I ' UP AND ON 1992 THE EDITORIAL BOARD L to R Tan Yo Hinn , Kelvin Lim Fung Chee , Conrad Chang Shuh Ho, Koh Woh Sing, Glen Ong . Seated 2nd Row Sudhir Thomas Varakash , Tay Wei Sheng, Chen Xiawen , James Choy Ying Thiam , Benjamin Tai Chih Urn , Tang Jin Peng. Editor Conrad Chang Sub-editors Benjamin Tai James Choy Tay Wei Sheng Artists Tang Jin Peng Kelvin Lim Koh Wo Sing Ph otographers Tan Yo-Hinn Glen Ong Sudhir Thomas Chen Xianwen 2 BOARD OF GOVERNORS L to R Mr Lawrence Teo, Mdm Jacqueline Oehlers, Mr Yee Teck Peng, Bishop Moses Tay, Mr Harry Tan.Mr Tan Soo Kiang, Mr Wong Yew Meng. Seated L to R Dr Tan Chee Hong, Rev. Samuel Sia, Mr Georgie Lee, Rev. Soon Soo Kee, Mr Wee Tiong Howe, Mr James Lee, Mr Victor Cheung, Rev. Tan Piah, Canon James Wong , Ms Priscilla Krempl. Standing Not in Mr Ivor Freathy and Mr Gerald Lim Picture In memory of our late principal, Mr Quah Seng Chuan , who was promoted to glory on Monday, 13 July 1992, safe in the arms of Jesus. "We lost a 'Saint' the other day A true blue 'Saint' was he A 'Saint' we nicknamed QBC. A leader he was meant to be Some sixty years ago When he first joined the school. Staff or pupils, he loved us all Fondly called us kin Visited us often Though sick and frail was he. Black coffee he would sip With stories to lighten our load Intense pain he must have felt But no moan or groan did he display. Stalwart and brave until the end Sweet memories of him shall always stay" Ms Jacqueline Dehlers Principal St. Andrew's Junior School 5 ST. ANDREW'S OLD BOYS'ASSOCIATION L - R Mr Harry Tan. Mr Lawrence Teo , Mr Yee Teck Peng , Mr Tan Soo Kiang , Mr Jamshid Medora. Sitting L- R Mr Richard Koh, Major Ramjanam Misra, Mr Chan Kok Pun , Mr Wilson Lim , Mr Fan Yen Yee , Mr Eric Tan . Standing Not in Mr Chua Teck Seng , Mr Gerald Lim Picture The President and members of the SAOBA 1991/92 Management Committee were happy to welcome the members who took time off to attend the 58th AGM held on Saturday, 9th May 1992 at 2pm at the LOKE WAN THO Lecture Theatre, St. Andrew's Secondary School. The following members were elected to the Management Committee 1992/93. President Mr Yee Teck Peng (re-elected) Vice-President Mr Lawrence Teo (re-elected) Vice-President Mr Tan Sao Kiang Hon. Secretary Mr Chua Teck Seng (re-elected) Asst. Hon. Secretary Mr Richard Koh Hon. Treasurer Mr Jamshid K Medora Asst. Hon. Treasurer Mr Fan Yen Yee (re-elected) Committee Member Mr Chan Kok Pun (re-elected) Mr Gerald Lim (re-elected) Maj. Ramjanam Misra (re-elected) Mr Wilson T.H . Lim Mr Eric H. Y. Tan Hon. Auditor Mr Tan Hee Chai (re-elected) 6 FUND RAISING DINNER The SAOBA extends its heartiest congratulations to the Funding Committee (Chairman: Mr Koh Boon Hwee) and the members of the Fund Raising Dinner (Chairman: Mr Tan Soo Kiang) for the very successful dinner held on Saturday, 25 April 1992 at the Shangri-la Hotel in which over half a million dollars were raised for St Andrew's School Development Fund. Chua Teck Seng Hon Secretary, SAOBA Static Display during the cocktail. Model of the Junior School. Mr Yee Teck Peng , President of the SAOBA, presenting a momenta to our Guest of Honour Mr David S. Marshall. 9 SAOBA DINNER (12th September 1992) "One Family Unbroken ". This was our theme for the SAINTS 1992 annual dinner held on Saturday, 12 September 1992 at the Tan Sri (Dr) Run me Shaw Hall in the Secondary School. As usual this ever popular yearly event of SAOBA attracted some eight hundred participants comprising past and present SAINTS , invited retired teachers and our guests . Our Guest-of-Honour was Mr Geoffrey Abisheganaden . The guests were entertained to a video show of the history of St. Andrew's School. Everyone had an enjoyable time with good food and fine music provided by the School band which were awarded the Gold award at the Pacific Basin Band Festival held in Hawaii. Mr Yee Teck Peng leading in prayer and praise . The Military Band in attendance during the dinner. Annual gathering of old Saints and no-so-old Saints: "One Family Unbroken ". 