He had been done with school more than three decades ago, but in 2020, 50-year-old Desmond Ng decided to step into the classroom once more.
Overcoming the obstacles, Mr Ng, now 52, graduated with a National ITE Certificate in nursing earlier this year and was awarded the Ngee Ann Kongsi Gold Medal at the ITE Graduation Ceremony on Wednesday . During his daily hospital visits, Mr Ng noticed how the nurses would perform tasks such as cleaning up patients after they went to the toilet without complaint, while his own family members would grumble about having to do the same for his grandmother.
He eventually decided to study culinary arts through a traineeship offered by ITE while working five-day weeks at a local hotel.
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