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M'sian in a coma in Shenzhen; two others said to have died KUALA LUMPUR - A 66-year-old Malaysian is among more than a dozen people who are in a coma after eating star fruits in Shenzhen province in China. Two patients have died at the Shenzhen General Hospital after eating the fruit. Tang Gon Seang, a retired assistant headmaster of SRJK © Kwang Hwa in Butterworth and his wife Teoh Hui Fong, 58, had gone to visit their engineer son in Shenzhen on Feb 18. On March 29, he passed out and was rushed to the Shenzhen hospital, where has been in a coma since. Mr Tang's brother-in-law Teoh Thian Lye, 55, said that at first doctors at the intensive care unit were baffled by his condition. Then, a specialist at the hospital asked Hui Fong whether her husband had eaten star fruits and she replied he had eaten some which he bought from a wet market there. 'The specialist then told her there were more than 10 people in the hospital, who also fell into a coma after eating the star fruits bought in Shenzhen. Two had even died,' said Thian Lye at MCA Public Complaints and Services Department head Datuk Michael Chong's office on Sunday. The family is seeking Mr Chong's help as they could not afford the huge hospital bill and want to bring Mr Tang back to Malaysia. The hospital bill is RM1,000 (S$431) a day after being reduced from RM5,000 a day. To bring home Mr Tang, they also require a medical report on his condition and the cause of illness to ascertain whether he could be flown back. However, the Shenzhen General Hospital has refused to give the report and only provided a note in Mandarin which stated that Mr Tang had suffered food poisoning after eating star fruits. The note added that Mr Tang suffered renal failure, high blood pressure, lung problems and breathing difficulties. 'The family is in a fix. They hope the hospital can reduce the fees,' said Mr Chong. He said they also wanted to warn other Malaysians in Shenzhen not to eat star fruits while there. Mr Chong said notices had been put up at the Shenzhen General Hospital warning people about eating the fruit. - The Star/ANN. http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/...ory_229531.html

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Home > Breaking News > Singapore > Story Sep 5, 2008 Good toilets, bad habits Some of the public restrooms here are pretty nice - till the public gets to them By Kimberly Spykerman THE malls here have really great toilets. Those in Ngee Ann City, for instance, are well-lit and have full-length mirrors; Paragon Shopping Centre's toilets have automatic sliding doors - a no-need-to-touch feature that is every germ-fearing person's dream. But providing these gems of toilets might as well be an exercise in casting pearls before swine. Filth in utilitarian toilets at hawker centres and bus interchanges is nothing new, but a Straits Times check showed that even the plants, gleaming counter tops and shiny mirrors in more upscale loos do little to inspire better toilet habits. Mr Sebastian Sekaran, a 42-year-old logistics executive, told The Straits Times: 'It's people's mindsets that have to be changed. So what if the toilets look good? It also won't matter how often the toilets are cleaned if people still make a mess.' He added: 'People know it's not their toilet, so they don't feel like the onus is on them to keep it clean.' The toilets in Far East Plaza and Lucky Plaza went through major overhauls in 2005 as part of the two malls' move to buff their image among shoppers, but the toilets are still not clean. A check by this reporter found many porcelain bowls plastered with wet toilet paper. Floors and toilet seats were spattered with urine, and used sanitary towels sat atop the lidded bins provided precisely to keep them out of sight. In the toilets for 'gents', soiled floors around the urinals could be seen. An exasperated Teo Yong Khiang, 48, a hairstylist in Far East Plaza, made this call: 'Guys, please aim properly!' Mr Wong Chee Meng, 47, who cleans the toilets at Paragon Shopping Centre, said globs of soggy toilet paper in the urinals are his biggest bugbear: 'I have to pick them out before they clog up the urinal and we have to call the plumber.' For Madam Sapariah Kasmadi, 54, a cleaner in Ngee Ann City's toilets, picking up soiled toilet paper is also a daily task. She said: 'Of course I don't like it but that's my job. It would be nice if people could be a bit more considerate.' She makes half-hourly forays into the toilet to clean the cubicles, wipe the dripping counter tops and check that everything is in working