When Lim quit school at 15, he could read a newspaper, write a letter, keep simple accounts, recite the letters of the English alphabet and one or two common words or phrases, nothing more.

• 到林15岁辍学时，他能读读报纸，写写信，记一些简单的数字，背英文字母表，记一两个常用英语单词或短句，仅此而已。