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After various false starts, LEONG Chun Yu fulfilled his childhood dream to become a fighter pilot. From the F-5 to the F-16, he flew them all, relishing the intoxicating adrenaline rush of flying. He left the Republic of Singapore Air Force after close to 20 years and is now a military aviation consultant and certified life coach.
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Michael QUEK Swee Hai learned the importance of independence very early in life. In primary school, he was already marketing, cooking and washing for his family. Despite losing the use of his right limbs to a stroke at 40, the one-man show lives alone and is gainfully employed in a social enterprise. He likes telling others: “Before saying anything is impossible, remember ‘I’m possible’.”
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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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