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Calvin Yang
Hong Wen School pupil Xavier Wong is able to solve mathematics questions that are two years above his current Primary 4 level. And his IQ score easily places him in the top 2 per cent of the population.
But the 10-year-old, a member of high-IQ society Mensa Singapore, was also a handful for his teachers back in lower primary.
