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2011 Reflections

Benson Puah                                              by Benson Puah, President, ACS OBA

 

2011 was an exciting and busy year for the ACS family, particularly for the ACS OBA.  Besides organising many of the alma mater’s 125th Anniversary events, the OBA initiated a couple of social events which were well-received by its members. 

The year kicked-off with a Lunar New Year social gathering of more than 70 Old Boys and Old Girls from cohorts ranging from 1956 to 2010 at Sarang at Orchard Central. This was closely followed by the Past vs Present Games on 27 February which traditionally precede our Founder’s Day celebrations.

Some 9,000 students, staff, alumni and guests were at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on 01 March for the ACS Combined Thanksgiving Service to celebrate Founder’s Day and 125 glorious years of our school’s history. After the service, the occasion ended on a high note with an entertaining “ACS Got Talent” competition which showcased the talents from all our six schools.

ACS Combined Thanksgiving ServiceOver 1,250 members of the ACS family and guests continued with the celebrations later that evening at the 125th ACS Founder’s Day Dinner held at the Suntec Convention Centre Ballroom. Rev Dr Norman Wong and Nathan Hartono were wonderful Masters of Ceremony and as always, the evening was entertaining and most enjoyable.

ACS-MGS Social MixerBarely 3 weeks following the completion of our landmark Founder’s Day celebrations, the OBA collaborated with ACJC and co-hosted the ACJC-OBA Careers Talk on 26 March that featured four distinguished alumni who are leaders in their respective fields of Banking, Law, Accounting and Medicine.

The first-ever ACS OBA and MGS Alumnae Association Social Mixer event on 09 July was a huge success. Through the power of social media and by word-of-mouth, about 200 alumni from the ACS and MGS families descended upon the hip ACS 125 Sports Festivaland trendy ACSian-owned Balaclava at ION Orchard for an evening of inter-school and multi-cohort networking.  

The ACS 125 Sports Festival on 05 August was the final event to complete the 125th Anniversary celebrations. All the six units of the ACS family of schools participated in this event to showcase the ACS sporting tradition.

Still on the sporting front, I am pleased that ACS OBA’s Oldham Club continues to do the school proud with convincing and spirited play in both the Championship Oldham Club Rugbyand Conference Rugby Leagues organized by the Singapore Rugby Union.

The last quarter of the year saw the OBA host a special Retired Teachers’ Celebration Dinner on Teachers’ Day, 01 September at the ACS (Barker Road) campus. A great time was had by both the retired staff as well as Old Boys who came in full force to pay tribute to their dear teachers. 

As we look forward to the New Year, I encourage all ACSians to keep the ACS flag flying high, support the activities of the OBA and come forward to volunteer Teachers' Day Celebration Dinner for Retired Teachersyour time, effort and ideas.

As always, The Best Is Yet To Be!

Benson Puah        
President, ACS OBA      

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