Satanic Verses

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Satan Lee :

CNA 11 July 2008 : "We're going to move into a new plateau, new platform. You can see it visibly before your eyes. In 5 years, it will be good. In 10 years, wonderful"

ST 25 Oct 2008 : 'My own guess is if the banking system does not malfunction, then in three, four, five years, the world economy will be restored."

but ..........

Sissy Lim ST 22 Nov 2008 : "Right now any forecast (on unemployment rate)...will be just pure speculation. Nobody can say with a sufficiently high level of confidence what's going to happen to the global economy"

Ouch !!! Sissy Lim slap Satan Lee !!! Ole !!! Next !!

Satan Lee 10 Nov 2008 : "The Government has to be prudent. Everyone has to put up with some austerity until the economy turns around when the world economy picks up."

("Everyone" incl PAP semi-gods n demi-demons ???)

but ........

Convict Tharman ST 22 Nov 2008 when asked if senior officers and leaders in the public sector would lead by example and take pay cuts in difficult times) : "We're not here to grandstand"

Ouch !!! Another minion slap his Satan master !!! Ole !!! They like to move it move it ........... Next !!

Convict Tharman ST 22 Nov 2008 : "The January 2009 package will be a significant package. It will kick in early in the first quarter of next year. In other words, ahead of the next fiscal year. But it has to be borne in mind that we're already running a significantly expansionary Budget. We're working out the details of the Jan 2009 Budget. These are important details and it's best not to rush them through. You want to make sure the measures are as effective as possible in helping businesses and households but also preparing ourselves for recovery."

but .............

Halimah Yaacob CNA 22 Nov 2008 : "If you were to wait till January, I'll be really very worried because working on the ground, we know that things are moving at a very rapid pace. The rate at which companies are going into shorter work weeks, going into temporary layoffs, cutting OT, it is escalating. So, if the government were to wait till January when Budget is announced, it is really too late."

Ouch !!! Mafia against mafia !!! Left hand slap right hand !!! Oh yeeaaaaaaahhh !!! They like to move it move it, she likes to move it move it, he likes to move it move it ..........

Sissy Lim ST 22 Nov 2008 : "In the private sector, we expect to see many in senior management take a bigger cut in total wages than rank-and-file workers. In the public sector, likewise, I think flexibility has been enhanced over the years."

When times R gd, evil PAP ministars wanna hv pte sector stellar pay, but when time bad, pte sector snr mgr take pay cut but PAP ministar how ???? .... Like wat Tharman say lor ........... "We're not here to grandstand"

Ole !!!! He likes to move it move it, they like to move it move it ..... Ole !!!!!

Mah Bowel Dung CNA 22 Nov 2008 : "I think the current priority is to help the lower income. Because I foresee that the economic situation will start to impact the lower income more at this point in time."

Seeing wat is oredy happening is call "foresee" ?? LOL Moron !!!! He likes to move it move it ....... Ole !!!

SG back to Africa ... dirt world gov, dirt world IQ !!! Ole !!!!!!!! Enjoy !!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x3W6hutEj8

 

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When rhetoric n reality R wrap up all in 1, Mah Bowel Dung hypocrisy bcums really bright !!!!

ST Nov 23, 2008
It's town councils' duty to explain investments: Mah
Residents must be informed how sinking funds are invested and of the risks taken

Town councils must be accountable to their residents for what they do with the money they collect from them, said National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan.

But the Government should not meddle with how these funds are managed, just as it does not interfere with the town councils' other operations.

:( Rhetoric (aka Lie) ................

'Each town council has the duty to explain to its residents how it invests its funds, what is its philosophy, what are the risks it takes,' said Mr Mah at a green event, Everyone Go Green Day, in Tampines yesterday.

'And demonstrate that it has made those decisions in a manner which is fair, reasonable and which residents would agree with.'

He was asked to respond to news that emerged last week that eight of the 14 town councils run by the People's Action Party have invested about $16 million in troubled structured products.

These include Minibonds linked to bankrupt United States investment bank Lehman Brothers and the now worthless Merrill Lynch Jubilee Series 3 LinkEarner Notes.

The town council in Mr Mah's Tampines GRC ward had $250,000 invested in Lehman Brothers bonds.

The investments came from the town councils' sinking funds, which are amassed from residents for long-term cyclical maintenance, including lift upgrading.

The Government stipulates that 20 to 25 per cent of money collected from monthly service and conservancy charges must go to a sinking fund.

But 'how that sinking fund is to be invested ultimately depends on the various town councils', said Mr Mah, in his first comments on the matter.

:( Reality (aka Exposed)

:oIo: Yep !!! His 1st focking comment aft it was exposed in Parl 17 Nov 2008 !! N he's telling peasants ONLY NOW dat TC must come explain to residents how TC invest n how much it lose !!!!

Last December, the Government introduced a cap limiting the councils' investments in non-government stocks, funds or securities to 35 per cent of their sinking funds.

Town councils can choose to put that 35 per cent in fixed deposits too, but it may give returns lower than inflation in the long run, he said.

The Government's job is to make sure that there are sufficient funds so residents' needs are taken care of.

To this end, Mr Mah said his ministry is looking at how to measure the performance of the town councils - 'KPI, as it were', he said. KPI stands for key performance indicators, a set of quantifiable measures used to gauge or compare performance in relation to goals set.

Results will also be published so residents know where their town councils rank.

 

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CNA 25 Nov 2008, 'Wat to do' Loong :

"I think one more very important thing apart from specific measures is to maintain confidence and make sure people know that they are not in this alone. The government is helping them. That they have to work together to deal with the problem and they also have to make maximum efforts because you cannot just sit there and wait and be carried along to have the problem solved. You have to make your own effort and that's the political responsibility of the government."

Paraphrase : PAP gov job is to get U pathetic peasants to solve ur own problem. PAP gov responsibility is tock n order u around.

 

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If ever there got a news to show SG kangaroo court favor the rich (remember CK Tang Tang Wee Sung kidney trade case ??), tis one is classic !!!

ST Nov 25, 2008
Bribery bid: Why driver wasn't jailed
Why just a fine instead? Because cop had initiated chat with him, judge says

A POLICE officer's move to strike up a conversation with an errant motorist swayed a judge to fine the accused for offering a bribe instead of sentencing him to a jail term.

Businessman Lim Teck Choon, a prominent Malaysian community leader, was caught for dangerous driving along Woodlands Road in October last year.

While waiting for a police vehicle to arrive and escort Lim, 56, to the Traffic Police Headquarters, the arresting officer, Sergeant Pah Wenxiang, decided to break the ice by 'being friendly' with the accused.

