<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR>Going to be one of the 1000 to emigrate from Peesai yearly?
Sep 8, 2008
</TR><!-- headline one : start --><TR>Bond free <!--10 min-->
</TR><!-- headline one : end --><TR>A-level holders turning down overseas Govt scholarships in favour of those offered locally with no strings attached </TR><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Janice Heng
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"-->HIS predicament was one that most A-level graduates would envy.
A choice between an overseas Government scholarship, with the promise of a steady job upon his return, or a local scholarship with no bond - and no career - attached.
Mr Jovian Tan chose the latter. 'I was in quite a dilemma,' admitted the 20-year-old who scored three As at Raffles Junior College (RJC). Read Janice Heng's full story in Tuesday's edition of The Straits Times.
Sep 8, 2008
</TR><!-- headline one : start --><TR>Bond free <!--10 min-->
</TR><!-- headline one : end --><TR>A-level holders turning down overseas Govt scholarships in favour of those offered locally with no strings attached </TR><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Janice Heng
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"-->HIS predicament was one that most A-level graduates would envy.
A choice between an overseas Government scholarship, with the promise of a steady job upon his return, or a local scholarship with no bond - and no career - attached.
Mr Jovian Tan chose the latter. 'I was in quite a dilemma,' admitted the 20-year-old who scored three As at Raffles Junior College (RJC). Read Janice Heng's full story in Tuesday's edition of The Straits Times.
