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Singapore Kite Festival: 'Durian' kites try to take to the skies at Marina Bay

PUBLISHED ON AUG 24, 2014 9:23 AM

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They may catch the eye, but these kites' handlers would likely have preferred that they caught the wind under the unpredictable weather conditions on Aug 23, 2014.

The NTUC Income Kite Festival Singapore is back for the sixth year.

The free event presented by ACT 3 International opened on Aug 23, 2014, and ends the next day on Aug 24, 2014, at The Promontory @ Marina Bay.

Visitors can watch professional kiters show off their skills, attend kite-making workshops, view an art kite exhibition and catch arts performances at the site.

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Singapore has won two gold medals in sailing at the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games. It is the first time the country has won gold at an Olympic event.

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L-R: Samantha Yom, Bernie Chin at the announcement of the Seiko – Singapore Sailing Federation sponsorship deal. (File photo by Loke Kok Fai)

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SINGAPORE: Singapore bagged two historic gold medals in sailing at the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games (YOG), as 15-year-olds Bernie Chin and Samantha Yom came up topping their respective male and female Byte CII fleet on Sunday (Aug 24).  It is the first time the country has won gold at an Olympic event.

At Jinniu Lake, Bernie came in fifth in the final race to maintain his lead, and took gold. Samantha came in second in the final race to overtake the Netherlands’ Odile van Annholt who came into Sunday's race as the leader, in front of the Singaporean.

Samantha finished with 27 points after eight races, while van Anholt settled for silver with 28 points. In the inaugural YOG in Singapore, the country took one bronze via windsurfer Audrey Yong in the Techno 293 class.

Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin wrote on his Facebook page: "They had done well being consistent the last few days. Had kept quiet on them so as not to heap more pressure as they still had a few more races. Both have fought hard and well over their many races to be here! Well done, Team Singapore!"