Having seen national servicemen who serve with commitment despite financial hardships, Colonel (Retired) Kong Kam Yean, a recipient of a scholarship from the Singapore Management University (SMU), decided to pay it forward.
He and Brigadier-General Chua Boon Keat, commandant of the Safti Military Institute, led efforts to set up a bursary to help two needy SMU undergraduates who do well in NS each year.
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