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உலக பொருளாதார வீழ்ச்சியின் உச்ச கட்ட தாக்கத்தின் விளைவு இந்த மந்த நிலை என்று கூறினால், யாரால் இக்கூற்றை மறுக்க இயலும்?

சமீப காலமாக எங்கும் வாசிக்கப்படும் செய்தி இது, நாளிதழ்களுக்கு என்னவோ இது நல்ல விசயம் தான், பத்திகளை நிரப்ப! ஆனால் ஆட்குறைப்பால் நித்தம் நித்தம் வேலையில‌க்கும் தொழிலாளர்களுக்கு மிகவும் வருத்தம் தரக்கூடிய விசயம்.

நான் வேலை செய்யும் அலுவலகத்தில் அதிகம் பாதிக்கப்பட்டோர் தற்காலிக வேலையில் இருந்தவர்கள். எவ்வளவு தீவிரமாக வேலை தேடினாலும் வேலை கிடைப்பது மிகவும் கடினமாக உள்ளது இல்லையெனில் ஏற்புடையதாக இல்லை. இது தான் அவர்களிடம் நான் தெரிந்து கொண்டது. பல முன்னனி நிறுவனங்கள் வேலைக்கு ஆள் எடுக்கும் சமாச்சாரத்திற்கு தற்காலிக விடுப்பு கொடித்திருப்பதாகவும் கேள்விப்பட்டேன்.

அரசாங்க‌ வேலையிலும் ஆட்குறைப்பு, இது இன்னுமொரு செய்தி. ஒரிரு தினங்களுக்கு முன்பு நான் நாளிதழிதளில் வாசித்தறிந்த விசயம், சிங்கப்பூரில் அடுத்த வருட ஊழிய ஏற்ற விகிதம் இரண்டு சதவீத்த்தை ஒட்டியே இருக்கும் என்பது இன்னும் ஒரு வருத்தம் தரும் செய்தி. எங்கும், எதிலும் விலை ஏற்றம், பண வீக்க விகிதம் வரலாறு காணாத உயர்வு, ஆனால் சம்பளம் மட்டும் உயர்வதில்லை. அடுத்த காலாண்டில் இன்னும் என்ன நடக்குமோ, பொறுத்திருந்து தான் பார்க்க வேண்டும்.

தற்போதைய நிலவரப்படி இருக்கும் வேலையினை தக்க வைத்துக்கொள்வதற்கு என்ன செய்ய வேண்டுமென திட்டமிட்டு அதன் படி செயல்படுவது நலம் என்பது என் எண்ணம்.

Deepavali Special 2008 Programmes on Vasantham Central

Here is the list of Programmes on Vasantham Central for this year 2008 Deepavali.

சென்னை மாநகர போக்குவரத்து காவல்துறைக்கு சல்யூட்

ஹாலிவுட் சினிமாக்களில் மட்டுமே அந்த காட்சியை நம்மால் பார்த்திருக்க முடியும். பத்தே நிமிடங்களில் சுமார் 20 கிலோ மீட்டர் தூரத்தை சென்னையில் பரபரப்பான பகல்வேளையில் கடப்பது சாத்தியமா? ஆம்புலன்சுக்கு கூட வழிவிட மனமில்லாத சென்னை வாகன ஓட்டிகளின் சவாலை ஒரு காவல்துறையின் ஊர்தி கடந்து சாதித்திருக்கிறது. சுமார் 120 கிலோ மீட்டர் வேகத்தில் அந்த கார் சாலைகளில் கடந்ததை பார்த்தவர்கள் மின்னலை கண்டதாக சொல்கிறார்கள். சபாஷ் சென்னை மாநகர போக்குவரத்து காவல்துறை. ஷூமேக்கர் வேகத்தில் ஒரு போலிஸ்காரர் காரை ஓட்டிச்செல்ல காரணம் என்னவாக இருக்கும்?

ஒரு உயிரைக் காக்க...

