Quick march- Cultivating esprit d corps.
THE year was 1974 and Chua Cheng Kean, then 16, was struggling to adjust to life in the country’s sole military school in Sungai Besi.
The son of a sundry shop owner from Kuala Dungun, Terengganu, Cheah, who had a sterling academic record from Year One to Form 3, had been offered a place at the Royal Military College (RMC) after passing his LCE with flying colours.
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