YOG volunteers hit by food poisoning

Close to 30 Youth Olympic Games volunteers were reported to have suffered from food poisoning after consuming their meals on August 15.

A source stated that the volunteers, who were on duty at the triathlon competition at East Coast Park, had diarrhoea.

On the same day, the National Environment Agency and Ministry of Health were notified and they are now investigating the case.

This is the second food controversy incident to hit the YOG.

A week ago, another incident on YOG volunteers’ meal packs sparked an online uproar after a volunteer uploaded a photo of their meal pack on Facebook. Netizens also raised concerns over the sub-standard food served to volunteers.

Such cases are really redundant as they can easily be avoided. If they can serve the athletes good quality foods, so why can't they serve the volunteers the same too? I feel that it is quite unfair to the volunteers.

Above is the meal pack that is given to YOG volunteers. The lunchbox consists of a piece of meat, long beans and white rice. A quote by a volunteer included "One of the meals was a dry, tasteless piece of chicken with a few slices of carrot and soggy rice. I ended up throwing most of it away.” Another even compared the bland meals to "dog food".

T think providing sub-standrad meals to our volunteers should have been avoided at all costs in the YOG, which is an once in a lifetime opportunity for Singapore to host it the event. If news were to be spread, it will give a poor impression for foreigners and athletes.

Quality and quantity is obviously not present in the meal. I hope this will be a wake up call and knock some sense into the people supplying the food. They really need to have stricter quality control.


Source:
www.yahoo.com.sg
http://www.temasekreview.com/2010/08/13/controversy-over-meal-packs-for-yog-volunteers/

Beware of fake $50 notes

Hawkers have fallen prey to fake S$50 notes surfacing in Boon Lay Market and Food Centre.

The hawkers, who sell drinks, food and vegetables have lost S$300 as a result of the fake notes.

According to the hawkers, the culprits will turn up alone when they are busy serving customers at their stalls.

Police said they were 72 such cases reported from 2006 till the first half of last year.

I feel that the reason the hawkers did not notice the notes at first was because they couldn't tell the difference between a fake and real note. This despicable way of obtaining money is really indescribable. This is no different from stealing money.

I really sympathise the hawkers as their hard-earned money are gone just like that. It is really difficult to make a profit already due to the rising cost of rent. There is a need to educate the public of such cases as the police has already reported that there has been a sharp increase of such cases since 2006.

All in all, hawkers also have to play their part and be vigilant.

Source:
www.yahoo.com.sg

Thursday, 5 August, 2010

Hey.

The chinese test wasn't that bad after all. The Romance of Three Kingdoms questions were much easier than I expected them to be. Then the maths competition. The first question was one question everyone laughed. It was a freaking simple question, something like 28 + 41 - 38. Some even mocked, "Cannot use calculator ar, so hard leh." and "How to do first question ar, so difficult." However, it turned out that the questions later on were tough and it took a quite a long time to solve it.

I still need to visit the clinic to do the checkup, what a waste of time and money.