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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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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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