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SINGAPORE: A maintenance employee of a swimming school in Jurong East discarded chlorine powder into a sewer on Friday (Mar 5), "unknowingly" causing a chemical reaction, said the founder of the school. The chemical reaction "ignited a flare" and caused an "alarming sound", Mr Tan Jian Yong, the founder of Happy Fish Swim School, said in a Facebook post on Saturday. There were no students at the premises at the time of the incident, he said. No injuries were reported, and the maintenance keeper was taken to the hospital for a check-up, he added. "We are working closely with authorities as we recognise our responsibility here — to safeguard further precautionary steps to ensure the safety of our staff, students and the members of public," said Mr Tan. WHAT HAPPENED? Mr Tan said the incident happened at about 8.30pm at one of the school's branches in Jurong East. Mr Tan said the school had hired a waste management company after noticing a strong smell from the … [Read more...] about Chlorine powder discarded into sewer by swimming school in Jurong East

A suspect has been arrested yesterday after breaking into the British International School in Koh Kaew, Phuket. The Phuket City Police have arrested 26 year old Tanakarn Tongprapai. He was taken to the Mueang Phuket Police Station to face charges of night theft. The arrest follows an alert to patrol police from a security guard at the British International School, Phuket that a man had been caught breaking into the accounting office. Tanakorn admitted to police that he has also broken into government offices and private businesses where he had escaped with money totalling 60,000 baht. Keep in contact with The Thaiger by following our Facebook page . Never miss out on future posts by following The Thaiger . … [Read more...] about Suspect arrested over British International School Phuket theft

Thailand’s Education Minister has announced plans to recruit up to 10,000 native English-speaking teachers. Education Minister Nataphol Teepsuwan says the ministry wants improve Thai students’ English-language proficiency “as soon as the situation is safe to do so”. He also noted that the Ministry also wanted to source up to 10,000 Chinese teachers as well. He noted that there are already 7,000 foreign teachers (teaching English) working in Thai schools. “But this is not enough… another 10,000 are required. The cabinet has earmarked funds for their recruitment.” The ministry has already approached embassies of several native English-speaking countries so they can help source teachers who can teach English to Thai students. The minister is also intending to groups smaller, and geographically close, schools together and combine resources in rural areas to provide better and more centralised services for students. “A large number of native English-speaking teachers are necessary … [Read more...] about Thai schools look to recruit 20,000 English and Chinese language teachers

High school students in Bangkok are being summoned for violating the emergency decree after police found they had joined the banned anti-government protests last month. The 2 teens spoke at a rally on October 15, a day after PM Prayut announced that tougher actions would be taken against protesters. The students were directly targetted out of tens of thousands of people who defied the ban on public gatherings in order to demand the removal of the PM himself while demanding reforms of the monarchy. 15 year old Benjamaporn Nivas sent Reuters a message on her position towards the ban on protesters. “Even if you arrest protest leaders, there is not enough space in prison because hundreds more will rise up.” Indeed the students aren’t stopping as the “Bad Student” group is set to hold another protest today with Benjamaporn saying she would attend. 17 year old Lopanapat Wangpaisit was the other student who was summoned although it is not clear that the recent action taken against him … [Read more...] about High school students summoned for violating emergency decree after joining banned protest

SINGAPORE - Residents were startled by a loud bang after 45kg of chlorine powder was poured into the public sewers by a swimming school. A maintenance keeper at the site in Jurong East had discarded it without realising it would cause a reaction. The Happy Fish Swim School worker acted at about 8.30pm on Friday (March 5), after noticing a strong smell from the chlorine drum, which had been in contact with moist air. No injuries or damage were reported. School founder Tan Jian Yong said the maintenance keeper "took the initiative to discard the chlorine powder into the sewage without knowing that it will cause issues". He wrote on Facebook: "Chlorine is very reactive to germs, bacteria and other chemical compounds which can be found in general sewers. As a result, it inevitably caused a chemical reaction. A loud sound alarmed neighbouring residents." Mr Tan said the school's operations were unaffected and classes would run safely as normal. He added that the maintenance keeper … [Read more...] about Loud bang as chlorine powder poured into public sewers by Jurong East swimming school