Mr Ahmad Mohammad Iskandar, 22 this year, drove without a license to the mosque and got chased after a police car. He tried to escape by driving pass red light at junction of Sims Avenue and Sims Way but unfortunately he crash with a taxi and the impact send him flying to his pillion and died on the spot on June 24 during dawn with his pillion injured with fractured arms and legs, taxi driver suffered serious injuries and another motorcyclist with knee abrasion trying to avoid the collision.
Personal Views:
This accident will teach a lesson to those who drive without license, you let your parents worried for you when you are outside driving. When you got into an accident you do not just get yourselves hurt but the other driver too and unfortunately for his pillion who happened to get hit by Iskandar got hurt fractured.
Driving without a license is like digging your own grave the possibility of you getting caught by the police and get into an accident is much more higher since you did not gone through basic road rules.Well its all over now Rest In Peace Mr Ahmad Mohammad Iskandar (R.I.P). Prayers.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
LIM WAN JIE (:
Passport blunders leave S'poreans stranded
SINGAPOREANS are a negligent lot when it comes to passports, travel agents told The Straits Times on Wednesday.
It is not common for travellers to make a mad dash to the airport with the wrong passport, some said, but added that,more often, they show up at the airport with expired passports or without the required visas.
Some forget their passports altogether.
Travel agencies contacted by The Straits Times say they make it a practice to call travellers before their flights with reminders to pack their passports and check that everything is in order.
Despite this, one in 10 will goof up every month.
At least one travel agency, Hong Thai Travel, has briefed its employees to be more vigilant about passports following an incident on Monday in which a 61-year-old retiree cleared all checks at Changi Airport's Budget Terminal after having mistakenly taken his son's passport.
He realised the error during his flight to Ho Chi Minh City.
Upon arrival and informing the Vietnamese authorities, he was immediately put on a return flight here.
Agents said passengers without travel papers in order inconvenience others. Some cause flight delays; a number miss their flights altogether.
Personal response :
I feel that one should not be fined when they brought the wrong passport when checked in. He can not be blamed to have being so blur because it is just a misunderstanding. Most people can be so blur until when the passport is overdue , they do not even know. Until they reach the airport, realising that passport have already expired , then it is just too late. However , one should be responsible to check for their own belongings to prevent flight delays. I hate flight delay because when i am in beijing, the flight was delayed for 3 hours. How bad could it be when you can actually do nothing in the plane but just to wait.
SINGAPOREANS are a negligent lot when it comes to passports, travel agents told The Straits Times on Wednesday.
It is not common for travellers to make a mad dash to the airport with the wrong passport, some said, but added that,more often, they show up at the airport with expired passports or without the required visas.
Some forget their passports altogether.
Travel agencies contacted by The Straits Times say they make it a practice to call travellers before their flights with reminders to pack their passports and check that everything is in order.
Despite this, one in 10 will goof up every month.
At least one travel agency, Hong Thai Travel, has briefed its employees to be more vigilant about passports following an incident on Monday in which a 61-year-old retiree cleared all checks at Changi Airport's Budget Terminal after having mistakenly taken his son's passport.
He realised the error during his flight to Ho Chi Minh City.
Upon arrival and informing the Vietnamese authorities, he was immediately put on a return flight here.
Agents said passengers without travel papers in order inconvenience others. Some cause flight delays; a number miss their flights altogether.
Personal response :
I feel that one should not be fined when they brought the wrong passport when checked in. He can not be blamed to have being so blur because it is just a misunderstanding. Most people can be so blur until when the passport is overdue , they do not even know. Until they reach the airport, realising that passport have already expired , then it is just too late. However , one should be responsible to check for their own belongings to prevent flight delays. I hate flight delay because when i am in beijing, the flight was delayed for 3 hours. How bad could it be when you can actually do nothing in the plane but just to wait.
LIM WAN JIE (:
Research on membrane technology may produce cheaper water
SINGAPORE: The cost of water may be halved within the next 10 years as researchers work on membrane technology which requires very little use of energy. Mangrove plants may hold the key to cheaper water in future. They have a natural way of desalinating brackish water. Dr Andrew Benedek, winner of the inaugural Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize, said: "It desalinates by focusing special proteins and enzymes to take the salt out of the leaves and it collects on the leaves and then eventually water washes it away." Researchers are using such examples to think of how they can develop membranes to work in a similar way. Dr Benedek said research into membranes that do not use energy has already begun and he is confident that solutions can be found within the next decade. He said: "Today, the cost of energy for desalination plant is as much as 50 per cent. It could be as low as 35 per cent, depending on the water conditions. If you are able to reduce that, then of course... you could potentially halve the cost."
Personal response :
I am rather satisfied and glad to be a Singaporean. The goverment are doing everything for the sake of all citizens. Water is very precious. We need water to survive. Not only does we need to survive , we need it for daily use. A few years back , the goverment built up a NEWater scheme to decrease the amount of water used. The recycled the water and cleaned them thoroughly for us to drink. Now , the prices are going down sooner or later. These mean that people can cut down the cost on water for something else.We should conserve water from now on , not only for us , but for our future children .
SINGAPORE: The cost of water may be halved within the next 10 years as researchers work on membrane technology which requires very little use of energy. Mangrove plants may hold the key to cheaper water in future. They have a natural way of desalinating brackish water. Dr Andrew Benedek, winner of the inaugural Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize, said: "It desalinates by focusing special proteins and enzymes to take the salt out of the leaves and it collects on the leaves and then eventually water washes it away." Researchers are using such examples to think of how they can develop membranes to work in a similar way. Dr Benedek said research into membranes that do not use energy has already begun and he is confident that solutions can be found within the next decade. He said: "Today, the cost of energy for desalination plant is as much as 50 per cent. It could be as low as 35 per cent, depending on the water conditions. If you are able to reduce that, then of course... you could potentially halve the cost."
Personal response :
I am rather satisfied and glad to be a Singaporean. The goverment are doing everything for the sake of all citizens. Water is very precious. We need water to survive. Not only does we need to survive , we need it for daily use. A few years back , the goverment built up a NEWater scheme to decrease the amount of water used. The recycled the water and cleaned them thoroughly for us to drink. Now , the prices are going down sooner or later. These mean that people can cut down the cost on water for something else.We should conserve water from now on , not only for us , but for our future children .
