S. Rajaratnam

S. Rajaratnam(25 February 1915 – 22 February 2006) was born in Vattukottai, Jaffna, Sri Lanka for auspicious reasons after the premature death of his older brother. He was then brought back to Malaya and raised in Seremban and Selangor.He studied in Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus, St Paul's boys' school, Victoria Institution in Kuala Lumpur, and later in Raffles Institution in Singapore. In 1937, he went to King's College London to pursue a law degree.
Due to World War II, he was unable to receive funding from his family to continue his studies. So,he turned to journalism to earn a living. He met his wife Piroska Feher, a Hungarian teacher while in London. He returned to Singapore in 1948 when he joined the Malayan Tribune. In 1954, he joined The Straits Times as a journalist.