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  • Diabetes In Singapore: Here Are Facts Based On What The Government Has Documented

    Diabetes In Singapore: Here Are Facts Based On What The Government Has Documented

    DIABETES IN SINGAPORE – AS REPORTED & DOCUMENTED

    Following up from my last post (Thanks everyone for the colourful comments! It was a cracker to read! Didn’t think such a post would have gathered such traction), here are the facts based on what the government has documented.

    This time, I’ll use 2013 statistics (2016/2017 statistics last I checked weren’t ready yet).

    ‘The majority of adults with self-reported diabetes were men (53.3%) and almost two-thirds (65.2%) were Chinese. More than three-quarters (81.2%) had an educational level of secondary/GCE O/N level and below. Slightly more than half (54.8%) were not working. One-quarter (26.3%) of these self reported diabetic adults resided in HDB 1-3 room flats.

    The mean age of onset of diabetes reported by these diabetic adults was 50 years old. The mean duration of diabetics reported was 11 years. Four in five (80.9%) were currently on oral hypoglycemic agents.’

    ‘One in five (19.3%) of the adults with self-reported diabetes were obese.’

    ‘Almost two-thirds (65.3%) of the adults with self-reported diabetes did not participate in any physical activity during leisure time, compared with 48.3% of the general population.

    Top reasons for not doing so were:
    1 – No time due to work or family commitments (36.3%)
    2 – Too old (19.6%)
    3 – Poor health (18.4%)’

    Okay, so why did diabetes made it to NDR 2017? This is probably why.

    ‘The Ministry of Health (MOH) has declared war on diabetes to stem a healthcare threat that is costing the Government more than $1 billion annually.

    This figure could rise to $2.5 billion in 2050 after taking into account both medical costs as well as indirect costs such as loss of productivity and premature mortality.’

    So much so that a ‘Diabetes Prevention & Care Task Force’ has been setup.

    ‘In Singapore, one out of 9 people aged 18 to 69 has diabetes. That’s about 11.3% of our population or more than 400,000 people!’

    Since diabetes is primarily a self-managed condition, what can we do especially if you are prone to it?

    As a person who is prone to diabetes based on family condition, I am also particularly concerned and worried about my own health. So, for the past year I’ve been tracking my health status using a simple mobile app available on both Android and Apple, Tactio Health.

    Hopefully this will be helpful for you as well. Diabetes is a sucker of an illness. My late grandmother suffered from it, my dad is keeping it under control and I certainly hope that I can manage by staying healthy through regular exercise and eating healthy.

    But I admit that eating healthy isn’t easy in Singapore, I find myself eating fast food more often than I should. But I guess, that’s how life in Singapore is. We’re so busy working trying to make ends meet that we don’t have enough time to exercise and if we do have time, we would rather spend it with our family members.

    Perhaps, we can incorporate exercise as part of family activities and hopefully, we can keep diabetes under control, one family at a time.

    https://www.moh.gov.sg/…/national-population-health-survey-…

    https://www.singstat.gov.sg/…/pub…/health/ssnsep16-pg5-9.pdf

    https://www.reach.gov.sg/…/multipronged-approach-in-battle-…

    https://www.moh.gov.sg/…/P…/Annex%20B%20-%20TF%20Members.pdf

    http://www.diabetes.org.sg/

     

    Source: Abdillah Zamzuri

  • Singaporean Lady Slams RSAF For Using Foreign Workers For Exercise Torrent

    Singaporean Lady Slams RSAF For Using Foreign Workers For Exercise Torrent

    A Singaporean lady Ms Tan Yulin wrote in to the Straits Time newspaper to complain about the supposed unprofessionalism of the SAF and to vent her disappointment at seeing foreign workers helping the SAF with Exercise Torrent. She lamented that getting foreign workers to “participate” in the exercise defeats the purpose of mobilising our own Singaporean men and to hone their combat readiness.

    This was what she wrote into ST:

    “I was disappointed to see construction workers removing a bus stop to turn Lim Chu Kang Road into a runway for the Republic of Singapore Air Force’s Exercise Torrent Getting construction workers to do the work defeats the purpose of the military exercise.

