class of 65 ri - sec 4 d

this was my secondary 4 class in 1965. cannot remember my form-teacher's name. she was an expatriate who taught us english language. can identify and remember the names of a few of my classmates.

seated in front, second from the right of the picture is maurice neo. he played rugby for the school. when he was in his thirties, he got involved in politics and was with some opposition party for sometime.

in the second row, third from the left is chye heng, next to him is lye teck and then, myself. all three of us became teachers. sapuan, first one on the left in the third row, also joined teaching. i think there was another classmate of mine who ended up as a teacher but i cannot remember his name.

chye heng retired - when he was at westview primary - on medical grounds a few years ago. i tried looking for him but i went to the wrong school. i had gone to southview primary. i used to meet sapaun, who married a chinese, at the teachers' cooperative annual lunch.

piyaratnee, extreme right, fourth row, was with me doing part-time national service. he was then working with singapore airlines. i also know his brother, david, who retired as a teacher. he last taught at catholic high school.

the other person whose name i can still remember is chia yee seng. he was with me when i studied at owen school. he used to play with his school shoe in class. he would remove it (one shoe) and put it to his ear and imagined that he was talking on the phone.