Singapore President Nathan visits China

President Nathan visit to China from August 16-23. A statement from Singapore's Foreign Ministry said he will visit Beijing and Shanghai. While in Beijing, President Nathan will call on President Hu Jintao and be hosted to dinner by Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Jia Qinglin. While in Shanghai, he will visit the World Expo in support of the Singapore Pavilion. He will also meet the Overseas Singaporean communities in Beijing and Shanghai. President Nathan will be accompanied by Mrs Nathan and senior officials from the President's Office and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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This is news that link with the previous news. According to, this weekend, President Nathan visiting theroof-top garden at the Singapore Pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo 2010. Singapore has created an attractive pavilion for the World Expo but it can still learn from other countries' exhibits, he said

In my opinion, this is good for relationships between Singapore and China. Especially, in foreign affairs. Moreover, when president is going to meet oversea Singaporean in Beijing and Shanghai is a great psychology because it is show to singaporean in oversea that Singapore president always think about them, mean Singapore government still care, do not forget!!

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Thai Foreign Minister in Singapore

When talk about political, I always have no comment or idea because I do not interesting in political news. So I am try my best about this type of news.

This weekend Mr. Kasit Piromya, Thailand’s Foreign Affairs Minister is going to Singapore on Saturday for a two—day visit(August 21-22). He is here for the foundation stone laying ceremony for the new Royal Thai Embassy. During his visit, Mr Kasit will be hosted to lunch by his Singapore counterpart George Yeo, and he will also meet members of the Government Parliamentary Committee for Defence and Foreign Affairs as well as visit the Tuas South Incineration Plant to update himself on Singapore’s waste management practices.

In my opinion, Thailand and Singapore are in South East Asian together. So this is good for two government keeping connection.

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Singapore Casino

Are you gambling? If you would like to seek for your fortune. As you know in Asia, we have Macau, Hong kong, and Singapore where are well know place for gamble. Today I have newer place for you to go. Singapore just open a new casino resort(the traditional casino center). They are already set to knot out Las Vegas in the next two years (by 2012). Forecasters are all looking to upgrade their expectations in this industry following better-than-expected for second-quarter results for Genting Singapore's Resorts World Sentosa, one of two casino-resorts in the city. Singapore opened it is doors to gamblers earlier this year with two resorts as the government looked to become more varied it is sources of economic revenue. The gaming table is waiting inside the Marina Bay Sands casino. Singapore's government would like to earn moer and more money in each quarter. In addition, they want this casino to become Asian gambler option.

In my opinion, for me I do not like gambling. However. I think some people like it because it is fun and they want to play game chance for money. On other hand, you can lose lots of money because gambling too.

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Growth in Singapore's non-oil domestic exports

If you going to do business in Singapore, you would get benefit form your business for sure. Singapore is the one country in Asia which economic is growing ever Singapore is small country but their business fill is large for businessman who wants to invest.

Singapore's non-oil domestic exports (NODX) grew by 18 percent in July on an on-year basis, slower than the 28 percent rise in the previous month, latest official data showed on Tuesday.According to latest figures released by the trade promotion agency International Enterprise Singapore, the healthy increase was due to electronic and non-electronic NODX increase.Electronic NODX increased by 26 percent in July on a year-on- year basis, after the 44 percent rise in the previous month. Non- electronic NODX grew by 14 percent, after the 21 percent rise in the previous month.On a year-on-year basis, NODX to all of the top ten NODX markets increased. In particular, NODX to the Europe Union, by 26 percent, 35 percent and 35 percent respectively.On a month-on-month seasonally adjusted basis, non-oil domestic exports (NODX) decreased by 3.9 percent in July, after the previous month's marginal 0.1 percent decline.

In my opinion, this is a good news for Singapore that non-oil domestic exports grew because in every business companies or countries want their own business to grown up in every month and year.

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Singapore’s CleanTech Park to be Ready by 2030

When I saw this news, I am feeling wow!!! this park is very cool. I never thought this park going to be on this earth. There is a really high-tech park because it is Singapore’s first eco-business park for companies involved in clean technologies and sustainable urban solutions. The park is separate with 3 places and the development will take over 20 years. Phase 1 will commence in July 2010 and will provide about business park land when completed in 2018. Phase 2 will be developed from 2019 to 2025, and Phase 3 from 2026 to 2030. The Clean Tech Park(CTP) will house a working population of 20,000 when it is fully built by 2030. This is Singapore’s masterplan, the CTP will be developed as the most sustainable eco-business park in Singapore with the implementation of green strategies and its emphasis on retaining the natural environment and biodiversity. The green strategies in the Clean Tech Park include:

1. Stormwater management ; The stormwater within CleanTech Park will be channelled into a central wetland.

2. Sky Trellis; it will be constructed between adjacent buildings and covered with plants. It can open spaces between buildings, it can reduce heat gain by the buildings from the environment.