After a trial in July, District Judge Jasvender Kaur fined Lim $15,000 for the attempted bribery, although he could have been fined up to $100,000 and/or jailed up to five years. The prosecution appealed and is pressing for a jail term instead.

:oIo:Wat is $15k to a biz man ??? A small % of monthly income !!!

As part of the appeal process, the judge elaborated on her decision in a written judgment released recently. She said she felt that Lim 'would not have said what he said' had the police officer not started the conversation.

:oIo: So police suppose to keep quiet n just arrest the focker, no explanation, no sound ???

Details of the conversation in question surfaced during the trial.

Lim told Sgt Pah he was a businessman with interests on both sides of the Causeway. He also said he owned plantations in Pengerang, near Kota Tinggi, and they ended up 'talking about fishing and hunting on the plantations'.

Lim also operates a crane leasing business in Singapore. He is a community leader in the town of Kampong Jawa in Johor, where he is deputy chairman of the Malaysian Chinese Association branch. His three grown-up children live and work here with their mother.

In the course of the conversation, Lim told Sgt Pah in Mandarin: 'You should let me go. We can be friends. If you ever visit Malaysia, I will take care of you.'

Sgt Pah told Lim it was an offence to let him off with a bribe. Lim said 'OK' and left it at that.

:oIo: By the armpit of Shiva !!! U mean dat's is wat the SG kangaroo court call a "conversation" ???

Nevertheless, Sgt Pah filed a complaint about the attempted bribery later.

In the written judgment, the judge said of the conversation initiated by the police officer: 'While this in no way excuses what the accused did, it puts into proper context his culpability.'

She said the sentence would depend on the seriousness of the offence, the circumstances in which it was committed and his degree of guilt for the charge.

During the trial, Sgt Pah initially said he started the conversation but later, under cross-examination, claimed it was Lim who started the chat.

The judge deemed it 'significant' that once Sgt Pah told Lim it was an offence to offer a bribe, he backed off.

:oIo: Back off = It didn't happen ????

She said a jail term was neither 'necessary nor desirable' and a substantial fine sufficed. Lim was also fined $2,500 and banned from driving for six months for the driving offence.

 

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Python Teo Ho Pimp : "We recognise that the amount invested in Lehman Brothers’ related products is not a small sum in absolute terms ($16 million), even though it is ONLY 0.8 per cent of the funds."

Clearing the air
TODAY
Thursday • November 27, 2008

RESIDENTS have been wondering why town councils accumulate sinking funds, how these are managed, and have called for more clarity about their investments.

Yesterday, Dr Teo Ho Pin, coordinating chairman of the 14 PAP town councils, issued a reply to these questions, which appeared in recent letters to the press.

But not all queries were addressed. For instance, will service and conservancy charges increase if town councils are unable to recoup the losses?

When contacted, Dr Teo told Today that residents do not have to worry, as “whether town council charges increase is not dependent on town council investment returns”. “Town council charges are used for current maintenance charges and the funds in the sinking funds are used for cyclical maintenance like maintenance of lifts,” he said.

:oIo: Dat means it's dependent on town council investment LOSSES !!!

When asked if town councils might lose more money from their other investments, Dr Teo said that he did not have the details of their investments and declined comment about his town council, Holland-Bukit Panjang.

:oIo: Liar alert !! Liar alert !! He has no detail, then who has? So much dirty secret he can't reveal info abt his own TC !!!

Other questions that residents had raised included whether there is a cap on surplus funds that can be accumulated by town councils and what amount is considered to be sufficient.

According to some town councils’financial reports, the annual surpluses ranged from $345,000 (Holland-Bukit Panjang) to $4.373 million (Ang Mo Kio-Yio Chu Kang). Generally, the surpluses exceeded$2 million.

Town councils get their operating income from S&C fees, agency fees and other income. For example, Holland-Bukit Panjang collected $36 million in the financial year which ended in March. But it transferred $11 million to its sinking funds, which was the minimum required of it by law, leaving it with a deficit after expenditure is taken into account. But with Government grants, given to all town councils, it ended with a surplus. Its sinking funds, from residential and commercial properties, was about $116 million. Other town councils, for example, have sinking funds of about $182 million (Ang Mo Kio-Yio Chu Kang) and $62 million (Tampines).

Going forward, will town councils rethink their investment strategies, residents also asked.

With the uncertain investment climate ahead, it will be timely to review the investment strategy, Dr Teo told 938LIVE.

:oIo: If he oredy insist the investment loss is ONLY a small portion, Y review ??? N to think tis liar wif no integrity is supported by some Oppo politician !!!

“The government has given a two-year guarantee for deposits in the bank, so I think it’s prudent for town councils to put more money in fixed deposits ... We can also consider putting more investments in government securities,” he said.

 

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Nov 27, 2008
Operators seek tax relief for dormant cabs
With more taxis being repossessed, firms seek to have road tax shelved while cabs are off-road

IN AN unprecedented move, taxi companies have asked the Land Transport Authority (LTA) to suspend tax payments on their unused taxis, as more and more cabbies are seeing their taxis repossessed.

:oIo: Who's fault? Peasants ??

Industry sources say there are more than 1,000 cabs - a higher than usual number - waiting for potential drivers, out of the 24,000 registered taxis.

Representatives from the six cab companies met LTA officers last Thursday to discuss the difficulties the companies are facing during this economic downturn.

:oIo: 1 go all go. 1 complain all complain. 1 get all get. N the evil PAP dare say no taxi cartel in SG !!

To save on operating costs, they are considering laying up their unused taxis.

Laying up a vehicle means road tax payments are temporarily suspended and the clock on certificates of entitlement (COE) is stopped as well.

:oIo: Yar !! Only taxi coys feel the pinch in economic downturn, commuters feel very rich lah !!

Take, for example, a six-year-old 2,000cc Hyundai Sonata taxi.

If it were to be taken off the road for a year, stopping the clock would mean there would still be four years left on its 10-year COE instead of three.

The company would also not have to pay road tax of $1,020 for the year and a $5,100 special tax.

The extra concession being sought is that the vehicle retains its scrap value while it is laid up. This is not the case now under current LTA rules.

If the proposal is approved, the industry as a whole is likely to save about $5million over a six-month period, assuming there are 1,200 unused taxis.

LTA said it is still assessing the proposal and nothing has been decided at this time.

:oIo: If taxi coys can, Y not all car owners ??? Park my car at car park most of the time, can suspend Rd tax n COE or not ????

The Straits Times understands that the proposal was an effort led by the smaller players - Premier Taxis, Prime Taxis, Smart Automobile and Trans-Cab - which are feeling the pinch of not being able to rent out their taxis.

