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Man drowns at Pasir Ris Fisherman's Village
Singapore  Man drowns at Pasir Ris Fisherman's Village ADVERTISEMENT SINGAPORE: A man has drowned at Pasir Ris Fisherman's Village - his body was recovered early Saturday morning. The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) says it was alerted to the incident just after midnight. Divers, ambulance and other support vehicles were dispatched to Pasir Ris Fisherman's Village, eight minutes after the first call. SCDF rescuers immediately deployed its amphibious vehicle to comb the shoreline. Police Coast Guard boats were also at the scene. Amidst poor visibility, at about 2.30am, SCDF DART divers spotted and retrieved the body of a Chinese man. He was found approximately 60 metres from where it was reported that someone had jumped into the sea. Paramedics pronounced the man dead at 3am. - CNA/yy Labels: Drown
Pool had 2 lifeguards on duty at the time
ANNA was rescued from the swimming pool by a hotel guest, who immediately alerted one of the hotel's lifeguards. She was already unconscious. This happened at 5.11pm on Saturday, said a Rasa Sentosa Resort spokesman. 'Immediate resuscitation measures were administered by the lifeguards together with a few guests who identified themselves as qualified medical practitioners,' said the spokesman. She said that an ambulance arrived within 15 minutes and took Anna to the nearest hospital. The spokesman said the part of the pool where Anna was found is 1.3m deep. She said there are always two lifeguards on duty. The spokesman said that Anna and her parents were at Siloso Beach before the incident. 'It is unclear how the child wandered into the premises of the hotel unaccompanied, as the family was not a resident of the hotel,' said the spokesman. 'Despite the unfortunate tragedy, we re-assure that the hotel provides all safety and security measures to its guests.' Labels: Drown
Body found near Kallang River
 In what appears to be another case of drowning, a man's body was found this morning (May 30) in a canal connected to the Kallang River, situated behind Kolam Ayer Industrial Estate. 32-year-old Loh Sam Loong, an HR administrator, was driving along Geylang Bahru Road at about 10.45 am. when he saw three SCDF vehicles, an ambulance and a police car at the scene. He also saw SCDF officers rushing towards the canal. This is the latest among the flurry of drowning incidents that happened in just the last two months. In April, a 14-year-old girl drowned in a canal near Bukit Batok West, following the drowning of two boys off the coast of Pasir Ris Park not too long before. Earlier this month, in a shocking turn of events, the body of a 60-year-old woman was found at Lower Seletar Reservoir, just over two hours after the body of a 32-year-old man was retrieved after it went missing following a kayak accident. STOMP has contacted the Police, who said that they received the first call regarding the floating body at 10.25 am. They are still investigating the matter. Labels: Drown
Another death at Lower Seletar Reservoir
Body of 60-year-old woman found not far from where an Indian national drowned on Sunday. In a shocking turn of events, a female body was spotted yesterday at Lower Seletar Reservoir shortly after the body of the man who went missing while kayaking was found. The man was pulled out yesterday at 11.15am, nearly 24 hours after he disappeared into the murky waters, according to The Straits Times, while the 60-year-old woman was discovered at around 1.45pm. The first body was later identified as that of Mr Khoka Mohammed Burhan, 32, an Indian national and a permanent resident working here. The police have not released the woman’s name but have classified her case as unnatural death. Mr Khoka was in 2.5m-deep waters, about 100m from the shoreline in front of the Orchid Country Club. The SCDF officers pulled him out with the help of a diver from the Naval Diving Unit (NDU) of the Singapore Armed Forces. The victim and his wife Noorliza Yahya, 27, had hired the kayak from the People's Association (PA) Water-Venture water sports outlet on Sunday before it capsized. Mr Khoka then pushed his wife onto the capsized kayak, while he kept swimming in the water. It is believed that he ran out of strength and went under. His life jacket was recovered later. Madam Noorliza struggled to steer the kayak towards the shore and waded onto an embankment where she called for help at about 12.15pm using a mobile phone belonging to a worker who was working on the golf course. A search ensued but was called off