$10,000 cheque for Tan Howe Liang (The New Paper on Sunday, 31 August 2008)

NTUC FAIRPRICE HONOURS SPORTING HERO
 
A FIRM handshake and an exchange of sunshine smiles were greeted with deafening applause.
 
And as the long line of photographers froze the event, Mr Tan Howe Liang received a hamper and a cheque for a ‘princely sum’.
 
Few in the crowd of 500 knew that the $10,000 reward for the former weightlifter [...]

Tough Principal had a soft side (The Straits Times, 08 Aug 2008)

By April Chong
 
MR HARRY Tan was a throwback principal. He was a strict disciplinarian who pulled schools up by their bootstraps.
 
But the 67-year-old, who died on Wednesday from stomach cancer, had a softer side, teaching maths – to some of his weakest charges.
 
It was that passion, along with his brilliance as a teacher, [...]