<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR>[COLOR=_______]Sure, the $$$million jiat liao bee and chor boh lan ministers are never at fault! The lau cb who imported trash and disease is a saint![/COLOR]
April 12, 2009
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</TR><!-- headline one : end --><TR>SM Goh says mass food poisoning case shows how poor hygiene can affect public health </TR><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Zakir Hussain
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'If you have poor hygiene, spitting in public places, littering, food all over the place, rats running around the market, that's very ungracious behaviour,' Mr Goh said. -- ST PHOTO: SAMUEL HE
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THE recent food poisoning incident at the Geylang Serai market shows how poor hygiene can have a wide impact on public health, said Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong on Saturday.
During a community event to welcome new residents of his Marine Parade GRC, he urged Singaporeans to view hygiene as part of gracious behaviour.
'If you have poor hygiene, spitting in public places, littering, food all over the place, rats running around the market, that's very ungracious behaviour,' he said.
Mr Goh also extended his condolences to the families of the two women who died after eating rojak from a stall in the Geylang Serai Temporary Market, in what is possibly Singapore's worst case of mass food poisoning. The market is located in Marine Parade GRC.
[COLOR=_______]Some 150 people also fell ill and four are still in hospital.[/COLOR] Mr Goh said he hoped they would recover quickly. He said the incident suggested that something was amiss but stressed that Members of Parliament for the area were quick to respond and were not absent as some rumours had it.
Dr Ong Seh Hong, the MP in charge of the Kampong Ubi-Kembangan ward where the temporary market stands, was at the site 'very early on' after news of the food poisoning broke, Mr Goh said.
'He also visited the family of the deceased, who happened to be a constituent in the GRC,' he said, referring to Madam Aminah Samijo who died last Monday.
'But it's off the news because you don't expect people to follow you when you pay your respects to the family.'
Dr Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim, MP for the GRC's Kaki Bukit ward, had also visited the site, while Dr Fatimah Lateef, MP for the GRC's Geylang Serai ward, did not as she was abroad. [COLOR=_______]'Otherwise, she would also have been there,' Mr Goh added. Dr Ong, who spoke to reporters at the market last Friday, had also refuted rumours that he was not to be found after news of the incident broke.[/COLOR]
April 12, 2009
</TR><!-- headline one : start --><TR>SM Goh: It's ungracious <!--10 min-->
</TR><!-- headline one : end --><TR>SM Goh says mass food poisoning case shows how poor hygiene can affect public health </TR><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Zakir Hussain
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'If you have poor hygiene, spitting in public places, littering, food all over the place, rats running around the market, that's very ungracious behaviour,' Mr Goh said. -- ST PHOTO: SAMUEL HE
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THE recent food poisoning incident at the Geylang Serai market shows how poor hygiene can have a wide impact on public health, said Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong on Saturday.
During a community event to welcome new residents of his Marine Parade GRC, he urged Singaporeans to view hygiene as part of gracious behaviour.
'If you have poor hygiene, spitting in public places, littering, food all over the place, rats running around the market, that's very ungracious behaviour,' he said.
Mr Goh also extended his condolences to the families of the two women who died after eating rojak from a stall in the Geylang Serai Temporary Market, in what is possibly Singapore's worst case of mass food poisoning. The market is located in Marine Parade GRC.
[COLOR=_______]Some 150 people also fell ill and four are still in hospital.[/COLOR] Mr Goh said he hoped they would recover quickly. He said the incident suggested that something was amiss but stressed that Members of Parliament for the area were quick to respond and were not absent as some rumours had it.
Dr Ong Seh Hong, the MP in charge of the Kampong Ubi-Kembangan ward where the temporary market stands, was at the site 'very early on' after news of the food poisoning broke, Mr Goh said.
'He also visited the family of the deceased, who happened to be a constituent in the GRC,' he said, referring to Madam Aminah Samijo who died last Monday.
'But it's off the news because you don't expect people to follow you when you pay your respects to the family.'
Dr Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim, MP for the GRC's Kaki Bukit ward, had also visited the site, while Dr Fatimah Lateef, MP for the GRC's Geylang Serai ward, did not as she was abroad. [COLOR=_______]'Otherwise, she would also have been there,' Mr Goh added. Dr Ong, who spoke to reporters at the market last Friday, had also refuted rumours that he was not to be found after news of the incident broke.[/COLOR]