Reuben Kee

Furthering his skills as a self-taught pianist throughout the years, he was given the opportunity to be President of the Piano Ensemble at Nanyang Polytechnic, venturing into composing a variety of music including orchestra, electronic, rock, jazz, hip hop, techno and many other genres.

During that same year, Kee was also involved in composing and arranging the soundtrack of a project mod for the Operation Flashpoint engine for the Singapore Armed Forces and public awareness.

He made good use of it, teaching himself how to play and giving other people lessons as well,"[3] In an e-mail sent to The Straits Times by the artistic director of theatrical group Act 3 International, Ruby Lim-Yang, Reu was cited as a gifted composer.

[3] On 19 January 2007, Kee completed the soundtrack for the film "To Speak",[4] a movie based on the true story of Ratana, a 12-year-old Cambodian girl living in an impoverished rural village.

[7] Reu served a role as the head prefect of San Yu Adventist School, and was also the co-captain of Polytechnic's dragon boat team, overlooking 50 juniors.

According to Ivan Ho, Polytechnic's sports facilities officer, he was a dynamic leader that "always gave 110 percent", and went on to point out he was both well-liked and the designer of the team's T-shirt logo.

Kee died on 23 November 2007 as the result of a boating accident that claimed the lives of several contestants, including four of his teammates in the 2007 Cambodia Tonlé Sap competition.