at 8.30pm because of poor visibility and safety concerns. The search resumed again at 7am yesterday. Captain Raihan Rafiek, SCDF Officer Commanding from Yishun Fire Station, told The Straits Times: 'The search and rescue was not as simple as it seemed. We had to deal with a lot of undergrowth, which slowed down our operations.' Mr Khoka moved here from Dubai where he was working, after he married Madam Noorliza, a Singaporean, last year. He had been working at a shipyard here. The couple, who live with Madam Noorliza's parents in Yishun Ring Road, do not have any children. Meanwhile, the rental of kayaks and canoes at the water-sports outlet, which is run by the PA, remains suspended. It was opened barely two weeks ago. Labels: Drown
Second body found near man who drowned in kayak accident
 The body of the man who drowned after his kayak capsized in the Lower Seletar Reservoir on Sunday was found at 11.15 am on Monday. But just two and a half hours later, a second body was found floating near the Yishun Jetty. Search operations for 32-year-old Khoka Mohammed Burhan, an engineer from India, had resumed at 7am. And some 24 hours after he went missing underwater in the Lower Seletar Reservoir, his body was found.  It was partially submerged - about 50 metres from where his kayak capsized on Sunday, and some 100 metres from the shore near the Orchid Country Club. The search had involved 17 divers from the Naval Diving Unit, the Civil Defence force, and the police. Captain Raihan Rafiek, Officer-In-Charge, Yishun Fire Station, Singapore Civil Defence Force, said, "It's not as simple as what it seems to be. There is a lot of undergrowth in the water itself and that slowed down our search and rescue operation as we sent divers in." MP for Ang Mo Kio GRC Lee Bee Wah came to offer help and comfort to Mr Khoka's wife - 27-year-old Madam Noorliza Yahya - and her family. The couple loved water sports and Sunday's canoeing trip was their second outing at the reservoir. Ms Lee said, "It is a very tragic accident, very sudden. The wife is very strong. The family is very strong. I have spoken to them. At the moment, they do not require any financial help. "They will arrange to go for Haj after this. They want to take a break. The water centre, the paddle centre has already stopped operation, and PA is looking into whether there's anything else that we can do better in order to prevent similar accidents." Just as the search team was leaving, a passer-by at the reservoir made a grisly discovery - the body of an Indian woman was floating near the Yishun Jetty. Nurzatiman Astha said, "When I saw the body there, it was like a quarter submerged. She was wearing this red dress with white pokka dots. Her feet were slightly wrinkled. "She may have fallen off. Because this is like mud at the bottom of the area. It's very obvious. There couldn't be anything you could be doing here, other than to fish. It was very deserted." Police said the woman was in her sixties and are investigating how she fell into the water. - CNA/ms Labels: Drown
Body of man missing in kayak accident found
 THE body of the man missing in a kayak accident at Lower Seletar Reservoir has been found. The body was found at about 11.15am on Monday, off the waters near Orchid Country Club. Officers from the Singapore Civil Defence Force spotted 32-year-old Khoka Mohammed Burhan half submerged in 2.5m deep waters about 15m away from where his kayak capsized. The kayak is believed to have gone under about 100m off the Orchid Country Club golf course shoreline on Sunday.. The deceased and his wife, Madam Noorliza Yahya had hired the kayak from the PA Water-Venture outlet at about 11.15am.  But they apparently rowed out of sight from the outlet to the waters off the country club on the opposite side of the reservoir, where the accident happened. The couple, who both wore life vests, were in the double-seater kayak when it suddenly capsized. Mr Burhan apparently managed to push his wife onto the boat, while he kept on swimming in the water. But he could not keep up and suddenly just stopped and disappeared. The weather was fine at the time of the accident. It is understood he may have lost strength, having rowed the boat for some distance before the mishap happened. His life jacket had apparently loosened and was later recovered. Meanwhile MP for Ang Mo Kio GRC Lee Bee Wah, who was at the scene of the accident, said the family had approached her for help to process a Visa to bring Mr Burhan's brother back from Dubai, where he is working. Labels: Drown
He saves wife, but his life vest slips off, then...
