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[lee_yl]

Sun_2010\" post_id=\"1967575\" time=\"1584515997\" user_id=\"18393:

lee_yl\" post_id=\"1967557\" time=\"1584512394\" user_id=\"17023:

Not a little credit. I think it’s a big credit.

Without Wuhan locking themselves down right before 春运, it could have been 10 times or 100 times worse.

China shouldnt be taking any credit . Their health care professionals were were flagging out the new virus in December. They totally suppressed them . Forget being proactive, they acted only when things were blowing up out of control . If the Wuhan lockdown happened atleast 2 weeks before Chinese new year , a lot of travel in and out of Wuhan could have been avoided. The spread would have been so much lesser.
Make no mistake , this epidemic sits is on China's shoulders. Other countries have mismanaged but China takes a major blame

At this stage, what is the point of saying it’s China’s fault. The same argument could be said for the officials in Italy etc. They didn’t identify the series of pneumonia cases and despite the substantial advance notice they received, they just allowed the epidemic to get out of control. A mortality rate of 6% which is even higher than that in Wuhan!

Locking down Wuhan when the Spring festival was just 2 weeks away? I could understand the officials’ dilemma. Of course in hindsight everything was crystal clear but at that point in time when information was patchy who could say for sure.

To be fair, Covid-19 could happen in any country. This time round, it originated from China. It could have come from Indonesia or Africa. The PRCians aren’t the only ones eating bats or other wild life.

[zac's mum]

chenlaoshi\" post_id=\"1967796\" time=\"1584624023\" user_id=\"162894:

zac's mum\" post_id=\"1967717\" time=\"1584599887\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=1967717 time=1584599887 user_id=53606]For masks, Raffles Hospital’s Raffles Connect app.

I bought through them as I trust their quality. There was a brief period OOS but supply has come in recently & they said can collect already.

They even set up a pop-up kiosk next to the Fun Toast outlet so that u don’t need to enter the hospital & worry about catching infections.

Fair warning though, the pop-up store can get crowded with long Q, depending on demand.

zac's mum, was the queue long when you went? (and around what time was that?)

Ordered on 17 Feb, email regarding collection only arrived on 5 Mar but I have yet to collect.

On a side noted, received the coupon for free sanitizer in mailbox today.
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I believe we ordered around the same time (when RH first launched their promo). Emails came in around same time also 5-7 March.

I collected on the first possible opportunity once they opened, ie. Monday 9 March, 11am+ Long Q as expected. When I left, the Q was even longer becos the office lunch crowd came to pick up during their lunch hour.

IMO the waiting time was made longer because of the manual outdated method of distribution: the counter staff had printed out stacks and stacks of our order forms & sorted them into batches based on the barcode number. When each customer stepped up to collect, they had to sieve thru the relevant stack of paper to find our order. Then we had to sign on the paper to indicate that we had collected.

Wish they have wised up by now and have a few laptops with search function! The app is so high tech but the collection process...does not utilize technology. Weird.

Possibly, now is a good time to collect because most would have chiong-ed to collect already? Sorry I haven’t passed by recently.

[phtthp]

lee_yl\" post_id=\"1967710\" time=\"1584597775\" user_id=\"17023:

I see. Thanks for the explanation. After seeing the spike in imported cases, especially last night, I was worried about my girl as her teacher left earlier for an overseas trip. The rock has been moved away from my chest.

how are schools going to check each class of students whether they have travelled overseas or not, during this one week Term 1 holiday break, from Sat 14 March to Sunday 22 March ?

What if parents or students lied, actually flew overseas with kids & family, but never report to school, instead choose to keep quiet hoping that fellow classmates didn't know, so that their child can escape 2 weeks of LOA, so that their child able to continue attending school lessons ?

Then how to verify ?
ask their class Form Teacher to check the students' passport, one by one, in order to verify ?
Passport is the best way, to verify whether student had exited Singapore, or not

so if every primary school Mainstream class have around 40 students per class, Form Teacher to check each & every single [P1 to P6] student's passport ?

BECAUSE

I recalled that for Secondary schools,
just one or 2 days before Term 1 holiday started, Form Teacher rang up the class' parents, to inform parents to fill up the \"Travel Declaration form\".

Question is,

possible scenario ...

