Pua Khein Seng is a young

Malaysian who invented the flash

drive.

A flash drive is a memory device

for storing information to or from
a computer. He invented the flash
drive when he was 27 years old.

Khein Seng is from Sekinchan,

Selangor. He left Malaysia at the
age of 19 to pursue a degree in
electrical control engineering at
Chiao Tung University, Taiwan. It
was during his third year in
university that he began
conducting research into flash
memory technology. Khein Seng
was a top student. After he
finished his studies, he set up a
company with his friends.

Khein Seng’s success has

brought him a lot of awards. His
advice to people who want to be
successful is to have patience with
the things they are doing. He also
added that one must not give up
but keep improving themselves.

Fill in the blanks

1. Phua Khein Seng invented the
flash drive.
2. A flash drive is a memory
device for storing information
to or from a computer.
3. It was during his third year in
university that he began
conducting research into flash
memory technology.
4.