http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1096416/1/.html
Public sector to offer re-employment to retiring workers from July 2011
Posted: 30 November 2010 1758 hrs
From July 1011 onwards, workers who had reach the age of 62 are offer an re-employment options. More than 124,000 public sector employees from 15 ministries may be affected.They introduce the re-employment option is because officers will be able to remain economically productive and be meaningfully engaged in their golden years. The older officers will be able to share the wealth of institutional knowledge and experience to the Public Service. To qualify to be an re-employment officer, he must demonstrate satisfactory work performance in the three years prior to retirement and be medically fit to continue working.
Personally, I feel that the re-employment option is a wise decision made by the government. It will definitely benefit both the parties, the company and the officers as the officers have the knowledge and experience. Hence they are able to share it to the younger generation. If an officer suddenly retires and stop working, they would not know what to do everyday and may have memory failure in times to come as they are not using their brain to think as often compared to their working period. So having this re-employment option would allow them to continue working and they are still contribute to the society. For those who want to enjoy their life after retirement, they are able to do so as it is not a rule but rather an option for them to choose.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1095110/1/.html
MOE revokes scholarship of student found with child pornography
Posted: 23 November 2010 1858 hrs
The Ministry of Education (MOE) has revoked the teaching scholarship of the University of York undergraduate Jonathan Wong who has pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography in Britain. The Ministry will tighten its processes so that schools must provide information on specific behavioural problems which may affect their selection as teachers. MOE expects their teaching scholars to conduct themselves in a manner that upholds the standards of the teaching profession and will take necessary actions for those who behaved inapproprately. Jonathan Wong was caught with 50 videos of child pornography on his computer after the police raided his room in March. He was a hardcore pornographer as he belongs to the top category of severity of child pornography.
I feel that he's sick in the mind to keep so many child pornography. In 2002, he was publicly caned as a student for peeping in a lady's toilet. From the article, i believed that he had overcome this errant behaviour after the professional help as since that incident, he have been behaving appropriately. I didnt expect that when he is going to graduate during the last year of his teaching scholarship, he actually did not repent and kept so many child pornography in his computer. This is definitely a shocking issue to most of us, including his family members and friends. I guess no one can believe that a scholarship holder is actually sick in the mind and have such behaviour. Thanks god that the MOE had found out about horrible side of him and revoked him from the teaching scholarship as he may do more harms to the students though he may be a good teacher sharing all his knowledges to others. In conclusion, having a good character is definitely important to us.
MOE revokes scholarship of student found with child pornography
Posted: 23 November 2010 1858 hrs
The Ministry of Education (MOE) has revoked the teaching scholarship of the University of York undergraduate Jonathan Wong who has pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography in Britain. The Ministry will tighten its processes so that schools must provide information on specific behavioural problems which may affect their selection as teachers. MOE expects their teaching scholars to conduct themselves in a manner that upholds the standards of the teaching profession and will take necessary actions for those who behaved inapproprately. Jonathan Wong was caught with 50 videos of child pornography on his computer after the police raided his room in March. He was a hardcore pornographer as he belongs to the top category of severity of child pornography.
I feel that he's sick in the mind to keep so many child pornography. In 2002, he was publicly caned as a student for peeping in a lady's toilet. From the article, i believed that he had overcome this errant behaviour after the professional help as since that incident, he have been behaving appropriately. I didnt expect that when he is going to graduate during the last year of his teaching scholarship, he actually did not repent and kept so many child pornography in his computer. This is definitely a shocking issue to most of us, including his family members and friends. I guess no one can believe that a scholarship holder is actually sick in the mind and have such behaviour. Thanks god that the MOE had found out about horrible side of him and revoked him from the teaching scholarship as he may do more harms to the students though he may be a good teacher sharing all his knowledges to others. In conclusion, having a good character is definitely important to us.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11771109
Haiti cholera reaches Dominican Republic
17 November 2010 Last updated at 01:03 GMT
More than 1,000 Haitians have died of the disease, cholera. The Dominican authorities had stepped up border controls and health checks to try to stop cholera from spreading from Haiti but the disease had spread too rapidly that it's within their control right now. If the number of cases continues to increase at the same rate, then they are going to have to adopt some drastic measures to be able to treat people,"said MSF's head of mission Stefano Zannini." The country was already struggling to recover from a devastating earthquake in January and now they are having epidemic. It caused fear in Haiti.
I feel sad for the people in Haiti as not only do they have earthquake, they are having epidemic right now. Most of their infrastructure are damaged and i doubt they have the capital to rebuild it till the epidemic are over. I think that it will take a very long time for them to recover from all the illness and the loss of family members or friends. Sooner or later, the government would used up all their reserved to the country and no investor would want to invest in Haiti because of the natural disaster,earthquake, and the epidemic. In my opinion, i feel that we should help the Haitian by raising funds and helping them to restructure their infrastructure. They are suffering right now and this is the least we can do for them. If the school organises a volunteering trip to Haiti, i would go for it and try to do as much for them.
Haiti cholera reaches Dominican Republic
17 November 2010 Last updated at 01:03 GMT
More than 1,000 Haitians have died of the disease, cholera. The Dominican authorities had stepped up border controls and health checks to try to stop cholera from spreading from Haiti but the disease had spread too rapidly that it's within their control right now. If the number of cases continues to increase at the same rate, then they are going to have to adopt some drastic measures to be able to treat people,"said MSF's head of mission Stefano Zannini." The country was already struggling to recover from a devastating earthquake in January and now they are having epidemic. It caused fear in Haiti.
