This is not the first time Singaporean kids died in mountain climbing in Malaysia before. There was another incident where 2 kids died falling off a hill. Maybe it's the same place. Think it happened about 5 years ago. The teachers in charge were reprimanded because they stayed behind in the hotel and just let the tour guides take the kids up. Now the rule is teachers have to follow. Anyone remember this?
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2 Singaporean kids died falling from cliff in Malaysia before
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There is already complaints that teachers are bogged down with useless paper work. Now we hear that they have to take students on these dangerous trips. What's wrong with using the school holidays for holidays instead of risky trips?
For the males students who are Sporean, they will face enough life threatening hazards during NS so why insist on putting them on harms way
If students really want adventure then they should approach organisations which specialise in such tours & not the schools or MOE which do not have the relevant experience.
For the males students who are Sporean, they will face enough life threatening hazards during NS so why insist on putting them on harms way
If students really want adventure then they should approach organisations which specialise in such tours & not the schools or MOE which do not have the relevant experience.
No risk, no reward. It's a LEADERSHIP COURSE. I'm sure everyone is a leader after this incident.
When that incident happened, it was a small report in the papers and quickly hushed up. I don't think our media will drag this case inlight of the current disaster.
Of course. There are more important things like the medal tally at the SEA games and SG50 celebrations. People die everyday, no big deal. Let's move on.
Found the news report.
now this kind of thing happen to the primary school...
International & Singapore News>Father sues Tanjong Katong Girls' School
07:13 AM 20th October 2010
Father sues Tanjong Katong Girls' School
School and mountain trek organiser accused of negligence
By K. C. Vijayan
FATHER SUES TKGS OVER DAUGHTER'S DEATH IN MOUNTAIN TREK
20 Oct 2010
SOURCE: The Straits Times
THE father of a girl who died during a school mountain trek is taking the school and the event organiser to court for alleged negligence.
Secondary 2 student Nour Radiatulhuda, 14, suffered breathing difficulties during the trek up Mount Panti in Johor.
Her father, Mr Johan Pee, 43, accuses Tanjong Katong Girls’ School (TKGS) of not telling him or his wife that no teachers would be accompanying the students on the trek, which was organised by Synergy Dynamics.
He also alleges the medical response was inadequate and the school failed to properly assess whether the firm was capable of supervising the trek up the 512m-high mountain in November 2007.
Nour, who would have turned 17 yesterday, was in a group of 40 students and three teachers, plus staff from Synergy Dynamics, who took part in the three-day prefects’ camp in Kota Tinggi.
During the trek, she had breathing difficulties, vomited twice and suffered from shivering in her legs.
Synergy Dynamics staff took her down to the base of the mountain, where an ambulance was waiting. She was later pronounced dead in the town hospital.
It is understood the trip down the muddy terrain took more than two hours.
The three teachers who had accompanied the students to the camp remained at the hotel instead of going on the trek, according to court documents.
But the defence statement filed by the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC), which is representing the school, says the teachers stayed behind because they were medically unfit for the trek.
Mr Johan, who was assigned lawyer S. Lalita by the Legal Aid Bureau, and his wife were so traumatised that they have since stopped working. Nour was one of three daughters.
A key issue in the case is whether the school could avoid blame because a third party, Synergy Dynamics, was running the trek.
The AGC also points out that Nour’s mother had signed an indemnity form consenting to her daughter’s trip and undertaking not to sue in the event of injury or death.
Ms Tan Shin Yi from the AGC argues in the defence statement that any negligence would have been caused by the event organiser and was also contributed to by the dead girl.
Among other things, Ms Tan says the school exercised proper skill and care in selecting Synergy Dynamics to organise the project. The firm had experience in organising such outdoor programmes and was familiar with Mount Panti’s terrain.
Synergy Dynamics, named as the second defendant, has not notified the High Court of its intention to make an appearance to defend its case.
As the deadline has passed, it is understood Mr Johan can apply for judgment against the firm in default of its appearance. A pre-trial conference was held on Monday and will continue in a fortnight.
now this kind of thing happen to the primary school...
