sentences:  As a youth, Song studied at The Raffles Institution and briefly at Christian Brothers' School (now St. Joseph's institution).He was a brilliant student, and won the Guthrie Scholarship at the age of 12 – a record he held for five years.The young Song was disqualified from the honor of being the first Queen's Scholar - the honor went to Dr Lim Boon Keng - as he was under-aged at the time of the award.