3rd week of news

Schools are making preparations for students to attend lessons from home if the influenza A (H1N1) outbreak worsens.The Ministry of Education says that there is no need to extend the holidays or keep school closed.But teachers have begun gearing up for the possibility that they might have to conduct lessons and collect assignments over the internet.Ten primary and secondary schools and junior colleges told The Straits Times that they were putting their e-learning systems in place.A junior college teacher said she had been tasked with uploading more than a month's worth of e-learning materials before school reopens on June 29.More Singaporeans, including schoolchildren, are expected to return from overseas over the coming days as the mid-year holidays draw to a close.The Education Ministry said that schools would be ready to carry out home-based learning if they had to.Schools have a variety of ways for children to learn via internet, such as online weekly lesson plans, e portals to track learning and allow students to submit assignments , as well as other learning materials.An Education Ministry spokesman said that the ministry was monitoring the H1N1 situation in schools and the general community carefully.



my opinion:
Its good that the schools are preparing for some e-learning and lessons through internet if the H1N1 outbreak worsens.Its because we students especially the primary sixes all over Singapore must revise and do some extra lessons in either school or via internet for the upcoming PSLE.Even if the the lessons are suspended we must take our own initiative and self-control to revise on our own for the exams.We must be careful and aware of our own health.Some schools are having extra supplementary and so if we have fever we better not go to school and try to recover and eat healthily.I hope that the schools wont need to closed down for 1-2 weeks as we might waste the time use for learning.

2nd week of news

The Strait Times peeked into 80 recycling bins in public areas and found that all of them contained some rubbish that could not be recycled.The 'foreign items' included decomposed chicken briyani, soggy tissue paper, prawn shells and chicken bones. There was even a used condom in a bin in Jalan Teck Whye.Many bins were also used as ashtrays, while others were foul smelling and attracted pests like fruit flies and ants.While the average amount of recyclables collected from each bin in HDB estates has gone up-from 65kg per month in 2007 to 103kg per month last year- the National Environment Agency said that about one fifth of all waste deposited in recycling bins could not be recycled.Two workers from public waste collector Colex Holdings was having a hard time sorting out the rubbish to their correct bins.An NEA spokesman said that throwing waste such as leftover food and drinks into the bins contaminates the recyclable materials and renders them non-recyclable.Different companies are preventing the bins from overflowing and attracting pests,so, they wash and clean the bins once a week at HDB estates but twice a week at Orchard Road and MRT.


my opinion:

I think as a resident of Singapore we must be considerate to the other people living around us because the rubbish like leftover foods will give foul-smell as they rot.It can contained some virus in the air and people living around that area may get sick.Also, the rubbish collector will have a hard time like sorting rubbish in their right compartments. It will take a longer time for the recyclable items to be recycled as this happens.We must be aware on where we throw our rubbish and try not to waste things like paper which u can use both sides of the paper instead of just one side.We must try not to throw leftover foods as it attracts the pests and flies which carried several diseases and virus.A clean surroundings will help us live a healthy life.So we must contribute to have a clean and green surroundings and the target a low amount of garbage for this year!

First week of news

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An 11-month-old baby, Adrian, drowned while his mum slept after clubbing. He was found half-submerged, pale and motionless by his father, Mr Ong. He came back looking out for job while Adrian’s maternal grandmother was also out, picking a gift for her grandson’s first birthday. Ms Tan Siew Kim, 20, and Mr Ong rushed the toddler to Raffles Hospital, where he was pronounced dead about one and a half hours later. Ms Tan came home at 5am or 6am on May 7 after a night out with her friends at a club, said Mr Ong. Before he left at about 10 am that day, he placed the baby beside Ms Tan, tapped her and reminded her to feed Adrian. When he got home at about 5pm, he could not find Adrian and soon called out for him, he became hysterical when he found him in the p ail of water pale and motionless. Just a month before, he said, his son had crawled to the toilet and stood up, holding on to the pail for support.

