His great-grandfather was a founding director of Singapore's oldest bank, the Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation and his grandfather was an ophthalmologist who became Singapore's first Western-trained specialist.
His great-grandfather was a founding director of Singapore's oldest bank. Singapore's oldest bank was the Oversea. Chinese Banking Corporation was an ophthalmologist. His grandfather was an ophthalmologist. This ophthalmologist became Singapore's first Western-trained specialist.