A tall order

Teh with the PalmPro composite pole he laboured so hard to turn into reality. – LIM WING HOOI/The Star

How difficult can it be to make a 50ft composite pole for harvesting oil palm fruits? Very difficult, as it turns out for Casey Teh King Chong of TenAsia Corporation. He jumped into the deep end in 2011 and only managed to solve the problem more than four years later, writes LIM WING HOOI.

AFTER failing a few times, people tend to lose hope and give up — sometimes on the cusp of a breakthrough.