The Singapore Sand Smugglers

The causeway linking Singapore to the southern tip of the Malaysian peninsula is normally clogged with cars and trucks making the short international journey, but things got particularly bad on Feb. 1, when traffic came to a grinding halt. Thirty-seven trucks were abandoned where they stood on the Malaysian side, just yards away from a customs checkpoint, their drivers having simply walked away. Upon further investigation, it was discovered that they were carrying an illegal substance — but not drugs, illegal migrants, or precious jewels. They were carrying sand.

via Foreign Policy.

Golden Agri refutes Greenpeace’s claims of harming the environment

It says contrary to Greenpeace’s claims, there are no orang utan habitats in SMART’s concession area in P-T Bangun Nusa Mandiri.

SMART also reiterates that before developing land, it conducts the necessary environmental assessments.

With regard to concession areas in the Papua province, SMART says it only manages a total of about 13,000 hectares, not 1 million hectares as stated by Greenpeace.

via Channel NewsAsia

BCA mulls law to get owners to “green” existing buildings

The rule will cover all existing buildings, with the main focus on commercial and office buildings and hotels. This could come in two to three years to help Singapore meet its goal of “greening” 80 percent of its buildings by 2030

via Channel NewsAsia.

Singapore eggs found with Doxycycline residue

The farm staff’s plea of innocence is hard to accept – you see a variety of locally produced ‘designer’ eggs with such enhancements as cordyceps and pro-biotics – it isn’t surprising they’d find anti-biotics in the eggs anyway.

The price hike comes after food safety authorities suspended the sale of eggs produced by N & N Agriculture Farm, whose eggs were found to contain an antibiotic called doxycycline. Staff from the farm said they did not feed their poultry the antibiotic, and suspect there was something wrong with the feed

via Channel NewsAsia

First CNA, now ST displays immense cluelessness

Dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb… If you sing that to the tune of the score from “Jaws”, you’ll be able to warn others about our fine country’s “trusted” news sources.

Last month we featured how CNA celebrated the capture and cooking of a Queensland Grouper despite it being on the IUCN red list.

Now we if you click on the link below you’ll see ST’s version, posted yesterday on their web video news Razor TV.

Please do pass this on to everyone you know. Maybe we can even ask IUCN to amend the “conservation actions” section on the species to include Singapore’s unique “catch ‘em, fry ‘em and eat ‘em” action on vulnerable species.

The 220kg Queensland Grouper from Indonesia was reeled into Singapore by Chef and Queensland Grouper expert Johnny Tan.

via RAZORTV – Singapore lands 220kg fish.

16km network of cycle paths by 2014

By the end of next year, cyclists could ride around the Marina Bay area, say, from One Raffles Quay, along Marina Bay Sands, to Marina Centre.

This route is part of an extensive network of cycling paths the Land Transport Authority (LTA) will roll out in the area, which will see 16 kilometres of dedicated tracks by 2014.

via TODAYonline

Inaugural Gardeners Cup awarded to community gardening group

A garden nurtured to provide the ingredients for Peranakan cooking has cinched the Gardeners Cup at this years Singapore Garden Festival. The winning team beat seven other teams with its fragrant garden that has plants commonly found in Peranakan dishes – from pandan to lime leaves.

via Channel NewsAsia

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