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  • Heroic Teachers And Guide Should Be Awarded Singapore’s Pingat Keberanian (Medal Of Valour)

    Heroic Teachers And Guide Should Be Awarded Singapore’s Pingat Keberanian (Medal Of Valour)

    Dear Editors,

    We now hear from the parents that the teachers and guides on Mountain Kinabalu were the true heroes. Despite their injuries and without regard for their own safety, they used their bodies to shield those children under their care. This is heroism of the highest order and sadly some have paid the ultimate price. The least we can do for those teachers and the guide should be to award them with Pingat Keberanian posthumously.

    “The Pingat Keberanian (Medal of Valour), instituted in 1987, is a Singaporean decoration awarded to any person who has performed an act of courage and gallantry in circumstances of personal danger.”

    It will be a fitting award for these heroes who did everything they could to protect fellow Singaporeans. We salute them.

    These teachers should be honoured and remembered for their selfless acts so that our younger generation may learn what it truly takes to be a great teacher – not just in school but in life.

    Josie Lam
    A.S.S. Contributor

    Source: www.allsingaporestuff.com

  • Sabah Quake: Faces Of The Tragedy

    Sabah Quake: Faces Of The Tragedy

    Monday, June 8, has been declared a Day of Remembrance for the victims of the Sabah earthquake.

    Six pupils and one teacher from Tanjong Katong Primary School are confirmed to have died. The Singaporean adventure guide who was with them on a school field trip also died.

    Quake Victims

    Source: www.straitstimes.com

  • Students Slaughtered In Peshawar Attack

    Students Slaughtered In Peshawar Attack

    It was the murder of children on an unprecedented scale by terrorists and the world is still reeling from it.

    Pakistan woke up to 3 days of mourning on Wednesday after Taliban militants killed 132 students at an army school in the city of Peshawar in a grisly attack which shocked the world and put pressure on the government to do more to tackle the insurgency.

    The slaughter of innocents made the cover pages of many newspapers all over the world.

    Pictures of the students have been shared on social media as people try to comprehend the scale of the attack, which Taliban deemed as revenge on soldiers for attacks on their camps.

    The scene at the hospitals was captured in this tweet on the list of victims.

    There were heart-breaking pictures of families griefing.

    The Pakistan cricket team which is in New Zealand.playing a series of matches was shattered by the news.

    “Every player in the team is very disturbed and shattered over the killing of innocent children but for me it is my home province and these children are like my own children. It is heart breaking.” – Senior batsman Younis Khan, who hails from Mardan, which is in the troubled Khyber Pakhtunkhawa province where the attack took place.

    Nobel peace laureate Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban in 2012, said she was “heartbroken” by “the senseless and cold blooded” killing.

    In a video message, she said: “I condemn these atrocious and cowardly acts and stand united with the government and armed forces of Pakistan whose efforts so far to address this horrific event are commendable.”

    Schools all over neighbouring India held 2 minutes of silence in memory of the victims.

    People from around the world felt the grief.

    Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong conveyed his condolences.

    This tweet captured the heart of it:

     

    R.I.P.

     

    Source: www.tnp.sg

  • Lee Hsien Loong Extends Condolonces To Pakistan Over Massacre Of Students In Peshawar

    Lee Hsien Loong Extends Condolonces To Pakistan Over Massacre Of Students In Peshawar

    The attack on a school in Pakistan yesterday (Dec 16), which killed 132 children and nine teachers, was a “painful reminder” on why the world is fighting terrorist causes, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in a letter of condolence sent to Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif today.

    Mr Lee said he was “deeply saddened” to learn that many of the victims were students “who were seeking an education to better their lives”.

    “On behalf of the Government and people of Singapore, I offer our deepest condolences to the families of the victims and the people of Pakistan on the savage and dreadful attack,” wrote Mr Lee.

    In a Facebook post earlier today, Mr Lee also said that the Peshawar attack was “much worse” than the Sydney siege just a day earlier.

    “Singaporeans know Sydney better than Peshawar, so the Sydney incident feels closer to home. But when innocent children are brutally murdered like this our hearts go out to their families. We all share a common humanity, whichever country we happen to live in.”

    “I am confident that Pakistan will face this tragedy with fortitude, and in time prevail against the forces of darkness and evil,” added Mr Lee in his condolence letter. “Our thoughts are with you (Mr Sharif and your people during this period of grief.”

    MR LEE’S LETTER TO PAKISTAN PRIME MINISTER NAWAZ SHARIF IN FULL

    17 December 2014

    Dear Prime Minister Sharif,

    On behalf of the Government and people of Singapore, I offer our deepest condolences to the families of the victims and the people of Pakistan on the savage and dreadful attack on the Army Public School in Peshawar.

    Singapore strongly condemns this dastardly act of terror which has killed so many innocent young people. I was deeply saddened to learn that many of these victims were students, who were seeking an education to better their lives. It is a painful reminder of why we are fighting against the terrorist cause, and why we must remain vigilant and resolute in this long battle.

    I am confident that Pakistan will face this tragedy with fortitude, and in time prevail against the forces of darkness and evil. Our thoughts are with you and your people during this period of grief.

    Yours sincerely

    LEE HSIEN LOONG

     

    Source: www.todayonline.com

  • 11 Classmates We’ve All Encountered

    11 Classmates We’ve All Encountered

    Most of us spend at least 12 years in school. In that amount of time, we meet all sorts of people. You may even be one of those that other classmates remember:

    1. Classmates who claim that they don’t study

    Never study

     

    2. The one who comes to school 15 minutes early for only ONE reason…

    copy homework

     

    3. The one who never lets people copy his homework

    never share homework

     

    4. The class belle/hunk

    Behind every class belle / hunk…

    apple of my eye

    is you:

    forever alone in class

     

    5. The one who brings all his books everyday even if he doesn’t need them

    packed

     

    6. The smart aleck who pretends to know everything

    smart aleck

     

    7. The rebel / joker who talks back to the teacher all the time

    can i use bathroom

    talk back

     

    8. The super classmate

    super classmate

     

    9. The teacher’s pet / sabo king / troll

    teachers pet

     

    10. The bully

    bullyNuff said.

     

    11. The Pao Toh Kia

    paoto1

    paoto2

     

    *Bonus* The Dua Kang Kia / Big Cannon Fairy / King of exaggeration

    dua kang kia

     

    Source: http://mothership.sg