CPT Tay graduated from the NUS nursing school but decided to become a firefighter.
SINGAPORE - The Singapore Civil Defence Force regular officer who died in the line of duty was a nursing graduate who wanted to help others, and eventually found his calling as a firefighter.
His friends told The Straits Times on May 17 that he studied nursing at the National University of Singapore , and will be remembered as a kind-hearted man bent on helping others. SCDF said CPT Kenneth Tay Xue Qin was paired with another colleague to fight the fire in a smoke-logged engine room at about 3.30am on May 16. PHOTO: KENNETH TAY/FACEBOOK
“He was very playful when he was young, but I watched him grow up to become such a good boy. He would always greet me when we see each other in the lift,” said Madam Lim, 70. Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam comforting the parents of late SCDF officer Kenneth Tay on May 17. ST PHOTO: CHONG JUN LIANG
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