Engineer switched to a nursing career at 60

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. ST PHOTO: MOHD KHALID BABA
Calvin Yang
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December 11, 2020 at 5:00 AM

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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