Recently we mourn the loss of a true Saint, the late Mr. Tan Teck Meng. He was a loyal Saint and for several years, he has made his quiet presence at most St Andrew's functions, especially our rugby matches, using his photographic skills to record the events.

Many of us who are recipients of Saints DYK would appreciate the pictures which he and Mr Yee Teck Peng had with great dedication regularly put together. Teck Meng has been able to capture the spirit of St Andrew's and is an inspiration to all our budding photographers at our school. His pictures helped us  to preserve and perpetuate the great heritage and sense of history we have at St Andrew's. His legacy will live on in the lives of our young Saints.
 
To honour Teck Meng, the School together with the Class of '65  and the St Andrew's Alumni will be initiating an annual photographic competition and exhibition to be called the Tan Teck Meng Competition and Exhibition. The inaugural exhibition will feature Teck Meng's works as well as those of the students and other old boys and contributors.
 
Let us all show our appreciation to the late Tan Teck Meng by donating generously in this fund raising effort to raise enough to cover the cost of the trophy and prizes for several years. Please make your cheque payable to St Andrew's Secondary School and write 'Tan Teck Meng' behind the cheque. Please send your cheque to:
 
St Andrew's Secondary School
(Tan Teck Meng Competition)
15 Francis Thomas Drive
Singapore 359342
 
Tax exemption receipts will be issued to donors for amounts of $50 and above. Please write down your name as in your NRIC, your NRIC number and mailing address.

This comes at a very good time when the School is actually positioned to take on Photography both as an Art Form in our Centre of Excellence for Design as well as a Photography Club.  A trophy named after Teck Meng will be very meaningful indeed.  You might also like to know that before the rugby match yesterday between SAJC and ACJC in the playoff for the semi-finals in the Police Cup A Div, the players observed a minute of silence as a tribute to an old boy who had so faithfully recorded all our rugby matches.  Incidentally, SAJC won 27-13.

The Alumni is supporting this effort.  We seek the support of the Saints to make this competition a reality.  The support can be financial and in kind (cameras, photography accessories etc ) for the forthcoming Tan Teck Meng Competition & Exhibition.

The plan is for this to be an annual event with the inaugural exhibition scheduled on Founder’s Day this year.

Any contributions will be very much appreciated.

The School will also gratefully accept sponsorships from photography equipment suppliers for this annual event.

For more information, please write in to the Alumni at Gifts from the Heart.