Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) Updates
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Weirdly I feel like a certain ministry is trying to boost the hotel industry by giving them more business. QO, the latest new freebie. More and more people I know had been served the QO.
lee_yl\" post_id=\"2032277\" time=\"1627649452\" user_id=\"17023:
Hearsay after changing Health Minister, this current one is very aggressive and recently had more than 19K pax put on QOs.doodbug\" post_id=\"2032102\" time=\"1627521626\" user_id=\"13281:
Is there any website listing the active Covid clusters?
I am wondering if there are many clusters in Clementi now. I just had two friends who were issued with QOs yesterday, and both had their exposure to a positive Covid case in Clementi.
If 2pax on public transport sat near each other for more than 20mins and 1 tested positive for Covid, the other pax would be called up to serve QO.
It is not easy to apply to do QO at home. Easiest just go to hotel.
Anyway, with daily 130+ cases with no sign of slowing down, looks like we will take a long time to bring cases down to near zero (hopefully by end August). -
phtthp\" post_id=\"2032298\" time=\"1627694934\" user_id=\"35251:
Days on HBL are not marked as absent. Only for absentees with parents letter. AWOL, you know? 😆
Why do parents get angry, over \"absent without valid reason\" ?zac's mum\" post_id=\"2032291\" time=\"1627688840\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=2032291 time=1627688840 user_id=53606]Reading the parents’ comments on FB, it seems that those who have written excuse letters & kept their kids at home, have been given “absent without valid reason” and they find this unfair.
What is the implication of “absent without valid reason”? And why are parents angry with this? If there’s no real penalty or punishment to be dealt out, then it’s just an issue of words right? If someone edits it to “voluntary absence due to parent letter” or sthg, will that make it easier to swallow?
And someone raised a very valid point: even if kids stay at home and do HBL, vaccinated parent goes out to buy food, shop for groceries, (visit KTV or market), still carries a higher risk (statistically) of infecting the unvaccinated child.
Because
These comments can appear inside their school report card, over their school attendance :
the number of days, absent from school
What's next ?
When these P6 students apply for DSA, and Secondary school Principals can see their Report card content, which parent would want the DSA Principal to see this comment ?
Solution ?
Suggest to their class form Tr to change the comment from
\"Absent from school, without valid reason\"
To
\"Absent from school on HBL, risk of infection \" sounds better ?
After all,
Isn't HBL a valid reason to be absent from school, with the on-going pandemic ?[/quote] -
Zeal mummy\" post_id=\"2032300\" time=\"1627695676\" user_id=\"58173:[quote=\"Zeal mummy\" post_id=2032300 time=1627695676 user_id=58173]
There are 2 different type of HBL
Days on HBL are not marked as absent. Only for absentees with parents letter. AWOL, you know? 😆[/quote]
1) those that the govt publicly announced and broad cast, \"All schools to go on HBL, for 2 weeks\", yes, you are right. They are not marked as absent.
Why ?
Because govt announced mah !
2) those that the govt didn't announce publicly
but
because
some student in their child's school caught the virus and parents scared, worried, self-declared their own HBL, that means, self study at home don't let their kid go to school, this type will go under \"Absent without valid reason \"
Because
did govt announce anything ?
No -
Going forward,
think schools should implement something like what eg. Mavis tuition centre doing. That means, give students the option
- to attend school physically on site F2F,
come on, be realistic !
How can u all expect National exam students (Psle / O level/ A level) forever, always on HBL ? Ridiculous !
Or
- to attend school from home, via technology platform.
Of course, school Teachers will complain, too much work involved to prepare -
DS school has several schoolmates whose parents keep them at home just to be safe. They simply inform the form teacher via email of their reasons. The form teacher does not condemn these kids as playing truant. The kids all know who is staying at home with excuse letter, the kids the teachers - everybody is understanding about it. So there is a gap between what happens on the ground and the official stance on marking such absences as “uncondoned”.
I can also tell u however, that the kids at home are super bored, especially if they have no adult at home to engage them. They msg the class WhatsApp group during school hours saying they are bored & playing computer games whole day is not fun anymore. If parents allow them to go playground to interact with other kids as a solution, it’s also exposure. Complete isolation is not feasible. Even the WFH parents also go out to gai gai & da bao food. Nobody really confines themselves at home for days on end, will go mad. -
Zeal mummy\" post_id=\"2032299\" time=\"1627695278\" user_id=\"58173:[quote=\"Zeal mummy\" post_id=2032299 time=1627695278 user_id=58173]
Weirdly I feel like a certain ministry is trying to boost the hotel industry by giving them more business. QO, the latest new freebie. More and more people I know had been served the QO.lee_yl\" post_id=\"2032277\" time=\"1627649452\" user_id=\"17023:
Half half. Aggressive QO is one way.
Give business to hotels just to keep them alive only. Else with tourism dead, many hotel staff will be sleeping on the streets by now. -
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Zeal mummy\" post_id=\"2032297\" time=\"1627694905\" user_id=\"58173:[quote=\"Zeal mummy\" post_id=2032297 time=1627694905 user_id=58173]
It is the responsibility of MOE to assure parents that the vast majority of children are studying in a safe environment.
Yes there is a need for more transparency. More information can be shared to reduce anxiety.lee_yl\" post_id=\"2032272\" time=\"1627648508\" user_id=\"17023:
Don’t just give a number. In this age of big data, give convincing statistics in easy to understand form, like which student got it from home, which are from schools etc.. Use data properly to convince/assure parents.
Another thing to look into is those outsourced school cleaners. Do they ‘butterfly’ to different schools, I mean clean other schools when being assigned by the cleaning company or just stick with one sch throughout? -
phtthp\" post_id=\"2032289\" time=\"1627681142\" user_id=\"35251:How to be zero case ?
Not zero case lah, near zero (single digit).
Men (young, middle aged & old) with stack of cash, come here to seek thrill & fun !
The \"butterfly\" move from room to room swiftly, to earn more fast cash, entertain more customers
What's the new attraction ?
They are pretty, slender & articulate, charge different, higher rates than normal, ordinary girls because they are \"prized commodities\"
And
worst hit with travel almost zero
Read on
https://www.asiaone.com/singapore/there-are-quite-many-sia-girls-ktvs-singapore-hostess-spills-beans-ins-and-outs-industry
If we intend to open up to tourists / overseas businessmen soon, we have no choice but to keep such KTV lounges alive for entertainment/nightlife. Else tourists might as well go Bangkok, no reason to come to such a boring country.
The problem is brainy KTVs 老大 know how to step into this gray area where the label “KTV” has been too loosely used!
TEO HENG family karaoke also KTV, Club De Zara also call themselves a KTV. I think should totally stop using KTV as a generic description and split into two different categories, rename it as either Family Karaoke (no hard liquor) or to call a spade a spade, simply “NIGHTCLUBs” (allowed to sell hard liquor). No more gray area KTVs, either you are wholesome family entertainment or you are not. -
lee_yl\" post_id=\"2032310\" time=\"1627698864\" user_id=\"17023:
Zeal mummy\" post_id=\"2032299\" time=\"1627695278\" user_id=\"58173:[quote=\"Zeal mummy\" post_id=2032299 time=1627695278 user_id=58173]Weirdly I feel like a certain ministry is trying to boost the hotel industry by giving them more business. QO, the latest new freebie. More and more people I know had been served the QO.
Half half. Aggressive QO is one way.
Give business to hotels just to keep them alive only. Else with tourism dead, many hotel staff will be sleeping on the streets by now.Can empathise with the tourism industry.. but the QO ..
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