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"Mr Nathan was a very supportive Patron of The Boys' Brigade. He made time to attend our volunteer appreciation events to personally meet and thank our volunteers. He also attended many of our community programmes such as our BB CARES and BB Share-a-Gift projects to encourage and support us. He never failed to talk to the participants or have his photo taken with them. He had a personal touch that made us all feel special. We will dearly miss him." Ho Yew Kee, president, Boys' Brigade

"It is with a heavy heart that we bid him farewell and mourn the loss of a kind and noble leader, and a dear pioneer of the social service sector.

Social service issues have always been close to Mr Nathan's heart. Having overcome adversity in his formative years, Mr Nathan never forgot the importance of caring for the less fortunate among us. He was one of the first trained medical social workers in Singapore and had always been very actively involved in the social service sector in Singapore. Mr Nathan served as a member and later as honorary secretary of the Singapore Council of Social Service (SCSS), predecessor of the National Council of Social Service (NCSS). He played a key role in ensuring that the council…