Engineer switched to a nursing career at 60

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At the age of 60, engineer Clement Ng Cheng Chuan decided to switch to nursing. Retrenched after more than three decades in the oil and gas industry, he felt he was not ready to retire. In 2017, he enrolled in a two-year professional conversion progr

Former engineer Clement Ng Cheng Chuan decided to make a career switch at 60, and now works as a staff nurse at St Luke's Hospital.

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At the age of 60, engineer Clement Ng Cheng Chuan decided to switch to nursing. Retrenched after more than three decades in the oil and gas industry, he felt he was not ready to retire. In 2017, he enrolled in a two-year professional conversion programme for registered nurses. The 63-year-old is now a staff nurse at St Luke's Hospital.

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