President Tharman meets migrant workers who saved driver of car that fell into sinkhole
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President Tharman Shanmugaratnam and his spouse, Ms Jane Ittogi (both centre), at the Istana open house on Aug 3 with the workers involved in the Tanjong Katong sinkhole rescue.
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Seven workers rescued a woman from a sinkhole on Tanjong Katong Road on July 26, using a nylon rope to pull her out.
President Tharman Shanmugaratnam invited the workers and 11 others who saved children from a River Valley fire to the Istana.
ItsRainingRaincoats raised over $72,000 for the sinkhole rescuers, to be distributed at an event on August 10.