As a young girl, she watched her granduncle get involved in local elections.
It was a sign of things to come.
Years later, she would be involved in six general elections of her own as a police officer and has now risen to become the highest-ranking female cop in Singapore.
The commander of the Police Training Command and Home Team Academy's deputy chief executive Zuraidah Abdullah was promoted to Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police in a ceremony last Wednesday. The appointment will take effect on June 1.
The trailblazer is also chairman of the Malay Heritage Foundation and a member of the National Heritage Board.
Married with three grown step-children, Madam Zuraidah told The New Paper that she does not have any children of her own.
Smiling like a proud parent as she gestured to the parade square outside the window, she said: "I already have 1,500 here."
Read the full report in The New Paper on Tuesday (May 28).