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athletics track and the ongoing construction of the new pool. He got in touch with Oliver Taylor (Lx 84) and his father, Alan, who was the swimming coach during his time at Oundle.
I have continued to pursue veterans’ athletics with a number of 800m, 1500m and 5,000m races this year, and hope to remain injury-
Ben Shearon (Sn 96) is still living in Sendai, Japan, with his family and is currently weathering a mid-life crisis by becoming unhealthily obsessed with Brazilian jiu-jitsu. His brother, Tim, passed away in October last year. For anyone who knew Tim, there is a memorial website at www.timshearonjohnson.com.
I remain busy working for the Delegation of the European Union
free long enough to compete in the Asia Veterans’ Championships in December. I had a visit from Charles Salem (C 78), who continues to arrange tax-efficient structures for clients around the world. During Charles’ visit we linked up with Jeremy Bolland and his wife, Connie, Tim Linton (Sn 63) and his daughter, Anna Linton (Sn 18), for a meal at
Japan
By Dominic Al-Badri (N 88)
the Deep Water Bay Clubhouse of the Hong Kong Golf Club. Anna is now heading for Camberwell College of Arts, having spent the last year doing a foundation course, while Tim remains pretty much retired in Hong Kong, despite the OO Club’s attempts to relocate him to Sussex (he is still invited to Sussex reunions)!
to Japan, where I continue to wear many hats. The main challenge so far this year has been overseeing the EU's participation in June's G20 Osaka Summit, which, from the logistics perspective, was undoubtedly the biggest event I have had to oversee to date. When I'm back in the UK, I keep in regular contact with Charlie Brookes (N 88) and Marko Wilkinson (N 88), who are both in good spirits and health.
NEWS FROM ABROAD
Malaysia & Singapore
By Daniel Yong (C 90)
Greetings from Malaysia, where I have recently taken over the role of Malaysia and Singapore Corresponding Member, which has been vacant for a year.
It has been an eventful year in Malaysia, but not, unfortunately, in terms of OO events. This year’s report is a short one, but I hope to provide a longer report next year as OO events in the area resume.
My brother, Andrew Yong (Ldr 97), who filled the role of OO area correspondent until last year, has since moved to the United States, where he is pursuing a master’s degree in Public Administration at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. Before leaving for the United States, he worked for the Institutional Reforms Committee, which was set up to advise the new Malaysian government, and as a legal advisor for Human Rights
Watch in Malaysia.
My two other siblings, Rebecca (K
04) and Jonathan (Ldr 95), are both settled in Singapore. Jonathan has just started his own aesthetic clinic and focuses on making the world a
prettier place, whilst Rebecca is busy nurturing the next generation of Oundelians, Max and Charlotte.
Tan Yee Seng (Sc 98) is happily married with a son, Oliver. His office is two floors below mine and we are regular lunch partners, together with his sister, Tan Mei Sien (W 02). Yee Seng has been travelling to London regularly for a development in Blackfriars. Darhim Hashim (St A 91) and his lovely wife, Yohanis Ismail (W 95), are also regular dinner and durian party partners, and are still the only OO couple whom I know.
Reza Hassan (C 90) and his brothers have opened up Kuala Lumpur’s first dry ski slope, First Traxx in Petaling Jaya. He reports that when he is not skiing, he is back in the corporate boardroom.
Kuok Meng Xiong (Sc 00) reports
that he is currently based in www
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