Smart, with about 800 taxis, says the number of unhired taxis has risen in recent times to just under 10per cent now.

Company managing director Johnny Harjantho said: 'If LTA approves the proposal, then whatever rebates we get, we can channel part of it back to the drivers to help them out.'

ComfortDelGro, the largest operator here with about 15,000 taxis, says its number of unhired cabs has remained fairly consistent at 3per cent.

SMRT Taxis, the second-biggest player with about 3,000 cabs, said its rate had increased slightly.

It added that if the proposal were approved, it would help the firm cut operating costs, which are higher than last year due to the spike earlier this year in diesel prices.

Mr Harjantho said that while he hoped the proposal would be approved 'as soon as possible', the other key consideration was how to win back passengers.

'We don't blame the drivers...we know that it is really a tough time for them,' he said.

He suggested that the fare structure be reassessed, especially the 35per cent peak hour surcharge which was introduced last year.

Comfort, which usually takes the lead in any fare changes, said it was monitoring the market situation.

 

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Self praise is no praise ..... dengue in ctrl? But ....

Chikungunya 1st case 14th Jan 2008, by 8th Nov 2008 350 cases ...

Well done Tai Ji Choong, truly Tai Chi !!!!

Fewer dengue cases as control measures take effect
Posted: 28 November 2008 2243 hrs

SINGAPORE : The National Environment Agency (NEA) has said that the number of dengue cases has gone down.

There have been more than 5,900 dengue fever cases this year.

Three people died from the virus between January and September.

According to the NEA, the number of dengue cases tends to peak every six or seven years.

The number of cases at each peak tends to rise every cycle.

The last three cycles saw spikes in the number of dengue cases in 1992, 1998 and 2005, with cases seeing a peak in 2005.

However, 2008 has bucked the trend with 30 per cent fewer cases reported compared to last year.

The NEA said this is because control measures were taken early.

Tai Ji Choong, head of operations, Environmental Health Department, NEA, said: "We managed to achieve this through a few critical strategies. We did a pre-emptive surveillance of all the critical areas in the town councils with cover rooftops, water tanks, pump rooms and drains. At the same time, we also prioritise inspections of communities and residential estates which are very susceptible to dengue outbreaks. So by putting all these strategies together, we managed to buck the trend."

As at mid-November, NEA has detected some 8,000 mosquito breeding sites.

This is 50 per cent more than the number detected over the same period last year.

The NEA has urged homeowners to be more vigilant to help control the spread of dengue. - CNA/ms

 

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Some news must be read wif clarity .... if u got patience, read the next 5 news, then ask tis qn ... "Is MOH finally panicking fr foot dragging fer too long ?" Enjoy folks ........ in 2 parts
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Nursing home steps in to quell tuberculosis fears
TODAY
Friday • August 11, 2006

SOME 17 people at Ling Kwang Home for Senior Citizens have been identified to be positive for non-infectious tuberculosis.

However, this is not unusual or any cause for alarm, says the home's resident doctor, Dr Chia Kiat Swan.

He explained that the 16 people — foreign healthcare workers and one resident — identified by the TB Control Unit (TBCU) are only "potentially infected", meaning that they may have a case of latent TB where the bacteria is inactive.

Latent TB occurs when a person is infected initially, but the immune system limits the spread of the disease. TB is only infectious and considered active if it has spread to the lungs, when it is known as pulmonary TB.

All 17 are now being treated with medication as a precautionary measure as there is a less than 10 per cent chance that they may develop TB later in life.

These figures are not alarming in the context of overall TB infections in Singapore, he added.

"There is no outbreak confirmed by the Ministry of Health and TBCU," said Dr Chia, responding to an article in Today ("TB outbreak and an outcry", July 21) which reported 10 cases of non-infectious TB cases identified at the nursing home.

An "outbreak", he says, only occurs when a source of infection is identified and he or she has spread the disease to more people.

In the July 21 article, staff had also voiced concerns of possible safety lapses due to a "no wastage project" in the home where masks and gloves were reduced.

Addressing this, Dr Chia said that the infections were not linked to the programme, as the first identified patient was already non-infectious at that time.

The rational for the exercise, which adhered to ministry guidelines on infection control, was to cut down on unnecessary use of masks and gloves, explained Ms Mary Fan, the home's senior executive officer.

"As with all voluntary welfare organisations, finances are always tight. There are many patients whose families owe money to the home," she said. "So where we can be prudent in our expenditure we try our very best."

Stressing that the home "in no way denied our staff masks and gloves in the functioning of their duties", she added: "There may have been a few healthcare workers who perceived it wrongly or did not understand things clearly. Our communications are always open, if you have any issue you can come to us. During that period, no one had approached us at all."

— SHERALYN TAY
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March 21, 2007
TB cases drop to record low
By Lee Hui Chieh

THE number of Singaporeans infected by tuberculosis (TB) has plunged by nearly a third over the last nine years.

Last year, a record low of 1,256 people had it, down from the most recent peak in 1998, when 1,810 people were diagnosed with the infectious respiratory disease.

In the 1960s, 300 out of every 100,000 Singaporeans were diagnosed as fresh cases every year. Last year, the figure stood at 34.8 out of every 100,000 Singaporeans.

The Ministry of Health, giving an update on the TB situation here ahead of World Tuberculosis Day on Saturday, credited the drop in the number of infections here to a national programme started in 1997 to check its spread.
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June 9, 2007
Vietnam man with drug-resistant TB spent few days here
By Lee Hui Chieh
A STUBBORN and often fatal form of tuberculosis, known as extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis, or XDR-TB, made a fleeting appearance here this year.

A Vietnamese man who was here in January for treatment, and later found to be afflicted with this type of TB, was in a hospital here for a few days before going home.

The Health Ministry has judged his stay here as having been of no significant threat to public health.

A ministry spokesman told The Straits Times that he did not have prolonged close contact with people while here, so contact tracing was not needed.

It was also unlikely that he infected anyone on his flight home to Vietnam as the trip would have taken less than four hours and was too short.

The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that contact tracing be done for passengers seated within two rows of an infectious TB patient - but only for flights exceeding eight hours.

Global concern over XDR-TB is mounting, as it kills three in four of those infected.

The WHO declared it a potential new pandemic last year, and called on governments to provide US$95 million (S$146 million) to fight it this year.

Last month, XDR-TB infected American lawyer Andrew Speaker made the headlines when he became the first person in 44 years to be ordered into quarantine by the United States government.

Ignoring medical advice, he had flown from Atlanta to Paris, and then Montreal in Canada before returning home.

