SINGAPORE: For much of his life, Mr Wong Yee Keong thought that enrolling in a university was an “impossible dream”.
After completing secondary school, he joined Keppel Shipyard as an apprentice and climbed the ranks to become a marine engineering manager over a career spanning more than 40 years.
But even as he built a successful career and raised a family, his ambition to earn a university degree never faded.
Now, at 71, the father of two and grandfather of three has fulfilled that dream, graduating from the Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS) with a bachelor’s degree in Chinese language and literature on Tuesday (Oct 13).
He is the university’s oldest graduate this year and one of nine retirees graduating.
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