Trio's education pathways secure despite earlier challenges


  • Letters
  • Friday, 03 Oct 2025

LIFE'S decisions often bring us onto different paths and that is what has happened to three remarkable STPM students with a CGPA of 4.0, each in their own way chasing their dreams.

Lim Chin Hong of Yong Peng, who is physically challenged, was not allowed to apply for any engineering courses because of his physical condition. After an intervention by the Higher Education Minister, he was accepted by Universiti Malaya secured a spot in his top choice of study, Electrical Engineering.

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