Saturday, December 01, 2007
Onsen Onsen
State: FYP-fied.I haven't done much research for FYP. =.= Better get some fuel pump in soon.
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China has its Golden Week Holiday and its the first week of May annually.. and guess what? Japan has their own Golden Week Holiday too. Japan's Golden Week is from the end of April to the beginning of May.
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News from ChannelNewsAsia.com.
New HIV cases this year expected to exceed 2006's: MOH
SINGAPORE: HIV cases are on the rise in Singapore. In the first 10 months of this
year alone, there were already 356 new HIV cases reported, as compared to 357 new
cases for the entire 2006.
164 cases were reported in the first six months, while another 192 were reported
between July and October this year. 78 per cent of all the 164 new cases reported in
the first half of the year involve people between the ages of 30 and 59 years.
Heterosexual transmission accounted for 67 per cent of infections, while homosexual
transmission made up 24 per cent. Bisexual transmission was at three per cent, and
intravenous drug use accounted for two per cent, or four cases.
Singapore's Ministry of Health (MOH) expects the total number of reported HIV cases
this year to exceed last year's.
It is urging people who engage in risky sexual behaviour to do regular HIV testing.
To encourage more voluntary testing, the Ministry has allowed more medical clinics to
offer HIV testing using rapid test kits. To date, nearly 100 clinics are offering HIV
testing with rapid HIV test kits.
Most people prefer to go for anonymous HIV tests, and more have done so this year.
In the first nine months of this year, 5,967 anonymous HIV tests were carried out at
the three sites - Action for AIDS, Anteh Dispensary and Cambridge GP Clinics.
Between July and December last year, there were only 3,416 anonymous HIV tests.
The Health Ministry said that with HIV testing made more convenient, it hopes more
people can be diagnosed early.
Of the 164 diagnosed in the first 6 months of this year, 55 per cent of these new cases
have late-stage HIV infection.
As at the end of June this year, there were a total of 3,224 HIV infected Singaporeans,
of which 1,092 have died.
Most of those infected with HIV are men - 2,870 cases - while 354 are women, giving
a gender ratio of 8 men to 1 woman.
At the point of diagnosis, 60 per cent of the men were single, while 60 per cent of the
women were married. 59 per cent of cases were diagnosed when they were between
30 and 49 years of age.
However, about 17 per cent of the cases were diagnosed with the illness when they
were between 20 and 29 years old. - CNA/yb
Alright people. You know how small Singapore is. How much Singaporeans love sex. They challenged themselves to temptations and play the love sex game. For the sake of that momentary enjoyment, they seemed to be less aware of the loss they might face. Well. At the end of the day, think before you do it. Its better to be safe than sorry.
Sad when people out there are dying from hunger and people here are dying from sex.
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News from ChannelNewsAsia.com.
Writers Festival to include literary works, film screenings
SINGAPORE : Writing is no longer just about penning poetry and prose.
Today, it includes genres such as film scripts, video dramas and electronic media.
Launching the Writers Festival, Information, Communications and the Arts Minister Dr
Lee Boon Yang said organisers had noted this and included other forms of literary
works such as film screenings.
He added that the National Arts Council would invite literary agents to Singapore to
explore new works for publishing, provide guidance to those with a flair for writing
through a mentoring project, and offer grants for writers, literary publishers and
translators. - CNA /ls
This is certainly something that is changing in the Art's movement in Singapore.
People, its high time to include your creative drama juices and add it into your pencil case. Being art conscious is one thing. Living it up is another. Singapore's culture should not be kept to just hainanese chicken rice and its four colours. Diversity in races can be put into good use for Art.
Don't underestimate this small dot that you are living on!
WalkerGal walked on the sunny side.
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