order. Weekends are the worst because of the bigger crowds. Mr Yoges Arumugam, 19, who also works on Ngee Ann City's toilets, has had to clean faeces off the floor more than a few times. He said: 'I don't know why they do this. It makes the whole toilet so smelly.' But despite their unhappiness over the lack of toilet etiquette here, the cleaners know there is little they can do but get on with the cleaning. Mr Yoges said the management would come down on them if the very people using the toilets complain about their being dirty. Madam He Ai Ni, 60, who cleans the toilets in Changi Airport, said: 'Our job as cleaners is just to make sure that whenever someone makes a mess, we take care of the situation at once.' Sales assistant Caroline Shing, 23, pointed out that people are less inclined to keep toilets clean if they have already been soiled by previous users. Of footprints left on toilet seats, she said: 'It's a vicious cycle. If a seat is already dirty, people won't want to sit on it. They'd probably just step on it.' Smoking in the toilets is banned, but it still happens. Aside from leaving behind the odour of smoke, culprits also stub out their cigarettes on toilet roll dispensers, leaving them pocked with scorch marks and ash-littered. For all the mess they put up with, cleaners seldom get a word of thanks; users seek them out only when there are problems with the toilets. But Mr Yoges said tourists are more generous with praise. He said he was once tipped $5 by an Australian visitor who relieved her churning stomach. She apologised for the mess as well. The Restroom Association of Singapore has declared its target of making seven in 10 public toilets here clean by 2010 through public education. Its president Tan Puay Hoon said that though well-designed and decorated loos have definitely become cleaner, toilet habits here need an attitude overhaul: 'We believe continued emphasis on good toilet habits by toilet operators (like Apollo) will pay off eventually.' [email protected] Additional reporting by Seow Kai Lun Do you think S'poreans are gracious? Vote online at www.straitstimes.com http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNew...ory_275446.html

M'sia's pirated disc-sniffing dog dies: report Manny (above) and another dog Paddy were the latest additions to the world's first anti-piracy canine unit. -- PHOTO: AFP KUALA LUMPUR - A DOG trained to sniff out pirated discs, from a Malaysian unit which criminals have made threats against, has been found dead in the undisclosed location where it was kept, a report said on Sunday. The New Straits Times said that Manny, a one-year-old golden Labrador which arrived in Malaysia in February, died about a week ago and that authorities were trying to determine the cause of death. 'We have sent Manny's body to University Putra Malaysia for a post-mortem,' said Roslan Mahayuddin, the enforcement director of the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry. 'He had not started work yet so I doubt that there was anyone who wanted to harm him,' Mr Roslan said, according to the newspaper. Manny and another dog Paddy were the latest additions to the world's first anti-piracy canine unit. The first dogs in the unit, another pair of Labradors named Lucky and Flo, made headlines last year after uncovering huge stashes of pirated CDs, doing serious damage to the lucrative illegal industry. During a five-month stint during which they sniffed out 1.6 million CDs, leading counterfeiters placed bounties on their heads. Paddy and Manny, donated by the US-based Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), began work in April after spending some time getting used to the climate. The MPAA had reportedly spent 74,500 ringgit (S$31,800) to buy the dogs from Northern Ireland. The dogs are trained to freeze or sit down when they detect polycarbonate and other chemicals used in manufacturing optical discs. Paddy, a black labrador, had been found badly abused by an animal shelter before he was trained. -- AFP http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/...20.html?vgnmr=1