   
   

3. Conservation of Green Zones; conservation zones are demarcated areas within CTP where trees and plants are conserved.

4. Protection of biodiversity; animals such as the birds and butterflies to remain within CTP.

5. Designated Green Corridors; it is green areas between the buildings and land parcels within the park.

6. Building a Green Community; CTP will nurture the fist green business community and environment such as recycling and car pooling programmes.

7. Green Features that reduce demand on resource utilization;using recycled and green materials for infrastructure development.

In my idea, there is a good park that buil to help the environment. One day I am going to visit this park. I think Singapore is a small country but they are a huge detail in everything. They are trying to make their own country as a better place for citizens and visitors. Moreover, I hope Thailand will have a good plan like as Singapore does for their citizen.

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Go Green!

This week, I'm going to talk about environment in Singapore. Then I was thinking in Thailand, we have waste problem so I think in Singapore have the same waste problem as Thailand. So, I am going to focus on urban waste. Nowadays waste issue is one of the cause of global warming,so today Singapore is trying to management waste problem. Professor Jim Swithenbank has experience about waste management over 80 participants from the industries and public agencies. Prof Swithenbank’s presentation affirmed the importance of integrating the waste management process in climate mitigation efforts. So the way to low-carbon environment is the active recovery of materials and energy to reduce the environmental burden from high consumption patterns. There are called the 3Rs: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle, is necessary to conserve resources and reduce the amount of waste going to the landfill. Waste being largely carbon neutral, has similar calorific value as raw material, and could serve as feedstock to power the energy cities need. Next, energy recovery is the next step and could be achieved through combined heat and power (CHP)system,cogeneration in short, or even tri-generation system which recovers waste heat for cooling. This is reflect on Singapore’s situation. Singapore’s energy-intensive industries and power generators look to be in the best position to exploit both cogeneration and tri-generation capabilities.

In my opinion, I think these 3Rs is good process to help management waste problem. In Thailand we also use 3Rs to recover waste then make waste to energy. I think manage the waste, it is a way to help to decrease the global warning. Go green!

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Sony Singapore debuts BRAVIA LX900 3DTV

Everyone enjoy to use new and high technology. Television is the one that everyone have at home, today Sony Singapore have open new BRAVIA LX900 3DTV. They are proudly to debut it is first full HD 3D television BRAVIA for the home, LED backlight technology and built in Wi- Fi access, the LX900 make the generation of home entertainment, perfect for uncompromising AV.The BRAVIA LX900 features Sony’s most advanced motion technology.To the viewer compared to a conventional 50Hz TV for ultra-smooth sports and action scenes. Motion-flow 200Hz PRO uses Image Blur Reduction to enhance the picture for crisp, detailed images, and with innovative backlight blinking activated it creates an authentic cinematic feel. Moreover, Sony’s innovative 3D technology works with Active Shutter glasses to consecutively project right eye and left eye images in Full HD. This 3D technology creates a unique sense of depth with objects appearing to leap out of the screen.

In my idea, this is very high new technology for television. Besides, Sony is very big band to invest in new technology and try to product for sell and it is make people cannot wait to use Sony product. My family is the one that support Sony because their product is high quality and good price that people can get their product.

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Singapore celebrates Pavilion Day at Shanghai Expo

If you are watching technology news, you would hear about the World Expo at Shanghai. There is place that showing about each counties culture with new update technology. Many counties around the world join to set their show included Thailand. Singapore is one that join the World Expo. Form the article, on August 9 is Singapore's 45 th National Day so their going to celebrations. On saturday marked it is Pavilion Day at the Shanghai World Expo to promote their distinctive country identities. For visitor who visit in Singapore Pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo in 2010 is to be called Urban Symphony – a tribute to how Singapore houses a delicate harmony of cultures coexisting together in a city-state. For this time Singapore celebrated National Day at Shanghai. It is help Singapore to see other countries vision. 

For highlights have been installed at the pavilion to enhance the visitor journey, showcasing cutting-edge technology from Singapore's home-grown interactive digital media companies.

In my opinion, the World Expo is very great for people to visit and see how each countries has improving their technology and how they are going to build the city of the future. I am also want to visit the World Expo because I think there is where I can get experience about technology.