Ng Yao Zhong - Japan to restore perks for using solar power
Japan is using solar power for houses and decided to equip more than 70 percent of the new build houses with solar panel. They subsidies part of the money needed to build solar panel in each household during 1994 to 2005 but they stop cooperating with Q-Cells a Germany company due to its overtaking Japan's first supplier of solar cells Sharp Corp. The reason they did this was to become a global leader in green energy and also to cut down the emission of greenhouse gas by 60 to 80 percent by 2050. They also decided to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels to improve its green credentials.
Personal View:
Japan had decided to be one of the global leader in green energy is quite an irony because Japanese use about 30 billion plastic bags a year an amount equivalent to a full day's worth of crude oil imports and they lose tens of thousands of umbrellas on trains every year.But still they decided to cut down the amount of greenhouse gas produce by them and save the mother earth which is sick and it is one of the reason why temperature in Singapore is rising and floods occurring over the world.
Personal View:
Japan had decided to be one of the global leader in green energy is quite an irony because Japanese use about 30 billion plastic bags a year an amount equivalent to a full day's worth of crude oil imports and they lose tens of thousands of umbrellas on trains every year.But still they decided to cut down the amount of greenhouse gas produce by them and save the mother earth which is sick and it is one of the reason why temperature in Singapore is rising and floods occurring over the world.
Lim Wan Jie (:
Price of rice likely to fall in next few months
THE price of rice coming into Singapore is likely to fall in the next several months, say importers, who predict the drop will spell some relief for consumers battered by record-high prices. Buoyed by a surge in supply - based in part on an expected bumper crop from Thailand - the price of fragrant rice could tumble to US$1,000 (S$1,370) a tonne by year-end, importers forecast.That is 18 per cent lower than its peak last month. This could translate into a roughly 80-cent drop for a 10kg bag of rice at the grocery store, said Mr Jimmy Soh, owner of rice importer Chye Choon Foods. Experts say that, although fragrant rice prices may fall, they are unlikely to hit the lows of September last year when a tonne of the grain cost US$600.
Personal response :
After months of receiving bad news about the price of rice rising , it is happy to hear that it is going to drop soon. However , it will not be as low as it would be. People nowadays prefer to eat any other food than rice to cut down the cost they spend. Bad point about rice is that it will grow insects if they are kept for too long. Therefore , people can not buy to keep to prevent rice price growing again.Not only does rice price growing , other things are growing. People are worried that the cost of living would be very high and can not afford them , the poorer ones are worse. Everywhere we go , things we want to buy , we have to think twice. These in return causes the business of any shops to be affected. Even the well-known SengSiong ,a place where cheaper food are sold, prices of what they are selling are increasing drastically. If only , miracles would happen soon.
Price of rice likely to fall in next few months
THE price of rice coming into Singapore is likely to fall in the next several months, say importers, who predict the drop will spell some relief for consumers battered by record-high prices. Buoyed by a surge in supply - based in part on an expected bumper crop from Thailand - the price of fragrant rice could tumble to US$1,000 (S$1,370) a tonne by year-end, importers forecast.That is 18 per cent lower than its peak last month. This could translate into a roughly 80-cent drop for a 10kg bag of rice at the grocery store, said Mr Jimmy Soh, owner of rice importer Chye Choon Foods. Experts say that, although fragrant rice prices may fall, they are unlikely to hit the lows of September last year when a tonne of the grain cost US$600.
Personal response :
After months of receiving bad news about the price of rice rising , it is happy to hear that it is going to drop soon. However , it will not be as low as it would be. People nowadays prefer to eat any other food than rice to cut down the cost they spend. Bad point about rice is that it will grow insects if they are kept for too long. Therefore , people can not buy to keep to prevent rice price growing again.Not only does rice price growing , other things are growing. People are worried that the cost of living would be very high and can not afford them , the poorer ones are worse. Everywhere we go , things we want to buy , we have to think twice. These in return causes the business of any shops to be affected. Even the well-known SengSiong ,a place where cheaper food are sold, prices of what they are selling are increasing drastically. If only , miracles would happen soon.
LIM YI HUI - Hotels and shops in Tibet
Three months after anti-government riots in the Tibetan capital, the tourism industry is still suffering, with hotels almost empty and shop owners struggling to make ends meet. As hand-picked spectators cheered the Olympic flame through the city in a tightly controlled torch relay on Saturday, Tibetans and Chinese seemed to share the same despair that it will be a long time before tourists return in great numbers. Beijing barred all tourists from Tibet after a massivecrackdown on violence that erupted in Lhasa not long ago. Chinese tour groups are now allowed back but foreign visitors are still barred. The ban on tourism in Tibet has caused difficulties for many businesses.
Pesornal views: I always feel that the businessmen would suffer the most in times of war or riots in the country. This incident is not an exception either. Most of them are innocent people who just want to make a living by doing some businesses. However, the riots had caused them to have a drastic decrease in foreign customers and affect their daily income. Hope the situation in Tibet will improve soon. :)
Pesornal views: I always feel that the businessmen would suffer the most in times of war or riots in the country. This incident is not an exception either. Most of them are innocent people who just want to make a living by doing some businesses. However, the riots had caused them to have a drastic decrease in foreign customers and affect their daily income. Hope the situation in Tibet will improve soon. :)
LIM YI HUI - Unclean water kills 4000 daily worldwide
The World Health Organisations(WHO) has estimated that: Polluted drinking water will kill around 1.6 million people this year unless the government around the world make a concerted effort to clean up their supplies. Over 4000 people die each day from water-bourne and some 700 million people in Asia alone lack easy access to safe drinking water. The number is still rising. Dr James Bertnam, coordinator of the WHO's Water, Sanitation and Health Programme, said that we must anticipate long-term water shortages caused by rising demand and climate change.
Personal view: I realised how fortunate I am to be able to live in Singapore, without having to worry about the shortages of water or the water being polluted. It is rather sad to learn that people from other parts of the world are experiencing shortage of water, drinking unclean water which would affect their health. And it could lead to death for certain cases. I think the government of countries having such problems should convey the seriousness of the water situation to their citizens and also educate them on how to improve the water conditions.
