ST JOSEPH'S INSTITUTION OLD BOYS' ASSOCIATION
SJIOBA Annual Report 2011
On behalf of the 9th Executive Committee, it is my pleasure to present the SJIOBA Annual
Report for the financial year ended 31 December 20 II.
9th
Executive Committee
President
Vice President
Philip Seah
(Class
(Class
(Class
(Class
(Class
of
of
of
of
of
Gideon Mak
Charles Fan
Bernard Yeo
Matthias Lim
Gerard Chee
(Class
(Class
(Class
(Class
(Class
of 1971)
of 1977)
of 1980)
of 2002)
ofl980)
Tan Chong Lee
Dennis Tang
Lau Kok Keng
Alvin Goh
Honorary Secretary
Honorary Treasurer
Immediate Past President
1978)
1971)
1980)
1988)
1971)
Ordinary Members
Homecoming Dinners
Webmaster/IT
Membership
Sports & Social Activities
Career Talk
School Administration
Hon Advisor
SJI Corp Comms/Alumni
SJIOBA Secretariat
Affairs
PSJI, Dr Koh Thiam Seng
(Class of 1976)
PSJI Junior, Sara De Souza
PSJII High School, Brian Christian
PSJII Elementary School, Louise Grant
Anita Sebastian
Linda Chua
Reports from the Exco members
Homecoming Dinners 2011
The series of Homecoming
Dinner
Josephians
to their Alma Mater,
Organising
Committee,
comprising
is an initiative
teachers
by SJI and the SJIOBA
and school-mates.
Each dinner
of Old Boys from the cohorts involved
organized and assisted by the Dinners Support Committee.
the annual Founder's Day dinner, last held in 2008.
The Homecoming
to reconnect
is organized
by a
in the dinner being
Dinners replaced
For many Old Boys who had studied at our campus at Bras Basah Road, the Homecoming
Dinner was their first visit to the school at Malcolm Road. The events provided an opportunity
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for the school to update Old Boys on recent development
and challenges
facing the school in the
current education landscape in Singapore.
Two Homecoming
Dinners were held in 20 II, attended by 312 Old Boys from the Sec 4 classes
of 1991 to 1998. (In total, 2,012 Old Boys from Sec 4 classes of 1968 to 1998 have attended the
8 Dinners from April 2009 to July 20 II so far.)
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1983
1986
1976-1979
1995
1998
1987
1968
1991
1980 - 1990
1971
1994
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Graduating
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July
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We would like to thank all Old Boys who have contributed
generously
in time and talent in the
Organising Committees, and the Table Leaders who have done did sterling work in contacting
their classmates and railing them back to school. Their hard work and dedication have made the
Homecoming
Dinners possible.
Appeals were made at each dinner to raise funds for needy students and upgrading
projects at
SJI. A total of S$74,261 was raised through auctions and pledges at the two dinners in 20 II (In
total, the Old Boys raised a total of S$585,439 at the 8 Homecoming
On behalf of SJI and SJIOBA, we would like to acknowledge
Dinners).
and appreciated
the generosity of
all Old Boys in supporting our Alma Mater. You have been a great source of encouragement to
the school's teachers, a role model for the current students, and you have hel ped SJ I to sustain its
mission of nurturing the next generation as Men of Integrity and Men for Others.
We were unfortunately
unable to organize the dinners for all the cohorts due to the limited period
of three years.
In 2012, SJI will celebrate its I 60th Anniversary.
Anniversary
Our committee
has been tasked to organise the
Dinner on 12 May 2012. We would like to invite all members
come and celebrate the landmark event together with us.
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of the SJIOBA to
We look forward to seeing all of you at Malcolm Road on 12 May 2012.
SJI Concert@Singapore
Botanic Gardens on 25 Sep 2011
In April 20 II, we were invited by N-Parks to hold a concert at the Singapore
Botanic Gardens.
Undaunted by the challenge that this will be our first public event, Exco Member
Gerard Hooi promptly accepted the invitation and his requests to current students and Old Boys
to perform at this concert were well received.
After 5 months of hard work, we presented a 2-hour performance to a packed audience
numbering more than 1,500 at the Palm Valley. About 200 students from the 4 SJI schools (S1I,
SJI Junior, SJllntl
had a delightful
1982).