ஹிதேந்திரன் பதினொன்றாம் வகுப்பு படிக்கும் மாணவன். அப்பா அசோகனும், அம்மா புஷ்பாஞ்சலியும் மருத்துவர்கள். மகாபலிபுரத்துக்கு அருகில் இருக்கும் திருக்கழுக்குன்றத்தில் சொந்தமாக மருத்துவமனை நடத்தி வருகிறார்கள். கடந்த சனிக்கிழமை அப்பாவின் பைக்கை எடுத்துக்கொண்டு நண்பனை சந்தித்து திரும்பியவனுக்கு எமன் ஒரு மீன்பாடி வண்டி ரூபத்தில் வந்தது. எதிர்பாராமல் நடந்த அந்த விபத்தில் தலையில் ஹிதேந்திரனுக்கு அடிபட்டது. செங்கல்பட்டு அரசு மருத்துவமனையில் முதலுதவிக்காக சேர்க்கப்பட்டவன் நினைவிழந்த நிலையில் மேல்சிகிச்சைக்காக சென்னை அப்பல்லோவுக்கு கொண்டு செல்லப்பட்டான்.

பரிசோதித்த மருத்துவர்கள் கை விரித்தார்கள். ஹிதேந்திரனின் மூளை செயல் இழந்து விட்டது (பிரைன் டெத்). கிட்டத்தட்ட மரணம். இதயம் மட்டுமே துடிக்கும். பெற்றோரும் மருத்துவர்கள் ஆயிற்றே? பிரச்சினையை புரிந்துகொண்டார்கள். தன் மகனின் உடல் உறுப்புகளை தானமாக தர விரும்பினார்கள். கண்கள், இதயம், சிறுநீரகம், கல்லீரல், நுரையீரல் ஆகிய உறுப்புகள் அகற்றப்பட்டன. புரட்சித்தலைவி ஜெ. ஜெயலலிதா நகரில் இருக்கும் செரியன் மருத்துவமனையில் சிகிச்சை பெற்றுக் கொண்டிருந்த சிறுவன் ஒருவனுக்கு இதயம் அவசரமாக தேவைப்பட்டது. ஹிதேந்திரனின் இதயம் அகற்றப்பட்டு 20 நிமிடங்களில் அந்த சிறுவனுக்கு பொருத்தப்பட வேண்டும். போக்குவரத்து நெரிசல் மிக்க சென்னையின் 20 கிலோ மீட்டர் தூரத்தை 20 நிமிடங்களில் அடைவது சாத்தியமா?

மருத்துவமனையின் நிர்வாகம் சார்பில் சென்னை மாநகர போக்குவரத்து காவல்துறையை அணுகினார்கள். பிரச்சினையின் தீவிரத்தை புரிந்துகொண்ட கூடுதல் ஆணையாளர் சுனில் உடனடியாக ஒரு உதவி ஆணையாளரை அனுப்பி வைத்து உதவுமாறு உத்தரவிட்டார். உதவி கமிஷனர் மனோகரன் இந்த ஆபரேஷனுக்கு திட்டமிட்டார். தன் சக அதிகாரிகளோடு தொடர்புகொண்டவர் குறிப்பிட்ட அந்த நேரத்துக்கு போக்குவரத்து சிக்கல் இல்லாதவாறு திட்டம் தீட்டினார். சிக்னல்கள் முழுக்க போலிசாரின் கட்டுப்பாட்டுக்கு சில நிமிடங்களில் வந்தது. ஒரு ஆம்புலன்ஸில் இதயத்தை எடுத்துச் செல்லவும், அந்த ஆம்புலன்ஸுக்கு வழிவிட ஆக்சண்ட் காரில் ஏ.சி. மனோகரனே முன்செல்லவும் திட்டம் தீட்டப்பட்டது.

ஹிதேந்திரனின் இதயத்தை ஒரு பெட்டியில் வைத்து படபடப்போடு மருத்துவர்கள் ஓடிவந்தார்கள். படபடப்பில் இருந்ததால் ஆம்புலன்ஸில் ஏறுவதற்கு பதிலாக ஏ.சி.யின் காரில் ஏறிவிட்டார்கள். ஒரு நொடியை கூட வீணடிக்க விரும்பாத ஏ.சி. தனது டிரைவரான கான்ஸ்டபிள் மோகனை புயல்வேகத்தில் ஓட்ட சொன்னார். ஏ.சி.யின் கார் இலகுவாக செல்ல வழியெங்கும் போக்குவரத்து சீர் செய்யப்பட்டிருந்தது. போனில் போலிஸ்காரர்களிடம் பேசியபடியே வழியில் இருந்த தடங்கல்களையெல்லாம் அகற்றினார் ஏ.சி.


