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Social work education pioneer Ann Wee dies at 93

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Mrs Ann Wee in a picture taken in 2016. She trained generations of social workers, including the late president S R Nathan, and co-authored the only social work textbook here, Social Work In The Singapore Context.

Mrs Ann Wee in a picture taken in 2016. She trained generations of social workers, including the late president S R Nathan, and co-authored the only social work textbook here, Social Work In The Singapore Context.

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Mrs Ann Wee, a pioneer of social work education in Singapore, died at home yesterday morning. She was 93.
Her daughter Lynnette, 63, said Mrs Wee, who is affectionately known as the founding mother of social work education here, was in good health and had made plans for the week when she died suddenly.
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