By Yeo Shang Long

THE founding principal of the Singapore Sports School, Mr Moo Soon Chong, died yesterday morning, about two years after he was diagnosed with cancer.

Mr Moo, who had celebrated his 63rd birthday last month, saw through the first batch of students at the Sports School before retiring in January 2008. He became ill shortly after.

It was his passion for nurturing talent in sports alongside schoolwork that perhaps made Mr Moo the ideal candidate to lead the Sports School.

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