SINGAPORE - Having seen national servicemen who serve with commitment despite facing financial hardships, Colonel (Retired) Kong Kam Yean, a recipient of a scholarship from the Singapore Management University (SMU), decided to pay it forward.
Teaming up with Brigadier-General Chua Boon Keat, commandant of the Safti Military Institute, the pair led efforts to set up a new bursary to help two needy SMU undergraduates who do well in national service each year.
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