What if initially during filling up the \"Travel\" form, parent replied \"Not leaving Singapore\".
But then once the holiday started, feeling bored staying at home, these parents decided to change their mind, decided to go short week holiday ?
Means the info or form initially submitted to class Form Tr : was wrong, because in the end, these parents still left Singapore,went overseas holiday mah

Hence, checking students' passport to verify, is the best way. Cannot run away from the truth, inside Passport content

[chenlaoshi]

zac's mum\" post_id=\"1967803\" time=\"1584626215\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=1967803 time=1584626215 user_id=53606]
I believe we ordered around the same time (when RH first launched their promo). Emails came in around same time also 5-7 March.

I collected on the first possible opportunity once they opened, ie. Monday 9 March, 11am+ Long Q as expected. When I left, the Q was even longer becos the office lunch crowd came to pick up during their lunch hour.

IMO the waiting time was made longer because of the manual outdated method of distribution: the counter staff had printed out stacks and stacks of our order forms & sorted them into batches based on the barcode number. When each customer stepped up to collect, they had to sieve thru the relevant stack of paper to find our order. Then we had to sign on the paper to indicate that we had collected.

Wish they have wised up by now and have a few laptops with search function! The app is so high tech but the collection process...does not utilize technology. Weird.

Possibly, now is a good time to collect because most would have chiong-ed to collect already? Sorry I haven’t passed by recently.[/quote]

I see, thanks for sharing, zac's mum. Initially, I was wondering how come there's no news regarding the collection. Hmm, not very eco-friendly too.

I was thinking of collecting both the RH surgical masks and sanitizer next Monday since Bugis Junction and Bugis+ are one of the collection points for the latter, but just noticed the collection time for sanitizer is from 3pm to 9pm for weekdays.

[pirate]

phtthp\" post_id=\"1967804\" time=\"1584626253\" user_id=\"35251:

Hence, checking students' passport to verify, is the best way. Cannot run away from the truth, inside Passport content

But nowadays with biometric passport can go many places without getting passport stamped. Like Hong Kong and New Zealand. PRs balik Kampong also no stamp.

[starlight1968sg]

If pple found lying in the travel declaration, hope the authority would charge them

[MyPillow]

pirate\" post_id=\"1967814\" time=\"1584636618\" user_id=\"66252:

phtthp\" post_id=\"1967804\" time=\"1584626253\" user_id=\"35251:

Hence, checking students' passport to verify, is the best way. Cannot run away from the truth, inside Passport content

But nowadays with biometric passport can go many places without getting passport stamped. Like Hong Kong and New Zealand. PRs balik Kampong also no stamp.

Ya can be worrying ! so this is the minus side of biometric passport :(.
Some Patents can easily keep quiet n send kids back to sch .... arrrggghh !
In fact , dishonest teachers can keep quiet too ( hope Not though
I referring to those came back between 14 , 15 March . Who will not get letter SHN at custom

[MrsKiasu]

MyPillow\" post_id=\"1967821\" time=\"1584665365\" user_id=\"70594:

pirate\" post_id=\"1967814\" time=\"1584636618\" user_id=\"66252:

[quote=phtthp post_id=1967804 time=1584626253 user_id=35251]Hence, checking students' passport to verify, is the best way. Cannot run away from the truth, inside Passport content

But nowadays with biometric passport can go many places without getting passport stamped. Like Hong Kong and New Zealand. PRs balik Kampong also no stamp.

Ya can be worrying ! so this is the minus side of biometric passport :(.
Some Patents can easily keep quiet n send kids back to sch .... arrrggghh !
In fact , dishonest teachers can keep quiet too ( hope Not though
I referring to those came back between 14 , 15 March . Who will not get letter SHN at custom[/quote]14Mar is the cut off date, if the 2 wks period is effective, just need to give one more week of holiday only.. kids may be at the less risky category but some may have vulnerable family members at home.

If one week holiday is too disruptive to families have no carer at home, can we have kids from families with members returning from overseas less than 14 days to do online study? This to include after 14Mar returnees yeah..

[zac's mum]

Nowsadays, all govt agencies are electronically linked.


Immigration & Checkpoints Authority has an electronic record of who enters SG, when and what time. Unless u swim across the ocean like Mas Selamat.

It’s fairly easy for them to share the information with Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health, transmit via email or cloud in one second.

You cannot hide.