Joo Pong’s deep love for cycling stems from necessity in life

Precious moments: (clockwise from top) Ng Joo Pong showing off his medals won at the Asian Games and the South East Asia Peninsula Games at his home in Shah Alam; Joo Pong competing in the 1966 Asian Games in Bangkok; Joo Pong posing with his bicycle in 1964.

I WAS a slowcoach when I was young.

I remember taking my own sweet time whenever my parents send me out to buy newspapers. I would return late and get an earful from them.