Saint Andrew's Secondary School

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Saint Andrew's Secondary School
圣安德烈中学
Motto	Up and On
Established	1862
Type	Government-Aided, Single-session
Principal	Belinda Charles (Mrs.)
MOE Code	7015
Colours	Blue, White
Locale	Woodsville, Singapore
Enrollment	1,447
Website	[1]
Ministry of Education
Republic of Singapore

Saint Andrew's Secondary School is a government-aided boys' secondary school in Potong Pasir, Singapore. The school was founded on the 8 September, 1862 by the Reverend Edward Sherman Venn.

1 History
2 Achievements
3 Affiliated Schools
4 Notable Alumni

[edit] History

Previously situated in Woodsville together with Saint Andrew's Junior School, the school moved from the site in July 1986 to a site in Potong Pasir across the Kallang River after the Woodsville buildings were deemed inadequate for the running of both the junior and senior classes. In mid-2003, the school temporarily shifted to the old Victoria School building at Kallang Bahru before returning new buildings opposite SAJS since 2005 as part of the St Andrew's Village project.

[edit] Achievements

The school is famous for its Military Band, which achieved Gold with Honours in 2005 for the Singapore Youth Festival, and a Gold in 2007.^{[citation needed]} The Drama team has also achieved Gold for the Singapore Youth Festival in 2007 and performed for the combined Founder's Day with the Junior School and the Junior College on the 25 August 2007.^{[citation needed]} Also, the rugby team have retained the Police Cup championship from 2004 to 2006.^{[citation needed]} The school is also dominant in Cricket and Hockey.

The school has also attained the Sustained Achievement Award for Uniform Groups and the Value-Added Award for Academic Achievement in 2005.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Affiliated Schools

[edit] Notable Alumni

Arthur Lim: World renowned ophthalmologist, Founding Director of Singapore National Eye Centre, Chairman of Singapore Eye Research Institute
Benjamin Sheares: Singapore's second President
Chang Yang Fa: Owner of Mint Museum of Toys, the Mint Cafe and the Mint Shop
David Saul Marshall: Singapore's first Chief Minister
David Kraal, author and former Senior Journalist with the Straits Times (Singapore)
Frank Benjamin: Executive Chairman of FJ Benjamin
Michael Palmer: Singapore Member of Parliament
Harry Elias: Singapore's Senior Counsel, Singaporean renowned lawyer, Founder of Harry Elias and Partners
Herman Ronald Hochstadt: Former Permanent Secretary - Ministry of Communications, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Law
S Iswaran: Singapore's Minister of State - Ministry of Trade and Industry
Jacob Ballas: Former Chairman of Vickers Ballas
Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam: Former oppostion leader of the Workers' Party of Singapore
Koh Boon Hwee: Chairman - DBS Group, Chairman - Singapore Airlines, Director - Temasek Holdings
Michael Fam: Executive Chairman of Fraser and Neave (F&N) Group, First Chairman of Mass Rapid Transit Corporation
Ngiam Tong Dow: Former Permanent Secretary - Ministry of Finance, Ministry of National Development
Dr Noeleen Heyzer: Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific; 1967 Pre U 2 Med
Tan Tock San: Former Director of the OCBC Bank (Singapore)