மேட்லி ரோடு, தி.நகர் புதிய மேம்பாலம், லயோலா, சூளைமேடு, அமைந்தகரை, அண்ணா வளைவு வழியாக சுமார் 120 கிலோ மீட்டர் வேகத்தில் மோகன் காரை விரட்டினார். திருப்பங்களில் கூட பிரேக்கில் மோகன் காலை வைக்கவில்லை. ஆக்ஸிலேட்டரில் வைத்த காலை எடுக்கவேயில்லை. பொதுவாக போக்குவரத்தில் இந்த தூரத்தை கடக்க சுமார் 50 நிமிடங்களில் இருந்து ஒன்றரை மணி நேரம் வரை பிடிக்கும். மருத்துவர்கள் கொடுத்திருந்த டார்கெட் 20 நிமிடம். பத்தே நிமிடங்களில் செரியன் மருத்துவமனையை ஏ.சி.யின் கார் அடைந்திருந்தது. ஆறு மணி நேரம் நடந்த இருதய மாற்று அறுவை சிகிச்சை சக்சஸ்!

இனி ஹிதேந்திரனின் இதயம் வாழும்!!

மருத்துவத்துறை காவல்துறையோடு இணைந்து இந்த சாதனையை செய்திருக்கிறது. சென்னையில் மருத்துவத்துறை சாதனைகள் புரிவது ஒன்றும் அதிசயமல்ல என்றாலும், காவல்துறையின் இந்த அதிரடி சாதனை சென்னை மக்கள் மத்தியில் பரபரப்பாக பேசப்படுகிறது. வாய்ப்புகள் கிடைத்தால் எங்களாலும் சாதிக்க முடியும் என்று சாதித்துக் காட்டிய சென்னை மாநகர போக்குவரத்து காவல்துறைக்கு சல்யூட்.

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Happy Independence Day

Ipod & deafness? and How EMFs affect our health?

You might love listening to your favourite music on your iPod, but a new survey has revealed that more than 70 per cent of young adults are losing their hearing power, thanks to the increasing use of headphones. A recent survey showed that more than 70 per cent of the youngsters are suffering from the first sign of hearing loss with tinnitus or ringing in the ear.

This may be due to listening to music played at dangerously loud levels on headphones. “That was a real surprise because that was actually more common than the older respondents,” a website quoted Professor Harvey Dillon, director of the National Acoustics Laboratory at the organisation that led the survey, as telling a radio channel. “Mostly for the younger people it didn't happen very often, and it didn't last for very long when it did happen. But it did happen. And we think that that's probably a warning sign for them,” he added.

The survey also revealed that two-thirds of the people listened to music on headphones and of those, 60 per cent played music at dangerous loud levels.

Prof Dillon said it could take just weeks for hearing loss to begin. “That's part of the problem. Although it's happening, definitely, it's happening gradually and people just don't notice it,” he said.

Some 25 per cent of younger people thought that if they damaged their hearing it would get better, he added. The risk of damage occurred in two stages when people go to concerts or noisy venues. “Both occurred inside the inner ear and while one was temporary the other was permanent,” he said. “We tend to notice the temporary loss of hearing .What we don't notice is that at the same time, in the same place but through a different mechanism, there's also a permanent loss going on.

A few hair cells dying here, a few hair cells dying there and they add up from time to time,” he added.

Prof Dillon said that safe headphone audio levels were 85 decibels, averaged over an eight-hour day. He also advised workers exposed to loud machinery or industrial noise to wear earmuffs or plugs to protect their hearing.

Click on this EMF Chart to know how our hearing ability is affected by various types of noises that fills our day.


PS: Nowadays when I'm seduced by the tune to increase my music player volume right before my finger taps the volume increase button my brain taps my memory about this article. Hope it does effect on you as well.

Safety Car in Formula One Race

Earlier you might have read about Formula One Facts. Also you might be eagerly awaiting to watch The first ever Formula 1 Race to be held at night in Singapore titled Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix on 26-28 September 2008 at Marina Bay area. I recently happened to get to know about another interesting fact related to Formula One Safety Car. And I thought that it will be great news to share with you for your pleasure reading. So, here it is.

The safety car is a key factor in Formula One racing. In the event of an incident or adverse weather conditions, the safety car is deployed by the FIA race director in order to show the cars down and to restore order to the race.

Instructions: The safety car is called onto the circuit to reduce speed, especially during hazardous situations like accidents, unsafe track (objects or dirt on the track), bad weather/poor visibility condition & oil slicks or if there is a danger of aquaplaning.

Regulations: When the safety car is deployed, yellow flags are waved (In Singapore Formula 1 Grand Prix these flags are going to be electronic type, I read somewhere) to indicate that no overtaking permitted, reduce speed and laps completed behind the safety car count as race laps.