My opinions:

This is a very sad article as losing a loved one is the hardest thing to experience. In this article, there was no one to be blame as no one was supervising Adrian. However, children like Adrian are supposed to be supervised as such incident like this may happen. Being a mother at the age of 20 is a great responsibility. Having to watch them 24 hours a day even you are ill. Therefore, in this case, Ms Tan is not responsible enough to take care of her son and she expects her mother and husband to look after him while she club whole day and night. Mr Ong and the grandmother should have planned a schedule on who is going to supervise Adrian. It is more organized this way as it is ensured that Adrian has a supervisor while he play but also the supervisor should ensure that nothing bad will happen to the child. After this incident, we know that even the home posed a danger to young children who were left unattended and unsupervised. “Any water in the toilet can be a potential hazard and in this case, it proved fatal, claiming a life of a child who was just learning to stand up and walk on his own and about to turn one year old,” the coroner said. I agree on what the coroner said there is many ways how a child can die without any supervision of an adult.

2)

A 15-year-old Singaporean student studying in India has become the island’s 8 case of influenza a (H1N1). He is also the first to be picked up by thermal scanners installed at change airport. The boy had been in Orlando and Atlanta in the United States on a school trip from may 17 to last Sunday. The airport scanners detected his fever when he arrived at Singapore on Monday from Atlanta via Mumbai. He had been feverish during the flight and was seated at 39K on Singapore Airlines flight SQ421 and he was taken to Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) and warded to KK Women’s and Children Hospital. He was taken there early yesterday morning. Laboratory results at 2.40pm on the same day confirmed he was infected By H1N1.

My opinions:

The case of H1N1 flu in Singapore is getting higher. After a 15-year-old student, become the eight case of H1N1. I think the Ministry Of Health will be taking some precaution in the airports and places the infected person contacted. It is important to take this precaution seriously, as it can save your life. In school, we are required to bring a personal thermometer to check on our temperature. It can be sometimes irritating as lessons are interrupted but we know that it is for our own good. It is good that the MOH acted quickly after the scanners detected the boy’s fever in the airport in Singapore. Putting him in the isolation war, away from the public is a good idea as the virus can spread very quickly.

News article 25/05/09

Summary of news article....

Zero infections at SNEC last year

The Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC) is making waves for its efforts at keeping infections at bay. After 17 patients developed an inflammation over two days. The cause was later pinned down to a dye used in a new pen to mark the patients ' eyes before surgery. The dye was found to be toxic. However, the 5,000 Lasik operations performed last year found no incident. Nearly 17,000 Cataract and Lasik operations was recorded a zero infection rate. A zero infection rate is rare said the experts. Dr Chan Tat Keong, a senior consultant at the centre, added that the prevention of infection from cataract surgery is considered the 'gold standard' internationally for measuring eye surgery success, because many more such procedures are done than any other eye operations.

Cataracts are the leading cause of blindness worldwide , according to the WHO, which estimates that 15 million cataract procedures are performed yearly. Renowned opthalmologist Arthur Lim, who now chairs the Singapore Eye Research Institute, said a stringent infection prevention programme and state of the art research facilities had enhanced the centre's reputation as a world leader in the field of opthamology. However, Prof Tan conceded that maintaning zero infection rates, while ideal, would not be achievable every year given the high volume of operation s performed.

my opinions

Going for this kind of surgeries can lead to bad results as it can cause blindness according to the research i went.

source (http://www.gahoogle.com/gahoogle-search.jsp?search=cataract+removal+post-operative+complications&leftResult=msn&rightResult=google)

Cataract surgery is quite safe. However, like any other procedure, it's not 100% risk-free. Patients with pre-existing diseases such diabetes, high blood pressure and other eye diseases such as significant astigmatism would have a higher risk of developing complications. Possible complications include infection, inflammation of blood vessels, post-operative glaucoma, retinal detachment, malposition or dislocation of the implanted lens and posterior capsule opacifications, all of which can lead to vision impairment.

also...

