Able Malaysians shine abroad


Florence Tan

AS stories of them rising through the ranks in male-dominated fields are still rare, even in 2022, it was truly amazing to read about the successes of two Malaysian-born women last week.

Before her story went viral on social media, who knew that the United States’ National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (Nasa) deputy chief technologist was Florence Tan, originally from Muar?

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