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Youth Day Singapore

Last night, over the dinner table, I informed everyone that I had taken the day off today. Mom goes, “Why?” “Because I’ve not taken any leave for a while, and I need a break.” “It’s Youth Day, you know.” My mom knows this because she is a tuition teacher. “Erm, no I didn’t know. I didn’t choose it because it’s Youth Day lah.” The boys’ and girls’ 4x100m relay teams also recorded podium finishes. The girls’ quartet of Veronica Shanti Pereira, Jannah Wong, Eugenia Tan and Ruelia Nesaranjini finished over a second behind Thailand in second place, but their time of 47.70 seconds compares extremely favourably with the national junior record of 47.58 seconds. Leading the Optimist Gold fleet is 12 year old Ryan Lo from Tao Nan School who has sailed a consistent regatta so far winning five out of eight races. Andrew Tang (Raffles Institution) trails him by four points in second position followed by Kimberly Ng (Tanjong Katong Girls’ School) in third. The youth will join cooperat...