Success despite the odds


Hard work pays off: Hui Linn (third from left) with (back row, from left) her brother Jun Hong, Teo, uncles Chong Hai Eng and Koay Cheng Ui, Ooi and (bottom row, from left) nephew Ng Yu Rou and niece Ng Yu Bin following her graduation ceremony.

BEING an accounting student, numbers and figures were part of her lectures.

But acid attack survivor Tan Hui Linn had to go one step further — even calculating where she needed to sit in class.

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