posted by chia chong yu This is a article by Channel News Asia titled Singaporeans need to change their mindset towards narruage, According to the artictle, a change in mindset is needed in the attitude of Singaporeans towards marriage, said Acting Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports Major General (NS) Chan Chun Sing. In my opinion, the fact that fewer people are getting married in Singapore is truly a sad thing, for Singapore needs more native people to provide for their own talents, rather than having to hire foreign talents. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1137193/1/.html
He added that while the government can drive a pro-family environment, it is up to the people to believe in the "intangible ideals" of marriage.
He said this at the Family Day Out Carnival at this year's National Family Celebrations, which saw more youth participation.
Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean, who was also at the event, said employers should also play a part by putting in place pro-family policies at the workplace. He also highlighted the role of community and commercial providers in offering family support services.
Lim Soon Hock, Co-Chairperson of the National Family Celebrations organising committee, said: "We are seeing a lot of youths participating in this family day out. And they're here with their families, with their grandparents. Some of them are even with their younger siblings.
"So I think in terms of getting our youth engaged in the family scene and as key stakeholders for future families, I'm particularly delighted."
It is a sign of hope amidst a recent gloomy statistic that fewer people are getting married. While the government promises to play its part in helping more Singaporeans settle down in families, it also boils down to attitudes.
As the month-long celebrations draw to a close, the National Family Celebrations organising committee hopes the younger generation will continue to recognise the roles they play in their families.
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posted by chia chong yu This is an article by Channel News Asia titled Fastest Durian Eater in Singapore The Fastest Durian Eating Challenge produced Singapore's fastest durian eater, who shockingly ate 321 grammes of durian in under one minute. In my opinion, this article shows that people can be famous for the most unusual things, even one as unusual as eating the king of fruits as fast as possible. It also shows that one should never give up when achieving his dream, who knows, perhaps you might end up having your name down in the book of records too!
Thirty-four-year-old Aundrey Bosco Francis beat nine other finalists at the event that was held at Jurong Point.
Each finalist was given under one minute to gobble down the king of fruits.
The winner was decided by the weight of durian flesh consumed by the end of the time limit.
Aundrey’s name will be written down in the Singapore Book of Records for the most durians eaten in one minute.
The Fastest Durian Eating Challenge is also part of the 'Fast is Amazing' competition series launched by SingTel to bring the racing action closer to Singaporeans.
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1137311/1/.html
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posted by chia chong yu An article by Channel News Asia titled “Rare dengue hits Marsiling” A rarely-seen type of dengue has hit the Marsiling area with more than 60 cases reported. Singaporeans should teach their domestic workers to watch out for potential breeding habitats in their homes and clear them out to be safe. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1137320/1/.html
The National Environment Agency (NEA) stated that residents currently have no immunity at all against the disease. But it also added that the rest of the island should remain calm for there is no sign of the disease spreading.
NEA has since stepped up control measures such as dispatching 70 officers to carry out mass operations to destroy breeding habitats.
The agency has also roped in various partners, including the Sembawang Town Council and the National Parks Board to get rid of larvae in the area.
A Marsiling resident stated that he welcomed the increased monitoring.
NEA is also advising residents to be alert to any potential mosquito breeding areas in their homes.
The agency has also stated that enforcement action will be taken against anybody found breeding the mosquitoes.
In my opinion, this article shows that we should always be stay vigilant and look out for potential breeding places for mosquitoes, they will always be a danger to our community and this incident has proven once again that mosquitoes are one of the biggest problems that Singapore faces.
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Posted by Gan Jia Min Shermane.Based on the article, ’thirteen tyres on nine vehicles punctured in one day’. It stated that a culprit was puncturing tyres in Telok Blangah on a Friday, October 22nd, 2010. A driver found his Comfort taxi’s three tyres to be punctured within ten short minutes, which has made the driver, Mr Chye Ah Choi, sixty years old, to fork out his savings for the damage done to its taxi. The second victim, Ms Yvonne Yoong, twenty-six years old, a purchaser, claimed that both of her car tyres were deliberately punctured by someone.Overall, I felt that the culprit that does this sort of prank has been overboard as the culprit still continued puncturing other vehicles’ tyres in other car parks. I am frustrated with the culprit for not being considerate enough and had agreed that pranks like this shoul
should not be easily forgiven if he or she was actually caught red-handed. This is because I believe that the culprit has intentionally caused much inconvenience and unhappiness among the drivers. I felt that the culprit should pay for his or her price for executing such pranks. Hence, I think a stronger fine was then reasonable.http://motoring.asiaone.com/Motoring/Drivers/Others/Story/A1Story20101023-243751.html
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Posted by Gan Jia Min Shermane.
Based on the article, ‘What migrant workers love about Singapore’ shows that migrant workers felt ease being around Singapore as they have not faced issues like biasedness among Singaporeans. If such issues really happen, it may not only cause conflicts but also bring about unhappiness to people living in the same state. Hence, events were organised by Migrant Workers Centre to promote harmony and for its people to receive differences through integration. In a nut shell, I believe that promoting harmony is certainly very important as when people start to accept and understand each other’s; needs, it may help to relieve problems such as conflicts. Imagine if the conflict really does happen it may not only cause unhappiness around but also ruins Singapore impressions of a particular foreigner in public. I was glad that event like this was organised, as I believe that it can creates awareness to the people of the needs and importance of maintaining a better relationship.
http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Singapore/Story/A1Story20110622-285466.html
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Posted by:Joling Chiong Hsiao yuan
Accident on the Ayer Rajah Expressway on thursday caused a death of one man and another man's leg to be amputated. The dead, a tow truck driver with the Expressway monitoring Advisory System service who was responding to a call for help.the man,who is identified as tan lost his leg was there to help his sister whose car had broken down.His sister's car broke down and she called tan for help. Tan arrived shortly after and they waited at the shoulder of the road to wait for her car to be tow away. the dead man was done with his task and was behind his truck collecting the warning sign he left on the road to alert the on coming vehicles. A bus was traveling down barre;ed into thw road shoulder and ran over him and hit into his truck. the truck then smash onto tan's car and the car moved forward and hit tan and his sister.Tan was being pinned on the ground by his car. his left leg was later amputated during the operation as the bones are smashed. his sister wasn't seriously injured and is still in the hospital. the truck driver was pronounced dead at the scene, and the bus driver wh was also injured was arrested by the police office.
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