The 68-member Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) team that helped with rescue operations in quake-hit Turkey was received with...
Minister for Home Affairs and Law K. Shanmugam, who was also at the airport to receive the contingent, said the SCDF has been building up its capabilities since the Operation Lionheart contingent was set up in 1990.Mr Shanmugam thanked the SCDF team for its hard work amid difficult weather conditions, as the temperature was 5 deg C in the day and dropped to -3 deg C at night.
Turkish Ambassador to Singapore Mehmet Burcin Gonenli, who was also at the airport, said the magnitude and dimensions of the catastrophe are too big for a single country to shoulder, and thanked Singapore and the SCDF for stepping up. “He’s at the age where he is leaning towards professions such as firemen and policemen, so his father is someone he can look up to,” she said.
LTA Abd Rashid welcomed by his wife Mdm Norsyda after returning from Operation Lionheart in Turkey. ST PHOTO: FELINE LIM
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