Hands-on experience puts Tan in good stead

WHILE many of his course mates in London went backpacking during the summer holidays, teenager Sam C.S. Tan would return to Malaysia to work as an apprentice in some construction companies. 

His aim was to get first-hand experience and learn the ins and outs of the construction sector. Tan, who later graduated in civil engineering from the University College London, is proud to have had a foretaste of the industry when he managed to work with a few well-established firms which were involved in the development of Putrajaya.