ANG Teck Hua (above) grew up in the Old Airport Road area where his family of 11 lived in a two-room rental flat. His parents were illegal hawkers and he endured unkind words and pitiful stares from neighbours and strangers. He quickly realised that education would enable him to break the poverty cycle. He graduated from the polytechnic and won scholarships to do his undergraduate studies and master’s degree. He went back to school at the age of 56, again on a scholarship, to work on a doctorate in applied psychology.

In 2030, Singapore will turn 65.

At the same time, Singaporeans born in 1965, the same year ‘modern’ Singapore came into being are entering the start of their ‘golden years’.

These are their stories.

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