It was an evening filled with nostalgia, memories and reminiscences as almost a hundred of us from the 0 level class of 1964 gathered at the Singapore Island Club on 19th September to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of our graduation.

Over six months went into the tracking of all whose names appeared in the 1964 Annual School Magazine and invitations were sent to at least a hundred and fifty from Singapore and all over the world, from a cohort of eight classes of over three hundred students.

Classmates flew in from Brisbane, London, Sheffield, Perth, Hong Kong, Vancouver, Rome, Los Angeles, Sydney, Kota Kinabalu, and Manchester including apologies from those in New York and Toronto.

Music was provided by a three-man band with Danny Koh, renowned and popular pianist, throughout the evening. Among the entertainers were Wong Hong Sze (MC), Donald Chia (Inspiration and Prayer) Chelva Rajah and Kenneth Choo (Reminiscences), as Lim Kok Eng, Tan Tien Hin and Wong Ong Cheng performed with hits of the sixties.

As we reminisced, chatted and caught up with each other we also paused to remember teachers that have passed on, with a special tribute to Mr Earnest Lau. A collection for the ACS Retired Teachers Fund was taken up. The highlight of the evening was the School Anthem, which we sang with gusto.

We will meet again in 2017 when many will turn 70.

‘The Best Is Yet To Be’

Contributed by Dennis Tan, Henry Wee and Tan Yew How