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Merdeka Generation: From shy guy to avid volunteer
While the pioneer leaders were the architects of Singapore, everyday heroes helped build society here. This is the start of our new series Merdeka Generation, about those born in the 1950s who lived and persevered through a tumultuous period.
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Rahimah Rashith
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For the longest time in his youth, Mr Abdul Rashid Ibrahim was too shy to talk to girls.
Born in 1955 to a mechanic father and housewife mother, Mr Rashid was the third of 12 children - nine boys and three girls.
