SINGAPORE - Two migrant workers who rescued a boy stranded on a third-storey ledge in Hougang have been lauded for their quick-thinking action. Landscape maintenance workers Das Dipto and Biswas Jibom received the Singapore Civil Defence Force's (SCDF) Community Lifesaver Award from Colonel Lim Han Chee, 3rd SCDF Division Commander, on Wednesday (Jan 6). In a Facebook post on Wednesday, the SCDF described Mr Dipto and Mr Jibom's actions as "quick-thinking and selfless", and said: "Your commendable act brings us closer to building a nation of lifesavers." On Sunday morning, Mr Dipto, 27, was in Hougang to prune trees but ended up rescuing a child, believed to be six years old, who had been stuck on a window ledge barely wide enough for his feet. Mr Dipto, who moved from Bangladesh to work here eight years ago, told The Straits Times on Tuesday that he was cleaning a boom lift at Block 244 Hougang Street 22 that he used for pruning trees, when a frantic woman approached him and Mr Jibom. She pointed to the boy, who was clinging on to a laundry pole while on a third-floor ledge at the neighbouring Block 243. The woman told them that the door to the boy's flat was locked, so Mr Dipto d...