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Due to the authorities’ regulations, students of Kuen Cheng are only allowed to read the
 books that are purchased. If the students are interested in reading the other books, they   School Hostel
 would need to purchase them by themselves.
                   Life These Days
 As our school has a large number of students and teachers, there are some limits to book-
 borrowing: A single account is only capable of borrowing and reserving two books at the
 same time.                                                                                      Reported by:
                                                                                             Tan Ginny SR3B

 Each reader is allowed to borrow two books at once for a week. Readers can either
 read online or offline. Reading online enables one to read without installing additional   After the holidays during the beginning  The  School  Hostel  also  held  a  spring
 software or programs. On the other hand, reading offline requires readers to install the   of May, Kuen Cheng High School has  cleaning  during  the  start  of  school  after
 Airiti Reader software. Both ways support PC, iOS (iPad/iPhone) and Android mobile   gradually  begun  to  relax  the  SOP,  which  the May holidays, a grand affair that led
 phone and tablet.  has led to a breath of life back into the  everyone who lived in the building to
            school compound. The School Hostel has  clean their rooms thoroughly. The scent of
 Once the book is borrowed, the “Borrow” button will be replaced by the “Return and   also started getting back on its feet, a feat  floor cleaner drifted through the corridors
 Renewal” button for readers to return or renew borrowed books. Books that are read offline   commendable for the sheer effort put into  cluttered with luggage, as most of them

 will be automatically returned and removed from the device upon expiry. Meanwhile,   it.  had put them all out to mop the floor. Light
 books that are read online will be returned automatically upon closing the browser. The   chatter echoed down the many halls, and
 same button can be used to renew books. As long as the book is not reserved, users are   True hostel life starts after the end of classes,  there was also the sound of water gushing
 free to renew books, and each book can only be renewed once.  where scores of students flood back into  down gutters as students scrubbed down
            the hostel building just to stream out again  their balconies.
 Airiti eBook Malaysia also provides a book reservation service. The reservation button   in groups.  The basketball and volleyball
 will only appear after the book is not available for borrowing. It is important to note that   courts fill up with people eventually, and  Exam season is approaching, and many
 the system will not borrow the book automatically on behalf of the reserver. Instead, it   not long after sounds of laughter will come,  students have begun their study grind,
 will send a notification to the reserver. The user has to borrow the book within 12 hours   carried by the lingering breeze. Students  hoping to score well in what seems to be
 after being notified lest the reserved book be allotted to the next person in the queue.   who leave school late will talk amongst  their first physical exam since 2019. Stress
            themselves in envy as they are not yet  is at an all time high, seeing how many burn

 Any queries, please write an email to library@kuencheng.edu.my  allowed the privilege of playing sports in  the midnight oil toiling away at their books
            school as the hostel students are; Teachers  and notes. Even now, students appear to be

 Undoubtedly, the school has already provided us with an amazing platform to account   look on in exasperation as students run  working hard in their own ways, preferring
 for a good reading atmosphere. Lastly, we hope that the students and teachers will   together in an unruly fashion.  to even stay at the hostel during weekends.
 utilize this platform and would like to thank the school’s efforts on behalf of the
 students.  There are also certain surprising events  All in all, we can see that the School Hostel
            that occurred, many of which can leave a  is coming back to life, although it is still
            student speechless. As we all know, some  a mere shadow compared to what it was
 Jointly reported by:  of our school teachers choose to stay in  before. I truly believe that one day this
  Rachel Koh Huey Shin Jr3Z(2)
  Foo Zhing Yee Sr1ScA  the school hostel for transportation and  pandemic will come to an end, and future
  Lee Hong Qing Sr1ScD  food benefits. Last week, I believe many  generations will truly get to understand
            students witnessed the grand spectacle of  the fun that comes with a life lived side by

            a young teacher playing badminton with a  side with companions through the many
            student while speaking on his phone. What  years of school.
            was even more shocking was that the same
            teacher was seen teaching another teacher
            how to play badminton while the students
            around them watched, bemused.

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