Channel NewsAsia - 1 hour 36 minutes ago
SINGAPORE : Two hundred and eighty youths spent Thursday night under City Hall MRT station, learning how to deal with an emergency in a train tunnel.
At around midnight, the young campers boarded a train and as the train departed, there was a simulated bomb explosion.
Participants, who had been trained on emergency preparedness, swung into action.
They activated the detrainment ramps at both ends of the train, and evacuated to safety via an escape shaft.
The students also used the items from their Ready Bags to "survive" the attack.
Senior Minister of State for Education, Lui Tuck Yew, joined in the exercise, which was the highlight of this year’s Community Safety & Security Challenge Programme camp, now into its sixth year.
Students came from 24 schools, including, for the first time, three madrasah schools. — CNA/ms