The Vietnamese man who sought treatment here was warded in an isolation room.

Doctors who suspected he had drug-resistant TB took sputum samples for testing.

But as six to eight weeks were needed for the test results to be ready, the man went home. He was asked to wear a mask in public.

When the results revealed in early April that he had XDR-TB, doctors advised him to seek treatment in Vietnam, and informed the health authorities there about it.

The man died later that month.

TB, the symptoms of which include a prolonged cough, bloody sputum and fever, spreads through droplets exhaled by infectious patients.

Its more stubborn strain, multi drug-resistant TB (MDR-TB), emerged about 15 years ago, followed more recently by the even hardier XDR-TB.

These strains take a longer time to treat and are more likely to kill infected patients.

Most patients with the regular strain of TB recover after daily doses of three to four drugs taken over six to nine months.

The condition is considered multi drug-resistant when the two most powerful drugs do not work. Treatment then involves five to six second-line drugs taken over 18 months to two years.

XDR-TB does not respond to the two most potent second-line drugs. Whatever still works is then prescribed.

The WHO estimated that 8.8 million people contracted TB in 2005. About 424,000 people had MDR-TB; 27,000 had XDR-TB.

In Singapore, 1,256 Singaporeans were newly diagnosed with TB last year, a record low. In the last two years, about 20 MDR-TB cases were treated here.

The Health Ministry spokesman said that the best protection for the community from TB and its more stubborn strains was to ensure early diagnosis and treatment of any case of infectious TB.

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NO SIGNIFICANT RISK

'We assessed that the patient did not pose a significant public health risk while he was in Singapore, as he did not have prolonged close contact with other persons. Contact tracing was thus not necessary.'
HEALTH MINISTRY SPOKESMAN

 

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TB rate here high for First World; foreigners a third of cases
By Tan Hui Leng, TODAY | Posted: 21 March 2008 0736 hrs

SINGAPORE: It might seem like a disease out of place and time in a First World city, but surprisingly, tuberculosis (TB) is some 75 per cent more prevalent in Singapore than in most developed countries.

Last year, the Republic had 1,256 new TB cases. This worked out to 35.1 cases per 100,000 residents, slightly down from the previous year's 35.6 cases.

Even so, this incidence rate is high, compared to the fewer than 20 cases per 100,000 residents in most developed countries. And about a third, or 36 per cent, of new TB cases here in 2006 comprised foreigners, according to the Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association (SATA).

The figures were released by SATA and the Ministry of Health (MOH) to mark World TB Day next Monday.

Among the foreigners with TB, three-quarters were work permit holders. The number of new TB cases among short-stay non-residents also increased by 41 cases to hit 391.

SATA's acting medical director Dr Tan Sai Tiang said foreigners who are detected with TB during their mandatory health screening in Singapore will be denied a work permit or social visit pass. Even so, some foreigners either contract TB in Singapore — the disease can be contagious in crowded environments such as workers' quarters — or pick it up during a spell in their home country. Such cases are treated with medication or isolated if necessary.

But "whether they are foreigners or locals, those with TB pose the same contagious risk to the community", Dr Tan noted.

TB can spread through the air via respiratory droplets. The bacteria is also very hardy and can lie dormant in the body for many years.

In Singapore, the word TB used to sound the death knell for many. "In the old days, TB was highly contagious, as many people lived close together, sometimes under unsanitary conditions, and their immune systems were bad," said Dr Tan.

That could explain why more than half the new cases last year were seniors aged 50 or older — as they could have been exposed to the virus earlier in their lives.

SATA provides free basic TB treatment (costing more than $1,000 over six months) to Singaporeans, permanent residents, work permit holders or their dependents living here.

It is important for TB patients to complete the full treatment course — failure to do so could lead to a relapse, as in the case of resistant strains.

In 2006, there were 137 cases of relapse, mostly in patients aged 50 and above.

Under the Infectious Diseases Act, the MOH carries out public health enforcement measures against those who persistently default on treatment.

Since July 2004, legal notices have been issued to 91 TB patients, requiring them to undergo directly-observed therapy, in which the medication is taken under the supervision of a healthcare worker. Of these, 45 have completed their treatment, 40 are still on treatment and six have died.

While drug resistance in TB cases is a worldwide concern, Singapore saw only four cases of multi-drug-resistant TB last year.

It is compulsory for children to be vaccinated against TB but the vaccine is not 100-per-cent fool-proof and lasts for just 15 years. "However, we are not commonly exposed to TB in Singapore because of our good sanitation and living conditions," said Dr Tan.

If one does contract TB, the good news is, "TB is curable in almost all cases", said SATA chief executive Dolly Goh.

"There is more work to be done to reduce the incidence of TB to a level commensurate with our First World status."

- TODAY/so
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TB rising in Singapore, contact tracing to be implemented
By Pearl Forss, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 28 November 2008 1632 hrs

SINGAPORE: About 700 new cases of tuberculosis or TB were reported among Singapore residents in the first six months of 2008 compared to 1,256 cases for the whole of last year.

The projected incidence of TB this year is 38.4 per 100,000, higher than the 35.1 per 100,000 in 2007.

To tackle the rise, the Health Ministry will place TB under the Sixth Schedule of the Infectious Diseases Act from December 1.

With the change, the ministry can now disclose particulars of the TB patient to the relevant authorities, and contact tracing can be carried out for infectious TB patients who have travelled on long-haul flights.

Infectious TB patients will also be prohibited from travelling on commercial flights, and recalcitrant TB patients will be required to complete treatment.

Those who continue to default their treatment may also be detained at the Communicable Diseases Centre at Tan Tock Seng Hospital till they are cured.

TB is a treatable disease, and it can spread through close prolonged contact such as sitting close to a person with TB on the plane.

86 per cent of the increase in TB cases in 2008 was among persons aged 50 and above.

The Health Ministry said these older adults went through periods when TB was highly prevalent, and they would have acquired latent infection in those early years and are manifesting the disease now.

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) is the only disease listed on the Sixth Schedule. It was gazetted in 2003 for contact tracing of possible Sars cases and the management of people on Home Quarantine Orders.

- CNA/ir

 

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Dec 6, 2008
Where is Mas Selamat?
ZAKIR HUSSAIN

'We don't know. He could be here, he could be overseas. We have tried our best to make sure that he doesn't go anywhere but short though our borders may be, they are difficult to watch all the time. Conceivably, he might have gone off but we don't know.

'What is the lesson out of this? Never let your guard down. We made a mistake. He's a very determined man and he was more alert and he outwitted us and outsmarted us and he's one up on us.

