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Merdeka Generation: A Milo tin changed her life
While the pioneer leaders were the architects of Singapore, everyday heroes helped build society here. This is another story of our Merdeka Generation, those born in the 1950s who lived and persevered through a tumultuous period.
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Rahimah Rashith
A tin of Milo changed Ms Josephine Chia's life.
When she was seven years old, she spotted one outside a shop and, even though she knew what it was, it dawned on her that she could not read the words on it.
