Meanwhile, Dr Kennard said that the ban would only be effective in public events, such as Sports Day and Speech Day. He would not interfere in any private events or occasions. After five years, Dr Kennard, on July 8, 2011, at the End-of-term Assembly, expressed that he would not prohibit students to clap this time. He stressed that this was because this was the end of the school year and he emphasises the ban would only be lifted once only. However, in the 2012-13 academic year, students continued to clap and the principal did not reprimand any students who clapped. At present, the principal does not expressly prohibit or allow students to clap the school song after the penultimate sentence, but the principal only claps after the school song has been sung completely.