PM Lawrence Wong as a kid studying in Tanjong Katong Technical School would NEVER had dreamed that one day he would be shaking the hands of the 2nd most powerful man on Earth, let alone holding sincere discussions on leadership & direction for both countries, forr a better and peaceful Worrld for this and innocent generations to come.....
It goes to show that opportunities DO exists for ALL fellow Singaporeans. It proves that the virtues of honesty, hard work & intelligence would propel one to success in life regardless of one's past station in life - he lived with his family as a kid in what so many derogatively termed pigeon hole - a HDB, created by our visionary founding fathers to give everyone a home than to live in slums.
No school is a bad school. The only reason why so called elite schools exists is because our ex colonial masters had never bothered about our 1.5million forefathers lives. Only a few schools exists & they cost a bomb to study there, besides the Christian & Chinese schools privately funded by altruistic Singaporean philanthropists.
With our Independence in 1965, thanks to our courageous Founding & Forefathers, education was deemed critical, & thus every available piece of State land for HDB came with primary & secondary schools, & staffed with educated Singaporeans to educate the next generations of innocent Singaporean citizens, a legacy that continued & evolved even today & into the future, to bring hope to all....
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