My news summary (1st & 2nd weeks)....

1) A toddler was found drowned in a pail of water at home while his young mother slept, tired out after a night of clubbing. Adrian Ong Jun Wei's father was out looking for job that time. The child's maternal grandmother was also outside picking a gift for her grandson's first birthday. When Mr Ong reached home, he was shocked to see that his don was not on the mattress in the living room next to his wife. She was still asleep. Mr Og found his son in the toilet half-submerged in a pail of water. He pulled the baby out but he was unresponding. Immediately, he woke his wife, Ms Tan Siew Kim, 20, and they rushed to the Raffles Hospital when he was announced dead in about one an a half hours later. Mr Ong said that a month ago, his son crawled to the toilet and stood up. holding on a pail of water for support. he splashed water in it before his mother carried him away.


In my opinion:

This is a very sad story as the baby is only 11 month and he was dead. The mother of the child could not be totally blame as it is difficult for a 20 years old being a mother and she was very tired but she should check in the toilet before going to bed. As the family was very busy that time, nobody could take care of the child. If anyone of them check the toilet before going out or going to bed, then this incident will not happen.

To prevent all this kind of things to happen again, first, parents should check the toilets to see if there is any pails of water. Secondly, the parents must try not to be late back home to cause themself to get tired. Lastly, they should keep all the things that is dangerous for the baby to play or touch away from them. If they were really very busy, I suggest that they should hire a maid or bring the baby to the relative house before going to work.(350words)


2) A 15 year old Singaporean student studying in India has become the island's eigth case of H1N1. He is also the first boy to be picked up by the thermal scanners installed in Changi Airport. His fever was detected by the airport scanner when he arrived in Singapore on Monday. He was then brought to Tan Tock Seng hospital and is now warded at KK Women's and Childrean Hospital. He was taken there early Tuesday morning. The laboratory results at 2.40 pm on the same day confirmed he was infected by H1N1.


My opinion:

I think that the H1N1 virus has become more serious so Singaporeans must be more aware about the virus. We should try not to go to overseas this time to prevent the virus. In school, we must take our temperature daily or regularly to see if we have fever. If we really have fever, we should go to the clinic and do not go out to spread the illness to other people. Also, we must wash our hands regularly especially after using the toilet. Before eating, we must watch our hands too especially under our finger nails as the dirt will trap there. After all this kinds of practise, we can protect ourselves and fight against the virus. (212 words)