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.