▁own ▁sav ings , ▁he ▁en rolled ▁in ▁SM K ▁Ki ulu ▁for ▁Bridge ▁Class ▁to ▁Form ▁Two . ▁To ▁support ▁himself ▁in ▁school , ▁he ▁took ▁up ▁a ▁manual ▁job ▁as ▁a ▁rub ber ▁t apper ▁on ▁week ends . ▁He ▁was ▁also ▁employed ▁by ▁a ▁Chinese ▁“ t ow k ay ”, ▁a ▁term ▁for ▁business ▁own ers , ▁in ▁Ki ulu ▁town , ▁which ▁at ▁that ▁time ▁only ▁had ▁a ▁row ▁of ▁sh ops . ▁He ▁then ▁could ▁save ▁on ▁food ▁and ▁r ental . ▁ ▁He ▁often ▁speak s ▁of ▁his ▁child hood ▁fond ly : ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁Form ▁Two ▁he ▁was ▁awarded ▁a ▁Board ing ▁Sch olar ship ▁from ▁the ▁Sab ah ▁State ▁Government ▁to ▁further ▁his ▁studies ▁in ▁SM K ▁Ran au ▁in ▁Form ▁Three ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 4 . ▁With ▁the ▁good ▁results ▁he ▁obtained ▁in ▁the ▁Lower ▁Cert ificate ▁of ▁Education ▁( L CE ) ▁he ▁was ▁granted ▁a ▁Sab ah ▁State ▁Government ▁Sch olar ship ▁to ▁purs ue ▁Form ▁Four ▁at ▁Set ap ak ▁High ▁School , ▁Sel ang or , ▁the ▁year ▁after . ▁ ▁In sp ired ▁by ▁fellow ▁school m ates ▁in ▁this ▁school , ▁he ▁initi ated ▁a ▁student ▁society ▁in ▁his ▁village ▁called ▁K EP AL OS , ▁which ▁formed ▁student ▁study ▁groups ▁and ▁fund ra ised ▁to ▁fin ance ▁their ▁program mes . ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 6 , ▁Tang au ▁passed ▁his ▁Malays ian ▁Cert ificate ▁of ▁Education ▁( M CE