Personal view: I realised how fortunate I am to be able to live in Singapore, without having to worry about the shortages of water or the water being polluted. It is rather sad to learn that people from other parts of the world are experiencing shortage of water, drinking unclean water which would affect their health. And it could lead to death for certain cases. I think the government of countries having such problems should convey the seriousness of the water situation to their citizens and also educate them on how to improve the water conditions.
Ng Yao Zhong - Fourth varsity: 2,500 places, focus on skills across fields
Mentioned on last year August that there will be a fourth university in Singapore which include 3 different kind of skills engineering, design and business. The purpose of the fourth university is to increase the enrollment rates for undergraduates from 25 percent currently to 30 percent which is around 2,400 places and is equally divided for the polytechnic graduates and junior-college students. Besides the fourth university, the government also recommends: building a small liberal arts college in National University of Singapore, introduce new programmes to all 3 university and last of all expanding the polytechnic niche degree programmes. The fourth university will be a little different from the others instead of a chosen skill the will learn skills across fields.
Personal Views:
Its good news that the fourth university is going to be build soon which means that our country is still developing and people are working in the tertiary industrial. The fourth university is kind of unique due to the way they pick up their skills which also give more chances to other polytechnic graduates and junior-college students to further their studies. Students with one of these skills will be a help to the economy next time.
Personal Views:
Its good news that the fourth university is going to be build soon which means that our country is still developing and people are working in the tertiary industrial. The fourth university is kind of unique due to the way they pick up their skills which also give more chances to other polytechnic graduates and junior-college students to further their studies. Students with one of these skills will be a help to the economy next time.
LIM YI HUI - Next target: Cut energy use
"Singapore has to work harder at cutting down energy usage," said the National Development Minister Man Bow Tan. Singapore has scored relatively well on the water and land usage fronts but not on the energy side. He added that the government would definitely take actions to improve the situation. Singaporeans, as consumers also have to contribute their part into understanding the amount of energy that their various appliances use up, and opt for energy-saving versions instead. Certainly, there are challenges as Singapore seeks to cut down on its energy usage. Upfront costs may be a bit higher but it is a must to spend.
Personal views: With respect to water, we have done very well: How do we save water? How do we make sure that water is reused and recycled? On land, we have also done rather well- better utilisation of land. Therefore, I am sure that the energy side will also improve, so long as each Singaporean individuals contribute.
Personal views: With respect to water, we have done very well: How do we save water? How do we make sure that water is reused and recycled? On land, we have also done rather well- better utilisation of land. Therefore, I am sure that the energy side will also improve, so long as each Singaporean individuals contribute.
Ng Yao Zhong - Security checks tightened at Changi Airport
Security checks at Changi Airport's terminals appear to be tightened due to what happened recently. A retiree being let through for a flight to Vietnam on Monday using his son's passport. In the News and the papers reported that the 61 year old retiree Ang Heng Soon, got hasty and grab the wrong passport when he is catching his plane to Vietnam. Airlines said that they were taking Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng statement seriously and is taking precaution. The job of the officers was to check the passengers' name and faces using their travel documents before they will allowed to approach the Immigration Automated Clearance System.
Personal Views:
This mistake made is probably due to complacency of the officer which will be a grave mistake if the person who left the country is one of the wanted villains we are after. This mistake will cause Singapore to lose reputation even though its the first time after so long but, Singapore government took actions the following day which all the airports terminal got extras officers stationed at the entrance to ensure that this incident will not happen again. Singapore government efficiency is one of the fastest among all other countries which lead Singapore to develop well.
Personal Views:
This mistake made is probably due to complacency of the officer which will be a grave mistake if the person who left the country is one of the wanted villains we are after. This mistake will cause Singapore to lose reputation even though its the first time after so long but, Singapore government took actions the following day which all the airports terminal got extras officers stationed at the entrance to ensure that this incident will not happen again. Singapore government efficiency is one of the fastest among all other countries which lead Singapore to develop well.
LIM YI HUI - Doctor that thinks out of the box
Recently, an anaethetist puts her hands into another good use: making gift boxes out of her unwanted objects, from friends and home, which she sells for charity. In between seeing patients, the self- professed handicraft enthusiast can often be seen folding and gluing in the hospital, with curious nurses surrounding her.The mother of three has created more than 500 boxes this year for various charitable causes. Up to date, she has recycled more than a thousand greeting cards and is still wanting to recycle more.
Personal view: I like her attitute- willing to fork out her free time to create the gift boxes to raise money for the charity. I think everyone should learn to be like her having her spirit of helping others.
Personal view: I like her attitute- willing to fork out her free time to create the gift boxes to raise money for the charity. I think everyone should learn to be like her having her spirit of helping others.
jonathan khoo-gamblers
According to the Straits Times,there were many Singaporeans gambling away all their money with the bulk of bets going towards 4-D.Surveys releaved that there were residents spending hundreds of millions on both horse racing and toto
there is an increase of Singapore Pools outlet and now even the operator also takes wages over the phone.Most people believe that their lucky numbers willcome around some day.
personal comment-I think that these people are just wishing for those ideas that will only happen once in a blue moon.yes, there is a recent trend in the betting due to many people addited to it. i strongly feel that Singapore should not even continue to build this kind of 'entertainment'.the form of advancement that the Pool made, is continueing to lure many Singaporeans into the 'trap'.i hope that this trend will not continue further as it'll only bring harm than prosperity.
there is an increase of Singapore Pools outlet and now even the operator also takes wages over the phone.Most people believe that their lucky numbers willcome around some day.
personal comment-I think that these people are just wishing for those ideas that will only happen once in a blue moon.yes, there is a recent trend in the betting due to many people addited to it. i strongly feel that Singapore should not even continue to build this kind of 'entertainment'.the form of advancement that the Pool made, is continueing to lure many Singaporeans into the 'trap'.i hope that this trend will not continue further as it'll only bring harm than prosperity.
