My partner and I saw a newspaper article today regarding Singapore preparing to host the agriculture conference in the year 2016. The article stated that our bid won even though our small country was competing against bigger countries bidding to host the conference such as Canada,the second largest country in terms of land mass. The article said that the reason we won the bid could be due to our high levels of food safety, agricultural dvelopment and research, as well as our favourable location and climate. Also, another reason could have been due to two Singaporeans who did a presentation of our far based tourism at the 23rd agricultural conference in Scotland. ( The one that will be held in Singapore would be the 27th one )
Another reason why we won the bid was because of our 'effeciency and facilities' said by Mr John Bennet, a RASC board trustee. What he said made me think of the current topic that we are learning of transport and communication. This is because the word 'effeciency' brought to mind of the recent breakdowns in the MRT systems posted on Ms J's blog. What if the MRT breaks down again when they people from all over the world come to attend the conference? This might be a bad reflection of our country, and this highlights the importance of the topic that we have just started on, transport and communication.
Here is the link for the article but only half of it can be read as you would need to log in to read the full online version:
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_783437.html
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