Workers' Party says Singapore workers disadvantaged Posted: 01 May 2008 0659 hrs SINGAPORE: The Singapore economic model, one in which Singaporeans are dependent on foreigners for their jobs, has eroded the societal standing of the Singapore worker, suggested the Workers' Party (WP) in its May Day message on Wednesday. The WP cited an anecdote from Mr Lim Boon Heng, Minister in the Prime Minister's Office, at the recent Singapore Tripartism Forum, of a woman concerned about a "sweet, young beer girl from China" undercutting her wages at the coffee shop. According to The Straits Times, Mr Lim had said the young girl drew more customers, in turn helping the Singaporean to keep her job. "According to Mr Lim's logic, is he conceding the People's Action Party has created an economic model whereby Singaporeans must now be dependent on the foreign workers to retain our jobs?" asked the WP statement, which cited how 60 percent of the 234,900 jobs created last year went to foreigners. The party also questioned if the "rosy picture" of the record job growth had masked some disadvantages. "Could it be that more Singaporeans are holding contractual part-time work positions, whereas foreigners might be benefiting from the full-time positions created?" asked the WP. The job figures required "more detailed analysis to understand the actual employment status" of Singaporeans and their employment terms, such as medical benefits and annual leave. The WP ended its message with a call for more help measures from the government, in the context of rising food prices, "on top of the initiatives (such as the U Stretch food voucher programme) by the National Trades Union Congress". While the party did not suggest food subsidies "across the board", it repeated its call to reduce the Goods and Services Tax to 5 percent and to keep it at that rate for "at least a year". It also suggested the government reduce fuel taxes. - TODAY/so May 1, 2008 S'poreans may lose jobs without foreign workers: PM SINGAPOREANS should look at the contributions of foreign workers objectively - they are not here to steal their jobs, but to help enlarge the economic pie for the country. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, speaking in Mandarin at the May Day Rally on Thursday morning, sought to explain why foreign workers can help strengthen Singapore's overall competitiveness. He noted that some Singaporeans think that foreign workers are the problem because they are under-cutting the wages of locals. As an example, he mentioned recent reports in newspaper about coffee-shops hiring foreign workers, which became a talking point. An older Singaporean woman has lamented to Minister Lim Boon Heng (Prime Minister's Office) that these young, pretty foreigners were taking jobs away from locals. 'Boon Heng replied, half joking, that maybe this was how the drinks stores attracted more customers; with more business, locals will be able to keep their jobs, and so the PRC young lady was indirectly helping the Singaporean woman,' PM Lee told the rally. Some people disagreed with Boon Heng's answer. Mr Lee himself also thinks it may not be a good thing to have more pretty beer ladies who encourage people to drink more. But he said the former labour chief had a serious point. The PM gave three reasons: First, foreign workers are hardworking and willing to work long hours. By hiring them, coffee shops can open late, or even 24 hours, round the clock. Second and more importantly, with the help of foreign workers, airport, seaport, factories, offices, hotels, restaurants and retail outlets can offer better service and business hours: 365 days a year, 24 hours a day, they can run their operations, service their customers, and so strengthen Singapore's overall competitiveness. Third, many SMEs do not make good profits, especially the neighbourhood shops. If they can hire some foreign workers in addition to the locals, they can reduce their business costs; otherwise, they may have to go out of business. Thier Singaporean employees will then lose their jobs. PM Lee said the Government is controlling the inflow of foreign workers, by setting limits on the proportion of foreign workers they can hire and imposing a levy. This gives Singaporean workers the edge in competing for jobs. 'Overall, our policies are creating many job opportunities for Singaporeans,' he added. http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2...ry_232960.html

April 2, 2008 Hairstylist dies after choking on biscuits HUNGRY after a late-night chat, a hairstylist helped herself to biscuits, only to choke on them fatally. Huang Yan Ping, 33, was in the Jurong East flat she shared with two others at around 11.30pm on Tuesday when she started choking, reported Shin Min Daily News on Wednesday. Her flatmates tried to force the biscuits out of her mouth, but Ms Huang died after a burst of coughs. She was taken to the National University Hospital by ambulance but was pronounced dead after arrival. Ms Huang, who came here from Johor 10 years ago, was married with two children, her friend, Ms Zhou, told Shin Min. http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/...14.html?vgnmr=1