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SINGAPORE : The pioneering principal of the Singapore Sports School, Mr Moo Soon Chong, died on Tuesday at the age of 63 after battling liver cancer for more than a year.
The former Anglican High principal was credited for planning the inception of the school in 2002 and guiding it through its infancy after it opened two years later.
By the time he retired in 2007, the Sports School had produced three sailing world champions, with Griselda Kng and Victoria Chan winning the optimist and laser titles, respectively, in 2006, and Valerie Chia the bytes the following year.
Under his watch, Sports School swimmer Tao Li also bloomed to win an Asian Games swimming gold medal in the 50-metre butterfly at Doha in 2006.
Dr Irwin Seet, the school's director of sports who had worked under Mr Moo in his term as principal, was shocked to learn of his former boss' death.
"Mr Moo was a courageous man who believed in the need for a Sports School here when others were sceptical if it could succeed," said Dr Seet who is rushing home from from Perth, Australia, to pay his respect to his former boss.
"He was willing to take the challenge and his dedication turned the Sports School into a success and only then was he willing to retire," he added.
- CNA/al
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