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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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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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