ARMED with a Public Services Department (PSD) scholarship, 21-year-old Quek left his hometown in Bukit Rambai, Malacca, in 1997, to further his studies in Britain and has not looked back since.
Besides a string of awards to boast of, Cham Kiong will be getting his PhD in Microwave Engineering from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (Umist) next month.
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