Singapore bans Julie biscuits

t is shocking to read in Singapore's NST this morning that our Julie biscuits was found to contain excessive Melamine and subsequently banned from sales in the country.

By now I'm confident Malaysia's national food authorities should by now been duely notified and I hope proper investigation and action to suspend further manufacturing by this company is in place.

In the best interest of all fellow Malaysians who are likely regular consumers of this brand, I also hope that our rightful authorities will publish findings with full facts.

As a regular consumer, if it is true that this manufacturer is guilty of using Melamine above permitted levels, then our authority must take every legal avenue to penalized the perpetrators. The Melamine issue is no longer a new topic and big manufacturers cannot always hide behind a veil of deceit claiming they are ignorant or that they are also victims using by-products purchased from 3rd-parties. All large food companies like Julie's should have by now taken necessary precaution to double check and certify that their by-products are not contaminated, as they should know the source of their purchase.

It simply leaves a huge question on the part of the company's integrity and social responsibility to continue using this substance until caught by AVA of Singapore.

I hope our government will take the sternest action against this manufacturer, as it cannot be taken lightly for a MNC to betray the trust of consumers who were the reason of their success.

Earthquake in Malaysia

At approximately 10.30pm yesterday, tremors were felt in Georgetown Penang and Bandar Utama, Puchong, Mont Kiara, Old Klang Road, Taman Tun and other places in the Klang Valley.

Apparently, according to the Jabatan Meteorologi Malaysia website, the tremors were caused by a moderate earthquake Northern Sumatera (5.1 on Richter scale).

However, the U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program website reported that the earthquake in Northern Sumatera had a magnitude of 5.9 on the Richter scale.

You can check the following websites for recent earthquake alerts:

U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program

Jabatan Meteorologi Malaysia

Please post updates here, should you have any new information. Thanks.

Omen told the Earthquake in China

Apparently there were omens that predicted the earthquake that killed over 10,000 people in the Sichuan province, south-western China on Monday, 12th May. The omens were: a lake that had ‘vanished’, an army of frogs and butterflies that migrated, and distinctive cloud patterns.

Many Chinese believe that these were the clues to some geological activity which were warning signs of the impending 7.9 magnitude earthquake in China.

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On hindsight, anything, however marginally connected to a past event can be construed to be an omen. If those people were so smart at reading omens, why didn't they warn anyone prior to the earthquake happening ?

Some people believe that Buddha is punishing the China for its atrocities in Tibet.

Do you believe in omens ? or are they just coincidences ? Please post your comments.

China & Tibet

The problem with China is GREED & ARROGANCE!! They will go around claiming territories around them as theirs and will call that One China Policy. In that case, do you think it’s fair?? Just like Malaysian Malays who has their roots in Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, etc. do you think its right for us to claim One Malaysia Policy by just going into their country like what the Chinese military did?? Anyway, China will go after the minnows because they know that these Tibetans, Mongolians, Taiwanese, etc. will not exert to war like the Japanese, Koreans, etc. They should go after the Japanese and Koreans under the One China Policy and we will have a gala time in this region. They even claimed a piece of land called Ākèsàiqīn which is located in India as theirs, another piece of land near Vietnam is also claimed by the Chinese government as theirs and they claimed one with the Soviets and come one day the will claim the whole world is theirs.

The Chinese don’t realize the amount of damages they have committed towards mankind and other living beings like sharks, etc. but when they get pinched, the make so much of noise. They love to criticize others but when it happens to them, they can’t tolerate. China, Pakistan & North Korea are the troublemakers in this region but China’s history of having wars with their neighbors are dated back very long time ago and I don’t think that they know how to respect the sovereignty of others. What goes around comes around and one fine day the Chinese Government will have to face the consequences from the uprising of the Tibetans and eventually they will break into tiny pieces in the process of democracy like the Soviets. Can’t wait to see that!!