Coronavirus: Schools to foot bill for costs incurred by operators for suspended camps

In a photo dated April 5, 2016, an outdoor adventure educator is seen helping Farrer Park Primary School pupils during a three-day camp at the Dairy Farm Outdoor Adventure Learning Centre. PHOTO: ST FILE
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SINGAPORE - Schools that suspended camps and other similar programmes due to the coronavirus outbreak will have to pay outdoor camp operators costs that have been incurred.

The Straits Times reported last Thursday (Feb 6) that schools here have suspended at least 108 camps and enrichment programmes, and 21 overseas trips, in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.

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