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Singapore's famous female artiste

This blog I’m going to talk about Singapore entertainment. I check in many website and I see the post that talk about Singapore famous actress, name, Fann Wong is in listed Asia‘s 25 greatest actors. She was role in many movies. For that time she walks alongside Jackie Chan in Shanghai Knights that makes her in the first Singapore actress to star in Hollywood movie. For her best role was “The truth about Jane and Sam” it was make her won a nomination for best new performer at the Hong Kong Film Awards.

In my opinion, I am proud of her that she is in the listed of Asia’s 25 greatest actors. As every actor or actress want people to happy and praise with their role. I think she is also proud of herself too. Moreover, if I was Singaporean I will support her role in every movie because she is like as brand of Singaporean and she is represents Singapore country to people in other side of the world know her country as actress.

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2AM can do with the K wave riding strong in Singapore

As you know today K- pop is very strong fever in Thailand and all around Asia countries. Also K-pop has established a firm footing in Singapore after F.T. Island, SHINee, Super Junior, U-Kiss, Wonder Girls and Beast their did promotions in Singapore. This is time for Korean group; 2AM to hit in Singapore is a four-member boy band who staged on one day showcase. 2AM made their debut as 'One Day' with fellow Korean group, 2PM, but they branched out to form the current entity. The members are Jinwoon, Jo Kwon, Seulong, and Changmin. Though 2AM specializes in love tunes, they prove to be equally adroit at techno music and dancing in their new album “I Did Wrong.”
I think is good that people in Asian are supporting about entertainment business each other. Also we can learn about culture by listening songs. I am who the one is like to listen Korean songs and watch Korean movie or series. Let go K-pop!! More detail and credit by http://sg.news.yahoo.com/xin/20100730/ten-609-2am-wrong-dancing-3c1b9bc.html

Singapore Concludes Open Skies Agreements.

Singapore has concluded Open Skies Agreements (OSAs) with Barbados, Brazil, Jamaica and Rwanda, held in early July in Jamaica. There offers a central meeting place for air services officials from various countries to meet and conduct two sides air services agreements. Here are the OSAs with Barbados and Jamaica is the first between Singapore and the Caribbean Community. The Singapore-Brazil OSA which was concluded in 2009 together with the establishment of Air Services Agreements with Colombia and Ecuador. The OSA with Rwanda is Singapore's second with an African country, after the Singapore-Zambia OSA that was concluded in 2008. Without restrictions on capacity, there are able to tap on traffic from and to third countries to improve the commercial viability of their operations. So, direct air links with Singapore will allow businesses in Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbeans to access more markets by tapping on Singapore's excellent connectivity to the Asia Pacific region. The establishment of liberal air services frameworks between Singapore and more countries pave the way for such benefits. Finally, the Open Skies Agreements that Singapore and these countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and Latin America have concluded recognise the benefits that they can bring to airlines, the traveling public and the wider economy through increased trade, tourism and people flows.

I think is really good if Singapore success in this agreements with Africa, the Caribbean, and Latin America. It would help to improve economy of the Asia Pacific region. Moreover, I think Thailand will obtain some benefits from these open skies agreements because there is bring tourism and people to Thailand also. Thailand is near Singapore. For me this is good news, I can fly easily through Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbeans for traveling.

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Cycling Paths in Tampines Town,Singapore

Today I have news from Singapore for people who that like to bike. There is a good place for resident in Tampines are the first to have cycling paths under the National Cycling Plan this path will connect cyclists to place to place such as MRT station, bus, schools and markets. The Land Transport Authority ( LTA) chose to start with Tampines because there is a steady pool of residents who bike and will benefit from the new cycling paths. Also this town has strong community support from advisers and they have volunteers in promoting cycling and safe cycling behavior. On 18 July 2010 senior Parliamentary Secretary for Transport and Community Development, Youth and Sports, Teo Ser Luck start the first 1.2 km. of cycling track. The town will have a total of 9.2 km. of cycling paths. It will fully complete in 2012. In this track, the LTA has also separated the cycling paths from the footpaths in parallel that help cyclists to bike easily without worry about people who is walking.

I think this news is good news from Singapore citizen that will has more choice in transportation. Moreover, it is help to save our world by cycle place to place. Another benefit is health, cycling like as exercise.

