Early Life
Born in 1936, Ong was the second of five children from a middle class Chinese Singaporean family. His English-educated father felt that the Chinese language was important if one wants to be successful in business at that time, and he sent all his children to Chinese medium schools. Ong graduated with distinctions from The Chinese High School (now Hwa Chong Institution) in 1955. Having received a Chinese-language education, he saw little opportunity for advancing his studies in the University of Malaya, as English was the university's language medium.
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