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A doting father, Mr. Stafford with his children
Luke and Tammy. The company MD's twin 
passions were sailing and motorbikes, and he
was described as a safe and responsible rider.

Harley group
founder dies in
crash with bus

By TOMMY WEE

EXPATRIATE Anthony John Stafford, 57, managing director of a marine technologies company, loved motor bikes. It was a love affair he pursued with passion when he arrived in Singapore eight years ago from Britain.
It ended on Saturday, shortly after 8pm. The father of two died when his Harley Davidson collided with an SBS bus at the junction of Clementi Road and Commonwealth Avenue West.
He was going home after visiting fellow-Harley enthusiasts at an Alexandra Road pub, Handlebars, just 10 minutes from his semi-detached house in Sunset Way.
Mr. Stafford, who founded the Singapore chapter of the Harley Owners Group in 1994, was described by his motorcyclist friends as a safe, responsible rider.
Factory manager Peter Skalak, 45, said: "I feel comfortable riding next to him...... He knew what he was doing."
Mr. Stafford rode his first motorbike in England when he was 13, Mr. Skalak added, in an interview with two other Harley owners at Mr. Stafford's home.
They were there to comfort Mrs. Rosemary Stafford, 49, a British High Commission trade development officer.
She learnt of her husband's death from one of his colleagues, who saw it on television news.
Mr.Staffore, co-chief executive officer of Noble Denton South-East Asia, had never been in a road accident before, said Mr. Andreas Horntrich, 38, managing director of a crane services company, and a regular at Handlebars.
He said the Harley Mr. Stafford crashed was a $45,000 Road King but "the bike was not a speed machine for him".
Like most doting parents, he shared his passion with his children, Luke,10, and Tammy, eight. Sailing was his other love.
Mr. Mike Negus, 53, operations manager at Mr.Stafford'scompany said: "He was training hard, and was determined to join the British Telecom Global Challenge 2004, something only people in their 20s do."
Four times a week, he could be seen at the gym and biking up Bukit Timah hill, in preparation for what is widely recognised as the toughest, yacht race in the world.
Mr. Skalak said: "He was the fittest 57-year-old I know."