jonathan khoo- man dies sfter match
A group of 10 Chinese nationals were injured yesterday morning when the minibus they were in slammed into the back of a truck. One worker was knocked out cold by the impact but regained conciousness later. A second broke his nose. The 10 workers were taken to the Singapore General Hospital; 8 were treated for minor injuries. The crashed occured on the East Coast Parkway at 8.45am. After the minibus had hit the truck, a taxi crashed into it . This carsh renewed calls for seat belts to be fitted in all minibuses. schoolboy Russell Koh, eight was killed after being flung out of a minibus which had collided with two cars. The Transport Ministry acted last month, ordering that new school vans must come with seat belts.
personal view-i felt deeply hurt by the mishap.i think that the seat belts have to build into the vans as soon as possible os it'll lead to further mishap.this 'kind;' of accident kept occuring ,not once, not twice , but many times.i believe that the government would notwant to see singaporeans or other people getting hurt or even die. i hope that the traffic police could petrol so as to minimise any accident, or even fine those people that were not wearing any safety belts.
personal view-i felt deeply hurt by the mishap.i think that the seat belts have to build into the vans as soon as possible os it'll lead to further mishap.this 'kind;' of accident kept occuring ,not once, not twice , but many times.i believe that the government would notwant to see singaporeans or other people getting hurt or even die. i hope that the traffic police could petrol so as to minimise any accident, or even fine those people that were not wearing any safety belts.
jonathan khoo-mini bus crash
Once every 50 years, packs of rats will swarm through the hills and consume everything in their path. About 134,000 people died last month.Bamboos that has just harvast die after sometimes and this happens twice a century. Seeds, rice stocks, stripping ripening corn and paddy in the fields were eaten by the rats.Villages were affected greatly. They were too weak to flee and were dying as soon as thay knew it .Children are suffering from dehydration or diarrhoea.
personal view- i feel sad about the case. i think that the relevant government should lend a hand to help out those poor people.there were too many crops being destroyed that these poor people do not have anything to eat and drink and will die.the government should rescue them much earlier than to wait for so long and what's worse, the condition in myanmar is not improving.i do truly hope that they do get help soon and will not suffer from any more sufferings.
personal view- i feel sad about the case. i think that the relevant government should lend a hand to help out those poor people.there were too many crops being destroyed that these poor people do not have anything to eat and drink and will die.the government should rescue them much earlier than to wait for so long and what's worse, the condition in myanmar is not improving.i do truly hope that they do get help soon and will not suffer from any more sufferings.
jonathan khoo-rat crisis
Once every 50 years, packs of rats will swarm through the hills and consume everything in their path. About 134,000 people died last month.Bamboos that has just harvast die after sometimes and this happens twice a century. Seeds, rice stocks, stripping ripening corn and paddy in the fields were eaten by the rats.Villages were affected greatly. They were too weak to flee and were dying as soon as thay knew it .Children are suffering from dehydration or diarrhoea.
personal view- i felt sad about the case. i think that the government should lend a hand to help out those poor people.there were too many crops being destroyed that these poor people do not have anything to eat and drink and will die.the government should rescue them much earlier than to wait for so long and what's worse, the condition in myanmar is not improving.i hope that they do get help soon and will not suffer from any more sufferings.
personal view- i felt sad about the case. i think that the government should lend a hand to help out those poor people.there were too many crops being destroyed that these poor people do not have anything to eat and drink and will die.the government should rescue them much earlier than to wait for so long and what's worse, the condition in myanmar is not improving.i hope that they do get help soon and will not suffer from any more sufferings.
waiwai-mini bus crash leading to many casualties and death.
there were 10 Chinese nationals injured yesterday morning when a minibus slammed into the back of the truck. They were taken to a hospital and 8 were treated by minor injuries. The impact of the crash has sent a man hurtling forward. The crash renewed calls for sear belts to be fitted in all minibuses. The appeals begin in April when a schoolboy, eight, was killed after flung out of a minibus which has collided between two cars.
personal view- i am at the same time feeling sad and disappointed by their action.they should already known that singapore's law of traffic rules is to put on the seat belt whenever the person is in the car.i think that everybody should have the least sense of responsibility of thier actions.they are just gambling with thier own lives.i also think that cars travelling behing another vehicle should not stick too closely,i've this personal experience that shocked me. i saw a BMW following another lorry as if sticking to it's boot, the lorry jam break out of a sudden and the BMW crashed right into the lorry. i just simply thimk that our safety lies in our hands. i do hope that everyone treasures thier valuable life.
personal view- i am at the same time feeling sad and disappointed by their action.they should already known that singapore's law of traffic rules is to put on the seat belt whenever the person is in the car.i think that everybody should have the least sense of responsibility of thier actions.they are just gambling with thier own lives.i also think that cars travelling behing another vehicle should not stick too closely,i've this personal experience that shocked me. i saw a BMW following another lorry as if sticking to it's boot, the lorry jam break out of a sudden and the BMW crashed right into the lorry. i just simply thimk that our safety lies in our hands. i do hope that everyone treasures thier valuable life.
waiwai- rats causing food crisis an myanmar
Once every 50 years, packs of rats will swarm through the hills and consume everything in their path. About 134,000 people died last month.Bamboos that has just harvast die after sometimes and this happens twice a century. It is known as bamboo death.Seeds, rice stocks, stripping ripening corn and paddy in the fields were eaten by the rats.Villages were affected greatly. They were too weak to flee and were dying as soon as thay knew it .Children are suffering from dehydration or diarrhoea.
personal view- i felt greatly sad about these case. i think that the relevant government should lend a hand to help out those poor people.there were too many crops being destroyed that these poor people do not have anything to eat and drink and will die.the government should rescue them much earlier than to wait for so long and what's worse, the condition in myanmar is not improving.i do truly hope that they do get help soon and will not suffer from any more sufferings.
personal view- i felt greatly sad about these case. i think that the relevant government should lend a hand to help out those poor people.there were too many crops being destroyed that these poor people do not have anything to eat and drink and will die.the government should rescue them much earlier than to wait for so long and what's worse, the condition in myanmar is not improving.i do truly hope that they do get help soon and will not suffer from any more sufferings.
waiwai- man dies hours after soccer match
A group of 10 Chinese nationals were injured yesterday morning when the minibus they were in slammed into the back of a truck. One worker was knocked out cold by the impact but regained conciousness later. A second broke his nose. The 10 workers were taken to the Singapore General Hospital; 8 were treated for minor injuries. The crashed occured on the East Coast Parkway at 8.45am. After the minibus had hit the truck, a taxi crashed into it . This carsh renewed calls for seat belts to be fitted in all minibuses. schoolboy Russell Koh, eight was killed after being flung out of a minibus which had collided with two cars. The Transport Ministry acted last month, ordering that new school vans must come with seat belts.