International & Singapore News>Father sues Tanjong Katong Girls' School
07:13 AM 20th October 2010
Father sues Tanjong Katong Girls' School
School and mountain trek organiser accused of negligence
By K. C. Vijayan
FATHER SUES TKGS OVER DAUGHTER'S DEATH IN MOUNTAIN TREK
20 Oct 2010
SOURCE: The Straits Times
THE father of a girl who died during a school mountain trek is taking the school and the event organiser to court for alleged negligence.
Secondary 2 student Nour Radiatulhuda, 14, suffered breathing difficulties during the trek up Mount Panti in Johor.
Her father, Mr Johan Pee, 43, accuses Tanjong Katong Girls’ School (TKGS) of not telling him or his wife that no teachers would be accompanying the students on the trek, which was organised by Synergy Dynamics.
He also alleges the medical response was inadequate and the school failed to properly assess whether the firm was capable of supervising the trek up the 512m-high mountain in November 2007.
Nour, who would have turned 17 yesterday, was in a group of 40 students and three teachers, plus staff from Synergy Dynamics, who took part in the three-day prefects’ camp in Kota Tinggi.
During the trek, she had breathing difficulties, vomited twice and suffered from shivering in her legs.
Synergy Dynamics staff took her down to the base of the mountain, where an ambulance was waiting. She was later pronounced dead in the town hospital.
It is understood the trip down the muddy terrain took more than two hours.
The three teachers who had accompanied the students to the camp remained at the hotel instead of going on the trek, according to court documents.
But the defence statement filed by the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC), which is representing the school, says the teachers stayed behind because they were medically unfit for the trek.
Mr Johan, who was assigned lawyer S. Lalita by the Legal Aid Bureau, and his wife were so traumatised that they have since stopped working. Nour was one of three daughters.
A key issue in the case is whether the school could avoid blame because a third party, Synergy Dynamics, was running the trek.
The AGC also points out that Nour’s mother had signed an indemnity form consenting to her daughter’s trip and undertaking not to sue in the event of injury or death.
Ms Tan Shin Yi from the AGC argues in the defence statement that any negligence would have been caused by the event organiser and was also contributed to by the dead girl.
Among other things, Ms Tan says the school exercised proper skill and care in selecting Synergy Dynamics to organise the project. The firm had experience in organising such outdoor programmes and was familiar with Mount Panti’s terrain.
Synergy Dynamics, named as the second defendant, has not notified the High Court of its intention to make an appearance to defend its case.
As the deadline has passed, it is understood Mr Johan can apply for judgment against the firm in default of its appearance. A pre-trial conference was held on Monday and will continue in a fortnight.
Wow ! TKGS again!!
typical shitskin. chao kuan type. sign indemnity form yet still want to sue . usually they and their offsprings are fat and unhealthy with delusions of grandeur and physical ability (like all these c talk cock camps where they psycho kids that they are superman and can do anything and all that "everything is in the mind" crap. And if fall sick like to blame others. seen so many of these crappy things . even thogh eartquake cannot be predicted bet these people would still find any damn excuse to sue the school and the organisers. these people should stay at home and rot.
You climb you die ....1 .... 2... 3... YOUR OWN BUSINESS!!!
No risk, no reward. It's a LEADERSHIP COURSE. I'm sure everyone is a leader after this incident.
not necessary...haf of em realise how much a leader had to go thru...so best ish to remain as "men" rather then"ic"...
What a strange excuse
If the teacher was medically unfit then why was he allowed to go on the trip with the students What about the students that were on the trip, did anyone of them undergo a medical check up before they were allowed on the trip
What a strange excuse
What about the students that were on the trip, did anyone of them undergo a medical check up before they were allowed on the trip
Yeah... This one smells to kingdom come!
Simply cannot understand why would people want to pay money to climb mountain and suffer
Simply cannot understand why would people want to pay money to climb mountain and suffer
People pay money for thrill same as bungee jump , roller coaster ride , sky diving . Some pay money for endurance like marathon
Spot on! These filthy shit skins are so unfit that a simple climb up a mountain would just kill them and then try to blame someone else when tragedy occurs. Every single last one of them acts like that
Every morning, limousines n big cars queue to drop off the students in TKGS. TKGS is a neighborhood school for the Katong and East Coast rich.
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