It looks like there is a selection process to define a specific car model as Safety Car for the year between the leading Safety Car manufacturers like DC & BMW. For this year 2008 It was Mercedes SL 63 AMG was selected as F1 Safety Car for 2008. Here you can find how the safety car evolved over the period of time.

Sign Language: The safety car communicates with the drivers by means of light signals.
Orange Light – No Overtaking
Green Light – Overtake
Flashing white light – Always On

Free Driving: Once the safety car leaves the track, the leading car determines the pace until the Start/Finish line. From then on the drivers may overtake again.

Kids Playing Video Games Excessively? Make them Play Wii Fit

Growing kids and some matured adults too are playing video game like crazy. Many of them are spending lots and lots of their time in playing video games by means of gaming devices merely like addiction. It causes havoc for their health may it be eye sight issues, behavioural issues, obesity & lack of interest in other social activity.

But strangely some studies suggest that there few positive aspects of such act like games involving firing guns could improve eyesight. Other than this Nintendo's Wii Fit seems to be a gaming method used for rehab.

Fitness-oriented video games are also being used more and more in nursing homes for rehabilitation is an interesting way to make people exercise to make healthy living. Why not you try to divert your kids playing such virtual games that makes them do exercise unknowingly and will surely benefit them with better health in result.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveils iPhone 3G

Yesterday Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled iPhone 3G, the App Store, MobileMe, and more in his Worldwide Developers Conference keynote address from San Francisco's Moscone West. Here is a video clip on WWDC 2008 Steve Jobs Keynote - iPhone 3G. This is expected to be released on July 11th in Apple retail outlets & AT&T stores in the US and in 70 other countries by end of of this year.

Here are some Pros & Cons for you to decide on what you can expect on this new iPhone 3G version.

Pros:

• Location-based services via the GPS


• Comes at a low price (US$199 for the 8GB & US$299 for the 16GB version)


• 3G speed is twice faster than its current version


• Thinner than the previous model and much lighter version for extra cost


• Software 2.0 supports Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync, delivering push email, calendar & contacts


• Longer battery life


• Supports collection of applications available on its SDK for gaming lovers


• Looks a little better with the new design


• Better reception & Better Audio

Cons:

• No Multimedia Messaging


• No dock included anymore


• No Copy & Paste


• No voice dialing & Video recording


• No flash support for browser


• No Landscape keyboard


• No expandable Memory

Chennai Rail Network Map

Here is the map of Chennai City & Suburban Railway Network Map. This is very useful for the travellers to avoid increasing traffic jam during their journey. Click on the image below to get the clear map

Inflation & Futures Trading in Commodities

We all know that cost of living in the recent days have gone up everywhere in Asian region. A cost for a tea on the road side shops will cost you 5 bucks, If a go into a decent restaurant for a group meals I needed to fill my wallet with bunch of high end denominations of rupees. Things weren’t same as before during my visit to India just a couple of weeks back. Few months back I was chatting with one of my friend about the raising cost of living in India recently, one of the fact that he was telling me was something about Online Futures trading in commodity that adds more fuel to it. He was saying unless government takes some serious measure on all such act we might end up hitting record high inflation ratio like that.

There were analysis done on the topic “Futures ban can bring down inflation in India”. Couple of nights back I also watched special coverage news on the TV about what really drives this Online Future Trading to aggravate inflation. He was telling that there more speculators on commodities that were not meant to be traded this way. Seems like the theory matches with what my friend explained to me during our conversation.

The theory is like when there is no real need for goods by the consumer they purchase it online and keep the stock with the dealer by making payment. Assume later there is a demand for the good that he holds stock (reason being shortage in supply at that point in time) and takes more money from that consumer then instructs the dealer to deliver to the address of the consumer who is actually in need of it. So, this speculation is done purely on the interest of making money by business minded people. As a result it affects us whole.

Probably our Indian government realized the fact that future trading ban on few commodities could help to slow down the skyrocketing inflation ratio. We shall keep our fingers crossed and see what happens in future on sky high inflation issue that trembles our whole nation.

Please feel free to share your views.

Tamil Lieteratures e-Book Collections

This guy Prabhu has good collections of Tamil Literatures. If you are interested to read any kind of tamil literature check out his collections.

Tamil Nadu Land Registration Details (Patta Copy) goes online

Another welcoming move by the Tamil Nadu Government on the launch of
e-Services of Government of Tamil Nadu is you can view the Patta Copy (Chitta Extract) and A-Register Extract for the agriculture land in Tamil Nadu.

