A group of Tanjong Katong Primary School students and teachers are feared to be missing following the 6.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Mount Kinabalu in Sabah yesterday.
Eight students and two teachers have been unaccounted for since disaster struck. The 12-year-old students and their teachers departed Mount Kinabalu on Wednesday for a leadership programme and were expected to return on Monday, according to various media reports.
Malaysia authorities however recently confirmed a grim update — a Singaporean girl has been found dead. She is believed to be one of the pupils from Tanjong Katong Primary School.
A total of 29 pupils and eight Tanjong Katong Primary School teachers went on the trip, and most of them have already been accounted for. Other students and teachers from Fuchun Secondary School and Greenridge Secondary School who went to Mount Kinabalu for the learning excursion have safely returned to Singapore this morning.
So far, the bodies of a local guide and the 12-year-old girl were recovered from the disaster zone. An estimated 200 climbers and at least 40 local guides remain stranded at the summit due to the risk of rockfall and descent routes blocked.
One of the stranded climbers has been posting updates on her Facebook page, with the latest one recounting about the troubling conditions near the summit.
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Hi everyone. I don't know where to start & conclude everything but I'll try. So, the tragedy of Mount Kinabalu happened...
Posted by Charlene Dmp on Friday, 5 June 2015
“There are more than 100 registered Singaporeans at the time of the earthquake in Sabah. As of 1930 hours, MFA has contacted the majority and we are glad that they are safe," says the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. "We are doing our best to reach the Singaporeans who remain uncontactable at this point in time. MFA has also despatched a Crisis Response Team (CRT) to Sabah this afternoon to provide consular assistance to our Singaporeans."
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A group of Tanjong Katong Primary School students and teachers are feared to be missing following the 6.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Mount Kinabalu in Sabah yesterday.
Eight students and two teachers have been unaccounted for since disaster struck. The 12-year-old students and their teachers departed Mount Kinabalu on Wednesday for a leadership programme and were expected to return on Monday, according to various media reports.
Malaysia authorities however recently confirmed a grim update — a Singaporean girl has been found dead. She is believed to be one of the pupils from Tanjong Katong Primary School.
A total of 29 pupils and eight Tanjong Katong Primary School teachers went on the trip, and most of them have already been accounted for. Other students and teachers from Fuchun Secondary School and Greenridge Secondary School who went to Mount Kinabalu for the learning excursion have safely returned to Singapore this morning.
So far, the bodies of a local guide and the 12-year-old girl were recovered from the disaster zone. An estimated 200 climbers and at least 40 local guides remain stranded at the summit due to the risk of rockfall and descent routes blocked.
One of the stranded climbers has been posting updates on her Facebook page, with the latest one recounting about the troubling conditions near the summit.
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Hi everyone. I don't know where to start & conclude everything but I'll try. So, the tragedy of Mount Kinabalu happened...
Posted by Charlene Dmp on Friday, 5 June 2015
“There are more than 100 registered Singaporeans at the time of the earthquake in Sabah. As of 1930 hours, MFA has contacted the majority and we are glad that they are safe," says the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. "We are doing our best to reach the Singaporeans who remain uncontactable at this point in time. MFA has also despatched a Crisis Response Team (CRT) to Sabah this afternoon to provide consular assistance to our Singaporeans."
Photo: Charlene Dmp Facebook page