Pant-astic victory for six-year-old boy despite slip-up
DESPITE his trousers falling down halfway through a jump rope competition, a six-year-old boy continued with the activity and even won a medal for it, reported China Press .
The incident happened on May 11 in China's Shandong province where the young boy took part in a jump-rope competition.
Due to his trousers being too loose, they slid down to his feet when he started jumping.
Even so, the child remained unfazed and continued jumping and ended up winning second place at the competition.
The video of the competition went viral online, with many netizens praising the boy for his determination.
'There is no embarrassment in the child's eyes, only a grim determination to win,' one Internet user wrote.
When interviewed after the competition, the boy said his goal for taking part in the competition was to win a medal.
'That was why I could not give up,' he said.
> Several students at a local university lost their rental deposits after a real estate agency recently closed down their operations, reported China Press .
When their tenancy period ended, the students found that they were unable to get refunds of their rental deposits after the agency closed down their business.
Keranji state assemblyman Angeline Koo Haai Yen confirmed receiving complaints from three of the affected students, one of whom made a police report at the Teluk Intan police station.
The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.
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