I am sure will be much useful for the people to avoid counterfeit and to prove the legitimacy of the land.

Cheers to TN Govt for this brilliant effort.

Bread Pitt

We have a bakery shop named this at Maxwell Food Centre? It will not be a surprise if someone set up another bakery and name it Angelina Loti :)

TN State Board E-Books

This is a good piece of work by TN Government Either this is going to benefit you or your friends or your neighbours or your colleagues, whose children are studying in the State boards. Now the TN State board books are online in PDF and downloadable for all standards of schools that is from Std 1 to Std 12 and All subjects. It is available at Text Books Online

If you think this news will benefit your friends or your neighbours or your colleagues, please feel free to forward this.

With this do you feel education society is moving bit hi-tech? Share your views

1 Lakh Car - TATA Nano unveiled in India

The much awaited 1 Lakh Car (Appox. US$ 2,500/S$ 3,600) by Tata was unveiled yesterday in the International Auto Expo 2008 happening at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi between Jan 10th -Jan17th 2007.

VEHICLE SUMMARY

Model : Nano - Petrol
Car Body Type: Hatchback
Segment: A Segment
Top Speed: 90
Fuel Consumption(Highway) : 26 KMPL
Fuel Consumption(City) : 22KMPL


ENGINE SPECIFICATIONS

Displacement : 796cc, 3 cylinder
Engine Type : Petrol
Maximum Power : 33bhp
Maximum Torque : 0


COMFORT & CONVENIENCE

Central Locking : Manual
Driver Seat Adjustment : Manual
Door Mirror : Driver Side


OTHER SPECIFICATIONS

Seating Capacity : 5
No. of Doors : 4
Tyre Size : 0
Steering : No Power Steering
Brakes : Front Disk, Rear Drum
Gears : 4 Manual
Fuel Tank : 30.00
Body Color Bumpers: Yes

Rest of the features are NO for this car. Hoping to go back for a short drive on this Tiny Nano when I am back in town.

Plan for your Holiday in 2008

8 Days Leave 37 Days Of Rest click on the image below to see how.

Note: Applicable only for employees working in Singapore

Deepavali in China Town

Deepavali Comes down to China Town in Singapore - Celebrating the Spirit of Togetherness. Check the attachment for further details.

Fastest Internet Connection on the Planet

Sigbritt Lothberg, a 75 year old granny in sweden, just got a 40 Gbps internet connection. Its about 20,000 times faster than 2 Mbps, and 6 Lakh 40 Thousand times faster than a dial-up. Interesting how such news spreads with such rapidity over the fibres, as it were... Lotherberg's home connection happens to be the fastest residential Internet connection on the planet. Lotherberg can download a full-length dual-layer DVD in two seconds, or watch 1500 HDTV channels streamed simultaneously.

Click Here or Here to read full article.

Fresh tremors felt in S'pore today moring at about 8am, tsunami alerts issued

Please note that there was another earthquake jolted Sumatra last night and tremors were felt in many parts of Singapore & Jakarta yesterday night.

SINGAPORE/JAKARTA - Tremors were felt in Singapore on Thursday at about 8am after a strong aftershock of 8.3 magnitude rattled Sumatra island. Members of the public called STOMP to say that they noticed tremors in places like Ponggol, Tampines, Yishun, Bishan, Telok Blangah and Woodlands. One said he could see the water in his fish tank sway while another felt his block shaking. A police news release said together with the SCDF, they have received about 150 calls from the public reporting the tremors. Metereological Services confirmed that an earthquake occurred in Southern Sumatra and registered 8.3 on the Richter scale. The public is advised that there is no cause for alarm.

Tsunami warning issued
Over in Japan, its Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning for Indonesia, Australia, India and Sri Lanka on Thursday after the latest earthquake rocked Sumatra.

'There is a possibility of a destructive regional tsunami in the Indian Ocean,' the agency said in a statement, adding that the Indian Ocean coasts of Sumatra and Java and Australia's Cocos Islands could be affected within an hour.

It said all coasts of India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands and all coasts of Sri Lanka could be affected between one to three hours.

Rescue teams
Rescue teams are being sent to Sumatra, where a powerful earthquake on Wednesday destroyed buildings in several towns and cities

'The emergency rescue system has mobilised and the president has ordered the military to help the rescue effort,' President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's spokesman said.

Indonesia's Health Ministry crisis centre in Jakarta said the latest casualty figures showed that six people had been killed and 40 injured after the initial 8.4 magnitude quake.

