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(From left) Lim Tiong Jee, 71, in Taman Negara national park in Malaysia, Irene Yeow, 66, at Mount Siguniang in Sichuan, and Poon Kng Joo, 63, riding over 100 km in Thailand to the border with Myanmar.

PHOTOS: COURTESY OF LIM TIONG JEE, IRENE YEOW, POON KNG JOO

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SINGAPORE - Mr Lim Tiong Jee, 71, is fitter now as a retiree than he has ever been his entire life.
"I wanted to gear up to spend my retirement meaningfully, not as a couch potato," says Mr Lim, a former manager in a petrochemical multinational corporation.
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