hero hubby disappears into water HE was a strong swimmer and his first thought was for his wife, who couldn't swim.  Their double-seater kayak had capsized while they were paddling in the Lower Seletar Reservoir on Sunday.Struggling in the water, MadamNoorliza Yahya, 27, shouted out that she could not swim. Mr Khoka Mohammed Burhan, 32, immediately swam to her aid. He saved her from going under, and also managed to turn the kayak upright. He then helped her into the kayak and began pushing it towards the shore. When she turned and looked at him, she saw him swimming towards the kayak. She saw his life vest slipping off. He called out her name and then sank into the water. That is the image that will probably haunt Madam Noorliza for the rest of her life. She related the final moments of her hero hubby to her aunt, MadamHalimah. It was a sunny Sunday when the couple decided to go kayaking. Then the tragedy happened. MrKhoka, an Indian national and Singapore permanent resident, went missing in the waters off the shoreline of a golf course at Orchid Country Club. At 11.15am yesterday, his body was found not far from where he had disappeared. About two hours later, a woman's body was found near where MrKhoka's body was found. The New Paper visited the Yishun flat where Mr Khoka and his wife, a clerk at a primary school, lived with her parents. Madam Halimah said her niece was resting and did not want to be disturbed. Ang Mo Kio GRC MP Lee Bee Wah also visited the family earlier yesterday. LOVED THE OUTDOORS  Madam Halimah, 45, a school assistant who is the younger sister of Madam Faridah, Madam Noorliza's mother, said that her niece and MrKhoka loved outdoor sports. They had gone to the People's Association's Water-Venture sports outlet at the reservoir at least twice before the fateful day. She said Mr Khoka was a good swimmer who also knew how to dive. Madam Halimah said that her niece told her that both of them had landed in the water, but they were both wearing life vests. Madam Halimah said: 'Noorliza started shouting to her husband that she could not swim. 'He got the kayak upright again and then helped Noorliza onto the kayak. 'He then pushed the kayak towards the shore. Noorliza saw him swimming towards the boat. But then his life vest slipped off. 'He shouted for help once and then called out Noorliza's name. Then he disappeared.' Madam Halimah said her niece called for help and several Bangladeshi workers at the golf course saw the kayak and helped her push it near the shore, after which Madam Noorliza then waded onto shore. But the workers could not help MrKhoka as they could not swim and did not have life vests, said Madam Halimah. The police and the Singapore Civil Defence Force were then called. INTERNET ROMANCE Madam Halimah said her niece, the elder of twin daughters and the second of three children, had known Mr Khoka for several years. They had communicated through the Internet for some time before getting married. The couple have no children. 'They married in December 2005 and they were planning to start a family soon,' she said. Madam Halimah said Mr Khoka, came from Bangalore and had worked as an engineer here and in Dubai. She said he had recently left his job at a shipyard here and was looking for a job. She said her sister and her brother-in-law, Mr Yahya, 57, operate a canteen at a primary school in Yishun. Madam Halimah said: 'Noorliza's mother and I are very close and when she learned about Noorliza's love for Mr Khoka, she told me about it. We found out that he was a good man and agreed that both of them should get married. 'He was a homely person who loved living near his family. When he married Noorliza, he decided to move in with her to her parents' home.' She said that Mr Khoka's family in India has been informed of the tragedy and his brother would be flying to Singapore from Dubai soon. Ms Lee said the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority has granted MrKhoka's brother a five-week visa. Labels: Drown
Girl Died Trying To Save Friend In Pool
Source: The Strait Times 11-5-2007 Singapore  THE adage 'a friend in need is a friend indeed' truly applied to 15-year-old Chan Poh Lian - and she paid for it with her life. The teenager, who died after trying to rescue her friend from drowning at a swimming pool, was hailed for her courage by the State Coroner at her inquest yesterday. The schoolgirl nearly drowned in the attempt and slipped into a coma after she was pulled out of the pool. Taken to the Singapore General Hospital (SGH), she died of multiple organ failure 13 days later, on Sept 18 last year. Yesterday, State Coroner Ronald Gwee ruled that her death was the result of an accident. He was full of praise for what she had done. He said: 'She had very bravely and selflessly attempted to help her friend who had got into difficulties in the water in the swimming pool. 