25 November 2007Channel NewsAsia (Singapore)
SINGAPORE: 27-year-old Poh Boon San, a MINDEF engineer, is one of the rowers who died in Friday's tragic boating accident in Cambodia.
His two elder brothers went to Cambodia on Saturday while his elderly parents stayed behind in Singapore for more news.
It was a difficult moment for the young rower's father, Poh Bock Tho, when he received a call at noon on Sunday, informing him that his son's body had been found.
He said: "I had been hoping that he was all right and that somebody had saved him. But it has happened and there is nothing we can do now. His mother knows about it and she is very sad."
Boon San, the youngest son in the family, had always been very active and had represented Singapore in many dragon boating competitions.
Recalling the past, Mr Poh said his son used to be very naughty when he was young and only started studying seriously in secondary school.
He eventually made it to Nanyang Polytechnic and then to Nanyang Technological University, where he graduated with an honours degree.
Mr Poh said he just hopes his son's body can be repatriated as soon as possible.
His two elder brothers went to Cambodia on Saturday while his elderly parents stayed behind in Singapore for more news.
It was a difficult moment for the young rower's father, Poh Bock Tho, when he received a call at noon on Sunday, informing him that his son's body had been found.
He said: "I had been hoping that he was all right and that somebody had saved him. But it has happened and there is nothing we can do now. His mother knows about it and she is very sad."
Boon San, the youngest son in the family, had always been very active and had represented Singapore in many dragon boating competitions.
Recalling the past, Mr Poh said his son used to be very naughty when he was young and only started studying seriously in secondary school.
He eventually made it to Nanyang Polytechnic and then to Nanyang Technological University, where he graduated with an honours degree.
Mr Poh said he just hopes his son's body can be repatriated as soon as possible.
2 comments:
I am sorry to see this
If these Singaporean rowers wore life jackets and the outcome of the tragic story would have been different!
How on Earth people could go to row a boat without life jacket?
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