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Dad’s what I did for love: He quit his job to care for his brain-injured stepson

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Mr Kua Sim Choon (right), 71, has been caring for his brain-injured stepson, Mr Lim Joo Phiau, 44, for two decades. ST PHOTO: EUGENE TAN

Mr Kua Sim Choon (right) has been caring for his brain-injured stepson Lim Joo Phiau for two decades.

ST PHOTO: EUGENE TAN

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SINGAPORE – When Mr Kua Sim Choon takes his stepson out in his wheelchair, passers-by remark how they resemble each other.

“After looking after him for 20 years, how can we not look alike?” quips the affable Mr Kua, 71, in Mandarin.

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