The Dean, A/P Keson Tan and Staff with Dental Alumni at Centennial Home Coming Luncheon

The event was held at the NUS MPSH 2 Sports and Recreation Centre starting at 12 noon. The early crowd that came soon filled the hall with approximately six hundred alumni returning from all corners of the world. Our Dental Alumni was well represented at the event which included a celebration tour of NUS campus facilities in which some of our dental alumni participated having only returned to the Kent Ridge campus for the first time since graduation. OAR Director, A/P C S Teo, welcomed alumni is his opening address. The luncheon also marked the showing of the video clips of our past heritage and the launching of the NUS Alum-Mail, a free email service to the NUS community. President of NUS, Prof Shih, who graced the occasion, also spoke of the challenges that NUS and alumni will face as it moves to the next phase of its development.

The event was well attended by staff and alumni alike. Dean A/P Keson Tan and academic staff, Kelvin Foong, Stephen Hsu, S B Keng, Varawan Sae Lim, Neo Tee Khin, and Lim Lum Peng welcomed our guest alumni from the 50’s to the 90’s. Past teachers who came included Lim Swee Teck, Lee Swee Khiang, Ng Ler Poey, and David Tay. Other alumni who attended included, Trevor Li, Chan Jong, Dominic Leung, Wu Loo Cheng, Basanti, Carolyn Goh, Wilson Goh, Peh Gek Chuan, Louis Tay, Serene Chee, Tan Kim Poon and others. One illustrious stalwart alumni member Tan Peng Guan came all the way from UK.

The occasion marked the need to engage alumni if NUS and our dental faculty are to see itself relevant to past graduates. The luncheon ended at 2.00 pm with past NUS SEP (Student Exchange Program) recipients sharing their overseas experience together with the award of new grants to new SEP students.

Report by SB Keng

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