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Straits Times Reflection #15
Sunday, August 23, 2009

- What are the 4 rules for religious harmony?
- All religion groups must exercise tolerance and restraint, and should not be related to politics but separated. The government must be fair to all religion groups, in other words, they must be secular. Lastly, maintaining common spaces Singaporeans share so as to allow the feeling of at home in Singapore at ease.

- In your opinion, how can we maintain a common space in schools?
- The Catholic and Chinese schools should allow the students of other religion and/or races to mix along with the catholics and chinese. Other than that, students of different religion and/or races have to be independent and do something common together amongst themselves.

- Do you respect other religions? Why or why not? What do you think of the children who stay away from their parent's funerals because they believe the traditional rites are against their new religion?
- Yes, I do. I respect them because I also want them to respect me, as well as my religion, and to gain their respect, I have to respect them too. Other than that, I would not want any racial riots to occur. In my opinion, I think that those children are very disrespectful to their parents. To me, nothing is more important than family. It sis true though that religion is important but, by abandoning parent's funeral is not only disrespectful to their parents, but also quite sinful. Their parents have taken great care of them from young till what they are now, and visiting their funerals is only a small price to pay. But, it is a shame that they could not just do this little thing for their parents.

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Straits Times Reflection #14
Wednesday, August 5, 2009

- What is the modus operandi ( method of operating ) of the con artists?
- The con artists would impose themselves as volunteers from welfare organizations working on a project to spruce up the homes of the senior citizens.

- What are the Lion Befrienders planning to do to ensure the old folks do not get conned again?
- They have reminded not only the 3 victims, as well as all the old folks to ask for an identification pass bearing the visitor's name and Befrienders's logo, whether the visitors are the full-time staffs or experienced volunteers introducing new volunteers to them. This is to ensure that all the old folks recognized all the people who are visiting them subsequently.

- Do you like doing social work? Why/why not?
- I like doing social work. I like helping people, especially old folks. I like to see the smile on the old folk's faces when I visit them and help them clean and tidy up their homes since most of them do not have the strength and energy to do so. In my opinion, helping these old folks is a much better way to spent our leisure time than to just lazing around at home, doing nothing and/or play computer games. I think that it is a nice and caring thing to do by visiting these old folks and help them, it will not only make them feel happy, we are also making ourselves happy somehow.

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Straits Times Reflection #13

- What are the 2 worrying trends about drug trafficking mentioned in the article?
- Teens that are as young as 14 have been arrested for trafficking, although it is still unknown of how many have been convicted. Other than that, more Singaporeans are currently being arrested for drug crimes overseas. Some of the 330 Singaporeans were caught in Thailand and Malaysia between 2002 to 2006 and many of them are currently behind bars.

- Why are Singaporeans increasingly being used as " drug mules "?
- Singapore's reputation on drugs are very tough and serious, which makes Singaporeans less likely to be checked for drugs. Not only that, Singaporeans do not need a visa for many places.

- What will you do if you find out that one of your friends is selling drugs? How will you react if someone tries to sell you drugs?
- Immediately, I would advise that particular friend of mine to stop selling drugs and inform him that drug-selling is illegal. Also, I will remind him of the harsh consequences if he are caught selling drugs. If he ignores me, even when I have advised him, I would just wash my hands of him and respect his decision. When someone tries to sell me drugs, I will quickly find a reason to go away so as to not buy the drugs. Example; I would suggest that I am in a rush to meet my mum thus, quickly fled away from that particular area.

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