personal view-i felt deeply hurt by the mishap.i think that the seat belts have to build into the vans as soon as possible os it'll lead to further mishap.this 'kind;' of accident kept occuring ,not once, not twice , but many times.i believe that the government would notwant to see singaporeans or other people getting hurt or even die. i hope that the traffic police could petrol so as to minimise any accident, or even fine those people that were not wearing any safety belts.
personal view-i felt deeply hurt by the mishap.i think that the seat belts have to build into the vans as soon as possible os it'll lead to further mishap.this 'kind;' of accident kept occuring ,not once, not twice , but many times.i believe that the government would notwant to see singaporeans or other people getting hurt or even die. i hope that the traffic police could petrol so as to minimise any accident, or even fine those people that were not wearing any safety belts.
Jasmine Loy- Airport security lapse leads to calls for more awareness
An airport security lapse has raised further concerns about complacency and what has been done to strengthen procedures.The passport mix-up - which allowed a man to fly out of the country using his son's passport – is the third security breach in six months. Mr Ang Heng Soon managed to check in for a Tiger Airways flight after mistakenly using his son's passport.The mistake was not spotted in spite of four levels of checks, enabling him to board his flight to Vietnam. He came back later after spotting his own error. The MP intends to raise this and other wider security concerns in Parliament. Law lecturer Mahdev Mohan at the Singapore Management University agreed. He added that while there cannot be a perfect system, officers need to be very aware of the wider implications of such human errors. While investigations are ongoing, Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng said scrutiny and supervision on the ground is being tightened.
Personal Response ;
I felt worried about it and thinks that the government should settle this kind of problem as soon as possible.
Personal Response ;
I felt worried about it and thinks that the government should settle this kind of problem as soon as possible.
Jasmine Loy- Four Americans, six Iraqis killed in Baghdad bomb blast
Two US soldiers, two American civilians and six Iraqis were killed in a bomb attack on Tuesday on municipal offices in Baghdad's eastern Shiite bastion of Sadr City.
The attack which the US military blamed on Shiite extremists occurred mid-morning shortly before district council elections were to take place, an Iraqi security official said.The American military said it detained a suspect soon after the attack. US embassy official W. Johann Schmonsees said that one of the civilians killed was a State Department employee and the other worked for the Defence Department. They were both attached to the American mission in Baghdad.The US military said two of its soldiers were killed in the blast and charged that the attack was carried out by Special Groups extremists. According to the military, Special Groups militants are trained, funded and armed by groups linked to Iran.
US troops quickly cordoned off the area surrounding the council offices, while Iraqi police sealed all the roads leading to the building. US military spokesman Major Mark Cheadle said the target of the attack had yet to be determined.The latest attack on US nationals comes a day after two American soldiers were killed and three wounded when they were fired on as they were leaving the council office of Madain town located south of Baghdad.
Personal Response ;
I felt sad for the recent decrease in violence in Baghdad and other regions of Iraq has led to an increased presence of US soldiers on the streets, most of them involved in restoring community services.But this has also made them vulnerable targets of militiamen and insurgent groups, especially in areas such as Sadr City where the troops fought raging battles earlier this year in which hundreds of people were killed.
The attack which the US military blamed on Shiite extremists occurred mid-morning shortly before district council elections were to take place, an Iraqi security official said.The American military said it detained a suspect soon after the attack. US embassy official W. Johann Schmonsees said that one of the civilians killed was a State Department employee and the other worked for the Defence Department. They were both attached to the American mission in Baghdad.The US military said two of its soldiers were killed in the blast and charged that the attack was carried out by Special Groups extremists. According to the military, Special Groups militants are trained, funded and armed by groups linked to Iran.
US troops quickly cordoned off the area surrounding the council offices, while Iraqi police sealed all the roads leading to the building. US military spokesman Major Mark Cheadle said the target of the attack had yet to be determined.The latest attack on US nationals comes a day after two American soldiers were killed and three wounded when they were fired on as they were leaving the council office of Madain town located south of Baghdad.
Personal Response ;
I felt sad for the recent decrease in violence in Baghdad and other regions of Iraq has led to an increased presence of US soldiers on the streets, most of them involved in restoring community services.But this has also made them vulnerable targets of militiamen and insurgent groups, especially in areas such as Sadr City where the troops fought raging battles earlier this year in which hundreds of people were killed.
waiwai-gamblers spent estimated $4.2b on 4-D
According to the Straits Times,there were many Singaporeans gambling away all their money with the bulk of bets going towards 4-D.Surveys releaved that there were residents spending hundreds of millions on both horse racing and toto....
"4-D is seen as an acceptable game and there's no stigma if one is seen queing up to buy it."there is an increase of Singapore Pools outlet and now even the operator also takes wages over the phone.Most people believe that their lucky numbers willcome around some day.
personal comment-I think that these people are just wishing for those ideas that will only happen once in a blue moon.yes, there is a recent trend in the betting due to many people addited to it. i strongly feel that Singapore should not even continue to build this kind of 'entertainment'.the form of advancement that the Pool made, is continueing to lure many Singaporeans into the 'trap'.i hope that this trend will not continue further as it'll only bring harm than prosperity.
"4-D is seen as an acceptable game and there's no stigma if one is seen queing up to buy it."there is an increase of Singapore Pools outlet and now even the operator also takes wages over the phone.Most people believe that their lucky numbers willcome around some day.
personal comment-I think that these people are just wishing for those ideas that will only happen once in a blue moon.yes, there is a recent trend in the betting due to many people addited to it. i strongly feel that Singapore should not even continue to build this kind of 'entertainment'.the form of advancement that the Pool made, is continueing to lure many Singaporeans into the 'trap'.i hope that this trend will not continue further as it'll only bring harm than prosperity.
