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As a teenager, Zainal SAPARI told a bursary interviewer that he aspired to be a politician without knowing what that entailed. Nearly 30 years later, he became a Member of Parliament with the People’s Action Party, after a long career in education. He believes that those who can serve should do so when asked.
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CHOO Teck Chuan’s formative years were spent in Geylang, which in the early years of modern Singapore, was considered an unsafe neighbourhood where gang-related and vice activities were rife. He realised early in life that academic studies were not his cup of tea and studied at a vocational institute after his ‘O’ levels. Most people assumed then that he would have a ‘tough’ life but he found his calling in the Singapore Armed Forces. He served illustriously for more than three decades and retired in 2015 as a lieutenant-colonel.
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