Our Historical Journey
Explore the milestones that have shaped the Singapore St. Andrew’s Society, from its inception to its present-day influence.
1835
First St Andrew's Ball
On 24 November 1835, Scots in Singapore met at the Reading Room to plan a public St Andrew’s Day dinner for 30 November in the Court House. The dinner was presided over by William Napier and Dr William Montgomerie and famously ran “till daylight.”
1908
St Andrew's Society formed
On 27 November 1908, the St Andrew’s Society of Singapore was officially formed “to establish a regularly constituted body of Scotsmen in Singapore under whose auspices and control the anniversary of St Andrew’s Day may be observed.”
2008
Centenary
The Society marked 100 years since its formal founding in 1908. Members and friends celebrated the milestone across the year, reflecting on a century of Scottish fellowship in Singapore and renewing the Society’s commitment to community, culture, and charitable support
2009
St Andrew's Tartan
To honour 175 years since the first St Andrew’s dinner in 1835, the Society commissioned its own tartan. The pattern has since become a visible emblem of our identity—featured at formal events and adopted across Society regalia—symbolising continuity between Scotland and Singapore.
2024 Committee
2025 Committee Members
Yvonne Constantine
Chieftain
Alan Hepburn
Vice Chieftain
Chris Pearson
Honorary Secretary
Catriona Moore
Membership
Marie Lee
Treasurer
Danny Barron
Committee Member
Wilson Bennett
Committee Member
Seth Crawley
Committee Member
Rowena Chance
Committee Member
Glenn Meijer
Committee Member
Catherine Martinez
Committee Member
Past Chieftains
- 2024/25 Taylor Smith
- 2020/24 Ian Parkinson
- 2019/20 Mary MacDonald
- 2018/19 Stephen Fulton
- 2017/18 Marietta Nicolson
- 2016/17 Elaine Young
- 2015/16 Margaret M. Anderson
- 2014/15 Carole Ann Coventry
- 2013/14 Derek Maggs
- 2012/13 Patricia Forrester
- 2011/12 James Paisley
- 2010/11 Ian Gibson
- 2009/10 Scott Mitchell
- 2008/09 Elspeth Town
- 2007/08 Alisdhair Halliday
- 2006/07 Mary Kozma
- 2005/06 Marion White
- 2004/05 Frank Boyland
- 2003/04 David W. White
- 2002/03 Hazel Halliday
- 2001/02 Gerry Higgins
- 2000/01 Colin Duncan
- 1999/00 John F. Heron
- 1998/99 Margaret Alvarez
- 1997/98 Walter Riggans
- 1996/97 David S. Sandison
- 1995/96 Stuart Walker
- 1994/95 George A. Leslie
- 1993/94 David A. Miller
- 1992/93 Donald Grant
- 1991/92 Malcolm J. Davis
- 1990/91 Neill Aitken
- 1989/90 Bill Kennedy
- 1988/89 Malcolm J. Davis
- 1987/88 Harry H. Revie
- 1986/87 Gordon Benton
Singapore St Andrew's Society Tartan
In 2009, the Singapore St Andrew’s Society commissioned its own tartan to mark its 175th anniversary. Now you can own a piece of this historical tartan by ordering a kilt, trousers, or any other tartan garment.
To give you a little history on the colours chosen for the Society tartan, we have to go back to 1835 when the first St Andrew’s Day Dinner was held in Singapore and presided over by William Napier and Dr Montgomery.
The following year, William Napier was elected Chairman and this historic design is based on the 1880 version of the Napier tartan.
The central motif of five white lines on red symbolises the Singaporean flag with its five white stars. Flanking that centre piece is green and light blue for the jungle and seas that surround the island. The Society’s identity is forged by the white line on blue to symbolise the St Andrew’s Cross
Our tartan’s historic design is based on the 1880 version of Napier tartan. The central motif of five white lines on red symbolises the Singaporean flag with its five white stars. Flanking that centre piece is green and light blue for the jungle and seas that surround the island. Finally, the Society is forged by the white line on blue to symbolise the St Andrew’s Cross – the Saltire flag of Scotland.