Cherishing her days as a reporter in ‘the people’s paper’

The writer at the Parliament’s press room in 1994 with her seniors Wong Chun Wai, Leanne Goh and Nizam Isa.

TWENTY nine years ago on this date – June 27, 1992 – the page one photo story in The Star read “The World, Our Oysters”. It had my name on it and a photo credit to Bonnie Yap, The Star’s only female photographer then. We were both jubilant to earn our first front page bylines together.

Almost three decades on, I still have that article, along with my Star tag, reporter’s call card and copies of my published articles during my two years with “the people’s paper”.