This year, I will... climb a mountain, bond with family: 4 S’poreans share their 2023 goals

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SINGAPORE – As many of us commit to – or revise – our New Year resolutions, four Singaporeans share their goals for 2023.

Ms Ong Xiao Qi, 26, aims to climb a mountain. The automation engineer will no longer put off her dreams, having survived a battle with cancer since 2021. Ms Jean Ling, 39, is giving up work for at least two months to stay home and bond with her three-year-old daughter and five-month-old son. The executive assistant and office administrator, who uses a wheelchair, made this decision after being separated from her baby while contracting Covid-19 last October.

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