Flying fox equipment cause death to a student

Incident

A group of scout is setting up flying fox equipments in school. The rope snapped and the roller (as big as a palm) fell down and hit on the head of a student. He is pronounced dead when ambulance arrived.

Reflection

Accident is something we can't predict. We can't take for granted that it won't happen to us. Think back of the Survival Camp 2 last time when we have meeting to decide whether we should go on with flying fox or not. The decision not to continue with it is a wise one although most students are not satisfied with the decision. If we decided to go on with the game maybe this accident happened to us and no one of us have the ability to carry the responsibility when someone is dead. "Safety first" is not a slogan, it should be a practice.

Implication

After this incident, various implication will effect the activities of student co-curricular activities in school. I believe that MOE will come out with a guideline which rule out activities that can't be done by students. I do believe that this will limit the activities and sooner or later co-cur activities will be classroom-based which are generally called "boring". However, this is a prediction and the real implication still depends on how ministry will decide on this matter.