In Memory of Mr Lee Tai Hui (1934 to 2025)
We mourn the passing of Mr Lee Tai Hui, Group Scout Leader of the Hwa Chong Scout Group, and a devoted Scouter who served the Scouting Movement in Singapore for over 70 years.
Mr Lee Tai Hui started Scouting as a boy in the 51st Southwestern Troop (formerly The Chinese High School, now Hwa Chong Institution) in 1951 and became its Troop Leader in 1953 after gaining the Queen’s Scout Badge in the same year. He was subsequently appointed by the Troop as a Scoutmaster in 1954 and went on to serve as Senior Scoutmaster (1957-58), Senior Scout Leader (later renamed Venture Scout Leader) from 1965-89 and then Group Scout Leader since 1990 until his passing in 2025. In between, he also served as the Senior Scoutmaster and Rover Scout Leader in the Anglican High School Scout Group from 1960-68, while rendering service to the Singapore Red Cross Society as a Training Officer from 1955-64.
As the longest serving member of the Singapore Training Team before his passing, he was appointed as an Assistant Deputy Camp Chief (later renamed Assistant Leader Trainer) in 1968 after attending the Wood Badge Course for Commissioners and Group Scoutmasters. In 1970, he attended the National Trainers’ Course in Malaysia and the Advanced Trainers’ Course at Gilwell Park, UK in 1992. He became a Leader Trainer in 1997 and then an Honorary Leader Trainer after he stepped down from active duty in the 2010s. At the national and HQ level, he took on the appointment of the Assistant District Commissioner (Changi) in 1968 and subsequently became a HQ Commissioner until 1975. From 1992-2000, he served as the Assistant Public Relations Commissioner of the Association.
As an active Scouter who was passionate about spreading the Movement to the Chinese schools in Singapore, he spent a decade (1958-68) giving assistance to build up numerous scout troops such as Anglican High School, Nan Hua Primary School, River Valley High School, Chong Boon School, Nanyang Primary School and other Chinese schools. To date, he has nurtured under his charge 189 Chief Commissioner’s Award holders (including three Scout Cords) and 129 President’s Scouts from Hwa Chong Institution, as well as six Queen’s Scouts from Anglican High School. The Association conferred on him the Meritorious Service Award in 1973, the Superior Service Award in 1992, the Star to Silver Lion Award in 2003 and the highest good service award of the Association, the Gold Lion Award, in 2007. In 2024, he was awarded the Lifetime Service Award for 70 years of service to the Association. Earlier in 1983, he was conferred the SAF Long Service and Good Conduct Medal for his duties rendered to the Singapore’s People’s Defence Force.
Written by: Tan Sheau Gang
Assistant Group Scout Leader, Hwa Chong Scout Group and
Sponsor, Singapore Chinese High School
3 February 2025
李大辉学长(1934-2025)
李大辉学长于 1951 年参加西南区 51 团(华侨中学童军团),自此开启了他的童军生涯。1953 年李君考获英女王童军章,同年受委为童军团的中队长。1954 年, 李君擢升为童军团长,之后担任高等童军团长(1957-58 年)、勇捷童军团长 (1965-89 年)。1990 年起担任总团长一职至 2025 年逝世。这段期间,李君也 担任圣公会中学童军团的高等童军团长暨青年童军团长(1960-68 年),并在新加坡红十字会担任教练官(1955-64 年)。
李君生前是新加坡童军总会训练组服务时期最久的成员。1968 年,李君完成“监委暨总团长木章训练课程”后,受总会委任为训练组副训练员(三颗木章)。李君过后参加 1970 年马来西亚童军总会主办的“全国训练员课程”,及 1992 年英国童军总会极伟园童军营地主办的“训练员高级课程”。1997 年,李君擢升为训练员(四颗木章)直到 2010 年期间退居训练组二线,获授荣誉训练员衔。此外李君也在全国层级及总部服务,于 1968 年出任樟宜区副区监,并兼任总会监委至 1975 年。1992 至 2000 年间,李君出任总会公共关系监委。
作为一位竭尽热诚的童军团长,李君对推广新加坡华校童军活动不遗余力。在1958 至 1968 这十年间,李君协助创办不少华校童军团,如圣公会中学、南华小学、立化中学、崇文学校、南洋小学等。迄今,华中童军团在他的领导下已培育189 位总监童军奖章得主(含三位童军荣誉绳得主)及 129 位总统童军。圣公会中学童军团在李君担任团长时期也培育了六位英女王童军。为表彰李君对童军活动的贡献,童军总会于 1973 年颁授李君“优越服务奖章”、1992 年颁授“卓越服务奖章”、2003 年颁授“银狮星章”。2007 年,总会颁授李君最高级别的优良服务奖章——“金狮奖章”。2024 年,总会为表扬李君 70年的长期服务,颁授他“终身服务奖章”。此外,李君早期因在新加坡人民卫国军服务,于 1983 年获颁新加坡武装部队的“长期服务及良好表现奖章”。
华中童军团副总团长暨新加坡南洋华侨中学赞助人
陈晓冈 撰
2025 年 2 月 3 日
