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Felix CHEONG wanted to be a doctor when he was young but his A-level results were not good enough to get him into medical school. He could have settled for his second choice — pharmacy — which would have led to a stable job. But he took the curve ball life threw at him and decided to follow his passion — to be a writer.
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Self-styled Katong Boy Mohan VELOO spent more than a decade studying, working and partying in the US. He moved back to Singapore in 2002 with his Swedish wife and is now the Asia Pacific Chief Technology Officer at a global IT company. When he’s not busy with work or family, he can be found curating world class sound experiences at his high-end audio equipment business, a venture founded on passion.
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Academic THANG Leng Leng harboured a teenage infatuation with all-things Japanese and spent most of her professional career researching Japanese society. Her interests in Japan are diverse and she is acknowledged globally as an authority on ageing, its challenges, and its impact on society.
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Mohamad Maliki OSMAN, better known as Dr Maliki, grew up poor in a squatter kampong. Eighth in a family of nine children, he is the only one among his siblings to go to university, capping his extraordinary academic journey with a PhD in social work. Recently retired after 25 years in politics, he has taken on new roles which allow him to continue contributing to Singapore, while spending more time with his loved ones.
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Sylvia LIM knew from a young age that her career choice must have something to do with helping people, especially the less fortunate. Distressed that only 1/3 of the seats were contested in the 2001 Singapore General Election, she decided to join the Workers’ Party, becoming the party chair in 2003. Now in her fourth term as MP of Aljunied GRC, the ‘mama bear’ to younger WP members is far from done when it comes to what she wants to do for the opposition and the country.
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The son of a daily-rated worker and a housewife, N Gunalan spent his early years in a small flat in government housing quarters where the families staying there shared bathrooms. In one generation, his family’s fortune was transformed, thanks to education and hard work. He went to university and built a distinguished career in journalism. Now the Chief Editor of Tamil News and Current Affairs at Mediacorp, he is passionate about promoting the Tamil language and using his position to help the community.
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