The Tanjong Katong Primary School teachers who received awards for their devotion to duty and exemplary conduct during the June 5 Sabah earthquake are (from left): Roushan Amir Hussain, Lee Hui Jun, Terrence Sebastian Loo (posthumous commendation medal), Mohammad Ghazi Mohamed (posthumous commendation medal), Nur Uzaimah Fadzali, Joshua Tan, Carolyn De Souza and Mohamed Faizal. - The Straits Times/Asia News Network
SINGAPORE: Two months after the ill-fated Tanjong Katong Primary School (TKPS) trip to Mount Kinabalu, 16 people have been awarded Commendation Medals for their efforts to guide pupils to safety when a quake hit the mountain.
The recipients of the medals given out as part of Singapore’s National Day Awards include two TKPS teachers, a guide as well as two Malaysian trainers who died.
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