A classmate, who was with him from Secondary Two to Secondary Four, Dr Wong Sin Hee, recalled, “He did very well at the O-levels. I was surprised he didn’t pursue his Pre University .I realised later that his family was too poor to support him. He had to go out to work and later supported himself by taking night classes and eventually proceeded to the top as one of Singapore’s earliest and top actuarist”.
“He was a very quiet and unasumming fella. Took bus home – Tay Koh Yat. Brilliant, intelligent and very helpful with subjects like Mathematics and Algebra,” Dr Wong added. Full story