High School and SJllntl
performance
by Andrew
Elementary
School) showcased
Lum (an award-winning
The success of the concert was only possible
their talent. We also
musician
because of the support
from the class of
and contributions
from
many Old Boys. A special note of appreciation to Stephen Yeap (1974), Rene Chia (1978), Jerry
Tan (1981), Andrew Lum (1982) Eugene Tan (1982), Jeff Kwan (1983), Cyril Lim (1984),
Simon Yeoh (1987) and Alvin Goh (1988). We also want to thank the Scouts and Scholars from
SJI, under the leadership of their teacher
distributing the goodies bags.
David
Kwang
who spent the afternoon
with us,
The concert had served to fly our flag high, and raised publicity for our schools as well as for the
160th
Anniversary
Dinner.
Vice President
children from Down Syndrome Association
charities, the Down Syndrome Association
Josephians-At-Large
Dennis Tang took the opportunity
to host about 10
Singapore, as well as raised donations to support two
and the Handicapped
Welfare Association .
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(JAL)
The SJIOBA was proud to host the inaugural JAL event held at Malcolm
Road on Wednesday
August 31. The objective of the event was to bring together the graduating
classes of SJI and SJI
International
to provide students with a glimpse
into their personal and professional
lives of a
few Old Boys, and their paths taken by them to arrive at where they are today.
More than 400 students
opportunity
from both SJI
& SJI International
to choose to hear from speakers
Law, Medical, Technology,
categorized
attended.
Students were given the
into career tracks including
Banking,
Public Service and Innovation.
Special thanks to the great support from the teachers
International to make this event a successful one.
The speakers were: Daniel Yong (1993), Allanjit
and princi pals of both
Singh (1993),
& SJ I
Dr Koh Thiam Seng (PSJI),
Dr Leslie Lam (1959), Danny Yong (1988), Alvin Goh (1988), Yohendran
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SJ I
Baskaran (1982),
Rene Lee (1994), Darrell Low (1996), Dr Kenneth Kwek (198 I), Christopher
Bernard Ng (1980), Lee Kok Fatt (1989), Dr Alvin Ng (1989), Anthony
1st
Chen (\ 987),
Wong (\974).
.Josephian Soccer Sevens, 28th May 2011
One of the key objectives of the current Exco of the SJIOBA is to cultivate a closer relationship
between the students of SJI Independent,
amendments
SJI Junior and SJI International.
made to the SJIOBA Constitution
This is in line with the
in March 20 I0, which amongst other things, have
redefined "School" to mean not only St Joseph's Institution, but also St Joseph's Institution Junior
and St Joseph's Institution International
amendment is in recognition
and High schools). This Constitutional
of the fact that we now have a family of 4 Josephian
The SJIOBA Exco has witnessed
SJl Junior and SJI International
St Michael's
(both Elementary
first hand, how integration
Elementary
between the boys (and parents) of
School have come about through the activities of the
Soccer Academy - an initiative of the President of the
The present Exco decided to build upon this early integration
schools to tap on the opportunities
schools.
provided
ih Exco,
Leong Kok Fann.
by working with the 4 Josephian
by the game of football to foster greater social
interaction and bonding amongst the Josephian students.
One of the activities that resulted from this was the Josephian
football festival that involves the participation
Josephian
schools
- ie Primary
Soccer Sevens - an annual 7-a-side
of House teams from each level of each of the 4
3 to Primary
6 for SJI Junior
and Grades
3 to 6 of
sm
Elementary School, and Sec I to Sec 4 for SJ I and Grades 7 to 10 for SJ II High School.
The inaugural Josephian Soccer Sevens (JSS) was held on the 28th of May, with over 500
Josephians and their parents coming together and taking part in a day filled with fun, laughter
and sportsmanship.
sports event.
It was the first time that all 4 SJI schools were taking part in an organised
The OBA would like to thank the Principals and PE teachers of the 4 schools for
their invaluable support and assistance,
as well the parents of the St Michael's
Soccer Academy
for their help in organising the event, providing referees, and setting up food stalls to raise funds
for the SJ I Junior needy students.
The event was blessed with great weather. The participants
turned up as early as 7.30amy and
their enthusiasm was clearly evident. The matches were tightly contested, with several brilliantly
taken goals coming from the future of Singapore football. Parents and teachers - so integral to
the success of every young child - together with siblings of the boys (and girls!) participating
the competition, were on hand to lend support and cheer them on.
