“Till now I have no regrets, even though my bank account is almost down to nothing,” he said; just the thought of the six boys having a better future makes him feel that everything is all worth it
The lecturer, who’s been in education for 27 years, sold his retirement home in Genting—his dream home—just to give six young boys $150,000 so they could pursue their dreams of getting a higher education in Australia.
In an interview with YouTuber Mave Mason, who also used to be one of Mr Yee’s students, he shared the full story. “I wanted to give the boys a fighting chance in life to break through the vicious cycle of poverty,” he says.
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