We weren’t in a private hospital, but a public one. What does the menu of channels tell us about our public hospitals’ priorities when it comes to their target market? Should our public hospitals chase Middle-Eastern patients? When reports surface of bed shortage or ambulances turned away, has the revenue-driven cultivation of the Arab market got anything to do with that?
The same month, I happened to make a trip to Pulau Ubin (Ubin Island), and discovered that it is not connected to our power grid nor to our mains water supply. On this island, the residents draw water from wells and run generators for electricity.
This is absurd, I said to myself. The island is separated from mainland Singapore by little more than one kilometre of water. What does it take to lay an underwater pipe and cable? If can we invest so much to lay fibre-optic cables for internet connections to the rest of the world, why can’t we supply water and electricity to Ubin?
- http://yawningbread.wordpress.com/2012/05/31/7214/
The same month, I happened to make a trip to Pulau Ubin (Ubin Island), and discovered that it is not connected to our power grid nor to our mains water supply. On this island, the residents draw water from wells and run generators for electricity.
This is absurd, I said to myself. The island is separated from mainland Singapore by little more than one kilometre of water. What does it take to lay an underwater pipe and cable? If can we invest so much to lay fibre-optic cables for internet connections to the rest of the world, why can’t we supply water and electricity to Ubin?
- http://yawningbread.wordpress.com/2012/05/31/7214/
