Sung Siew Speech Day '08

On the 7th November 2008, the boys were once again invited to play some songs during the Speech Day. Datuk Dr Kamaruzaman as the Guest of Honour of the day, arrived at 8.30a.m, which was welcomed by the band. Then, national anthems were played, such as Negaraku, Sabah Tanah Airku. Throughout the event, a few songs were played : -

1. Cherry Pink Blossom

2. Speedy Gonzales

3. Yue Liang Dai Biao Wo De Xin 月亮代表我的心

4. Xu Zhu Chuan Qi 虚竹传奇

5. Cheng Ji Si Han 成吉思汗

It was such a hot day but nothing is impossible for the boys, they still did their very best to present the songs. Good job, boys! The ceremony ended with the school song, 'Onwards Sung Siew Students'.

Annual Dinner '08

Well, the boys were invited to perform during the Annual Dinner on the 1st of November 2008. 5 songs were played and it went very well. However, not all the boys stayed for dinner, as for them who did not stay, they went back to arrange the instruments at Basel Church, thanks for that. And, Officer Alex attended the dinner too, to support the boys and of course to provide transportation for them to get back to Basel Church, thanks officer!


Welcome song was played during the arrival of the Guest of Honour.

P/S : Not many pictures were taken, but hope that all of you will enjoy the pictures! Stay tuned for the coming posts.

Brigade Cup - Basketball

The Brigade Cup is held once a year. 2007 was when it started and it's the 2nd year that the 2nd Sandakan Boys' Brigade Company is organising such a meaningful event. It is also a chance not to be missed by all the NCO's of the Lance Corporal rank to perform themselves and show their qualities to the officers in order to enable them to advance to the next rank.



The boys were divided into 3 groups, namely Alpha, Bravo and Charlie. The sports which are going to be organised this year include basketball, football, captain ball and badminton.

The basketball event was held at 26th October 2008. Initially it rained, but thank God it stopped and the boys managed to go to the basketball court in SM Sung Siew for the game. It was a tight competition and squad ALPHA became the champion!


Congratulations, squad members of ALPHA!

Football will be organised next week. The boys are encouraged to prepare themselves in order to be ready to compete with their opponents once again!

XMas Charity Project

Do you believe in Santa? Well, if you don't, I believe the 2nd Sandakan BB will make you do so. This is because the 2nd Sandakan Boys' Brigade Company is going to be the pioneer in organising the Xmas Project. The targetted group is the children in Agape Centre. The main objective of this event is to help the children have their wishes come true!


The first meeting has been conducted and these are the committee members involved in playing the Santa role in the Christmas Project:

1) Cpl Kwan Lok Man
2) Cpl Chin Min Ket
3) Cpl Daniel Fan
4) Cpl Chung Vui Lam
5) Cpl Sweeney Ku
6) Cpl Kwan Lik Jing
7) Cpl Siah Boon Kiat
8) L/Cpl Seck Min Guang

The Christmas Tree will be hung and decorated in the first week of November. Then, the boys will try their best to fulfill the children's wishes by looking for sponsors. In the third week of November, the boys will then go to Agape and celebrate Christmas with the kids suffering from mental disorder.

The wish-list from the Agape Centre is now acquired and the event can only be a success if you make some contribution. Anyone who wish to sponsor, please contact

Cpl Siah Boon Kiat -- boonkiat92@hotmail.com.

The Palace Night - 01 November 2008

The 2nd Sandakan Boys' Brigade brass band was invited to perform in the SM Sung Siew Annual Dinner, in Sabah Hotel Ballroom on 1st November 2008.


The following members are selected:

Conductor: Cpl Kwan Lik Jing
Trumpet: Cpl Daniel Fan, Cpl Chung Vui Lam, L/Cpl Nicholas Syn, L/Cpl Eric Chin,
L/Cpl Esmond Wong, Pte Lu Man Guan, Pte Daniel Tan
Beretone: Cpl Sweeney Ku
Trombone: Cpl Siah Boon Kiat, Pte Lim Leong Lee
Bell-lyre: Cpl Chia Chuong Yan, L/Cpl Augustine Chiu, L/Cpl Sebastian Chen
Drummer: L/Cpl Seck Min Guang, L/Cpl Philip Voo, L/Cpl Chow Tshun Nam

To those who are not selected, please do not be discouraged as there will always be a second chance for you to perform. The selected members for this performance are mostly from the Senior Block. To those who are going to perform, please return to the parade ground for practice during school hours.

30 August 2008 - National Day Band Parade

On the 30th August 2008, the 2nd Sandakan Boys' Brigade Company Brass Band was invited by the Sandakan Municipal Council to take part in the National Day Parade held in the Sandakan Town Hall. Cpl Kwan Lik Jing was the band major for this marching parade. At 6.00 am, the boys gathered at the parade meeting ground to collect their respective instruments and walked down to the starting point near Gentingmas Mall.

At 8.30 am, all the contingents started marching to the Town Hall. The boys started strong and remained strong all the way into the Hall. With fine drum solos and sweet melody, the band managed to impress the community. Marching past the stage was the climax, when the band major had a perfect macework throwing the major mace up into the sky and had an awesome catch!

Finally, the parade ended at 10.00 am. Everybody went back to Wisma Basel, and had a little reflection session. The band members recounted what they have done wrong and what they can do in order to improve the band to a higher level. Then, they went back home.

The band quality once dropped, but it seems that has improved. The senior NCO's are encouraged to help out in the band and drill so that the company will grow faster and stronger.

Charity Project

Originated from Singapore BB, the 2nd Sandakan Boys’ Brigade Company will be the first company in Malaysia doing such a project. This charity project is to help the targeted group of children have their dream come true by giving them small Christmas presents.

Currently, we have been targeting the Agape Centre kids. They are mostly mentally disabled and the Agape Centre is where they learn their basic everyday life skills in order to survive in the society. The NCO’s in charge will be those of the rank Lance Corporal and Corporal only.

A rough schedule has been made and it goes like this:

The project will start in the 2nd week of November, where the company will be looking for sponsor in order to ensure this project a successful one. At the same time, another group of boys will be decorating a Christmas trees with dangling envelops, which enables the children to write their Christmas wishes. In early December, the boys will go back and collect the envelops, leaving the Christmas trees there. Then, the Boys will try their best to fulfill the children's wishes. Sources of funds are the Church members, the Boys' parents, and sponsors from different corporations. By the 3rd week of December, the presents should all be prepared and the Boys will once again go back to the centre and place the presents underneath the Christmas tree. At 25th December, the boys will return to the centre and celebrate Christmas with the boys.

This project is going to be a very meaningful one. Though the less-gifted Agape are mentally disabled, they still deserve a chance to lead a healthy and happy life. However, resources, including man-power and financial are limited. The 2nd Sandakan Boy's Brigade company sincerely needs support from people of all walks of life to contribute in this project.

If you are interested in giving a contribution in this project, please contact
1) Cpl Siah Boon Kiat -- boonkiat92@hotmail.com
2) Cpl Kwan Lok Man -- kez_man07@hotmail.com
3) Cpl Sweeney Ku -- HTF2438@hotmail.com

Remember, even a buck or a cent helps!