The SJI field was divided split into 4 quadrants
matches. This allowed
in order to facilitate the number of teams and
for 4 matches to be played simultaneously
ended at around 3.30pm.
Incidentally, every school ended up as a champion:
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in
at anyone
time. The event
U-9s: SJII Elementary
U-IOs: SJI Junior
U-I Is: SMSA
U-12s: SMSA
U-13s: SJI Michael House
U-14s: SJ I Fintan House
U-15s: SJII High School
The
2nd
edition of the Josephian
Sports Fiesta,
4th
Soccer Sevens is scheduled for 10 March 2012.
June 2011
The annual Sports Fiesta, in conjunction
participants
arriving
with the SJI Carnival,
kicked off with a bang, with
bright and early for a day of Soccer, Rugby and Tennis. Old and current
boys alike, formed their own teams to compete, pitting their skills, agility and speed against each
other in what would be friendly contest. As expected, the Soccer contingent was the largest, with
a total of 18 teams taking part, followed by 6 from rugby and 4 from tennis.
Unfortunately,
from around
the good weather did not last, with heavy torrential
lOam onward.
However,
this did not dampen
rain and lightning striking
the spirits of the participants
instead, gave them an opportunity to mingle around and refuel on energy by grabbing
provided by the Parents Support Group over at the carnival side .
but
meals
.
After being suspended
hotly contested,
for an hour due to inclement
weather,
play resumed.
with pride and honour on the line for each team. Participants
The matches were
played with their
hearts on their sleeves, scoring goals and tries. As the tennis courts were being unplayable due to
the rain, the remaining Tennis• games were adjourned to another day .
Soccer:
Champions: Class of 98
Team
members:
Yanaprakasan,
Jailani
laf
Balan
Coelho,
Saravanan,
Irza
Suprapto,
Ridzwan
Richard
Aminuddin,
Sopriyadi,
lhuoneng
Andrew
Goh, Jason
Lee,
Prakash
Evans,
laky
Runners-up: Old Joes, Class of 89
Team members:
Olsen, Benjamin
Kieren Daryl Pereira, Gerard Christopher,
Png, Julian Tan, Emmanuel
Bernard Joseph Menon, Chad Elliot
Lim, Beattey Williams, Tham Wing Chuan, Tan
Eng Kiat
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Rugby:
Champions: Class of 2009, Team Captain: Brij Marne
Runners-up: Class of2002,
Team Captain: Ian Leonard Choo
Ortega Cup
The annual Ortega Cup was held in July at Raffles Institution
fierce battle ground for current and old Josephians.
this year and it proved to be a
Preparations
for this intense soccer rivalry
started early in the year, with the three teams, the over-35s, the Under-35s
team all training hard and organizing
and the current school
friendly matches over the weekends
leading up to the
event. Facebook groups were created to orchestrate and organize these matches.
It was a good gathering
of Josephians,
with the current
school
boys mixing
together
alumnus, many of whom were fathers of the boys. It proved to be a day of camaraderie
fun.
with
and good
Results:
Over 40 - won 1:0. SUHAIMI All Cup
Under 40 - lost 2: I
Under 16- drew 0:0, and hence retained the Ortega Cup being the away team
IT Update
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SJIOBA commissioned
portal's (sjioba.com)
done:
a company
capabilities.
a) Revamp the website
called "Information
Based on the vendor's
Miner" to help us redevelop
our web
proposal, the following are items to be
to allow a more flexible web administration
with an interactive
"look and feel" and better navigation within the portal.
b) Develop an on-line shopping feature to sell SJIOBA's
membership
merchandize
and allow payment of
fees.
c) Develop a Friend-finder
SJIOBA
feature to allow members to search for each other within
Item a): The new website was completed
been migrated over.
in July 20 II. All information
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from the old site has
Item b): This has not been completed
because our vendor is facing integration
payment gateway merchant (Merchant
around solution.
Solutions).
issues with our
We are currently working on a work
Item c): This is still in progress.
In addition, the new portal has also helped our membership
select their choice of membership
drive on allowing
Life Members to
card number.
