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Top girl not keen on S'pore
Author: Amelia Tan
Source: The Straits Times
Date: 11 Jan 2010
Top O-level student Lai Kai Rou (centre) who was initially adverse to the idea of studying in Singapore, changed her mind after hearing the praises fellow Malaysian students sang of CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls' School (SNGS).
-- ST PHOTO: NG SOR LUAN
This year's top O-level student Lai Kai Rou, who is from Selangor in Malaysia, was initially adverse to the idea of studying in Singapore.
This was because she was not confident about living away from home.
But she changed her mind after hearing the praises fellow Malaysian students sang of CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls' School (SNGS). One of them was last year's top 0-level student Haw Sue Hern, who also scored 10 A1s.
'My seniors told me about the holistic education in St Nicholas. They said we will be exposed to much more co-curricular activities as compared to schools in Malaysia. I felt it felt it was a good opportunity to be exposed to different things and to learn how to be independent,' said Kai Rou, 16.
She is on a bond-free scholarship from SNGS and stays at the Hwa Chong Insitution (HCI) hostel. She has a younger brother, a secondary two student in HCI, who is also also on scholarship.
St Nicholas turned in a glittering performance at last year's O-levels exams - 14 of the best performers in Singapore, including Kai Rou.
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