HISTORY OF THE SENTUL MBS OBA
The Sentul Methodist Boys’ Old Boys’ Association had a humble beginning, just as its Alma Mater, with no fanfare or pomp. The aim was to cater for the interest of old boys and to foster closer relationship with the present boys and staff of the Primary and Secondary schools.
The seeds of the formation of the OBA were sown by some ardent old boys along with the late Mr.William Dudley and the late Mr.Arthur G. Lee in 1955. They felt that the students of the school needed to be assisted as the school was located in an area where most of the students came from low-income families. It was thought that the best way the Old Boys could help was to form an association which could provide scholarships for these students as well as to assist the school.
It was in early 1957 after a series of preliminary meetings that a Protem Committee was formed with Mr. T.A.Jegaraj as the Chairman and Mr.S.PerampaIam as the Secretary to draw up the Constitution of the OBA which they duly did..
The Inaugural General Meeting was held on Saturday,18th April 1959 at the School Hall where the following were elected;
President : Walter Loh Poh Khan
Vice-President : Alexander Verghese
Hon. Secretary : S.Perampalam
Asst.Hon.Secretary : J.Stephen Samuel
Hon.Treasurer : Ong Hock Boh
Committee Members : Ng Cheong Fook, James Amoz, S. Sivaganam, K.Paramesvaran, Radha Krishnan, T.Balasingam, Ng Cheok Hoh
Hons. Auditors : Tan Ah Cheng, P.Sukerathevan, Aziz Rahim, D.Soloman
The Association’a application for registration to the Registrar of Societies was approved on 2nd October 1959. The above Committee continued in office until an Extraordinary General Meeting was held or Saturday,2nd July 1960 to elect a new Management Committee.
The Extraordinary General Meeting elected the following office bearers;
President : B.BaIachandran
Vice President : Walter Loh Poh Khan
Hon.Secretary : J.Stephen Samuel
Asst. Hon. Secretary : Lall Singh Gill
Hon.Treasurer : Ong Hock Boh
Committee Members : Chan Weng Chiu, T.BaIasingam, Ng Cheok Hoh, Abdul Rahman Manap, Mohana Krishnan, K.Paramesvaran, Chow Yoon Leong
This was followed by the 1st Annual General Meeting on 29th October ,1960 which saw the election of the following officials;
President : Walter Loh Poh Khan
Vice President : Chan Weng Chiu
Hon.Secretary : J.Stephen Samuel
Asst.Hon.Secretary : Azman Hashim
Hon.Treasurer : Ong Hock Boh
Committee Members : K.Paramesvaran,R.Palachantiran, James Amoz, Balbir Singh, S. Perampalam,Tan Ah Cheng, M.Ambikai
At the next AGM on October 1961 Mr.Balachandran was elected as the President with Mr.Chan Weng Chiu as Vice President. Mr. Chan Weng Chiu took over as President at the next AGM on February 1963.
