‘Stupid’ boy on his way to be a doc

Tan Kok Hwa, 41 (left) and his wife Chan Pei Fun, 35, (centre) giving words of encouragement to Chin Chi Sheuan, 20, (right) at Tan's Cook Idea Noodle restaurant in Taman Chai Leng, Prai, Butterworth yesterday. - Starpic Mustafa Ahmad (17/9/2013).

BUTTERWORTH: He was only 13 when he went to work with a noodle seller here to help his family make ends meet.

But the boy who was once called “stupid” never for a moment lost track of his ambition to be a doctor.