IN the 1950s bright students from rural towns had to relocate hundreds of kilometres for a chance to continue their education.
Prof Yeoh Peng Nam was one of them. After completing Form Five in Mentakab, Pahang, she left her hometown to do Form Six at Victoria Institution in Kuala Lumpur.
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