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I feel compassionate, because I know [students] all have to go down this road of suffering and it's going to be tough.

Shirley Geok-lin Lim

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Shirley Geok-lin Lim
Age: 79
Born: 1944
Born: December 27
Journalist
Literary Critic
Writer
Malacca City
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Students
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