Height of achievement

From: New Straits Times | Date: August 10, 2003| Author: Sumitha Martin | Copyright information


New Straits Times

08-10-2003

Height of achievement
Byline: Sumitha Martin
Edition: 2*
Memo: (STF) - A group of kindergarten principals, supervisors and operations staff of a local private education group battled bad weather and numbing cold on their trek up Mount Kinabalu recently. It was a learning experience that they will remember for life, reports SUMITHA MARTIN.

THE morning air is crisp and fresh at Timpohon Gate, the start of the six kilo...

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