Times have changed. Mr Chan See Seng once told this to PAP:
Many years ago I had no formal University degree but I was honest and found a job at HSBC. Nowadays foreigners are dishonest and filling up their CV with fake degrees and find their jobs in Singapore banks.
In 1951, undeterred by his lack of educational qualifications, Mr Chan walked into a Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp office and asked for work. He landed the job of a clerk, said Dr Chia.