Membership
Life Membership
With the constitutional
Ordinary
formalised
Members
amendment
at the 20 I0 AGM,
was approved
by the Registrar
in 20 II was the introduction
the Annual
of Club/Society.
of Life Membership
of $50 for
Also approved
and
at $500. Ordinary Members who
are current in their payment will be Life members upon the completion
$50 each.
20 II being the inaugural year of the Life Membership,
Subscription
of 10 annual payments of
the Ex-co has also agreed to accord the
following privileges to Life Members.
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A one-time complimentary
invitation to Joe's Night Out (JNO).
~
A C~mplimentary
~
Your choice of Life Membership
~
A Special Life Member Car Decal
invitation to SJI I 60th Year Celebration
and Dinner (I
nos. (subject to availability)
ih May
from an auspicious
2012)
list.
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The response has been encouraging
and to date (31 Dec 20 II) we have
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Life Members:
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Life Members (Retired): 2
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Ordinary Members (Current):
~
Ordinary Members (Not converted):
~
Ordinary members (RetiredlNot
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Associate Members: 4610
TOTAL MEMBERSHIP:
191
125
1599
Converted):
37
6564
The success of the SJIOBA
is underpinned
by the strength of its membership
and its financial
resources. Together with support from a strong Secretariat, we strive to continue to communicate
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and provide the platform
for Josephians
to connect
with each other,
including
the range of
activities to cater to the growing Alumni.
The SJIOBA was formalised
17 years ago. Membership
figures have been growing rapidly since
then. In the past year alone we have gained 191 Life members,
125 Ordinary
members and 405
Associate members from the graduating class of 20 II.
Yet, this is a merely small percentage of the 15,000 odd who have graduated
50 years. The creation and maintenance
from SJI in the last
of an alumni database is a key task and we will initiate a
"missing souls" project to locate and connect with them.
The membership
team will strive to be present at all SJIOBA events. We seek your support to
take SJIOBA to the next level and to provide an even stronger
foundation
for its future. Your
contribution will mean a lot in the furtherance of the SJIOBA mission and objectives.
Liturgical
The Liturgical Committee comprises:
Dennis Tang - Chairman
Lawrence Chan
Ignatius Lio~
Jeremy Aloysius
Thomas Thian
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Anthony Gabriel
The SJIOBA 2011 Founder's
Day Mass and Celebration
The SJIOBA celebrated our Founder's
Friar Michael D'Cruz,
a Josephian
Day Mass on 2 I May 20 I 1. The Mass was celebrated by
priest, at the SJI Int'I Chapel.
Students
Josephian schools assisted in the Mass as wardens, lectors, altar-servers,
bearers.
After the Eucharistic
Celebration
we took the opportunity
from our family of
choir members and tlag-
to pay tribute
to our Josephian
teachers, past and present, for their devotion, care and love for us and present students. A total of
57 teachers were presented
with a token of appreciation
by Bro Paul Ho, Sector Leader of the
Singapore of the Lasallian East Asia District.
The celebration concluded with a family buffet dinner held in the SJI Int'I Assembly Hall.
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The S.J10BA 2011 Thanks-Giving
The SJIOBA
opportunity
20 II
Mass
Thanks-Giving
Mass was celebrated
for members of our Josephian
thanks-giving
It was a great
families to offer thanks for the blessings of the year
that was coming to an end. During the Offertory
express their individual
Mass.
on 31 Dec 20 II.
members of the congregation
that were displayed
were invited to
on the 'Tree of Thanks'
during the
The Mass and the dinner reception that followed was a family affair in more ways than one. The
entire celebration
was organised
and executed
by family members
of the Old Boys. The only
exception was that we had the privilege of the services of the choir from the Church of The Holy
Spirit which also provided all present with a very entertaining
selection of carols during dinner.
Going forward, the SJIOBA Memorial Mass will be replaced by the Lasallian Memorial Mass in
2012, and therefore
component
SJ IOBA.
it will be organised
bodies of the Singapore
The Liturgical Committee
and celebrated
as a Lasallian
event by the various
Lasallian family. It will no longer be celebrated
will continue to bring the Eucharistic
Celebration
by just the
to members of the
SJIOBA and old boys alike with the primary objective of providing them an avenue to celebrate
as a family in a manner that is consistent with our Lasallian and Catholic culture.
Let us strive ,towards keeping our Alma Mater strong.
For and on behalf of the SJIOBA
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Tan Chong Lee
President, SJIOBA
9th Executive Committee
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