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Wise Cracks From A Wise Guy

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Farewell Dear Friend and Old Rafflesian Our dear brother, schoolmate, Soh Keng Joon, old Rafflesian left us on the 21 Dec 2023. He died of respiratory failure when Covid-19 affected his lungs, gave him pneumonia a few days before. We shall miss a very humorous schoolmate, known for his wise cracks. Keng Joon was very active boy in School, a school prefect and a long distance and cross country runner. He was in Morrison House and brought that house many honours. He was also in the Raffles Players with Alec Lim, Chong Huai Seng, Rajan Khrishnan and Lionel Lee of our cohort. Jaya Prakash reminded that Keng Joon designed the programme cover for the Raffles Players 'MacBeth' produced in 1969 when we were in Pre-U II. We had great fun in the backstage at the Raffles Players Production. Way into the night, at the backstage, Keng Joon would strum his trusty guitar and belt out many tunes like Today or Angel of the Morning Many of us wrote condolences and attended the wake and funeral s