In 1983, the song Home Away from Home was composed for the ASEAN Scholar batch of 1982/83, with music by Lai Kok Fung and lyrics by Lian Siew Chin and Kenny Sin. The song captured the spirit, bonds, and dreams of young scholars who left their home to study in Singapore.
Around sixty of us lived together at the Nantah Hostel, now NTU Hall of Residence 2, and studied at National Junior College and Hwa Chong Junior College. These shared years shaped who we became and forged ties that would last a lifetime.
More than four decades later, the song has been brought back to life through a professional audio recording and a music video as a tribute to our youth, those formative years, and the enduring ties that continue to bind us.