The Naughty Boys

Mr Lee Kuan Yew, founder Prime Minister of Singapore  In his National Day Speech, in 1966, then Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew introduced ‘The Rugged Society’. This meant having the physical and mental stamina and discipline imbued into all Singaporeans to engender a commitment to Singapore, its dreams, aspirations and to ensure its success as a new country. According to an article in Today’s newspaper published  on the 23 August 2015, Lee Kuan Yew had urged time and again that Singapore had to become a “rugged society”, noted Mr Lee, “Our people must still be robust and tough, able to take hard knocks, always striving to be better,” Raffles Institution took these injunctions in its stride always setting the example for Singapore schools. Our school had always provided an all rounded education with sports and extracurricular activities other than just the excellent academic pursuits. With the introduction of the rugged...

Class Photo Sec 3B Science. Form Teacher Mr Charanjit Singh In 1966, 44 boys wearing school uniforms of white shirts and short pants with the school badge of their famous school, Raffles Institution, affixed to their left breast pocket started their ninth year of education. This was the Secondary 3B Science class. Fifty-four years have passed and these ex-Rafflesians are still reminiscing the many schoolboy pranks and exploits in that infamous class, gleefully sharing with each other, now 68 to 70 years old,  their grandfathers' stories. This blog is an attempt to capture all our memories, many of which are still vividly etched in our minds. Wang Swee Chuang shared a song to express his sentiments. It is song by Love Affair, 'Bringing on Back the Good Times' (click on title). Recalling the good times would be a major aim of this Blog. 1966 was to be a year of hope for the nascent state of Singapore. Just the year before, on 9 August 1965 Singapore was unceremoniou...