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Posted: 28 Jun 2011 11:37 AM PDT

SAFETY LESSON

2011/06/28
By Shenton Thomas De Silva

SMK Sri Tebrau students learn life-saving tips during a fire drill

ABOUT 800 students participated in a fire drill organised by the Parent-Teacher Association of SMK Sri Tebrau, Johor Baru, and the school's Fire Unit recently.

The fire drill was held at the school with assistance from the Johor Baru Fire and Rescue Department.

The Fire Unit coordinator Michael Tay said the exercise was meant to train the students to react safely during a fire or emergency.

"I hope the students will observe the proper procedures taught by the department," he said.

School deputy headmistress Gan Siew Leng said the annual exercise saw firemen and rescue officers showing the students the safety steps to follow in the event of a fire.

Johor Baru Fire and Rescue Department operations officer C. Kesavan said the drill featured firemen rescuing six victims from a blazing school building.

The drill started after the school authorities sounded the bell to signal an emergency evacuation. This was followed by students from various parts of the school buildings evacuating in an orderly manner and queuing at the school field.

A fire engine arrived shortly, with several firemen quickly preparing to reach the top floor of the double-storey building using a ladder.

They rescued two students who were taken to the ground floor before they were brought to a safe location on stretchers.

While the two students were being rescued, other firemen were seen dousing several blazes that broke out around the building.

A fire "victim", Mark Chang, 14, said, this was his first experience in a fire drill.

"I was scared and excited while being carried down the ladder.

"Now, I know what to do in the event of a fire," he said.

He gleefully said he wanted to play the role of a "victim" again if he had another chance as it was exhilarating.

Another "victim", Lim Chen Peng, 15, who was trapped in a burning classroom, said she was very scared as she did not know what to do after seeing a cloud of red smoke shrouding the building.

"After the fire drill, I am now more prepared,"

Kesavan also conducted a fire response exercise for teachers where they extinguished the fire from a metal drum. The exercise demonstrated that a fire extinguisher, rather than water, could quickly put out the flame.

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Rare haul of ‘ikan talang’ a boon for local fishermen

Posted: 28 Jun 2011 10:08 AM PDT

FORTY-TWO night-time fishermen beamed broadly when their 18 boats hauled up a
record catch of ikan talang (queenfish) for two days after they laid their nets off the Strait of Malacca.

They caught more than two tonnes of fish between June 23 and 24 and raked in about RM8,000 for selling the large haul at RM4 per kg.

Muar-Batu Pahat Fishermen's Association president Ser Boon Huat said this was the best catch of this year, adding that the price was also reasonable.

He said the fish had previously fetched 30 to 50 sen per kg 30 years ago.

Ser said ikan talang r oe were in good demand by consumers while the innards were sold to oil palm planters to make into fertiliser.

The fish has five finger prints on its body which fishermen believe to be those of famous 15th century explorer, Admiral Cheng Ho (better known to the Chinese as Sam Poh Kong).

The salted tal ang fet ch good prices in Perak, Kedah and other northern States as the Chinese consider it a delicacy and that by eating the fish, it will also bring good luck.

However, many Chinese in the south view it differently.

They have accepted Cheng Ho as a deity and even prayed to his portraits in their houses.

According to one legend, a fish jumped into the ship commanded by Admiral Cheng Ho while he was sailing to this land.

Cheng Ho picked it up and threw it back into the sea.

That was how his finger prints came to be on the fish, according to the folklore.

For years, fishermen who caught the fish would throw them back into the sea.

But as the catch of other fish at sea dropped drastically over the years, the fish were also taken back.

Meanwhile, Chia Soon Kia, 59, an exporter who sells the salted ikan talang to northern states, said it was unusual that large shoals of the fish surfaced during the two days of June 23 and 24 last week.

He attributed it as a seasonal change of weather at sea.

Chia said fishermen usually caught only one or two fish in their nets.

"Due to its shortage, I had to operate my factory in stops and starts." He said most of the fish caught weighed between three and five kilogrammes each.

Chia said the unexpected bumper harvest could ease some of the financial burdens of the fishermen who had been enduring poor catch. — By Chong Chee Seong

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Rabu, 29 Jun 2011