Temasek Junior College Wednesday, 12 April 2017 TEMASEK PRESS 1 TEMASEK PRESS Mother Tongue Fortnight 2017: The Beginning BY ASHLEY YEO RUI YIN (4B’16), CHUA XIN YING (4B’16) PHOTO CREDITS: INFOCOMM CLUB, ASHLEY YEO RUI YIN (4B’16) Mrs. Low, our principal, at the opening ceremony during morning assembly on 10th April. The Mother Tongue Language (MTL) Fortnight is held across two weeks to give students the chance to experience, appreciate and hopefully preserve the different cultures through various activities. This week, on the 10th of April, Temasek Junior College commenced their yearly MTL Fortnight event with an attractive display during morning assembly. Mrs Low, our principal, was invited on the podium to give a short opening speech and then kicked off the event with a bang by hitting a “gong”, while two colourful “bunga manggar” shone brightly behind her. Last Friday, we hosted our 10th Chinese Cultural Competition between 12 secondary schools and 14 primary schools. Charlene Chua from 4F’16 opened the event by singing 3 mandarin songs, including a song with self-written lyrics to accompanied by an existing tune. The students engaged in a friendly competition about the Chinese culture, history and literature in groups and participated enthusiastically. For the secondary school category, Dunman High School emerged victorious, and for the primary school category, Qifa Primary School clinched the first place.