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Several children at an award ceremony were reportedly left close to tears, after some adults in the audience jeered at them. The incident occurred at final of the National Chinese Creative Reading Competition held on Sept 6 at the Woodlands Regional Library'Some kids were close to tears': Women boo, give thumbs down to winners at children's reading competition
Several children at an award ceremony were reportedly left close to tears, after some adults in the audience jeered at them. The incident occurred at final of the National Chinese Creative Reading Competition held on Sept 6 at the Woodlands Regional Library, reported Shin Min Daily News. The event, organised by Popular Bookstore chain and National Library Board, saw three groups of participants competing — those from preschool, Primary 1 to 3 and Primary 4 to 6. A parent of a participant told Shin Min that a video of the prize-giving ceremony for the winners of the last group was later shared in a chat group. The ceremony to award the top five finalists saw about 200 parents and 80 children in attendance and everyone was in high spirits, she added. «When I got home, I saw a video posted in the chat group of the scene at the time,» said the woman. But the contents of the clip were shocking. The woman alleged that from what she saw in the clip, two women sitting in the audience had booed loudly and made hand signals when some of the children went up on stage to receive their prize. Read more