Public Water Safety Education Through Letters To The Newspapers

Public water safety education through letters to the newspapers Richard M K Tan Honorary Secretary General Singapore Life Saving Society & Member, National Water Safety Council SINGAPORE

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Why write letters to the newspapers? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],NOTE... Singapore’s population is 4.483 million and adult aged 15+ years literacy is 95% - Source: Singapore Dept of Statistics 2006

Why write letters to the newspapers? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],NOTE... Singapore has daily newspapers in the 4 official languages: English, Chinese Malay and Tamil.

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How to write letters to the newspapers ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],NOTE... Newspapers are businesses

Considerations of newspaper editor ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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Examples of letters after 2 drowning cases

Report of Drowning case 1 The Straits Times 11 December 2006 “ Father drowns while trying to save son from strong current”

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Report of Drowning case 2 ,[object Object],The Straits Times Early September 2004

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