Despite the fact that Singapore’s worst food poisoning outbreak occurred during his tenure as Minister of Environment, Mr Yaacob Ibrahim was adamant that his “system” was “sound”.
Speaking to reporters at the launch of NEA’s $8 million recycling fund on Wednesday morning, Environment Minister Yaacob Ibrahim said penalising stallowners with a ‘C’ grading or below would be ‘too harsh’.
‘There are about 5,000 hawkers of variant qualities and backgrounds. We must not run away from the fact that the grading system already in place is robust and sound,’ he said. (read article here)
As far as I can remember, the markets and hawker centers 20 years ago are dirtier than the present ones and there was never an incident of somebody dying from food poisoning after consuming food sold there.
There was no grading system and the environment minister then was probably paid only 10% of Minister Yaacob’s present salary.
If the grading system is “robust” and “sound” as alluded by Mr Yaacob, how did this tragedy happen?
Is Mr Yaacob suggesting that there might be external migitating factors contributing to the incident?
Mr Yaacob said a food poisoning outbreak, such as the one which broke out earlier this month at a temporary market in Geylang Serai, could occur as long as there were lapses.
I concur that there were indeed grave lapses in the supervision and maintenance of the temporary market which lies under the purview of the management committee.
No matter how “perfect” the grading system may be, it will not work if the management committee does not perform its duties to ensure regular spring-cleaning and eradication of vermins at the market’s premises.
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Speaking to reporters at the launch of NEA’s $8 million recycling fund on Wednesday morning, Environment Minister Yaacob Ibrahim said penalising stallowners with a ‘C’ grading or below would be ‘too harsh’.
‘There are about 5,000 hawkers of variant qualities and backgrounds. We must not run away from the fact that the grading system already in place is robust and sound,’ he said. (read article here)
As far as I can remember, the markets and hawker centers 20 years ago are dirtier than the present ones and there was never an incident of somebody dying from food poisoning after consuming food sold there.
There was no grading system and the environment minister then was probably paid only 10% of Minister Yaacob’s present salary.
If the grading system is “robust” and “sound” as alluded by Mr Yaacob, how did this tragedy happen?
Is Mr Yaacob suggesting that there might be external migitating factors contributing to the incident?
Mr Yaacob said a food poisoning outbreak, such as the one which broke out earlier this month at a temporary market in Geylang Serai, could occur as long as there were lapses.
I concur that there were indeed grave lapses in the supervision and maintenance of the temporary market which lies under the purview of the management committee.
No matter how “perfect” the grading system may be, it will not work if the management committee does not perform its duties to ensure regular spring-cleaning and eradication of vermins at the market’s premises.
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