Tiong is among 286 candidates of Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Batu Lintang, taking the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examination, which kicked-off today. Tiong is taking six subjects for the SPM, included Bahasa Melayu, English, Mathematics, Science, History and Moral Studies. Class teacher Stephanie Clare said there are six special needs candidates and they will be taking their exam in a different classroom. Sarawak education department in a statement said a total of 37,092 candidates are sitting the exam at 263 centers set up statewide. Of the total candidates, more than 90 percent or 34,444 are from national secondary schools, 1,083 from the private schools and 1,465 are private candidates.

Source: New Strait Times November 06, 2017 02:30 UTC