The earthquake, which was also felt in neighbouring Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia on Wednesday, caused extensive damage to buildings along Sumatra's coast, officials said.

Some buildings had collapsed in Padang, the capital of West Sumatra north of the tremor's epicentre, witnesses reported, while Metro TV said some buildings had caught fire.

'The city is in complete chaos. Everyone is heading to higher ground, I saw one house collapsed to the ground. I'm trying to save my family,' said a witness in Padang.

Padang Mayor Fauzi Bahar said three people were trapped in a collapsed three-storey office building.

Dr David Oppenheimer, a scientist with the United States Geological Survey in Menlo Park, California, said the death toll could well rise as authorities take stock of the impact.

A quake with an eight magnitude typically leads to partial collapse of buildings, houses moved off their foundations, and other damage, he said.

'That's the kind of stuff that causes death, especially in the Third World,' he said, 'I think there is an information blackout at this point.'

As several big aftershocks hit the region, many people chose to sleep out in the open rather than return indoors, said a Red Cross official in Bengkulu, close to the epicentre of the quake.

A total of 141,000 people in the Sumatran towns of Curup and Sungaipenuh were exposed to a quake of magnitude 7, according to the US Geological Survey, while a combined 379,000 people in Bengkulu and Pagaralam were exposed to a magnitude six quake.

'Glass was broken, ceilings collapsed, and the walls cracked in the hospital,' said Mr Aldi, a member of the staff of M. Yunus hospital in Bengkulu. He added that patients were being treated in two tents erected in the hospital grounds and that more tents were needed.

Mr Rustam Pakaya, head of the health ministry crisis centre in Jakarta, said the latest casualty figures showed that four people had been killed and 21 injured.

He said the government would send one tonne of medicine, three tonnes of food supplements, and one tonne of noodles on Thursday for displaced people in the area.

'Patience test'
'This quake is a test in Ramadan so that Indonesians become more patient,' Mr Pakaya said, referring to the fact that the quake struck on the eve of the Muslim fasting month.

An official at Indonesia's meteorological agency said gauges measured a wave surge of one metre after the first quake. The agency said the big quake's epicentre was 159km south-west of Bengkulu, a remote area of mountains and forests.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre issued an Indian Ocean tsunami warning after the first quake struck at 6.10pm (7.10pm Singapore time). Authorities from Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Australia issued independent warnings, as did India for the Andaman and Nicobar islands, France for the island of Reunion and Mozambique. -- REUTERS, AFP

In the event of future tremors, the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) has advised the public to:

1. Be calm

2. If you are out in the open, to stay there. If in the building
a.to take cover under a table
b.keep away from items made of glass or hanging objects
c.do not use the lift
d.do not use a naked light, in case there is a gas leak

3.After all vibrations have stopped
a.to stay away from any exposed cables, damaged power points or hanging objects
b.report gas leaks
c.help the injured (call SCDF at 995 if the injuries are significant)
d.report any incidents or issues of law and order to the Police

The New 7 Wonders Of The World

Taj tops the list...
Taj Mahal, India: The white marble-domed mausoleum in Agra combines Indian, Persian and Islamic styles and was built by a 17th century Mogul emperor for his favorite wife, who died in childbirth.
Great Wall of China: The 4,160-mile barricade running from east to west is the world's longest man-made structure. The construction of the wall took place over hundreds of years, beginning in the seventh century B.C.
Petra, Jordan: This ancient city in southwestern Jordan, built on a terrace around Wadi Musa, or Valley of Moses, was the capital of the Arab kingdom of the Nabateans. The city is famous for water tunnels and stone structures carved in the rock.
Christ Redeemer Statue, Brazil: The outstretched arms of the 125-foot statue of the Christ the Redeemer overlooks Rio de Janeiro from atop 2,343-foot Mount Corcovado.
Machu Picchu, Peru: Built by the Incan Empire in the 15th century, Machu Picchu's walls, palaces, temples and dwellings are perched in the clouds at 8,000 feet above sea level in the Andes.
Pyramid at Chichen Itza, Mexico: This pyramid was part of a sacred site in an important Mayan center on Mexico's Yucatan peninsula. Built according to the solar calendar, shadows at the fall and spring equinoxes are said to look like a snake crawling down the steps, similar to the carved serpent at the top.
Colosseum, Italy: The 50,000-seat amphitheater in Rome was inaugurated in A.D. 80 and served as the backdrop for thousands of gladiators who dueled to the death.