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I was going by the Singapore River not too long ago,. The once murky polluted waters was cleaned up in 1987, at which time the Government celebrated their success with the Clean Rivers Commemoration event. Well, after one heavy ...
Category: Miscellaneous
Any other thing under the sun.
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We all expect a certain level of privacy, but many of us know deep down in our hearts that nothing’s a secret on the Internet. So it should not come as too much of a surprise that companies like Facebook have cooperated ...
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Next week, I’ll be speaking in a class about ethics in IT. I’ve done many guest lectures on various topics in IT, but this will be the first time specifically on ethics. So I had to sit down to think about what ...
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This year we welcome freshmen to the school that’s 8th in Computer Science and Information Systems according to the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2013. I don’t know if we were very good at scoring points, or ...
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It’s our 48th National Day today. For some reasons, the festivities this year seems to be somewhat muted. I don’t think it’s got to do with the super long weekend where everyone has gone overseas for a short ...
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The Asia Internet Coalition (AIC), which comprises Google, Facebook, eBay, Yahoo and Salesforce, blasts our Media Development Authority’s (MDA) new licensing requirements for Internet news sites. A strongly worded letter ...
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The haze in Singapore reached record levels last month, hitting a 3-hour PSI reading of 401 on 21st June. Many of us were a little disappointed at the “laggy” PSI reports provided by our National Environment Agency, ...
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The present haze situation we’re facing, which set new records earlier this week, has revealed something worrying about our government. Ministers Vivian Balakrishnan, Grace Fu, and Ng Eng Hen all echoed the same message, ...
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I think we can say that we’re sort of experiencing a national emergency now. The PSI readings have reached hazardous levels since last night. More interestingly, you should have realised that you often feel that the haze ...
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I was attending a course on crisis management earlier this week. It’s great to know how much planning has gone into crisis and emergency management at my workplace. A big organisation such as where I work in would come ...