:oIo:Multi million $$ cabinet n the ans is "don't know". Police commissioner head of Interpol n the best they can do is "don't know". So wat they know? Oh .... they know MSK is smarter than the multi million $$ cabinet n police force cockroaches .... Y not just pay MSK 2b SG PM n send bleeding ass Loong to the sewers !!!!!

But the game is not over and one day we will catch him.'

PM Lee, replying to a question on where fugitive JI leader Mas Selamat Kastari could be.

Mas Selamat escaped from the Whitley Road Detention Centre in February, sparking a massive manhunt.

 

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ST 6 Dec 2008 "MSK is smarter than me" Loong on whether views at Speakers' Corner are constructive feedback :

"I don't think the Government depends on feedback by having listeners at the Speakers' Corner. If we put listeners there, you would say the Government is everywhere snooping on people. You can say anything you like at Speakers' Corner, have no fear; nobody is eavesdropping on you. We have many channels of feedback. People who want to talk to the Government come to talk to us, people who want to e-mail us do so with the Feedback Unit, now called Reach. Those who go to the Speakers' Corner aren't targeting the Government. They want to make a statement to the world at large. I think we are happy to provide them a little, very beautiful park in which they can do so."

:oIo: There U hv it folks !!! U want gov to listen? Tock to 'em ... n watch how they ignore U or silent U. U can oso email to Feedback unit, they just click delete button, end of complain. U go to Hong Lim Park kow pei kow bu, gov ignore u like some mad man ... so when does gov listen to U ??? When u hv US$10m in asset n owns a coy dat produce a profit dat is a % of the SG GDP such dat it can be seen when shown as a pie chart !!!!

 

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Dec 6, 2008
Fewer PRC nationals than reported

THE Special Report, 'Young dragons' (Nov 22) gave some gross overestimates of the number of PRC nationals in Singapore.

Our records show that the total number of persons from all Asian countries (excluding South-east Asia) who are in Singapore is 852,000. This includes China, India, Bangladesh and 30 other countries. Hence the number of PRC nationals is obviously only a fraction of that, and not 'close to one million' as cited in the report.

:oIo: So if include Malaysians, Cambodians, Vietnamese, Burmese, Indonesians, Thais, Philippinos, how many foreigners in SG ???

Likewise, the number of nationals from these same countries who have acquired permanent residence or Singapore citizenship over the past 20 years is 239,000. Again, only a fraction would have been PRC nationals, and not 'between 300,000 and 400,000', as estimated by the Tian Fu Club.

Likewise, how man Malaysians, Cambodians, Vietnamese, Burmese, Indonesians, Thais, Philippinos bcum citizens ???? Dirty Bitch Ong dun dare tell whole story, Y bother reply at all focking Satan's whore !!!!

Ong-Kong Yong Sin (Mrs)
Senior Public & Internal Communications Executive
Immigration & Checkpoints Authority

 

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Satan Lee ST 3 Dec 2008 :

"If you just educate them (women) and keep them at home, they are back to the old pattern of life, and they are home makers and they produce children. In many Islamic countries, you have that situation. They have educated wives and no job opportunities so they are kept at home and have big families....

:oIo: Just old Satan's way of saying educated women R pigs which will produce babies by the dozens if the fascist PAP cult do not get 'em out of their fock bed into the work force .... Satan Lee condemn low uneducated women to produce less, Satan Lee oso condemn educated women to produce less, the result is plain to C ....

- ST 3 Dec 2008, Clinton Global Initiative Asia meeting, insulting women as pigs

 

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Diversion alert !!! Diversion alert !!! Evil fascist satanic PAP cult gov to divert attention fr PAP corruption to Oppo estate not clean !!!!

ST Dec 7, 2008
How town councils will be assessed
Senior Minister of State for National Development Grace Fu yesterday shed light on the upcoming grading system of town councils and how their funds are currently managed

Q: How will town councils be assessed?

A: We want to implement a performance management system that will help to grade, as well as benchmark, the performance of town councils, and which will include indicators such as cleanliness, maintenance standards and the performance of lifts.

:oIo: Fock U lah Satan's whore !!! People asking Y TC need to horde BILLIONS yet raise SnC charge, n u cum out wif stoopid assessment system on whether floor got dust n lif can move !!!!

We hope to make that public probably in 12 months' time.

Q: Will revisions be made to investment guidelines?

A: There are clear guidelines on what they can spend on and invest in. We believe that setting a limit of 35per cent on the products that they can invest in is a very good way to balance the risks they are exposed to.

We don't intend to micro-manage how they invest those funds.

At 35per cent, where the other 65per cent basically has to be in deposits and government bonds, we believe it is a very safe instrument. A level of 35per cent for them to try to make investments work, I think, is a very reasonable limit.

:oIo: In short, can lose all 35% of $$ n still OK wif demonic PAP cult lah !!!

We would like to monitor the adequacy of their sinking fund.

We may look into other indicators on financial management, like how they manage their arrears and how fast they collect their S&CC (service and conservancy charge) and so on.

:oIo: Wat an unrepentent slime hole !!! Now wana focus on getting TC to collect their $$ even faster n more aggressive to cover fer investment losses !!!! Evil, very evil !!!

We're looking at a whole series of indicators.

Q: What's the best way to keep town councils' fund management in check?

A: I think, like all companies, we have to rely on published financial statements that are audited, prepared to accounting standards, so that there is credibility in reports. We should not respond to ad hoc requests on latest investment positions - that will not be fair to town councils; otherwise they will not have time to do their work.

:oIo: Yeah rite !! Might as well wait 52 man yrs to disclose "investment positions"

I think reporting at accounting periods, showing sufficient information according to the guidelines we have, audited by auditors that show that there is credibility in numbers, is really the best position to go.

Q: Will residents be given more say in town councils' future investments?

A: I think residents should be given a say not just in investments, but in all decisions town councils are making, including the cleaning standards, maintenance standards and so on. So we should focus attention on performance of town councils on a holistic basis.

Residents should engage town councils and town councils should really provide the consultation process with residents but not just solely on investments.

:oIo: Twice in same breath !!! Get it peasants ??? Pls dun ask 'em abt investment loss any more bcus they R Bzy collecting arrears n bringing defaulters to Court !!!

Q: How can conservancy charges be kept low?

A: Through the Energy Save Programme, the target is to reduce energy consumption in the common areas by 30 per cent over a five-year period for all HDB estates. This is equivalent to estimated annual savings of about $36 million across all town councils, or 8 per cent of the town councils' annual operating expenditure, when fully implemented.

Energy-efficient products like T5 lamps for common corridors and high-powered compact fluorescent lamps for outdoor lighting will be introduced.

