Wednesday, June 30, 2004

Schoolgirl commits suicide in middle of exam

In tomorrow's SMH :

A Hong Kong schoolgirl ran out of an exam she was sitting and jumped three storeys to her death, police said today.

Lo King-yee, 17, was midway through the examination when she ran out and clambered over the railings of a school corridor to commit suicide yesterday afternoon.

An ambulance crew raced to the scene at St Stephen's College in Hong Kong's Stanley district and declared her dead shortly after 3.30pm, a police spokesman said.

Seventeen Hong Kong students have committed suicide in the current academic year compared to just 12 in the previous school year.

Some sociologists say Hong Kong's rising youth suicide rate is partly due to excessive pressure to succeed on school children as well as a lack of communication between parents and their kids.

And this is where I'll be having my last exam tomorrow. You think anyone is crazy enough to run out of TELE3013 and jump to their death?



7 Comments:

Blogger Jane Lam said...

Well that all depends, because you cant leave the examination room half hr after the exam commences and half hr before the exam finishes.
So really.. as tempting as it may sound, you might as well spend the time doing the darn thing.

All the best dude!

6/30/2004 8:09 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

You can leave any time up until the last 10 minutes.

6/30/2004 10:53 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

At the end of course, you're right about half an hour at the start. I don't think i said that very clearly before.

6/30/2004 10:54 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

At the end of course, you're right about half an hour at the start. I don't think i said that very clearly before.

6/30/2004 10:54 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Bloody hell, who gave me my posting licence? Are you able to clean this crap up Jeff :)

6/30/2004 10:55 PM  
Blogger Jeff said...

yes, it is possible for me to clean this up but i won't. This will teach you to be patient next time you comment =P

7/01/2004 6:50 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Suits me, if i come trash your house will you leave it and expect me to be cleaner next time?

7/01/2004 7:38 PM  

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