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PS Week<br />
I JOINED THE PUBLIC<br />
SERVICE because… I was<br />
inspired by all the caring,<br />
sincere and nurturing<br />
teachers I have had in my<br />
life. They had such great<br />
passion for their profession<br />
and were full of life, and I<br />
wanted to be just like them.<br />
Then and now<br />
I have gone through several<br />
key milestones in my 21-year<br />
career as a teacher. I started<br />
out as a mother-tongue<br />
language teacher teaching<br />
the Malay language, and<br />
Civic and Moral Education.<br />
Besides teaching, my job was<br />
also to help pupils discover<br />
more about their language,<br />
traditions and heritage, and<br />
how all that fi t within the<br />
unique Singapore culture.<br />
Since then, I have taken<br />
advantage of the numerous<br />
opportunities and generous<br />
support provided by the<br />
Ministry of Education to<br />
upgrade myself – through<br />
training, study leave to<br />
pursue higher education<br />
and various mentoring<br />
86<br />
1980s<br />
MR MOHAMED KHIR BIN<br />
MOHD SAPUAN<br />
Senior Teacher,<br />
Corporation Primary School,<br />
Ministry of Education<br />
Joined: June 1988<br />
programmes – and am now<br />
a teacher developer. This<br />
means that I mentor trainee<br />
teachers, untrained teachers<br />
and new appointment holders<br />
in my school and beyond.<br />
The image of the Public<br />
Service has certainly gone<br />
through a transformation. If<br />
Public Service was previously<br />
associated with “iron rice<br />
bowl” and “nine to fi ve”,<br />
today’s Public Service is<br />
associated with quality service<br />
and customer orientation.<br />
My fondest memory<br />
It was a day in 2004. I was<br />
enjoying my usual cup<br />
of coffee at my favourite<br />
sarabat stall in Pahang Street<br />
when I realised there was a<br />
large man seated at a table<br />
nearby staring intensely at<br />
me. Just as I was about to<br />
leave, he came and placed<br />
a big hand on my shoulder. I<br />
was stunned and wondered<br />
if this meant trouble. The<br />
man politely asked me for my<br />
name. As soon as I said it, he<br />
just grabbed me and hugged<br />
me! It turned out that he<br />
was one of my ex-students<br />
from the 1990s. Only then<br />
did I recognise him as the<br />
student who almost gave up<br />
on his studies and himself,<br />
but changed his mind after I<br />
had intervened. He thanked<br />
me for having confi dence in<br />
him – for making him the class<br />
leader despite his reputation.<br />
More importantly, I had taught<br />
him to read. I am glad to have<br />
made a difference to him.<br />
Short-sleeved shirt and khaki jacket - Celio
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