ALOR STAR, KEDAH, Thurs.

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More than 100 students, sadness etched on their faces, filed past the body of Low Siang Hoong today.

His friends from Sekolah Menengah Keat Hwa (1) bade him farewell at a Siamese temple in Jalan Telok Wanjah here.

Siang Hoong, who had attended the school from Form One to Lower Six, died in an accident on Tuesday.

He was run over by a schoolbus after he lost control and fell off his motorcycle along Jalan Tanjong Bendahara.


The 18-year-old, who scored eight As in last year’s SPM examination, was returning home from school at the time.

His father Low See Yong, 66, who was devastated by the death of the youngest of his seven children, asked to be left alone to mourn when approached by reporters.

Among those present were Siang Hoong’s 31 classmates of Lower Six Science Three and school principal Chow Lai Hing. They had come in a bus chartered by the school’s parent-teacher association.

An ex-classmate, who wanted to be known as Wong, said Siang Hoong was an especially bright student who seemed to grasp things easily.

"We used to be envious of him as he would understand theories in a split second while we were still grappling with the ideas.

"He excelled in studies but he was not too proud to help any of us. And he was not a bookworm. He loved to play football," the student said.

His mathematics teacher, who wished to be identified only as Tan, said it was a joy teaching Siang Hoong as he was a fast learner.

"We’ve lost a good boy. He was active, dutiful and helpful in class.

"He mixed well with others in class and he never gave me any problems," Tan said.

Siang Hoong was later cremated at a Buddhist temple in Padang Sera.