SINGAPORE - Classified non-combat-fit due to a mild cardiovascular condition, university student Ong Li Han was initially posted in 2018 to a signals support vocation, before being recruited to the army's pioneer batch of mobile app developers.
He picked up skills relevant to his passion and current field of study in computer science.
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