Ang Shee General Association celebrated its 53rd Anniversary on Saturday, 8 December 2018. At noon that day, the Chairman, Lian Kwang, together with the committee and clan members, paid respects to the ancestors in the Yan Guan Hall, praying for safety, good health and success in everything. At 7:30 that evening, a banquet was held at the Qian Xi Restaurant in Paya Lebar. The invited guests included clan members and representatives from local and overseas Liu Kwee Groups, Zhi De Groups, and the community. Guests of honour was Ang Shee General Association's Honorary Advisor cum Trustee, Hai Choon PBM. And the Honorary Advisor of Singapore Liu Kwee Tang and MP for Jurong Group Representation Constituency, Ang Wei Neng was invited as the Special Guest.

In his welcome speech, Lian Kwang shared his recollection of the development milestones he had witnessed since he joined the association 33 years ago. He thanked the clan members and his colleagues in the various committees for their support and contributions to the association all these years. He looked forward to their continuing contributions to the association and their active participation in the activities next year. Later, he presented certificates of appointment to the medical advisor, Dr. Teck Wee, and two Honorary Patrons, Chang Hoe and Lay Kuan. Following that, the Treasurer, Tian Jing presented a charitable fund to KDF on behalf of the association. During the banquet, the guest of honour, Hai Choon PBM, made a speech, praising the clan members for devoting themselves to the continuing development of the committee affairs of the association. In Ang Wei Neng's speech, he used an interesting and interactive style to unveil a series of activities that the government plans to jointly organise with multiple religious groups, guild halls, schools, and other organisations next year to commemorate the milestone of Singapore's 200th anniversary of Port Opening. Unveiling the series of events will be the lighting activities at the Singapore River on the 28 of January 2019, followed by exhibitions and other activities at Fort Canning Park in the middle of next year, which will allow visitors to understand our country's history.

The bursary awards for members' children for this year were given out by the committee Advisor, Gee Seng. Chuan Kai, an award recipient who is pursuing his study in the university, said in his acceptance speech, that he was very grateful to Ang Shee General Association for establishing this award to promote and encourage students to continually pursue their study. He also hoped that the students who received awards would show their gratitude to the source of this benefit and to contribute to the association's affairs in the near future and also to repay to the society. At the end of the award ceremony, the compere gathered all the students who received awards for a group photo, capturing this important moment for remembrance.

Ah Chye, the director in charge of general affairs, thanked all the guests for sparing their precious time to attend this evening's celebration, thus boosting the association's morale. He hinted at the fact that the association needed more resources to promote its activities, and hoped that more Ang Shee clansmen would participate in the committee affairs of the association, making the activities more colourful and injecting them with exuberant vitality.

Guests filled sixty tables that night, and the banquet was filled with a jubilant atmosphere. Besides enjoying delicious food and entertainment programmes, the guests greeted and chatted with one another, strengthening their clan friendship. The executive committee and committee members also went onstage to toast the guests. The dinner party was brought to a successful closure at 10:30 pm.