'In the process, she got into difficulties herself and suffered the near-drowning incident.' Poh Lian and another girl had gone to their classmate's condominium apartment in River Valley Road on Sept 6 last year. At about 3 pm, the two visitors decided to swim at the deep end of the condo's pool, which was about 1.8m deep. The classmate sat by the side of the pool. The other girl then had cramps in her leg. She flailed her arms and shouted for help. Poh Lian - who had elementary swimming lessons but had yet to learn to tread water - swam over and tried to help her but soon encountered difficulties. She slipped under the surface even as her classmate flung a lifebuoy into the pool, which the other girl was able to grab. Their cries for help drew residents and security officers from the condominium, who then pulled Poh Lian out of the pool. By then, Poh Lian was already unconscious but still breathing. She was taken to hospital where she was placed on life support. She died 13 days later. Dr Colleen Kim Thomas, from the SGH, noted in his medical report that Poh Lian's condition 'was not salvageable right from the start'. A lack of oxygen and heart failure before her rescue had led to 'irrecoverable brain failure'. In recording a verdict of misadventure, the coroner cleared the hospital of any possible blame. 'There is no evidence to suggest that there had been any criminal negligence in the medical care of the deceased between the time of the incident in the pool and her demise,' he said. Labels: Drown
JURONG GIRL, 6, DROWNS IN SENTOSA HOTEL POOL. HEARTBROKEN DAD SAYS:
It was her first time in pooI  IT was little Anna Lim's first trip to Sentosa. And when her family decided to move from the beach to the Rasa Sentosa swimming pool, she couldn't contain her excitement. t would be the six-year-old's first time in a pool. Sadly, it also turned out to be her last after she drowned on Saturday. Now her grieving father is left with only questions and regret. Questions of how she could have drowned unnoticed in a pool teeming with people and watched over by two lifeguards. Regret that he could not find her in time after she had run ahead while they were walking to the pool. Regret that he could not find the time to teach her how to swim. Mr Andrew Lim tried to stay strong for his family since the tragedy. He was a picture of composure yesterday, a contrast from his wife, Madam Lona, who had been weeping non-stop, unable to come to terms with Anna's death. But when he saw his daughter's body at the wake for the first time yesterday at 6.30pm, he broke down. Bent over her coffin, he whispered something to her body. He later told The New Paper what he had said: 'I'm sorry I didn't save you in time.' It has been almost two days of confusion and heartache for the family from Jurong East. Anna, who is 1.2m tall, was found in the shallower end of the hotel's adult pool (1.3m deep) on Saturday just after 5pm. Questions remain unanswered for the family. How did she end up in the pool? Didn't anybody see her struggling? Why didn't someone help her then? There were two lifeguards on duty then, but they did not see her. At the wake yesterday, Mr Lim, 40, recounted the incident to The New Paper. He said his sister had booked a room at the hotel over the weekend. On Friday, Anna spent the day at the hotel with Mr Lim's father-in-law, sister and her family. The adults even took the children to play by the beach. ENJOYED HERSELF It was Anna's first visit to Sentosa. 'She enjoyed herself so much and insisted on going back again on Saturday,' said Mr Lim, a full-time tutor. He gave in and took his wife and daughter to the hotel at about 4pm. While Mr Lim was walking from the beach towards the swimming pool with his wife, his sister and his sister's two children, Anna ran ahead of them. 'She ran about 10m ahead. When we couldn't see her, we started calling out for her,' recalled Mr Lim. 'I don't think she would have heard us because it was so noisy.' Mr Lim said the pool area was crowded with guests. After searching frantically in the crowd for her, Mr Lim said they decided to see if she had gone up to the room. When they didn't find her there, they went back down to the pool. But his heart sank when he approached the area. Said Mr Lim: 'I saw a group of people around her. From what she was wearing, I knew immediately that it was her.' Anna was wearing a bright blue swimsuit borrowed from one of her cousins, as she didn't have one of herown. He said several guests and the hotel's lifeguards tried to resuscitate her, but failed. 'They administered CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation), but they couldn't revive her,' he said. Recalling those moments of chaos, Mr Lim said he called out to Anna, but she did not respond. 'I knew she was already gone. She didn't have a pulse, her lips were blue and her fingers had turned pale. But I couldn't bring myself to tell my wife then,' said Mr Lim. He said one of the guests who had helped out, later told him that a lot of water had been pumped out of her. Mr Lim said Anna did not know how to swim. And it was her first time in a swimming pool. Shaking his head, Mr Lim said: 'Till now, I'm not sure how she got in. Did she jump in? Did she fall in? I don't know. 'There were so many people there. Somebody should have seen her.' He said Anna seldom ran off too far so he didn't know what prompted her to do so on Saturday. Yesterday, the swimming pool was teeming with hotel guests. Guests who had been there on Saturday said that those helping Anna had tried really hard to save her. Said a guest, who declined to give her name: 'One woman kept pumping and pumping the girl's chest until the ambulance came. 