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They had just wrapped up a birthday party at the childcare centre in Bukit Panjang on Tuesday last week when the children and staff got an unexpected guest.
At about 4pm, a long-tailed macaque appeared by the window of a classroom at Ichiban Montessori Childcare Centre (Segar) on the ground level of Block 546A Segar Road.
Ms Alice Ow, 48, the centre’s principal, said they tried to shoo it away, but after lingering outside for a while, the monkey moved into the classroom.
She told The New Paper: “My immediate thought was to make sure the children were safe, so I evacuated everyone… They were actually excited to see a real monkey.”
Over 90 children and staff were evacuated according to the centre’s usual fire drill procedures, and about 10 infants were carried into another room.
Ms Ow stayed behind with another teacher, contacted the authorities and managed to lure the macaque out of the classroom by throwing leftover cupcakes from the birthday party out of the window.
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