Even before the investigations into the Geylang Serai food poisoning disaster are complete, the state media has already reached a verdict: it has NOTHING to do with the government!
In the Sunday Times yesterday, there were six reports on the tragedy alone whereas there were only one or two on each day for the last few days.
The gist of the above articles are as follows:
1. Poor public hygiene is a contributory cause to the disaster - Singaporeans are at fault for not paying more attention on their own personal hygiene.
2. There many “dangers” in the environment such as rats - therefore, nobody is to blame for the discovery of rats at the premises.
3. Food handling is to blame for the disaster - had the food handlers at both the Indian rojak and the Mee Siam stalls been more vigilant, the outbreak would not have occurred.
4. Singaporeans don’t really care about the hygiene rating system of hawker stalls - therefore it matters little if the Indian rojak stall gets a “C” or “D” rating as Singaporeans will still continue to patronize it.
5. The government has been taking a proactive approach to prevent a similar repeat - yeah, that’s what they always say after a major screw-up, why not they do it earlier and have to wait till the loss of 2 preventable deaths?
Nowhere was it mentioned about NEA’s role in ensuring public hygiene at these eating outlets as if it was not involved at all! The reports were downright biased, one-sided and misleading! Is this the kind of standard we expect of a national English Daily?
While I concur that every Singaporean has a part to play in ensuring public hygiene and food safety, it is not fair to attribute the blame squarely on us.
If we are responsible for everything, then why do we still need to pay million of dollars for a Minister to be in charge of the Environment?
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In the Sunday Times yesterday, there were six reports on the tragedy alone whereas there were only one or two on each day for the last few days.
The gist of the above articles are as follows:
1. Poor public hygiene is a contributory cause to the disaster - Singaporeans are at fault for not paying more attention on their own personal hygiene.
2. There many “dangers” in the environment such as rats - therefore, nobody is to blame for the discovery of rats at the premises.
3. Food handling is to blame for the disaster - had the food handlers at both the Indian rojak and the Mee Siam stalls been more vigilant, the outbreak would not have occurred.
4. Singaporeans don’t really care about the hygiene rating system of hawker stalls - therefore it matters little if the Indian rojak stall gets a “C” or “D” rating as Singaporeans will still continue to patronize it.
5. The government has been taking a proactive approach to prevent a similar repeat - yeah, that’s what they always say after a major screw-up, why not they do it earlier and have to wait till the loss of 2 preventable deaths?
Nowhere was it mentioned about NEA’s role in ensuring public hygiene at these eating outlets as if it was not involved at all! The reports were downright biased, one-sided and misleading! Is this the kind of standard we expect of a national English Daily?
While I concur that every Singaporean has a part to play in ensuring public hygiene and food safety, it is not fair to attribute the blame squarely on us.
If we are responsible for everything, then why do we still need to pay million of dollars for a Minister to be in charge of the Environment?
Read rest of article here:
http://wayangparty.com/?p=7660