:oIo: Yeah sure .... any one of those can B done wif economy of scale + PAP using taxpayers $$ to help only PAP TC ... guess wat is nest ? Yep !!! Oppo TC kena rated low bcus no enuff $$ to spend putting new tiles n tearing out again, or replace all old lighting wif cheap ones supplied by PAP graaroots cronies !!!!!

I FOCK U Satan Whore disGRACE FOOL !!!!!

 

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Sissy Sia Suay Lim has been givin' advice fer a long while ......

"Yes, the cost of living has gone up, but it does not mean your $10 has become $5 because you did not spend all your $10 to buy rice. You spent only 22 cents to buy rice. That leaves you with $9.78 to buy many other items. If you look at the total package, then the increase is not as alarming"

"When times are good, we will all progress together to achieve greater heights. But when times are bad, we will also share our burdens together."

"Foreigners become a convenient scapegoat."

"We want to give our mature workers the respect and dignity they truly deserve."

"The way we tackle inflation in Singapore is different from other countries. Here in Singapore, we are very clear that high inflation is here today and all of us have to face it because it's a global phenomenon"

"It's not the purpose of the government to make the people suffer more. It doesn't make sense that our government wants the people to suffer under high inflation. The purpose of ERP increases is not to increase revenue for the government. The one and only purpose of ERP increases is to manage traffic congestion in Singapore. If there is no traffic congestion, there will be no ERP increases."

"Even as you make more money for yourself, don't forget to do community work...don't forget to donate to charity."

"The worse thing that any country does at a time of high inflation would be for the unions and workers to push for wage inflation. Wage inflation is different from wage increment. Wage inflation means you are pushing up wages to fully offset the inflation"

“Every month, when I receive my CPF statement, I feel so rich and the best part is, I know the CPF money won’t run away. CPF will still be around for a long, long time to come… Not only is it earning good interest, my capital is protected.”

"You don't feed the chicken with oil, so egg prices do not go down."

"Our slogan is 'upturn the downturn'"

So shld we take tis focker seriously ??? Let him ans the qn him self ...

ST 12 Dec 2008 :

"You seldom see me speaking so seriously, but I'm not in the mood to tell any jokes. I'm very worried."

Get it ??

 

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ST Dec 12, 2008
TOWN COUNCIL INVESTMENTS
2 PAP town councils open up

Holland-Bukit Panjang and Pasir Ris-Punggol explain their investments to residents

TWO People's Action Party (PAP) town councils, which together had invested $12 million in troubled structured products, are giving their residents a more detailed explanation of their investments.

Holland-Bukit Panjang Town Council will send a circular - in the four official languages - to every one of its 53,000 households today.

:oIo: O yeah !! A circular, so sincere ah ??!! A circular containing circular justifications ???

Its chairman, Dr Teo Ho Pin, told The Straits Times the move was prompted by some residents' concerns on finding out that it had invested $8 million in the Lehman Brothers-linked Minibonds and the Merrill Lynch Jubilee Series 3.

Pasir Ris-Punggol will give the explanation in its quarterly newsletter, which the 85,000 homes in the town are receiving this week. It has $4 million invested in the troubled products.

:oIo: O yeah !! A newsletter to repeat wat has been printed n said in media fer past 2 mths !!!

Said one of its MPs, Mr Charles Chong: 'We will answer as many questions as possible, explain how the town council uses its money, and give a breakdown of investments of the sinking funds.'

These two town councils account for three-quarters of the $16 million which eight PAP town councils have invested in failed products like the Lehman Brothers-related products.

Altogether, PAP MPs run 14 town councils and the money invested is from their sinking fund, which is for long-term and costly estate improvement works such as lift upgrading.

The Holland-Bukit Panjang circular explained that the $8 million invested in the failed products amounts to 6.7 per cent of its total investible funds.

For Pasir Ris-Punggol, its $4 million investment comes up to 2.7 per cent.

These figures should be taken in perspective, viewed against the total income earned from investing the money in the sinking fund, Dr Teo said.

Despite a likely $8 million loss, Holland-Bukit Panjang's investment income grew a 'healthy' $16 million in the six years between 2002 and end-March this year. This gives an annual rate of return of 2.86 per cent.

If all the investible funds had been placed in low-risk fixed deposits, the income would have been lower as interest on such deposits was only 0.9 per cent a year during the six years. The returns would have been about $5 million.

Said the circular: 'This return of $5 million would have been too low for us to offset against inflation.'

:oIo: Yeah sure, so losing $8 million can better help offset against inflation !!???!

Pasir Ris-Punggol did not give details of its returns in its newsletter, but said it 'expects a decrease in the value of our investment as a result of the recent developments in the global financial market, but our long-term outlook remains positive'.

While seeking to explain why it is better to invest in a variety of financial instruments, Holland-Bukit Panjang also conceded that it has learnt some lessons.

One area it will focus more on is to limit 'exposure to any particular financial institution or company', said its circular.

Pasir Ris-Punggol, meanwhile, tackled criticisms of its delay in informing residents of the troubled investments.

It said that when Lehman Brothers' bankruptcy was announced in September, the financial institutions 'were not in a position' to confirm how the Minibond Series 2 and 3 were affected.

'As a result, the town council then did not have the appropriate information to release or announce to the public,' it said in its newsletter.

:oIo: Yeah rite !! So TC got no "appropriate information" to even tell public they invest in high risk pdt way b4 2008 ???

Both town councils stressed that their investments are long-term and seek to offset inflation. For instance, the costs of projects like the repainting of blocks are expected to rise over time owing to inflation and higher cost of labour and materials.

Both town councils also assured residents that upgrading projects would not be affected. Neither would their service and conservancy (S&C) charges be raised as a result of the losses, although they may change if contractors increased prices in the next round of tenders.

:oIo: U mean TC contractors oso lose $$ in Lehman pdts ??? Look like PAP TC warning U oredy to expect S n C hike !!!

S&C charges in these two towns range from $19 for one-room flats to $85 for executive flats.

Both town councils said that guided by financial advisers, their investments are 'prudently' spread over a range of products. However, they will keep 'fine-tuning' their financial strategy, they said.

Said Holland-Bukit Panjang: 'One area which we will pay more attention to is to reduce concentration risk by limiting our exposure to any particular financial institution or company.'

Pasir Ris-Punggol added that it will constantly review its investment strategy 'according to the market environment'.

On whether the circular will alleviate the unhappiness among residents, Dr Teo said: 'I cannot expect stakeholders to be happy but, if they take a step back and look at the overall portfolio, they will realise that it's a net positive return.'