• Allergy to the medications used for pain relief
  Some people may be allergic or develop side effects from these medications such as nausea and vomiting, difficulty in breathing, rashes, swelling of the face and lips and possibly fits.
• Surgical complications
  here is always a possibility of infection with any operation. If a severe infection develops, the eye may become blind. Other problems that may occur and cause poor vision are, bleeding and damage to the cornea or retina. These may require further operations.

source:http://www.cgh.com.sg/library/eye_cataract2.asp

source : http://www.home-remedies-for-you.com/remedy/Cataract.html#symptom

Causes of Cataract

Cataract Symptoms, Causes, Remedy and Diet

Deterioration in the nutrition of the lens

There are three factors which contribute to the loss of transparency of the lens. These are deterioration in the nutrition of the lens which diminishes the vitality and resistance of the delicate lens fibres; deposits of acids and salts between the lens fibres which have an irritating effect on the lens tissues and exert an increasing pressure on its delicate fibres, gradually destroying them; and disintegration of lens fibres which cloud the entire lens in the absence of appropriate measures.

Poisons in the blood stream, faulty style of living

As in the case of most diseases, poisons in the blood stream due to dietetic errors and a faulty style of living, are the real cause of cataract. The toxic matter in the blood stream spreads throughout the body to find shelter in any available weak spot. It strikes the lens if it has become weak through strain, excessive use of the eyes, and local irritation. The condition becomes worse with the passage of time and then a cataract starts developing.

Stress and strain, alcoholic drinks, certain physical ailments

Other causes of cataract are stress and strain; excessive intake of alcoholic drinks, sugar, and salt; smoking; certain physical ailments such as gastro-intestinal or gall-bladder disturbances; diabetes; vitamin deficiencies; fatty acid intolerance; ageing; radiation; side-effects of drugs that have been prescribed for other diseases.

its better to have a good eyesight and not having spectacles..for me its troublesome wearing contact lens or spectacles as it always must be clean and if your grade of the eyes increase you need to change the degree of the spectacles or contact lens.

this are some ways to improve your vision...

1) When you are reading, adjust the book so that the book is 30 cm away from your eyes.
2)take a break by looking far away for about 5 mins after ding near work for 30 mins.
3)eat vegetables and fruit which contain vitamins that help to improve eyesight like...
-bluberries
-spinach
-food that is high in vitamin c
-sweet potatoes (for night vision)
-billberry
-mahonia grape extract
4)when using computer, the monitor must be at least one arms length away from your eyes and be just below your eye level.(this goes also when watching television)
5)there must be enough light in the room while doing near work.
6)go outdoors and play!!!

if you dont want to have a spectacles and be blind, follow this..
its better to lose everything except your sight, the world means nothing if you cant see the beauty of the world.

please comment...=)

the last review....XD

here we go again....last lap of the news review!!!

1)A 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Friday, the US Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. The quake hit at six minutes after midnight (1706 GMT Thursday) 167 kilometres west of Bengkulu on the island's south-west coast, at a depth of 40 kilometres, the USGS said. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre in Hawaii said there was no risk of a major tsunami, but warned that there could be localised problems.

my opinion: This news made me think that maybe the we ourselves are making this earthquake.Itm maybe because of the works underground to build buildings with basement,this works might be the reason to cause the earthquake.different companies all over the world has different projects of building different things like subway, buildings,mrt underground etc.As they do this projects they are digging into the earth and it makes it quake and the digging is coming all over the world and usually it hits tne coast of the indonesian island of sumatra.i hope that such earthquake like at sichuan,china just earlier this year might not happen again because it took away many lives of the chinese nationals and maybe some tourists visiting there.


2)The Boys' Brigade Sharity Gift Box began its delivery of presents on Saturday to more than 18,000 beneficiaries. Delivery was done in style this year with a convoy of 28 Rav4 cars led by four Harley Davidson motorbikes. Fifteen youths from Beyond Social Services, a charity organisation, also joined in the delivery of food hampers to needy families. The youths are hamper recipients themselves and wanted to pay it forward in spreading the Christmas cheer. But this year, there may not be enough food to deliver. At this time last year, 60 per cent of what was needed was already collected from the public. This time round, only half that amount has been collected and the project is just six days away from closing. Churches like the New Creation Church are responding to this call. The church is holding a one-day collection for its 18,000 members to donate daily essentials to the Gift Box on Sunday at Suntec City.

my opinion:Its good to have this kind of project to help the beneficiaries which is in charge of different people who needed help.Its just sad that this time around they didn't make it to their target to help the needy.its lucky that the New Creation Church and other churches are helping the boys to reach the target.i hope more people will put in more things for the needy and unfortunate people.