'During those crucial minutes, it just seemed (to take) forever for help to arrive.' Another guest said it had been very crowded that day and it would have been hard for the lifeguards to observe everything. It seems that most guests only realised that an accident had occurred when people started gathering around Anna. The police said they received a call at 5.20pm on Saturday informing them that a girl had been found unresponsive in the swimming pool. She was taken to Singapore General Hospital unconscious and pronounced dead at 7.20pm. The police are investigating the death. Mr Lim, who also has a 3-year-old son, said that Anna was an active girl whom her kindergarten teachers described as the 'dajie' or big sister who took care of her classmates.  PRIMARY ONE ITEMS BURIED She had been looking forward to starting Primary One next year and had convinced her parents to buy her school bag and pencil box in advance, said Mr Lim. Those items, together with some of her favourite clothes and soft toys, will be buried with her. 'She told me that she's scared of pain, so we will bury her,' said Mr Lim. Her funeral is today. Mr Lim has only one regret. Anna had asked him to take her for swimming classes, but Mr Lim never found the chance to. His voice trailing, Mr Lim said: 'She kept wanting to go for swimming classes...but I just didn't have the time to (take her).' Labels: Drown
Teen blogger who says drowned schoolmate deserves canal death gets bashed
Her assailants were apparently outraged over the Secondary 3 student’s blog, in which she wrote that Debra Koh, 14, the Hillgrove Secondary School student who drowned last week in the Sungei Pandan canal, deserved to die. The blogger, known as Tian Tian, told Lianhe Wanbao that a group of teens, some of whom were believed to be from her school, had attacked her. The attack left Tian Tian with a swollen face and bruises on her arm.  Last week, Tian Tian, accompanied by a male schoolmate, had gone to Debra’s wake to apologise to her family for what she had written on her blog. But just before they arrived, a group of 20 teens pounced on them. Tian Tian alleged that she and her friend were dragged to a multi-storey carpark and viciously beaten up for half an hour. She said she was slapped on the face by a girl from another school more than 20 times. She also alleged that she was kicked in the abdomen about five or six times, and had her head bashed against the wall two or three times. Another two boys kicked and elbowed her friend. While they were being beaten, the other teens stood around egging the attackers on. She said the bashing stopped only after the police arrived following a call from a member of the public. But the attackers managed to flee. Police spokesman Lim Tung Li told The New Paper this morning that police received a call on 24 Apr at about 7.15pm informing them about a large group of youths at a multi-storey carpark at Toh Guan Road. They are now investigating. Tian Tian said the attack left her with a swollen face and has affected her hearing. She will be seeing an ear, nose and throat (ENT) doctor. SCARED But she’s now afraid to return to school. Her mother, Madam Hu, 40, a businesswoman, said she plans to transfer her to another school as soon as possible. “My daughter should not have written that about (Debra). But what that group of teens did was too much,” she said. Tian Tian said that she now realises her mistake. She told Lianhe Wanbao: “When I wrote in the blog, I did not consider Debra’s family’s feelings. Now I know I was wrong.” Madam Hu also took Tian Tian to Debra’s house yesterday morning to apologise to her mother. They took fruit and biscuits, but no one was home, so they left a note to apologise.
Tian Tian claims that she wrote the blog on impulse because she and Debra had a run-in late last year. She claimed Debra and two friends allegedly beat her up in a HDB void deck. Tian Tian claimed she did not know why she was targeted. She said that beating came after she had removed the offending blog posting and replaced it with an apology. She said that one of Debra’s friends had told her to go to the wake to apologise. And it was when she arrived that she was attacked. Tian Tian estimated that including passerbys, about 50 people witnessed the attack. Tian Tian’s father, 39, a contractor, told Lianhe Wanbao that the day after the beating, a group of teens came to their flat and smashed a flower pot at their doorstep. He said that night at about 12.30am, he had just finished watching TV and was preparing to go to bed when he heard a loud smash outside. He opened the door and saw that one of the flower pots outside the house had been smashed. He said: “I saw three or four teens, about 17 or 18 years old, running towards the lift, but I didn’t see their faces clearly, only that the last person was a girl.” Madam Hu said that her daughter is a decent student who tends to be quiet, so she might be mistaken as cold. When The New Paper checked Tian Tian’s blog this morning, it read: “I sincerely apologise to Debra & her family & friends for what I've wrote. “Let bygones be bygones. Things had past. “I hope that you guys can let the matter rest. And cease (to) talk about it. My condolences to Debra & again, I’m sorry.” Tian Tian also said that when her posting was replicated in other blogs, it was edited to make it seem worse that it was originally. The tragedy happened on 22 Apr at about 3.40pm. Debra and three friends were playing along the Sungei Pandan canal at Bukit Batok West Avenue when the bag they were playing toss with landed in the canal. The four climbed into the canal, which had ankle-deep water at the time, to retrieve the bag. But because of a heavy downpour, the canal flooded suddenly and they were swept away. Three of the teenagers - Toh Shi Hui, 14; Leong Kim Weng, 14; and Alson Chua, 13 – were rescued and suffered only minor injuries. But Debra, an only child, drowned. Her body was found the next day, about 20 hours after she went missing. Labels: Drown
