Download - Parkway Pantai

hard workpaysGastroenterologist and hepatologist DrYim Heng Boon’s guiding principle tolife is that anything is possible if you arewilling to put in the time.Hardship is something Dr Yim Heng Boon will not forgetfor a very long time. As the sixth of eight children andborn into poverty, he experienced it rather early in life.“We were very poor. It was quite common for my siblingsand me to end up sharing one bowl of rice. My momwould feed us – single bowl, single spoon,” reminisces the46-year-old.He does not recall the reasons now, but perhaps it wasprecisely the trials and tribulations of his growing up yearsthat made him determined to make something of himself.hard work is keyWith the single-mindedness of having a career inmedicine since the age of eight, Dr Yim did notconsider anything else but the realist in him waspersuaded to explore alternatives.“I was well aware that even if you studied very hard andachieved good results, you might still not be selectedfor medical school. So, the alternative was to take up anoverseas scholarship offered by Singapore Police Forceto study Law or Political Science. That comes from my22 Profiles