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Betty LEE Siu Ping knew from a very young age that she shares the same birthday as Singapore. During her school days, she was on stage every August 9, singing or dancing to celebrate National Day. Despite feeling ambivalent and sometimes irritated, she would never turn down any opportunity to attend a National Day Parade. Now semi-retired, she just wants to live her life to the fullest and be happy.
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ANG Teck Hua 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.
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