I HOPE ALL OF YOU HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!XD
SEE YOU ALL ON JAN 5 FOR ME...HEHE...HAVE A GREAT HOLIDAYS TO ALL!!

3rd week of news review.....

1) incomeshield policyholders will get some help from the insurer to cope with premium increases. From december 1, medishiled premuims have been adjusted to mathc an increase in benefits for singaporeans.NTUC incomeshiled premuims went up by an average of less than $2.50 a month. income is launching a $6 million assiatance scheme to help lower income and elderly patients whose finances are affected by the economic downturn.existing incomeshield policyholders below 61 years old will have their monthly premuim increase capped at $5 or $10 , depending on the wards their plans are pegged to.


my opinion: i felt that its good that incomeshiled is helping the less fortunate and the elderly patients because they might have enough money to pay up the monthly income especially now that the economic is getting bad.also the monthly premuim increases of $5 or $10 to the elderly is good because they helped them to minimize there expenditure this coming christmas.i hoped that this will benefit the poorer citizen and the elderly for this cominng christmas that almost some toys or things that they were selling now is higher because of the economic and financial crisis.it minimizes the expenditure of the poorer people.


2)The hotels in Singapore have ramped up their security measures since the terrorist attack in Mumbai. The terrorist attack has caused a death of a Singaporean, who was kidnapped by the terrorists. Now, the hotels in Singapore have tightened up their security so as to ensure that such terrorist attacks would not take place in Singapore. The staffs of the hotel are also trained to deal with chemical attacks like bomb and also to deal with other critical situation. The terrorist attack in Mumbai would always serve as a painful reminder to Singapore as well as other countries and to raise awareness to citizens.



my opinion: i felt that its good to have the idea of tightening up the security of the top hotels in singapore so if there is one time that terrorists might attack these hotels they can prevent it from happening and save the precious lives of those in the hotel like tourists from all over the world.i felt sad or that singaporean who died in mumbai. its also very good to train the staffs for this kind of situation. i also learnt that everyone all over the world to be vigilant and very alert to those what is happening around them bacuse we dont know when is those terrorists going to attack places.

the second week's news

hi there again...here are the news....



1)Vegatable price rise 10-15% due to rainy season


Vegetable prices have risen by 10 to 15 percent on average during the past month due to the rainy season. The rainy season, which began a month earlier this year, has affected harvests in Malaysia, where half of Singapore's vegetable imports come from. The rains have also affected chilli harvests in Thailand, Vietnam and other neighbouring countries.



My opinion: Its very hard that vegatable price is higher than the usual price it is because poorer families might not have enough money just to buy vegatable for food. Even some other neighbouring countries the harvesting of the vegetable is affected so probably they also are having the same problems as us here in Singapore.This will affect us and my family because we need to buy the vegetables which is good for our health in a higher price.I hope there is a balance of weather so the vegatables and plants grow better and healthier but its impossible. And so i think we should think twice onhow to spend our money and not buy all the uneccesary things.





2) The preparations for the Youth Olympic Games on track despite the financial crisis

Singapore is all set to host the first Asian Youth Games in 2009. President of the Singapore National Olympic Council Teo Chee Hean said the financial crisis may be making it more difficult to get sponsorship, but preparations are going well.





My opinion: Its great that the preparations for the first youth olympic games is going well inspite of the financial crisis as it is a golden oppurtunity for singapore to host one of the olympic games. Even if its harder to sponsorship i know they can get some sponsorship even there is the global financial crisis. i also hope that the financial crisis would be solved and stopped, it is making the food, oil and other products to have high price. i hope that US Pres. Barack Obama would have something for this financial crisis to stop.

plz comment ty=)