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Merdeka Generation: He quit football to sail the high seas
While the pioneer leaders were the architects of Singapore, everyday heroes helped build society here. This is another story of the Merdeka Generation, those born in the 1950s who lived and persevered through a tumultuous period.
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Mr Rosli Ridzwan with a model of the M.V. Anchises, a general cargo ship. He sailed in a similar ship in his younger days. He started at age 16 as a passenger ship steward boy and worked his way up to ship captain and, over the years, has faced his share of nightmarish weather conditions and pirate attacks.
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Rahimah Rashith
Land or sea? This was a choice Mr Rosli Ridzwan, now 66, had to make in his younger days.
Growing up in Arab Street, he had aspired to be a great footballer like the late Dollah Kassim.