10 OUR SCHOOL SUPERVISOR - MR TAN SOO KIANG It was with pleasure and enthusiasm that the Principal, Staff and students welcomed our Supervisor to address us during Monday morning assembly on 13th July '92. Mr Tan shared with us his experiences while he was a pupil in St. Andrew's and recounted how he , like all other schoolboys, had the tendency to be mischievous and playful, not realising nor caring for the consequences and justifying that one is entitled to be playful because one is young . As a result, he inevitably landed himself in the Detention Class while in the Lower Secondary. However, he went through a change and actually donned 'white on white' to eventually become a Senior Prefect. HIS EXPERIENCES AND HIS LINK WITH THE SCHOOL ... This transition; he assured us, did not happen overnight. One of the factors that brought about the change could be attributed to the Christian environment of the school. Attending morning assemblies and the singing of hymns and prayers may not mean much initially to a person of a younger age but, as one gets along, one begins to realise that there is more than just singng a particular tune . The words and the effects of the Christian foundation of the school begin to seep into our lives. To Mr Tan , the result of this influence around the school and becoming a Christian have caused this change which all come about at the right time ... God's time. He also attributed much to his Principal, Mr Francis Thomas and teachers who helped in bringing about the realisation that there was much more ahead in life than being playful. Mr Tan stressed that one significant aspect of the school is that St. Andrew's, being a Christian school, displays a sense of forgiveness even to those who have erred and it is this wonderful aspect which gives the students this sense of love and belonging and endeared the school to all who passed through the Arches. 11 So, from the day he entered junior school to the time he ran across the quadrangle, attending morning assemblies, with the inculcation from teachers and constant inundation of Christian precepts, there came a realisation for him that there is a time for work and a time for play quite along the line of our School Song - the words representing the actual experience that he had with the school. HIS ROLE AS SUPERVISOR AND HIS VISIONS FOR THE SCHOOL ... Mr Tari sees himself as a person called upon by the Board of Governors to assist the Principal and teachers in formulating progress to bring the school up in the way that we have been entrenched , in the steep tradition and the belief of a good Christian background , not only to provide a more complete education with a balanced emphasis on the academia, in the field of sports, other curricular activities and the uniformed movement, to assist and provide students with the means of learning and cultivating and in the process , developing character and leadership qualities. By drawing on the Old Boys' Association to help in the field of sports, starting at the primary level, preparing them as a feeder school for the secondary school and hopefully providing them with a pre-university education in St. Andrew's Junior College , we hope to interest them with not just brain but brawn as well , with the love of God abiding in their hearts. In St. Andrew's, we do not discard students that lag behind but try to provide them with the opportunity of catching up with the others. Even if a boy enters as an 'N' level pupil , we try to help him get into the Express Stream because we recognise the difference of 12 months in the future of this child . And if St. Andrew's can help him shorten his education by another year, then to us, that is value added . Mr Tan's hope and vision is that we should continue and cultivate traditions which had been entrenched for the last 130 years and not just let boys go through the number of years of education but to turn boys into men. He hopes to see more programmes geared towards that purpose. The emphasis is on 'One Family Unbroken' - a line taken from our school Hymn . The hope is that the present boys will keep the flame burning brightly ever and come back in their own time and contribute to St. Andrew's School by taking over the baton from those currently serving the school in one way or another. 12 MESSAGES FROM THE CHAPLAINS JUNIOR SCHOOL Rousseau , the 18th century French writer and philosopher once said of wisdom , "Youth is the time to study wisdom; old age is the time to practise it". Rousseau , who also had an interest in education, was perhaps thinking of the foundation that must be laid at an early age for a young person to acquire wisdom to prepare him for his adult life. Wise, indeed . St Andrew's School, with its 130 years of tradition in educating young people, continues to inculcate wisdom in the lives of its students. We take seriously ·the words of the Psalmist in the Old Testament who declares that "the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom : in Ps.