Teen blogger says of girl who drowned: She deserves it
She said Debra deserved it. And boasted that she will 'celebrate the death' by opening a bottle of vodka. Those harsh words were directed at 14-year-old Debra Koh, the girl who was found dead on 23 Apr after drowning in the Sungei Pandan canal. They were allegedly made by a student at Hillgrove Secondary School, the school which Debra went to. The girl claimed Debra had 'whacked' her before. She wrote on her blog: 'Debra is always finding trouble everywhere!' Her blog entry, which was posted before Debra's funeral on 25 Apr, have angered netizens, who decided to 'whack' the blogger back, Lianhe Wanbao reported. Many have questioned her motives for her blog posting. One reply to her post read: 'Isn't she evil to (say) all this? Upon a girl who is dead?' Debra's body was found in a canal near Jalan Buroh Flyover by the Police Coast Guard after she went missing in the Sungei Pandan canal the day before. Debra's friend, Toh Shi Hui, who was with her in the canal, was disgusted when she found out about the blog entry. One of the three survivors of the sudden flood that swept four teenagers away last Sunday, Shi Hui told The New Paper on Sunday yesterday that she was 'confused and angry' over the blog posting. She was told by a schoolmate about the posting at Debra's funeral wake. Shi Hui, 14, who attends the same school as Debra, said: 'Debra is not the blogger's friend or enemy. 'They recognise each other in school, but she doesn't really know Debra very well. 'So when I heard that she wrote all those horrible things about Debra, I was very confused. 'I don't know why anyone would want to write such things when they don't know each other very well.' NOT TRUE Shi Hui, who has known Debra for a year, said she didn't believe that Debra had attacked the girl. She said: 'It never happened. I should know about it if it was true.' Shi Hui and Debra were with two boys - Leong Kim Weng, 14, and Alson Chua, 13 - at the canal near Block 182 Bukit Batok West Avenue 8 last Sunday afternoon. The group was playing a game of toss with a bag that held all their handphones when the bag fell into the canal. The four teenagers went into the canal to get the bag when a sudden flood after a heavy downpour raised the water level quickly and they were swept away by currents. In the blog entry, the girl even taunted Debra to look for her after she died. 'Come, Debra, come. I welcome you. Want come join in my celebration for you? Remember when you come, must gimme signal. 'Don't come boo-ing me from the back,' the entry went. The blog was inaccessible when The New Paper on Sunday tried to access it yesterday evening. Although Alson did not see what was written on the blog, he said he was told of its contents by one of his teachers. He said: 'On Friday, my teacher told me about it. Debra is already dead. Yet, such things are written about her. 'I don't really know how to describe my reaction except to say that I am very angry.' The New Paper on Sunday was unable to get in touch with Kim Weng. Alson studies in Princess Elizabeth Primary, while Kim Weng is in Yusof Ishak Secondary School. Shi Hui and Debra got to know the two boys just this year. Lianhe Wanbao quoted an unnamed female relative of Debra saying that Debra's family was aware of it, but did not wish to pursue the matter. The relative said: 'Debra is already dead. Maybe the person was just venting her frustrations. 'There is no need for us to pursue the matter.' More than 100 schoolmates turned up for Debra's funeral, including her school principal and teachers. Labels: Drown
Changi beach boar found dead
 STOMPer Dennis was making his merry way along Changi Beach at 1100 hrs on 22 Apr when, amongst the debris that low tide brings, he spotted this particular piece of flotsam. Left in wonderment, he questioned if it was drowned on purpose or whether it “could have been a former resident on one of the islands or neighbouring countries?" Labels: Drown
Body of dog found at East Coast
 Chun Kiat, 19, chanced upon this body of a dog at East Coast Park last week. The body was covered in flies. According to him, it was quite a distance from the sea and near to the learning area for inline skaters. He wonders if there was foul play here. Labels: Drown
Dark water
Sinagpore  Water can be dangerous, as painful lessons with the recent number of deaths by drowning prove - like the double tragedy involving two teenage boys who drowned off Pasir Ris Park this month.  With drowning now one of the most common causes of death, the National Water Safety Taskforce is working on improving water safety, and reducing the number of drowning fatalities. Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports, Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, outlines the government's initiatives to prevent further drownings. Labels: Drown |
