http://www.temasekreview.com/2010/0...stand-in-the-rain-to-welcome-yog-torch-rally/
Hundreds of students from Sembawang Primary School were FORCED to stand in the rain for hours to welcome the YOG torch rally during its island-wide procession on 11 August 2010.
A netizen who was driving back home managed to capture this shocking scene along Sembawang Crescent at around 5.10pm:
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[Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_mDji0Sa9o]
As we can see from the above snapshots, it was still drizzling and some of the students were in raincoats while the teachers tried to shelter them with umbrellas.
According to one teacher we spoke to on the condition of anonymity, they were asked to bring the students out as early as 3.30pm and were made to stand in the rain for almost two hours to ”cheer” for the YOG torch rally.
“What to do? The instructions come from the top. We have to welcome the YOG procession even if there are thunderstorms. I just hope that my students won’t fall ill from standing in the rain for so long,” she said in exasperation.
The school did not seek consent from the parents for allowing their children to stand in the rain to welcome the YOG torch, many of whom are probably still unaware of what happened.
Besides Sembawang Primary School, students from Compassvale Primary School were also forced to stand for hours under the hot sun to cheer for the YOG torch with a few students falling sick the very next day.
Hundreds of students from Sembawang Primary School were FORCED to stand in the rain for hours to welcome the YOG torch rally during its island-wide procession on 11 August 2010.
A netizen who was driving back home managed to capture this shocking scene along Sembawang Crescent at around 5.10pm:
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[Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_mDji0Sa9o]
As we can see from the above snapshots, it was still drizzling and some of the students were in raincoats while the teachers tried to shelter them with umbrellas.
According to one teacher we spoke to on the condition of anonymity, they were asked to bring the students out as early as 3.30pm and were made to stand in the rain for almost two hours to ”cheer” for the YOG torch rally.
“What to do? The instructions come from the top. We have to welcome the YOG procession even if there are thunderstorms. I just hope that my students won’t fall ill from standing in the rain for so long,” she said in exasperation.
The school did not seek consent from the parents for allowing their children to stand in the rain to welcome the YOG torch, many of whom are probably still unaware of what happened.
Besides Sembawang Primary School, students from Compassvale Primary School were also forced to stand for hours under the hot sun to cheer for the YOG torch with a few students falling sick the very next day.
