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IN November 1963, a young Goh Boon Cheng completed his Malaysian Certificate of Education at King Edward VII School in Taiping. He had a fervent desire to join his eldest brother in supporting the Malaysian army during the Indonesian Confrontation.

IN the crisp September air of 1973, after presiding over the Sultan of Perak’s birthday parade at the Malay College grounds in Kuala Kangsar, life took an unexpected turn. An army signal (telegram) from the Defence Ministry (Mindef) arrived in my Taiping office, bearing news that would alter the course of my life — an invitation to enrol in a 15-month course of postgraduate defence technology in England the following […]

IN November 1961, a new scheme for engineering degree scholarship was approved by the Federation Army for the Federation Military College (FMC) at Port Dickson. I was honoured to be awarded the first scholarship after my Higher School Certificate examination in November 1961.