Jasmine -Customs seizes largest haul of duty unpaid cigarettes this year
The Singapore Customs has seized the largest haul of duty-unpaid cigarettes this year, worth about S$2.1 million, and the duty and GST involved amounted to S$1.8 million. Six men - five Singaporeans, one Malaysian, aged between 38 and 52 years old - suspected to be involved in the case, were arrested for trying to smuggle in 233,500 packets, or a full container load of cigarettes.
Three vans and one saloon car involved in the case were also seized.
Acting on a tip-off, the Singapore Customs mounted a surveillance at a warehouse building along Lower Delta Road which led to the seizure.
All six men will be charged in court on June 25.
Response:
I am relieved that those who are involved in smuggling the cigarettes was arrested as what they have done is against the law.The police has proven themselves to be very effective by catching them in the nick of time before they could get to distribute the cigarettes and earned some quick cash.It would be unfair to other people who need to work hard and spent most of their time working to earn money for living as the smugglers receive more money despite the fact that they did not pay any hard work into it.Their act was illegal and thankfully a kind soul tip-off to the polices i urged everyone to learn from him.Fortunately,this problem is solved preventing many avoidable tragedy.
Three vans and one saloon car involved in the case were also seized.
Acting on a tip-off, the Singapore Customs mounted a surveillance at a warehouse building along Lower Delta Road which led to the seizure.
All six men will be charged in court on June 25.
Response:
I am relieved that those who are involved in smuggling the cigarettes was arrested as what they have done is against the law.The police has proven themselves to be very effective by catching them in the nick of time before they could get to distribute the cigarettes and earned some quick cash.It would be unfair to other people who need to work hard and spent most of their time working to earn money for living as the smugglers receive more money despite the fact that they did not pay any hard work into it.Their act was illegal and thankfully a kind soul tip-off to the polices i urged everyone to learn from him.Fortunately,this problem is solved preventing many avoidable tragedy.
Varian Ang- jailed again for underage sex
A TEENAGE girl lost a dare and had to give a man a kiss. But after the smack on the lips, the man took it further, meeting her in a toilet near a condominium pool, where they then had sex.
personal view - i feel that the man should had been for severely punish for taking advantage. But the girl should also be smart enough not to follow him into the toilet knowing that a bad outcome will happen
personal view - i feel that the man should had been for severely punish for taking advantage. But the girl should also be smart enough not to follow him into the toilet knowing that a bad outcome will happen
Lai Han- Aliens? Us?
Genetic material from outer space found in a meteorite in Australia may well have played a key role in the origin of life on earth, according to a study to be published on Sunday.
European and US scientists have proved for the first time two bits of genetic coding, called nucleobases, contained in the meteor fragment, are truly extraterrestrial.
Previous studies had suggested the space rocks, which hit earth about 40 years ago, might have been contaminated upon impact.
Both of the molecules identified, uracil and xanthine, "are present in our DNA and RNA," said lead author Zita Martins, a researcher at Imperial College London.
RNA, or ribonucleic acid, is another key part of the genetic coding that makes up our bodies.
These molecules would also have been essential to the still-mysterious alchemy that somehow gave rise, about four billion years ago, to life itself.
"We know that meteorites very similar to the Murchison meteorite, which is the one we analysed, were delivering the building blocks of life to earth 3.8 to 4.5 billion years ago," Martins told AFP in an interview.
Competing theories suggest nucleobases were synthesised closer to home, but Martins said the atmospheric conditions of early earth would have rendered that process difficult or impossible.
A team of European and US scientists showed the two types of molecules in the Australian meteorite contained a heavy form of carbon - carbon 13 - which could only have been formed in space.
"We believe early life may have adopted nucleobases from meteoric fragments for use in genetic coding, enabling them to pass on their successful features to subsequent generations," Martins said.
If so, this would have been the start of an evolutionary process leading over billions of years to all the flora and fauna - including human beings - in existence today.
The study, to be published in Earth Planetary Science Letters, also has implications for life on other planets.
"Because meteorites represent leftover materials from the formation of the solar system, the key components of life - including nucleobases - could be widespread in the cosmos," said co-author Mark Sephton, also at Imperial College London.
"As more and more of life's raw materials are discovered in objects from space, the possibility of life springing forth wherever the right chemistry is present becomes more likely," he said.
Uracil is an organic compound found in RNA, where it binds in a genetic base pair with another molecule, adenine.
Xanthine is not directly part of RNA or DNA, but participates in a series of chemical reactions inside the RNA of cells.
The two types of nucleobases and the ratio of light-to-heavy carbon molecules were identified through gas chromatography and mass spectrometry, technologies that were not available during earlier analyses of the now-famous meteorite.
Even so, said Martins, the process was extremely laborious and time-consuming, one reason it had not be carried out up to now by other scientists.
Personal views:
Us aliens? Maybe, we are almost the smartest things that ever happened. No? Then what has it got to do with monkeys being our "ancestors"? That makes them alien right? yes?
European and US scientists have proved for the first time two bits of genetic coding, called nucleobases, contained in the meteor fragment, are truly extraterrestrial.
Previous studies had suggested the space rocks, which hit earth about 40 years ago, might have been contaminated upon impact.
Both of the molecules identified, uracil and xanthine, "are present in our DNA and RNA," said lead author Zita Martins, a researcher at Imperial College London.
RNA, or ribonucleic acid, is another key part of the genetic coding that makes up our bodies.
These molecules would also have been essential to the still-mysterious alchemy that somehow gave rise, about four billion years ago, to life itself.
"We know that meteorites very similar to the Murchison meteorite, which is the one we analysed, were delivering the building blocks of life to earth 3.8 to 4.5 billion years ago," Martins told AFP in an interview.
Competing theories suggest nucleobases were synthesised closer to home, but Martins said the atmospheric conditions of early earth would have rendered that process difficult or impossible.
A team of European and US scientists showed the two types of molecules in the Australian meteorite contained a heavy form of carbon - carbon 13 - which could only have been formed in space.
"We believe early life may have adopted nucleobases from meteoric fragments for use in genetic coding, enabling them to pass on their successful features to subsequent generations," Martins said.
If so, this would have been the start of an evolutionary process leading over billions of years to all the flora and fauna - including human beings - in existence today.
The study, to be published in Earth Planetary Science Letters, also has implications for life on other planets.
"Because meteorites represent leftover materials from the formation of the solar system, the key components of life - including nucleobases - could be widespread in the cosmos," said co-author Mark Sephton, also at Imperial College London.
