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Hey fellow brudders, Just watched a show 'SharkWater'. Really pity the sharks and I think we should really do something to help this species. Shark fins are tastless and has no nutritional value. I seriously think the killing is not justifiable at all. Furthermore, sharks killed only 5 people a year. As compared to 100 by tigers and elepants. There are alot of misconceptions that sharks are dangerous. In actual fact, they are more afraid of us! Their teeth do not function to tear off body parts and like intelligent animals, they have long term and short term memory, learning that if they cannot fight against something, they wouldn't attack it. So I strongly urge everyone to start boycotting shark fin products.

So scary....recently I've seen quite a lot of these flyers around my estate too. Looks like everyone wants a piece of the action. ------ Jul 4, 2011 Loan sharks masquerading as licensed moneylenders They tout services via fliers, online ads, but are not on approved list By Mavis Toh A flier for an illegal moneylender at the grille gate of a Bishan flat. Such moneylenders offer quick, hassle-free loans at exorbitant interest rates, and ask for borrowers' confidential SingPass information and passwords so they can get personal and financial data. -- ST PHOTO: LAU FOOK KONG ILLEGAL moneylenders pretending to be licensed operators are becoming brazen, dropping fliers and name cards at the doorsteps of flats and on car windshields across the island. Some are also advertising their services on classified websites such as ----.com and gumtree.sg Touting themselves as licensed operators to unsuspecting borrowers, they offer quick, hassle-free loans at exorbitant interest rates through bank transfers - not unlike the way loan sharks operate. A check by The Straits Times found at least 10 such operators advertising on various sites online. None of them is on the Insolvency and Public Trustee's Office's list of licensed moneylenders. Some list company names such as Jenny Finance and Javier Credit. Others simply leave a number and go by names such as Apple and Ivan. Several of them returned calls made to them last week using overseas numbers, and said they were based abroad but had workers in Singapore. One even said he had an office on Jurong Island. All eight contacted asked for the caller's confidential SingPass information and passwords to access his Central Provident Fund accounts and get personal and financial data.