At the ACS Old
Boys' Association (ACS OBA) Annual
General Meeting on 28 March 2008, Mr. Benson Puah was
returned unapposed to take over from Dr. Ang Peng Tiam as
President of the ACS OBA Management Committee 2008-09.
In his parting speech, Dr. Ang paid tribute to
Mr. Tan Wah
Thong, the outgoing Chairman of the ACS Board of
Governors (ACS BOG) and thanked him
for his support of the ACS OBA’s ONE ACS vision.
He said that
with Mr. Tan at the helm of the ACS BOG, we have seen major
changes in our schools – leadership changes, improvements in
academic results and redevelopment of our school campuses.
Dr. Ang’s final duty before stepping down as President was
to present each Principal with an “Affirmation of ONE ACS
Vision” plaque. The Affirmation was the result of some brain
storming by all the academic staff from the six schools at
the first ONE ACS Staff Retreat held earlier this year.
The
ONE ACS initiative is an important and timely one as it
serves to unite the ACS family of schools which has grown
considerably over the years.
According to Mr. Puah, the new
President, “Each passing year, more and more ACS boys and
girls join the world community, hopefully to contribute to
it meaningfully. What is the make up of the present day ACS
boy or girl? Each of us has a certain recollection and
belief of what that means, as we were each groomed by that
particular environment and circumstance of our time. But
those conditions have not remained the same. It evolves
continually with our society’s changing needs and priorities”.
Mr. Puah reckons that the challenge for the OBA is to
attract more younger old boys and girls to come forward to
join and better still, to step up to serve so that the OBA
can truly represent our growing diverse profile of old ACS
boys and girls.
He said that: “ONE ACS is the coming
together of our schools as one, different as they may now
be. For those of us who have benefitted from our years at
ACS, we know how crucial those formative years were to us.
Now is a good a time to get involved and engaged through the
OBA to help us with our Board of Governors and our schools
make ONE ACS a reality".
ACS OBA Management
Committee 2008-09
President
: Mr. Benson
Puah
1st
Vice-President
: Vacant
2nd
Vice-President
: Mr. Lim
Jen Howe
Hon.
Secretary
: Mr.
Chandra Mohan
Asst. Hon.
Secretary
: Mr. Rayson
Seow
Hon.
Treasurer
: Mr. Mervyn
Lim
Asst. Hon.
Treasurer
: Mr. Cheo
Chai Hong
Committee
Members
: Mr.
Timothy Chew
: Mr. Lim
Tat
: Mr. Jimmy
Tay
: Mr. Woon
Chet Choon
Affirmation of the
ONE ACS Vision
"On behalf of the staff and students of ACS schools in
Singapore, we, the Principals, affirm on this day, 19
January 2008, that we fully endorse the Vision of OneACS.
We
acknowledge our shared tradition and aspiration in the midst
of our diversity and will endeavour to build a greater sense
of solidarity and unity of spirit.
We look to God, the Church, the Board of Governors and
Management and the ACS Alumni to help us achieve our goals."
Mr. Mervyn
Lim, the newly elected Honorary Treasurer (left) with Mr. Eugene
Lim (centre) & the outgoing
President, Dr. Ang Peng Tiam (right)
ACS (Barker
Road) Principal, Mr. Peter Tan (left), Mr. Lim Shing Iu
(centre) & Mr. Lim Jen Howe (2nd VP of the ACS OBA Management
Committee)
Mr. Benson Puah addressing
the meeting.
Mr. Timothy
Chew, Committee Member of the ACS OBA, with Mr.
Ng Eng Chin, Executive Principal Designate of STB-ACS
(International) Jakarta.
The Principals posing with
the Principal’s Pledge Plaques.
At the ACS Old
Boys' Association (ACS OBA) Annual
General Meeting on 28 March 2008, Mr. Benson Puah was
returned unapposed to take over from Dr. Ang Peng Tiam as
President of the ACS OBA Management Committee 2008-09.