"As more and more of life's raw materials are discovered in objects from space, the possibility of life springing forth wherever the right chemistry is present becomes more likely," he said.
Uracil is an organic compound found in RNA, where it binds in a genetic base pair with another molecule, adenine.
Xanthine is not directly part of RNA or DNA, but participates in a series of chemical reactions inside the RNA of cells.
The two types of nucleobases and the ratio of light-to-heavy carbon molecules were identified through gas chromatography and mass spectrometry, technologies that were not available during earlier analyses of the now-famous meteorite.
Even so, said Martins, the process was extremely laborious and time-consuming, one reason it had not be carried out up to now by other scientists.
Personal views:
Us aliens? Maybe, we are almost the smartest things that ever happened. No? Then what has it got to do with monkeys being our "ancestors"? That makes them alien right? yes?
Varian Ang - NSF man fined $6,000 for molesting woman and teenage girl
A full-time national serviceman was fined a total of $6,000 on Thursday for touching the buttocks of a woman and a teenage girl.
Xu Zhengxiong, 21, pleaded guilty to the two offences which took place at HDB blocks in Punggol in July and September last year.A district court heard that a 41-year-old woman was outside her unit along the common corridor at about 10pm on July 5 when Xu came from behind and squeezed her left buttocks.Shocked, she turned around and saw Xu standing behind her. She shouted for help and alerted her husband who gave chase but lost Xu who fled down the stairs.On Sept 3, he struck again. He trailed a 14-year-old girl who was walking home near Punggol Plaza. When the girl reached her block and pressed the lift button, Xu followed her.As she entered the lift, she suddenly felt someone touching her buttocks. Xu immediately retracted his hand and walked away briskly when she turned around. She went home and called the police. The court heard that on both occasions, Xu had worn a cap. Xu was arrested the next day by a police ambush party. A third similar charge was taken into consideration. Xu could have been jailed for up to two years or fined or caned or received any two such punishments for each outrage of modesty charge.
personal view - i personally think that that man should receive a more servere punishment.
Xu Zhengxiong, 21, pleaded guilty to the two offences which took place at HDB blocks in Punggol in July and September last year.A district court heard that a 41-year-old woman was outside her unit along the common corridor at about 10pm on July 5 when Xu came from behind and squeezed her left buttocks.Shocked, she turned around and saw Xu standing behind her. She shouted for help and alerted her husband who gave chase but lost Xu who fled down the stairs.On Sept 3, he struck again. He trailed a 14-year-old girl who was walking home near Punggol Plaza. When the girl reached her block and pressed the lift button, Xu followed her.As she entered the lift, she suddenly felt someone touching her buttocks. Xu immediately retracted his hand and walked away briskly when she turned around. She went home and called the police. The court heard that on both occasions, Xu had worn a cap. Xu was arrested the next day by a police ambush party. A third similar charge was taken into consideration. Xu could have been jailed for up to two years or fined or caned or received any two such punishments for each outrage of modesty charge.
personal view - i personally think that that man should receive a more servere punishment.
Lai Han- Cannibalism
AN eight-year-old boy was kept chained in his cellar by his cannibal family while they skinned and ate parts of him a grotesque cannibal orgy.
Sobbing Ondrej Mauerova was rescued alive when a neighbour’s TV picked up footage from a camera filming his agony, a court in the Czech Republic has heard.
He had been partially skinned after monstrous mum Klara, 31, caged him for months while relatives who were also in a sick cult feasted on his raw flesh, an appalled judge was told yesterday.
The mum wept in a Czech court as her evil was exposed in a case echoing the Fritzl dungeon horror in Austria.
Go to our killers, cannibals and their victims special gallery
Ondrej and his helpless brother Jakub, nine, were kept in cages or handcuffed to tables as they were ritually Tortured, Burnt and Whipped with belts.
Their life of hell only ended when a neighbour in the city of Brno bought a CCTV baby monitor.
Instead of pictures of his newborn he was confronted by live images of Ondrej naked in the cellar — beaten and chained.
Cops swooped on the house next door and also freed a girl posing as an adopted sister aged 13 and clutching a teddy.
She later turned out to be 34 - and one of the torturers. The boys’ mum accused the woman - fellow cult member Barbora Skrlova — of brainwashing her. She wailed: "Terrible things have happened. I realise it and can’t understand how I could have allowed it."
The court in her home city heard the abuse of her children was co-ordinated via text messages sent by a leader of the Grail Movement cult - who was known only as the "Doctor".
Her sister Katerina was also involved.
The abuse trial of the boys’ mum, another relative and their bogus sister Skrlova - who fled and was later found posing as a boy in Norway - continues.
Three others also face charges.
Don't you just love cannibalism?! Makes me feel that the world is suffering from a scarity of food and we have to resort to eating each other. GROSSNESS OVERLOAD!
Sobbing Ondrej Mauerova was rescued alive when a neighbour’s TV picked up footage from a camera filming his agony, a court in the Czech Republic has heard.
He had been partially skinned after monstrous mum Klara, 31, caged him for months while relatives who were also in a sick cult feasted on his raw flesh, an appalled judge was told yesterday.
The mum wept in a Czech court as her evil was exposed in a case echoing the Fritzl dungeon horror in Austria.
Go to our killers, cannibals and their victims special gallery
Ondrej and his helpless brother Jakub, nine, were kept in cages or handcuffed to tables as they were ritually Tortured, Burnt and Whipped with belts.
Their life of hell only ended when a neighbour in the city of Brno bought a CCTV baby monitor.
Instead of pictures of his newborn he was confronted by live images of Ondrej naked in the cellar — beaten and chained.
Cops swooped on the house next door and also freed a girl posing as an adopted sister aged 13 and clutching a teddy.
She later turned out to be 34 - and one of the torturers. The boys’ mum accused the woman - fellow cult member Barbora Skrlova — of brainwashing her. She wailed: "Terrible things have happened. I realise it and can’t understand how I could have allowed it."
The court in her home city heard the abuse of her children was co-ordinated via text messages sent by a leader of the Grail Movement cult - who was known only as the "Doctor".
Her sister Katerina was also involved.
