From your long lost friend

Dear Swee Nam,

What great pictures!! They must be the earliest photos I have seen taken at St Patricks and how appropriate - at a time when we are all planning
to meet in at the THEtreeRU in Penang in October! Thanks to Teddy for forwarding it to me. I think I can recognize a few extra people:-

Picture showing Headmaster Auyong Teik Yoon in the middle:

* Mr. Scully on his left
* Mr. Chin second person on his right
* Its not Choong Tet Min at the back of Lim Thew but Choong Tet Chuen! Tet Min is also in the picture and seated next to Pak Seng..
(I know the brothers well as they lived across the street from me. Sadly, as Teddy mentioned, Tet Min died in a traffic accident after
practicing in Alor Star for only a few years. Tet Chuen, who ran the Kulim Printing Press very much on his own after his father died
in the early 60s, has also passed on a few years ago).
* Is that or teacher Mr. Clifford between Mr. Scully and Pak Seng?
* I cannot remember the name of the teacher on the right of Mr. Auyong except recall that he was my Science teacher and he also
heads Cornelius House - the sports house I belong to in school.

Picture showing Brother Bernard.

* That's of course Br. Bernard seated at the extreme right.
* Ooi Tin (of Kulim Club) one down on the left of Pak Seng.
* Tet Chuen is one down on the right of Pak Seng.
* Mr. Scully seated on the extreme left.

I recalled that Mr. Scully was always red-faced (?boozing) and quite a volatile character who rode a big BSA motor bike around. Mr.Chin
was a handsome looking guy and a very good swimmer but he died when he was quite young of ?TB. I also recalled writing to the two
brothers Lim Thew and Lim Poh who studied in Sydney in 1962 regarding my interest to come and study in Australia. Are they living
in Australia? Do you remember VS Paul who is a contemporary of Cheah Kok Poh and the late Chan Kum Lau (who has a 2nd Dan
and ran a Tae Kwan Do school in Butterworth). I am in contact with Datuk Victor S Paul who is Managing Director of Perkasa Construction
Sdn Bhd in KK in Sabah. Paul is doing extremely well and highly respected in KK - he would love to hear from you.
(amankk@tm.net.my OR secretary: kerrylo33@gmail.com).

Just in case you are still wondering who is this chappie Stewart Chew, well I am a few years younger than you. We were a big family
in 9 Jalan Raya. I was fairly involved with the Scouting movement at St. Patricks and my seniors were Cheah Kok Poh (my Patrol
Leader), VS Paul, ?Kee Liang (of Thye Joo) etc.

I remember you and Pak Seng quite well. Your parents owned Weng Thye Foundry in Jalan Kelang Lama, not far from the Kulim Police Station.
Your neighbour was Bee Tatt Clothes Merchant right? Do you remember your Bee Tatt neighbour Kok Soo Fen (Steven Kok) who studied
in Chung Ling High School. He was my contemporary at UWA in Perth and I became quite good friends with him (knowing that he hailed from Kulim!).
Well, Steve lives in Sydney (email: soofen2712@yahoo.com.au).

After finishing Form 5 in Badlishah in 1960 (we had to leave St. Patricks after passing form 3 because there were not enough students to have
a form 4) I worked a temporary teacher at Junjong for a couple of years. In 1963, planned to come to Perth with classmate Arunogary to further
our studies. Aru changed his mind and decided to head north to India to do medicine. He graduated and returned to Kulim and started Aru
Clinic in Jalan Raya. I believed Arunogary passed away several years ago.

I graduated from University of WA with an MSc (Medical Technology). Returned to Malaysia in 1970 and worked in the Pathology Dept. at the Universiti
Hospital in PJ. Recalled several pathologists in Histopath that I worked for such a Prof. Lau Kum Seng (he migrated to ?Melbourne), Dr. Murugasu
(currently in Adelaide?) and Dr.Chong (runs a specialist centre in Brisbane). Of course there was the very conspicuous Dr Anthony.Leong (a 6 footer)
who is quite a prominent neuropathologist currently with the ?Hawksbury Group.

I have retired two years ago as a Senior Lecturer in Medical Science (Histopathology) at Curtin University in Perth - after 31 years of service!! Have
been traveling quite a bit since my retirement and am enjoying the things that I always said I wish I had more time for, in the past. Yes, John Loh
and wife Agatha also lives in Perth and we are in close contact (John's younger brother Loh Yoon Choy was my classmate), Hope you like the
picture enclosed of us during Kok Poh's recent Perth visit.

What a great idea that we can all meet together for a very confusing "who's who?" session in the THEtreeRU meet in Penang in October - thanks
to the initiative and hardwork of Teddy and his team.

With Kind Regards
Stewart Chew

(Addendum: Chin Kong Gooi was the one who died of typhoid (Not TB). He was a product of Kirkby (first batch)The Eursasia chap next to Scully is Clifford De Sousa. Between Mr Chin and Auyong Teik Yoon is Loo Ah Lek ---- W. Dielenberg)