Tag: NEA

  • Are We Outsourcing Our Social Responsibility?

    A couple of weeks back I was invited to speak on a panel discussing a Clean & Green Singapore. I said agreed because I had always wanted to meet Sivasothi, one of Singapore’s leading environmentalists. We’ve known of each other since the term “blog” was invented, but for reasons uninvestigated, we had never actually met.…

  • Please Take Dengue Seriously

    Read this first, then come back to this post. Yes, you can die from dengue. But mostly, people don’t exhibit serious symptoms, and are often not ill enough to be hospitalized. It’s been the same with this outbreak, and I’ve found that as a result, people are being a bit blase about the current epidemic…

  • Everyone Is Responsible For Fighting Dengue

    This year’s dengue outbreak is scary. So far this year, there’ve been 4,756 (1 Jan – 19 Apr) cases, and it looks like it might increase some more. I’ve previously tweeted and posted on Facebook about this, and the reflex response from readers have been the same: “too much construction lah, it’s all in the…

  • We have a serious flu epidemic, and what’s with NEA spot checks that don’t include vacant premises?

    I’m wondering a little why there isn’t more alarm over what must be a full blown flu epidemic. I’ll bet more than a million people have the flu, and many of them just haven’t seen a doctor about it yet. It must be really hard not to get the flu if you had to commute…

  • Sorry mosquito not in

    Couple of days ago, an NEA agent rang our doorbell and would’ve asked to enter our apartment if not for the fact I had the dog on the leash and was about to go let him water the plants when I opened the door. I had read about how some family was robbed by bogus…