The abuse trial of the boys’ mum, another relative and their bogus sister Skrlova - who fled and was later found posing as a boy in Norway - continues.
Three others also face charges.
Don't you just love cannibalism?! Makes me feel that the world is suffering from a scarity of food and we have to resort to eating each other. GROSSNESS OVERLOAD!
Varian Ang -Driving while on the phone is illegal but what about... Eating? Shaving? Kissing?
Keeping both hands on the wheel, or eyes on the road, while driving is not a common practice among motorists here, given that many tend to eat, smoke or apply make-up at the same time. While it is clearly illegal to use a mobile phone while driving, the law does not specifically forbid other activities, such as eating or shaving, while driving.The Sunday Times found that almost every driver had engaged in distracting activities while navigating the roads, ranging from reading to having a morning shave.
personal view: i think that such activity should not be done while criving even though they are in a rush. it is dangerous to leave both hands off the wheel
personal view: i think that such activity should not be done while criving even though they are in a rush. it is dangerous to leave both hands off the wheel
Phua Yi Ting - The Caribbean monk seal is officially extinct.
"The Caribbean monk seal has become extinct.
The docile creatures were hunted for research, food and blubber, say biologists. The last confirmed sighting of a Caribbean monk seal was in 1952 between Jamaica and Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration's Fisheries Service confirmed Friday that the species is extinct.
Kyle Baker, a biologist for NOAA's Fisheries Service southeast region, said the species is the only seal to become extinct from human causes. The seals were first classified as endangered in 1967, and wildlife experts investigated several reported sightings over the past few decades. But officials determined they were other seal types.
The Caribbean monk seal, first discovered during Christopher Columbus' second voyage in 1494, once had a population of more than 250,000. But they became easy game for hunters because they often rested, gave birth or nursed their pups on beaches.
It's cousins, the Hawaiian and Mediterranean monk seals are in danger of going into extinction too."
Personal Views:
It saddens me a lot to read news like this.
Because extinction is final and it is so much more than simply death. Each species is unique and they can never be reproduced.
And this time, it is our fault. We are the coldest-blooded killers ever, we will kill innocent animals for our own profit and have no respect for anything that does not benefit us. We steal lives.
Not only are we causing the next greatest mass extinction ever, we are also causing climate change which will lead to further extinction! Everything has a purpose on this earth, and we have no rights to destroy them.
We fail to see that instead of changing the earth to suit us, we should adapt to the earth because the earth does not exist only for us.
We do not realise that us, the superior humans beings might one day be wipe out like the dinosaurs due to our own doings and be replaced with a better, kinder species that will treat the earth better.
And don't think the extinction of an animal does not concern you, we're all in the same food chain. One day, you or your loved ones will feel the impact.
So, stop being selfish. There are many, many things we can do to improve the situation like stop eating shark's fin, use lesser electricity so that the polar bears will no longer walk on thin ice, refusing to buy anything from the illegal wildlife trade (e.g. elephant ivory carvings and jewelry, tortoise and turtle shell accessories, big cat skins, reptile skin handbags, belts and shoes, porcupine quill coasters and lampshades, coral and shells, and many more.), etc. These can be done through education with the government's help.
Hopefully this will be a wake up call to the U.S. government. Even though the other seals' future are looking rather bleak now but I still hope they can be saved before the same thing happens to them. And there are still so many things we have not learn from these animals which are on the brink of extinction. We must save these animals for our future generations and not upset the balance.
Because a diverse wildlife is priceless.
Great tits cope well with warming
Researchers found that great tits are laying eggs earlier in the spring than they used to, keeping step with the earlier emergence of caterpillars. Writing in the journal Science, they point out that the same birds in the Netherlands have not managed to adjust. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) commented that other species are likely to fare much worse than great tits as temperatures rise. The chicks hatch and are fully grown within two weeks, so they need something that's really abundant - that's why they synchonise their breeding so hatching co-incides with the emergence of the caterpillars."
Personal Views:
Besides just being adorable, it also have a good sense of time and temperature. This creature is able to mangage it's time well compared to other birds. As they say early birds catches the worm, I say bird with good time management and a tiny thermometer in the brain catches the caterpillars. With plenty of food it is no wonder the Tits would not mind managing some time for their offspring.
Personal Views:
Besides just being adorable, it also have a good sense of time and temperature. This creature is able to mangage it's time well compared to other birds. As they say early birds catches the worm, I say bird with good time management and a tiny thermometer in the brain catches the caterpillars. With plenty of food it is no wonder the Tits would not mind managing some time for their offspring.
Kelly Wee-Marsiling burglar charged
AN ODD-JOB labourer was brought to court on Tuesday over a burglary at a Marsiling Lane flat which led to his accomplice's death fall.
Kamarudin Abdul Hussin, 34, allegedly broke into the fifth-floor flat of Madam Tan Bee Ean, 50, with Rahmat Latiff, 43, last Friday.
Rahmat panicked and escaped via the master bedroom on seeing the flat owner return from her morning stroll.
He landed 15m below with a thud.
Two men were seen carrying the hawker assistant into a car before driving off. He died about an hour later in Tan Tock Seng Hospital.
Kamarudin was remanded at Jurong Police Division until July 1.
If convicted, he faces a jail term of up to two years and a fine.
Personal comment: I feel that one should work for what they want instead of taking other's possession. Even if they manage to take it (for e.g. money), could they spend that money on their conscience? They're not handicapped,so they still stand a chance of being independent and work for what they want instead of committing crimes!
Kamarudin Abdul Hussin, 34, allegedly broke into the fifth-floor flat of Madam Tan Bee Ean, 50, with Rahmat Latiff, 43, last Friday.
Rahmat panicked and escaped via the master bedroom on seeing the flat owner return from her morning stroll.
He landed 15m below with a thud.
Two men were seen carrying the hawker assistant into a car before driving off. He died about an hour later in Tan Tock Seng Hospital.
Kamarudin was remanded at Jurong Police Division until July 1.
If convicted, he faces a jail term of up to two years and a fine.
Personal comment: I feel that one should work for what they want instead of taking other's possession. Even if they manage to take it (for e.g. money), could they spend that money on their conscience? They're not handicapped,so they still stand a chance of being independent and work for what they want instead of committing crimes!
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