong Mon Loon 335 

Yong Mun Cheong 76 

Yong Nguan Huan 462 

Yong Pui Cheng 307 

Yong Shan Chi 301 

Yong Tai Choong 271 

Yong Wai Tong 379 

Yong Yew Chong 460 

Yong Yin Min 267 

Yong Yin Vui Alvin 441 

Yong Yuan Sun 41 

Yoong Siew Kay 303 

Yoong Yuen Howe 273 

Young Ser Thern 265 

Young Siew May 409 

Yue Anni 438 

Yue Geoffrey 75 

Yuen Chan Foo 349 

Yuen Chee Mun 307 

Yuen Hon Pew 333 

Yuen Say Wing 387 

Yuen Yue Mun 275 

Yung Mun Sung 409 

Yu Sau Kuk Geoffrey 435 

Yushea Degani 435 

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Zaimi b Bustami 345 

Zainal Abidin 280 

Zainal Abidin Akib 413 

Zainal b Ahmad 465 

Zainol b Hussein 436 

Zainuddin 286 

Zainul Abideen 140 

Zainul Abidin Rasheed 375 

Zakaria Ahmad 63, 411 

Zalina Kassim 73 

Zani b Ismail 458

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My Grandfather's Class

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