He added: 'If after this, they still don't understand, they can come see me.'

:oIo: Python Teo got his doctorate fr degree mill ??? I'm so scare !!! If i still dun understand Y PAP TC wanna cover up their losses n risks, I must go C Python Teo .. cld b my last visit fer life ... better pretend to understand, fock off, n "thank the Town Council for working hard to come up with a diversified portfolio to generate income so that residents (like me) do not have to fork out more money."

 

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Cow Dung Want ST 19 Dec 2008 :

"Over time, all those things (conservancy fees) will have to go up. Just like hospital fees. I cannot guarantee you hospital fees will stay forever. I can't. Unless you say you allow service to drop. So those charges will have to go up."

:oIo: Hike or service will drop !!! Sound familiar ??? Or course, it's a variation of the ...

"You've seen the (Opposition) candidates who have turned up. If they win, this place goes down. And nobody doubts it." - Satan Lee 15 Sep 2006

"Ask yourself, if you had voted for the opposition during election time, you just decided to press the PAP (People's Action Party), one morning you will wake up, you'll find a set of rookies in the Government and it (the economy) goes down in maybe two weeks." - Satan Lee 12 Nov 2007

Cow Dung was in Satan's GRC fer long long time b4 leading Sembawang GRC ... smells like the demon, tock like the demon, think like the demon ... must b a demon lah !!!!

"It's (PAP Town Councils) absolutely transparent because this is not a secret society activity where there is secrecy and so on. We have to account for every cent of what we spend and so on, and that's why I show you this annual report which you can flip through any time you want. There is nothing to hide."

:oIo: Aft kena fock by public terok terok then tock cock abt transparency, got newspaper space to publish interview but no space to print his big fock annual report in the newspaper !!!

"You have to also be aware that there's an info overload because once you start talking about funds of $200-odd million, there are a lot of transactions there and you cannot be going line by line, today this, tomorrow the other."

:oIo: A ton of dung to say 1 thing : "U dun need to know more than I wanna show U"

"If you say too little, people will say you're covering up. If you say too much and are proven wrong because at that point in time that was the best information you had, people will say you were lying."

:oIo: Aiyoh !!! Poor thing !!! Being Ministar so difficult ah !! So pitiful u Dung face. Need help wif resignation letter ???

 

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Indranee Rojak TODAY 20 Dec 2008 aft kena co-opted into evil PAP CEC :

“People are always on the look-out for something exciting. If the PAP wants to be the party to lead Singaporeans out of this crisis — and continue to be the party for the future — it has to be in tune and engage Singaporeans."

:oIo: But Cow Dung Want say in 16 Apr 2006

"'At the end of the day, it's back to the same old message: What is politics all about? It is about, in many ways, boring stuff.....I think I'd rather be boring.....If you want real excitement, go to Africa. In Rwanda, people are killing each other. Tribal wars. Little girls being raped. Absolutely not boring at all"

So satanic whore Indranee want PAP to rape people !!!! Fock U PAP witch !!!

 

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ST Dec 20, 2008
Bigger role for town councils?
Khaw favours more 'local government' to give residents greater say in their living areas

IF MR Khaw Boon Wan had his way, town councils would take on a bigger role, going beyond estate management.

If residents are ready for it, the rules could be changed to give town councils more say over what goes on within their areas.

You could have one town deciding to ban smoking altogether, and another insisting that its food centres and hawker stalls sell only healthy food - because that is what the majority of residents want.

The term Mr Khaw uses is 'local government' and having more of it here along the lines of how cities such as Beijing, New York and Paris have a mayor with staff to look into all aspects of city living, from law enforcement to town planning.

:oIo: Evil focker Cow Dung ... want TC to hv more power than gov ... reveal his own power greed !!!

From having been highly centralised under the Housing Board, estate management in Singapore has evolved over the two decades since town councils appeared, Mr Khaw noted.

'There is a lot more decentralisation than before, but it is a work in progress. I don't think we have reached a steady state,' he told Insight.

'If you ask me, I will want further decentralisation, to see what other responsibilities we want to pass on to town councils.'

Mr Khaw, speaking in his capacity as first organising secretary of the People's Action Party (PAP), is the Health Minister and an MP for Sembawang GRC.

Town councils were set up islandwide in 1989, partly to devolve estate management from the Housing Board to the local authorities and to give residents a greater say in how their surroundings turn out.

The move also drew for residents a clear link between their choice of Member of Parliament - who runs the town council - and how well their estate is managed.

Fourteen of the 16 town councils are run by the PAP, while those in Potong Pasir and Hougang are run by the opposition MPs there.

The town councils are responsible for collecting service and conservancy fees from residents, and have the power to use these funds in the residents' interests.

They also take care of major cyclical work such as repainting blocks in the estate and changing lifts.

Mr Khaw believes they can do more now, a shift which is in tandem with a maturing society that has more educated and middle-class households.

'The more you decentralise, the more you allow for local expressions of interest and concern. Singapore is small, but it's not homogeneous,' he said.

:oIo: Huh ??? Not homogeneous? U mean like elite, FTs, peasants, outcast all live in diff estate ???? Yeah sure !!

He offered some idea of how this could work. For example, town councils could take care of some aspects of law and order.

'Some estates have foreign workers nearby. So of course people are saying, why can't we regulate, have more police and so on,' he noted.

:oIo: Which estate got no foreign workers??? Sembawang got more bcus of causeway. Cunt take the heat can always resign focking demonic bovine !!!

Right now, the solution is to call the police. But the town council could be given some powers to take charge within its area. Town councils can also be given the power to act on a wider range of infringements, he thinks.

:oIo: Wat u expect fr a fascist bovine !!! More power !!! More ! More ! More ! To form his own pte army n terrorize residents !!!! 1st the SA brown shirt, then the SS black shirt, then ... FASCISM !!!

For instance, town councils can now issue summonses to residents for parking offences, but they cannot act against litterbugs.

'Then I've got to call in the National Environment Agency. Only they have the power (to act against litterbugs). So by the time you call in the NEA the fellow has run away,' he said.

:oIo: Cow pei Cow bu !!! TC set up in 1989, can some one tell him the PM n absolute emperor of SG then was his mentor Satan Lee !!! !!! Satan Lee still around, go tell him yr self focking fake buddhist bovine!!!

The key, however, is whether residents will be comfortable with giving town councils greater powers.

:oIo: Same idea !!! Want MORE POWER !!!! More ! More More ! Soon, every town is like mini kingdom wif PAP MPs as chieftains/warlords/kings !! Then the evil PAP ministars/supreme leaders/demi-gods only need focus energy on buying votes, fixing oppo, squandering taxpayers $$, scheming to get more to replace losses !!!

