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CELEFEST 2007 CELEFEST 2007 on July 14, 2007 was the biennial carnival of ACS (International) organised by the Parent School Partners (PSP), and this year a new concept was introduced to it – a concert with a programme that would provide seamless live entertainment throughout the day that set the mood for Celefest. The provision […]

THERE will be leadership changes at three Anglo-Chinese School (ACS) units with effect from December 2007. Three people will be involved – Mr Ng Eng Chin, Mr Peter Tan and Mrs Kathryn Koh. Announcing this, Mr Tan Wah Thong, Chairman of the Anglo-Chinese Schools Board of Governors (ACSBOG), said Mr Ng, Principal of ACS (Barker […]

The SCS Great Singapore Duck Race 2007 EIGHTY-FIVE THOUSAND rubber ducks swam down the Singapore River in the SCS Great Singapore Duck Race 2007 on Sept 9. Each had been “adopted” at $10 by members of the public. A total of $850,000 was raised for seven charities, including two Methodist Welfare Services (MWS) centres – […]

Reach for the stars, Minister tells MGS girls METHODIST GIRLS’ SCHOOL (MGS) celebrated 120 years of its founding on July 25, 2007 Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports and Second Minister for Information, Communication and the Arts, was the Guest-of-Honour at the Founder’s Day Service and Graduation Ceremony. In his address […]

THE Trelawny Male Choir, formed to carry out a tour of Singapore and New Zealand to promote Cornish music and singing, will be performing at the Esplanade Concert Hall on Oct 17, 2007 at 7.30 pm. Proceeds from the concert will go towards the Methodist School of Music (MSM) fund. The 90-member choir will present sacred, […]

  PHNOM PENH – Methodist Missions Society (MMS) missionaries in Phnom Penh witnessed the signing of a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Mr Nim Thoth, the Secretary of State for the Ministry of Social Affairs of Cambodia, and the Rev Philip Lim, the MMS Country Coordinator for Cambodia, on July 18, 2007. The signing […]

THE Minister for Education, Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, paid an official visit to ACS (International) on July 4, 2007. He was welcomed by Mr Tan Wah Thong, Chairman of the ACS Board of Governors, and the Rev Dr John Barrett, the Principal of the school. He was briefed on the school’s philosophy and approach by the […]

THE Methodist Welfare Services’ (MWS) Charity Golf Fellowship has not lost its power to gather Methodists and friends for a round on the greens. More than 200 avid golfers descended on Raffles Country Club’s Lake Coure on July 10 to take part in this year’s fund-raising tournament. Close to 60 golfers willingly took the early […]

ALDERSGATE Convention 2008, scheduled for May 19 to 24, will feature the Rev Dr Ben Witherington, Professor of New Testament Interpretation at Asbury Theological Seminary. He will present three evening talks, concluding by preaching for the Aldersgate Service on May 24, a Saturday evening. The venue has yet to be fixed. There are also plans […]

SIX Primers received The President’s Award, the most prestigious award of The Boys’ Brigade (BB), from President S. R. Nathan at the Istana on July 10, 2007. The President’s Award represents the epitome of the Primers’ training in The Boys’ Brigade in Singapore. The highest award of the BB, it is presented to the top […]

David Ong appointed new Director of Finance, Administration and Programmes MR DAVID ONG, a long-time church leader who has been involved in the social service sector for about 40 years, has been appointed the Director of Finance, Administration and Programmes (DFAP) of The Methodist Church in Singapore (MCS). He starts work at Methodist Centre on […]

In remembering the Methodist school movement in Singapore and Malaya, we are reminded that it followed the example of John Wesley who founded Kingswood School in 1748 to join “knowledge and vital piety” in young people as a stewardship of talent. The more than 70 Primary and Secondary Methodist Schools in Peninsular Malaysia, and the […]