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Flaw in Singapore’s education system

I choose this article because I thought Singapore education is good and I was the one wanted to go study there but after I read this story. I may be wrong. From article said they are wondering, “why we can't speak English - or Mandarin – well” Some people think because a combination of societal influence, family, and educators those make up the language abilities of a child less. Or we are missing something huge in this situation.In fact that the Ministry of Education has a huge fault in its language education system. First, the studies from the University of British Columbia have show the best age for a child to develop they first language skill are between age 1 to 13. From granted, in Singapore, both languages (English and a 'mother tongue') this is should ideally be developed as first languages, the important point to take away here is that the best age for first language acquisition. Second, Singapore primary school teachers are teach at least 2 out of 3 subjects (English, Mathematics, and Science) that teachers who experiences training to be a primary school educator enter the National Institute of Education and major in only one subject- either English, Chinese, Malay, Physics/Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics, History, Geography, Music, Art, or Physical Education. Moreover, teachers are then expected to be able to teach other subject well, too. The problem is about graduation from the National Institute of Education. They all newly installed teachers are sent to schools and assigned to teach at least 2 subjects, with 1 being a subject of their university major, and other that remaining 2 subjects of the English, Mathematics, and Science subjects. Which means teachers who going to teach your children English. Some of them really have no grasp of grammar rules at all.So,Ministry of Education should look into because Singaporeans are growing up with not able to reformed command of the English Language.

In my idea, the Singapore’s ministry of education should take this is the seriously problem because children age 6 - 13 those in primary school years are the best year for children to learn language skill and will stay inside their brain (remember ). I think if children have a good base of study skill, it will be quickly for children to understand the newly things in the future.

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Singapore is head in maths and science

From the lastly international report said Singapore lead the world in math and science. Singapore had the best average scores in both subjects students aged 10("fourth grade") and 14("eighth grade") in Mathematics and Science Study (Timss). Students from England also did well in science. Mathematics and Science Study is four-yearly test. This is the second time that English has failed. It made UK left out from the PISA rank. There is organised by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement and co-ordinate by researchers at Boston College in the US. The researchers said Singapore students at grade 4 and 8 were easily to do the top performers in maths and the best in science with the highest average scores. Also students from South Korea, Chinese Taipei and Hong Kong region of China also do performed very well across the two subject areas.

In my opinion, I have no doubt about why students from Singapore get the best scores in both subjects because in their education system it is cleanly said the overall aim of primary education is to give students a good grasp of English language, Mother Tongue and Mathematics. So, students must study hard since they are in primary school. As I knew most of school in those countries has extra classes from student to study after school or on weekend. Because they have very tense competition to get a good as well as they can. Let think, Thailand is the one that very tense admission competition but those countries is double or more then Thailand situation.

TOP FIVE IN MATHS
GRADE EIGHT:
Singapore 605South Korea 589Hong Kong 586Chinese Taipei 585Japan 570Average 467
GRADE FOUR:
Singapore 594 Hong Kong 575 Japan 565 Chinese Taipei 564 Belgium (Flemish) 551 Average 495

TOP FIVE IN SCIENCE
GRADE EIGHT:
Singapore 578Chinese Taipei 571South Korea 558Hong Kong 556Estonia and Japan 552Average 474
GRADE FOUR:
Singapore 565Chinese Taipei 551Japan 543Hong Kong 542England 540Average 489

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Singapore U-23s get nod for 2010 Asian Games

Nowadays World Cup is fever that everyone eye on. Why is it...? Because it is football!!! Everyone loves football. I like to watch the game that have handsome player in the filed. Now every county have their own team. Singapore is the one country in Asia Pacific that has stronger team such as national team, youth team and so on.

Today I have news about Singapore U-23s get in 2010 Asian Games. There is good news for national U-23 team, the Singapore National Olympic Council or SNOC given them the green light to be the part of team goes at November's Asian Games in Guangzhou, China because they show a successful preferment.

There will be second successive at the every four years games after taking past in Doha2006. The majority of the players from last year's SEA Games bronze medal winning squad. They will be encouraged by the attendance of three 'over-aged' players as allowed by competition rules during the competition in Guangzhou.

National Teams and Young Lions manager said we would like to think for SNOC belief in the future of Singapore football. This Asian Games will offer our players with a wonderful opportunity to against some of the top teams in Asia in a competitive environment. I think it is great to them that get this opportunity to play with top team in Asia then they can improve their game plan to play better in the future.

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Singapore Formula One Night Race

When people talk about the Formula One race, and most of them think that race is in Europe. Yes it is but you know in our Asia Pacific counties at Singapore has the Formula One race too. By the way, it is not normal race like as other counties. What is so special race in Singapore? It is the world Formula One night race. It is only one in the world. That mean they drive their formula One car at night time. I think that is a good idea for spectators and drivers because at night does not too hot. Moreover, Singapore Formula One race is the first Asia biggest Formula One.

Just 12weeks to the Formula One will start. It is from 24 to 26 Sept. 2010. The Formula One fan who want to watch this race. There is website that you can play game, which get winner then you will receive prizes. For more information check http://www.singaporegp.sg/

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