'It cannot be a top-down decision,' he said, citing some more examples of how far town councils can go if they have the consensus of residents.

Some residents could demand that their towns be absolutely smoke-free - which will be even more stringent than the NEA rules which spell out where smokers can light up.

In such a scenario, the NEA could then devolve some powers to town councils to inspect and issue summonses to offenders.

:oIo: Cow Dung Want : "Gimme more power !!! More than Buddha !!!"

'So anybody who walks into your town council - stub out. Once you enter, it's clean air,' he explained.

It is an idea, but implementing it might take some doing.

'There will always be some residents who are smokers and they probably would rebel,' he said.

:oIo: Wat a linguist !!! "Rebel" !! Dun obey yr Cow Dung law bcum rebels !! So wat u want next focking bovine ??? Power for TC to carry arms n obliterate rebels !?!?!?!?

But if there is consensus among residents, a town may decide to have its own particular rules.

Residents of a town could decide that they want their area to be a healthy-living centre and encourage healthy food choices there. Coffeeshops and hawkers could then be told: No serving of oily food.

:oIo: Serve oily food bcum "rebel"?? Hunt 'em down into the Sembawang forest ??? Drop cluster bomb on rebel hawkers??

'If that's what the residents want, you can empower the town council,' said Mr Khaw. 'Then we have to craft some laws to devolve some of those responsibilities, or food labelling.'

:oIo: Yes yes yes !!! More power !!! Can some one check his bovinebrain !!! Sounds focking spongy !!!

That is the reason why New York City was the first city in the United States to go all out and ban trans fat.

'That is a local decision. The rest of the US has not done so,' he noted.

:oIo: Huh ?!?!? US !??! U dun hv to show us yr ignorance focking bovine !! Compare SG to US ??? US has 1 mayor fer 1 city even larger than SG !!! Tis bovine want 84 mayors fer a focking dump like SG !!!

'So you can organise government in just one layer or you can have multiple layers so that as you go down to the individual town councils, you give more and more say to the residents. And the local residents express their say through their town councillors.'

It will not be possible to hold regular referendums on all issues, he said, so the answer lies in voters picking the right MP.

So at election time, candidates will have to explain what they will deliver to the town if they become the MP and voters will have to choose.

That in fact was the political intent of the introduction of town councils, to get voters to see the link between how they vote and how their estate is run.

'I have choices, who do I vote for? Who I vote for depends on the manifesto,' said Mr Khaw. 'For a governing party, of course, you have national manifesto, but for MPs, you have local manifestoes.'

For voters, it means taking care with deciding who to vote for. And candidates, too, have to deliver on what they promise.

'You cannot make empty promises,' he said.

:oIo: Dun vote fer PAP means "rebel" ??? Shoot n bury in unmarked mass grave ?? Send exciting Rwanda soldiers to rape wives n daughters of "rebels" ?? BURN IN HELL BOVINE FASCIST !!!!

 

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Wanna know how the billion $$ ministars n civil serpents turn Chikungunya from 'non-endemic' to 'endemic-but-gov-dun-admit' ??? Follow their fortune...

Chikungunya fever detected, believed to be locally transmitted
By Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 17 January 2008 1336 hrs

SINGAPORE: A new strain of viral disease called chikungunya, which is transmitted in the same way as dengue fever by aedes mosquitoes, has been detected in Singapore. The Ministry of Health said the first case was reported on Monday.

:oIo: Hmm. 1st case .... January 2008
ST Aug 3, 2008
Three more down with chikungunya

Three more people have fallen victim to chikungunya fever, bringing the total to 51 cases this year.

:oIo: Wow ! 51 cases, August 2008

ST Aug 4, 2008
Chikungunya 'not taken root here yet'

Appealing to the public to help eliminate mosquitoes and their breeding sites, Dr Ng Lee Ching, head of the NEA's Environmental Health Institute, said: 'Chikungunya is not endemic here yet, so we still have a chance to keep it out. It is easier to do that than to try to get rid of it when it is established.'

:oIo: Still relax eh ?? Comfy comfy ....
ST Aug 17, 2008
Nine more cases of chikungunya, new cluster emerges

Nine more local cases and a new cluster for chikungunya fever has surfaced.The latest victims - a 52-year-old Singaporean and a 41-year-old Chinese national - bring the total affected there to 32. Both work there.

The nine new cases bring the total number of local cases to 63 and the affected areas in Singapore to 15. This year alone, there have been 117 cases of chikungunya fever, of which 54 were imported cases with a history of travel.

Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of an event yesterday, Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan, referring to cases in the region, said: 'I don't think it's the mosquitoes crossing borders but patients do cross borders.' There was a huge volume of people coming and going.

'Workers come here to work and Singaporeans go there to visit, and this is the durian season, so many go for durian trips as well.'

He added: 'What you hope for is that it will not become like dengue. Once it becomes like dengue, when it becomes endemic in Singapore, it will be very hard to get rid of it until scientists come up with a vaccine.

:oIo: 54% kena locally, so evil Cow Dung Want can tock rhetoric cock !! Yeah, keep hoping yr problems away !

Another 13 cases, with 6 imported
TODAY
Friday • September 26, 2008

Asked if the disease has taken root in Singapore, the MOH said “it is still too early to conclude that chikungunya fever is already endemic here”.

As of Wednesday, Singapore had recorded 231 notified chikungunya cases, of which 108 were imported.

:oIo: Still 53%, so still too early to panic ...
ST Nov 8, 2008
More cases, more places
170 locally transmitted cases since August; Kaki Bukit and Woodlands among areas hit

Of the approximately 350 people who have come down with chikungunya so far this year, the majority caught it here; most of those who caught it abroad did so in Johor. The pattern is the same for the last three weeks: Of the total of 62 cases, 47 or three-quarters were caught locally.

The Health Ministry said, however, that although local transmissions are now outnumbering foreign ones, the disease cannot be considered endemic as there are still imported cases.

Several more months of monitoring are needed before such a call is made, the spokesman added. If a disease is labelled endemic, it means it cannot be eradicated.

:oIo: Wat the fock !!! Got even 1 imported case means not endemic !!! MOH redefining their definition just to bluff who??

ST Dec 23, 2008
Dengue cases down but chikungunya up

The Health Ministry said the disease has not become endemic yet, as a large number of cases is still from overseas.

Imported = 158 cases
Local = 388 cases
Total to date 546
:oIo: 71% kena locally !!!! N Cow Dung's MOH do wat ?? Just say not endemic, case close !!!! U die yr biz !!