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May 25, 2010
Going beyond the call of duty
<!-- by line --> By Karamjit Kaur, Aviation Correspondent
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The 26-year-old, who joined the airline four years ago, said: 'They had decided to celebrate the man's 78th birthday in Singapore but did not have any definite plans, so I offered to take them around and they accepted. -- PHOTO: MY
SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) stewardess Tiffany Yeo, who met an elderly couple during a Sydney-Singapore flight last year, ended up being their tour guide for the next few days. The 26-year-old, who joined the airline four years ago, said: 'They had decided to celebrate the man's 78th birthday in Singapore but did not have any definite plans, so I offered to take them around and they accepted.
'We went to Maxwell Road Food Centre and the Buddhist temple nearby, among other places, and I also invited them home for tea.' For going beyond the call of duty, Ms Yeo and 16 other staff, as well as 16 teams, will be honoured at SIA's annual staff recognition ceremony on Wednesday at Marina Bay Sands. Despite the severe business downturn that hit the aviation industry last year, SIA did not cut back on training expenditure, spending more than $100 million to upgrade skill levels.