    Besides testing the operational abilities of the air force to launch aircraft in a short period of time, it is also important to test the capabilities of our soldiers to convert a road into a runway.

    It would have made the exercise more authentic if combat engineers had been activated to remove the bus stops, guard rails and lamp posts, without the help of construction workers.

    Doing so would also have served as a test of the different forces working together in times of threat. Besides building teamwork and understanding among the different forces, such exercises should be a test of the operational readiness of our multi-disciplinary armed forces. I hope this can be taken into consideration for future airforce exercises.”

    Tan Yulin
    ST Forum Contributor

    Source: www.allsingaporestuff.com

     

  • OK If You Don’t Play Pokèmon Go, Not OK To Be A Kill-Joy About It

    OK If You Don’t Play Pokèmon Go, Not OK To Be A Kill-Joy About It

    Singapore is still breeding a bunch of inessential pessimistic individuals who are strong joykillers of Pokèmon Go.

    “I would rather spend my time with my family.” “I prefer doing other useful things other than finding for virtual animals.” “Why find Pokèmons? Doesn’t give you actual money, also.” “So anti-social, everywhere looking at their phones.” “Just waiting for someone to get killed by a car.”

    If you don’t play, you can stuff your opinions up where the sun don’t shine.So you’re the minority where your voices aren’t heard, you don’t go out to enjoy being around other Pokèmon catchers, you don’t drain your battery finding virtual rare animals, basically ’cause you’re just being a whining grouch.

    We have families actually going out together all around Singapore, enjoying each other’s company, getting excited and they’re…..happy. Singapore is just so stressed out with what’s going on and that’s what we need. Happiness.

    If you find happiness within the 4 walls of your house, well, HERE, HAVE A MEDAL, then. If you’re not into all this hype, then shush, honey.

    We have all been to (almost) every part of Singapore but with Pokèmon Go, you get to experience certain places where you’ve never been to before….with your family and friends.

    Basically we’re happy doing what we do and we don’t owe the minority of you nothing. We never used your money for Pokè Coins, Pokè Balls, or Lure Modules. You guys don’t get us who enjoy a game, neither do we understand your choice for being a sourpuss.

    Have a great National Day, and we’ll probably see you guys outside your house because there’s a Dratini. Toodles!

     

    Source: Rabiatul Adawiyah Yusak

  • SCDF And SPF Used Real Foreign Workers In Riot Simulation Exercise

    SCDF And SPF Used Real Foreign Workers In Riot Simulation Exercise

    Just when you thought the human rights transgression in Singapore cannot get worse, it surprises you with what else it can do.

    Apparently, the government wanted to test the Singapore Police Force and the Singapore Civil Defence Force on how they would respond if a riot occurs at the foreign worker dormitories.

    “What if some quarrels erupt, leading to fights or worse?,” National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan asked on his Facebook.

    “To test our response capability, the Police, the SCDF, the dorms operators and our grassroots organisations organised a simulation exercise recently.

    “It was a useful way to network up the various agencies, and spread preventive messages.

    “Prevention is always better than cure,” Mr Khaw said.

    Sounds like a disease?

    No, actually Mr Khaw is talking about actual human beings here – yes, the foreign workers who build the flats that his ministry manages.

    And to conduct the test, actual foreign workers were asked to “riot” so that the police and civil defence could then quell the riot.

    It is uncertain why Indian workers were used or why it seems that a drill needs to be conducted specifically with foreign workers.

    Mr Khaw also said that, “given the concentration of foreign workers in one locality”, “These are possible scenarios (that they can riot).”

    As if it is not bad enough that the foreign workers in these dormitories earn the lowest wages in Singapore – as low as $300 to $500 every month, they are made to take part in exercises that discriminates against them.

    On 8 December last year, a riot took place in Little India, after a private bus knocked down and killed a foreign worker from India. The government blamed the riot on the rioters having drunk alcohol.

    Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong had said, “We should not generalise a group because of some individuals. I don’t think that is fair or justifiable because their (foreign workers) crime rates are, in fact, lower than Singaporeans in general.”

    Sure, and this is why we need to conduct an exercise on riot management at a foreign worker dormitory.

     

    Source: www.therealsingapore.com