I feel sad for the people in Haiti as not only do they have earthquake, they are having epidemic right now. Most of their infrastructure are damaged and i doubt they have the capital to rebuild it till the epidemic are over. I think that it will take a very long time for them to recover from all the illness and the loss of family members or friends. Sooner or later, the government would used up all their reserved to the country and no investor would want to invest in Haiti because of the natural disaster,earthquake, and the epidemic. In my opinion, i feel that we should help the Haitian by raising funds and helping them to restructure their infrastructure. They are suffering right now and this is the least we can do for them. If the school organises a volunteering trip to Haiti, i would go for it and try to do as much for them.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
http://sg.yfittopostblog.com/2010/11/10/men-armed-with-parangs-go-on-slashing-spree-in-bukit-panjang/
Gang armed with parangs go on slashing spree in Bukit Panjang
Victims, aged between 14 to 20, were assaulted in two separate incidents. It occurred in the night time in Bukit Panjang. All the victims were shocked and thought that the group of people were just kidding and didn't mean it. But it's actually not the truth. The gang from "Sah Lak Kau" (Hokkien for "369") did not even let a 8 years old boy off. They slashed and stabbed the victims merciless. The police are agitated and determined to hunt down the perpetrators and see to it that they are dealt with to the fullest extent of the law, regardless of their age.
Summary
In my opinion, i am glad that there are no death in this incident though there are many victims injured. I seriously think that the gang is really merciless and cold-blooded. How can they slash or stab people? Moreover, they are just teens, not even adult yet. I hope that the police can trace down the gang and disband it. They only do harm to the people and not anything else. I feel that they should put themselves in other's shoe. Don't they know that slashing people is offensive in Singapore and yet they did this. They should understand the consequences of their actions and face the music. I don't understand why do they have a gang in the first place. It is not cool to be in a gang or being a gangster. It just shows that they are ill-disciplined and no manners. I seriously hope that the police would arrest the gang as soon as possible and do justice for the victims!!
Gang armed with parangs go on slashing spree in Bukit Panjang
Victims, aged between 14 to 20, were assaulted in two separate incidents. It occurred in the night time in Bukit Panjang. All the victims were shocked and thought that the group of people were just kidding and didn't mean it. But it's actually not the truth. The gang from "Sah Lak Kau" (Hokkien for "369") did not even let a 8 years old boy off. They slashed and stabbed the victims merciless. The police are agitated and determined to hunt down the perpetrators and see to it that they are dealt with to the fullest extent of the law, regardless of their age.
Summary
In my opinion, i am glad that there are no death in this incident though there are many victims injured. I seriously think that the gang is really merciless and cold-blooded. How can they slash or stab people? Moreover, they are just teens, not even adult yet. I hope that the police can trace down the gang and disband it. They only do harm to the people and not anything else. I feel that they should put themselves in other's shoe. Don't they know that slashing people is offensive in Singapore and yet they did this. They should understand the consequences of their actions and face the music. I don't understand why do they have a gang in the first place. It is not cool to be in a gang or being a gangster. It just shows that they are ill-disciplined and no manners. I seriously hope that the police would arrest the gang as soon as possible and do justice for the victims!!
Thursday, November 4, 2010
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1090720/1/.html
Murder of teen at Downtown East mistaken for Halloween park
This article is about a teenager currently studying in Republic Polytechnic was being murdered at Downtown East on 30 November 2010. There were 4 suspects to the murder which the police had identified it is the youngsters. Many people around Downtown East thought that it was a prank as it was Halloween on that day and many people were celebrating it.So it was very chaotic, people don't know if this was a real stabbing or if was this an re-enactment or a prank done by some youngsters.
I seriously don't understand the mindset of the young generation now. I can understand why do they get angry when someone is staring at you as you won't be feeling comfortable but this doesn't mean that you have the rights to hit or injure people. We should always put ourselves in other people shoes and what if you are their parent? Won't you be sad and angry when your own children is injure and get bully every time? For every matter, there is always a solution to it. So we don't really have to go into fights to settle it. We can talk it out peacefully and everything can be solved. Doesn't that be more effective and both parties can still be friend. For this case, i feel that the 4 teenagers should take up responsibilities for what they did. They should face the music and reflect what they did. From what i heard, the victim is a young fine gentlemen and doesn't deserve this kind of treatment. From the day he died, we had lost one young fine man and i felt that it's wasted.I would like to give my deepest condolences to his family members. I know that it will be a shocking news for their family but they have to face it. So i sincerely wish that they can get over it and live their life as i believe that their deceased son wouldn't want them to be sad too.
Murder of teen at Downtown East mistaken for Halloween park
This article is about a teenager currently studying in Republic Polytechnic was being murdered at Downtown East on 30 November 2010. There were 4 suspects to the murder which the police had identified it is the youngsters. Many people around Downtown East thought that it was a prank as it was Halloween on that day and many people were celebrating it.So it was very chaotic, people don't know if this was a real stabbing or if was this an re-enactment or a prank done by some youngsters.
I seriously don't understand the mindset of the young generation now. I can understand why do they get angry when someone is staring at you as you won't be feeling comfortable but this doesn't mean that you have the rights to hit or injure people. We should always put ourselves in other people shoes and what if you are their parent? Won't you be sad and angry when your own children is injure and get bully every time? For every matter, there is always a solution to it. So we don't really have to go into fights to settle it. We can talk it out peacefully and everything can be solved. Doesn't that be more effective and both parties can still be friend. For this case, i feel that the 4 teenagers should take up responsibilities for what they did. They should face the music and reflect what they did. From what i heard, the victim is a young fine gentlemen and doesn't deserve this kind of treatment. From the day he died, we had lost one young fine man and i felt that it's wasted.I would like to give my deepest condolences to his family members. I know that it will be a shocking news for their family but they have to face it. So i sincerely wish that they can get over it and live their life as i believe that their deceased son wouldn't want them to be sad too.
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