Singapore's Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) has lifted the suspension on the import of milk and milk products from China AVA said that following its inspection of dairy farms, milk collection centres and food processing establishments in China, it is satisfied with the control measures in place to ensure that milk and milk products imported from China are not contaminated with melamine. Products produced by approved establishments on or after December 18 will be allowed into Singapore.AVA has also imposed additional import conditions for such Chinese products. These include mandatory batch testing of raw materials by manufacturers for melamine contamination and health certification by the Chinese authorities that consignments exported to Singapore have been tested and are melamine-free.AVA said it will continue to monitor the products imported into Singapore to ensure that they are safe for consumption.
Singapore is finally allowing China made dairy products to be sold in shops. before this, they had banned all China made dairy products as most of them had been tainted with melamine. Melamine is one of the major components in Pigment Yellow 150, a colorant in inks and plastics.
i am glad that this dairy scare is over as now we do not need to be worried about consuming china made products. but i also think that we should still be observant. the AVA says that it will be conducting suprise checks every now and again. this is a good precaution.
Six Singaporeans and 11 Malaysians were arrested in a joint operation, conducted from December 9 to 16, between Singapore's Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) and Malaysia's Narcotics Crime Investigation Department (NCID).Close to 26kg of Ketamine, 191g of Ice, 10,275 Erimin-5 tablets and 50 Ecstasy tablets were seized as part of the operation.Cash, suspected to be drug proceeds amounting to some S$14,400 and RM10,000, was also recovered.Seven Malaysia-registered cars were also seized. Among the Singaporeans arrested were a 49-year-old unemployed man, a 26-year-old hawker assistant and a 45-year-old unemployed drug syndicate leader CNB says the operation was the result of investigations into the Singaporean syndicate leader based in Johor Bahru, who was supplying drugs to traffickers in Singapore
the reason for conducting this search was because of the recent find of heroin in Singapore. the CNB joined forces with their malaysian counterparts to stop the circle of drug traffickers from selling drugs to innocent people and hurting them. i do not understand why people want to take drugs as they will only harm us instead of benifiting us. i think every child in Singapore should be educated on the dangers of drugs and what to do if they are offered drugs.
Friday 19 December 2008
Monday 15 December 2008
News report!!
no1) Panasonic has retrnched 17 workers,largely rank-and-file. The company's director of Corporate Communications for Panasonic Asia Pacific, Mr Katsumi Takahashi said the company made the cuts to improve the overall efficiency of its operations in Singapore and Batam.
It's also been in touch with the union to provide retraining and employment assistance for affected employees who have been with the company for an average of 15 years.Mr Takahashi added that the company has no plans at present to let more workers go.However, more layoffs could come by March next year and they're likely to come from the administrative departments.
I think this is due to the economy's downturn.i also feel sorry for the people who have been retrenched because now they have no jobs, so how can the people support their families? also, what if the person was the family's sole breadwinner? they would be in a huge mess. if this happened to one of our family members, what can we do? the only thing for us to is to keep our fingers crossed. hopefully, the economy will take a turn for the better next year.if not, who knows what will happen in the future?
no2) Singapore students have once again done well in Science and Mathematics at an international study. The latest Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) looked at the subjects at the Primary 4 and Secondary 2 levels. In Science, Singapore ranked first in both primary and secondary levels.As for Primary 4 Mathematics, Singapore was second with a score of 599, eight points behind leaders Hong Kong.Taiwan was ranked third and Japan fourth.For Secondary 2 Mathematics, Singapore was third behind Taiwan and Korea with only five points separating the three.
this is a very impressive achivement. i also think that instead of only doing the primary 4 and secondary 2 levels, they should do it for all of the levels so it can be more of a challenge. i think that if singapore tries harder, we can be first for primary and secondary maths and science.i also think that the children in hong kong must be very smart.in the news, they mentioned that singapore The TIMSS study also affirmed that Singapore schools are well-equipped with Science laboratories, and resources are readily available for Mathematics and Science instruction. In addition, Singapore schools are ranked the highest or second highest internationally when it comes to providing students with a safe and conducive environment for learning.this also a very good recognition to have
It's also been in touch with the union to provide retraining and employment assistance for affected employees who have been with the company for an average of 15 years.Mr Takahashi added that the company has no plans at present to let more workers go.However, more layoffs could come by March next year and they're likely to come from the administrative departments.
I think this is due to the economy's downturn.i also feel sorry for the people who have been retrenched because now they have no jobs, so how can the people support their families? also, what if the person was the family's sole breadwinner? they would be in a huge mess. if this happened to one of our family members, what can we do? the only thing for us to is to keep our fingers crossed. hopefully, the economy will take a turn for the better next year.if not, who knows what will happen in the future?
no2) Singapore students have once again done well in Science and Mathematics at an international study. The latest Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) looked at the subjects at the Primary 4 and Secondary 2 levels. In Science, Singapore ranked first in both primary and secondary levels.As for Primary 4 Mathematics, Singapore was second with a score of 599, eight points behind leaders Hong Kong.Taiwan was ranked third and Japan fourth.For Secondary 2 Mathematics, Singapore was third behind Taiwan and Korea with only five points separating the three.
this is a very impressive achivement. i also think that instead of only doing the primary 4 and secondary 2 levels, they should do it for all of the levels so it can be more of a challenge. i think that if singapore tries harder, we can be first for primary and secondary maths and science.i also think that the children in hong kong must be very smart.in the news, they mentioned that singapore The TIMSS study also affirmed that Singapore schools are well-equipped with Science laboratories, and resources are readily available for Mathematics and Science instruction. In addition, Singapore schools are ranked the highest or second highest internationally when it comes to providing students with a safe and conducive environment for learning.this also a very good recognition to have
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