Sunday, September 13, 2009 • 9:41 PM
Chapter 2&3
managing healthcare & ageing population
1) The government is fully responsible for helping Singaporeans prepare for old age. Do you agree? Explain your answer.
2) Providing subsidies for government hospitals is the best way to meet the healthcare needs of people in Singapore. Do you agree? Explain your answer.
3) To what extend is self responsibility important in achieving the aims of the national health plan in Singapore? Explain your answer.
4) Here were the 3 areas of concern for the British government in managing the national health service(NHS):
Government spending on NHS
Efficiency of NHS
Which if these was the most important area of concern in managing NHS? Explain your answer.
Chapter 5
Bonding Singapore
1) Here are two challenges a multi-racial society like Singapore faces today. Which do you think is more important:
Managing the perceptions of different racial groups
Threats of terrorism?
Explain your answer.
2) Here are two measures Singapore has taken to maintain social harmony. Which do you is more effective?
Protect the interest of minority groups
Create common space
Explain your answer.
3) How far is it a challenge for Singapore to manage to perception of different religious groups?
4) To what extent was the threat of terrorism the most challenge for a multi-racial society like Singapore.
5) How far can creating common space to bring about social cohesion in Singapore?
Chapter 6 & chapter 1(sec 4)
Managing peace and security in Singapore
1) Singapore need not worry about maintaining good regional relations because we have a strong a defence force. Do you agree? Explain your answer.
2) How far do you agree that in the deterrence of potential aggressors, Singapore’s defence industry is the most effective strategy? Explain your answer.
3) “practicing bilateral relations is more beneficial than regional relations implementing the policy of diplomacy.” How far do you agree? Explain your answer.
4) How responsible is the government in Singapore in ensuring its national security? Explain your answer.
Chapter 2:
Sustaining economic development
1) “Transnational corporations were the essential force of globalization.” How far do you agree? Explain your answer.
2) Which is the more important impact of globalization: the economic consequences or the social consequences? Explain your answer?
3) How far do you agree that the main factor that has made globalization possible has been improvements in transportation? Explain your answer.
4) Which is the better way for Singapore to maximize its opportunities in a globalised world-investing in the other countries or nurturing its own small and medium enterprises(SMEs)? Explain your answer.
Do if you want
&3three 'oheight
Sunday, September 6, 2009 • 7:00 PM
HEY !
Long time since I posted.
Anyway its
GEOGRAPHY/HISTORY ELECTIVE at 8 am to 9 30 am
CHEMISTRY at 9 30 to 11 am
&&&&
CORE HISTORY at 11 to 1230pm.
CS students can leave after chemistry !
School is open for night studies anyway :D
THATS FOR TOMORROW :D
&3three 'oheight
Friday, August 28, 2009 • 10:32 PM
Dear students,
Prom Night is approved! It will be held on 23 November. No challenge on the
date please. But you do have a say in venue. So do email me any place you
think is good for Prom Night and do contribute any activity you wish to see
on the night. I am getting a professional company to run Prom Night this
year. I will be gathering all these information first then finally decide on
the price each of you are paying. Once you sign up, not backing out. You
still have to pay if you back out. I am holding on to the class list which
you have indicated your preference. Thank you.
With regards
Mr Liew
&3three 'oheight
Friday, August 14, 2009 • 10:01 PM
A cut in the Asia-Pacific Cable Network 2 (APCN2) undersea submarine cable crippled connection speeds for users in the Asia-Pacific region on Wednesday, particularly in Singapore and the Philippines.
Users were sending updates to local forums and Twitter, complaining of slow connection speeds to sites hosted outside of the region.
According to a notice sent by Malaysian telco, TM Net, the cable fault was traced to segment 7 of the APCN2, which stretches between Shantou, China and Tanshui, Taiwan. TM Net traced the outage to Typhoon Morakot, which hit the region over the weekend.
Additionally, segment 1 of the APCN2 is also currently under repair. Repairs on segment 7 are expected to commence after work on segment 1 is completed.
TM Net said the repairs are expected to be completed by late evening Aug. 13.
Singapore operator, SingTel, confirmed the cable fault in an e-mail to ZDNet Asia, saying the APCN2's consortium members have started restoration works and are diverting Internet traffic to other cable systems. It said the situation is expected to return to "acceptable levels" within the next 24 hours.
A status update posted on InternetTrafficReport.com showed SingTel's Singapore gateway registered a score of only 34 points, compared to the global average "health" of network connections, which was 86 points as at 3pm Singapore time on Wednesday.
The site first started registering slower response times and packet loss in Singapore at 8pm Tuesday evening.
Cable & Wireless sent ZDNet Asia a status update at 6pm, Singapore time, noting multiple cable breaks have been also detected along the EAC (East Asia Crossing) and SMW 3 (South-East-Asia, Middle-East, Western-Europe) subsea cable networks, in addition to the APCN2.
These breaks have been concentrated specifically near Taiwan, with network traffic "adversely affected in and out of the region as a result," said the operator.
Back in 2006, the APCN2 was taken out by a powerful earthquake in Taiwan. Internet access was reportedly badly disrupted and halted in some parts of Asia after the quake.
Reasons why Singnet is lagging badly
&3three 'oheight
• 9:59 PM
Telekom Malaysia Berhad ™ wishes to inform its customers that they may be experiencing slow browsing due to the widespread infection of the Conficker Worm.
Conficker, also known as Downup, Downadup and Kido, is a computer worm that surfaced in October 2008 and targets the Microsoft Windows operating system. The worm exploits a previously patched vulnerability in the Server service used by Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7 Beta, and Windows Server 2008 R2 Beta.
The Conficker worm is a computer worm that can infect your computer and spread itself to other computers across a network automatically, without human interaction. It is a standalone malicious program which uses computer or network resources to make complete copies of itself. It may include code or other malware to damage both the system and the network
Conflicker infects other computers across a network by exploiting the vulnerability in the Windows Server service (SVCHOST.EXE). It might spread through file sharing and via removable drives, such as USB drives (also known as thumb drives). The worm adds a file to the removable drive so that when the drive is used, the AutoPlay dialog box will show one additional option. The Conficker Worm can also disable important services on your computer.
TM strongly encourages its customers to update unpatched systems as soon as possible. Additionally, TM recommends that customers take the following preventive measures to help mitigate the security risks:
Step 1 – Turn on your firewall – Point to Control Panel -> Network and Internet Connections ->Windows Firewall.
Step 2 – Update Windows – Open up Internet Explorer and go to http://update.microsoft.com. Do all the urgent or required updates.
Step 3 – Verify that your antivirus software is on and keep it up-to-date. You should have a “resident” (always running) antivirus software installed such as Norton, McAfee, AVG, Trend Micro, etc. Open your antivirus and see if it is running and updated. Update it if it is not. You can also go to Start Menu -> Control Panel -> Security Center to verify that antivirus is running.
Some Computer bugs that are highly risked.
ZhiYing::
&3three 'oheight
Wednesday, August 5, 2009 • 10:09 PM
wear RED tee on friday ! :D
esther here !
NDP ;D
8.22PM ,9/8/09 :D remember to take the pledge !haha :D
&3three 'oheight
