3623. Dwarf hamster images in shutterstock

 Hamster had a big bite wound on shoulder. Now recovered and eating.

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3622. Photo for sale at shutterstock bender bus. Posted on instagram @davidsing1

 24 Aug 2021

24 AUG 2021. PHOTO FOR SALE.
Rarely seen on Singapore roads, I had luck photographing this moving bender bus almost entirely between 2 trees. to buy the photo, goto https://www.shutterstock.com/g/toapayohvets. Search "bender bus". 

PHOTO FOR SALE

SINGAPORE - 24 AUG 2021.  @davidsing1

An articulated bus, known as bender bus, painted in the green livery colours of the Land Transport Authority is a very rare sighting on the roads

To buy this photo:  Search “bender bus” athttps://www.shutterstock.com/g/toapayohvets

3621*****. Be Kind To Wildlife Stories: A juvenile monitor lizard - between.the devil and the deep blue sea

 23 Aug 2021. Be Kind To Wildlife Stores. Between The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea. By Dr Sing Kong Yuen   @davidsing1

Loss of habitat by deforestation and tree and plant cutting by contractors have had decreased the monitor lizard numbers in Yio Chu Kang Crescent Forest. Some people hunt them for food in the past years. This was my first encounter with a juvenile monitor lizard after over 100 visits to this forest during my morning walks in the past 3 years.   

SINGAPORE WILDLIFE: An orange leafhopper seen in Yio Chu Kang Cres forest on 2 occasions

LEAFHOPPER IMAGE 1.

16 Aug 2021.  8.30am. Bright sunshine. Yio Chu Kang Cres forest. Hard to photograph. Really hops from leaf to leaf. Seldom stay still.

Scientific Name: Bothrogonia addita Bothrogonia is a genus of leafhopper with a large number of species distributed across the Old World. They can be told apart from others in their tribe by the pattern of setae on the hind tibia.

https://www.singaporegeographic.com/insects/insect/orange-sharpshooter | Singapore Geographic

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LEAFHOPPER IMAGE 2.

PHOTOGRAPHY: SINGAPORE WILDLIFE

An orange leafhopper ( Bothrogonia addita ), about 2 cm long in Yio Chu Kang Cres forest, Singapore, 19 Oct 2022, 6 PM.

It is a destructive pest as it is a plant feeder that sucks plant sap from grass, shrubs or trees. 

Canon R5, AV, f/9, 11/20 sec, ISO 200

TO BUY PHOTO:   www.shuttterstock.com/g/toapayohvets

UPDATE AT:
https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2021/08/an-orange-leafhopper-seen-in-yio-chu.html

 

 

 

3619. Nursing homes in Singapore

 ST Aug 5 2021  B3

8 new nursing homes set up in past 5 years.

IMAGE. The number of nursing home beds rose from 13,000 to 16,000 between 2016 and 2020. Senior Minister of State for health, Dr Koh Poh Koon stressed the importance of caring for seniors in the community as far as possible, saying this includes ensuring they have an active social support group. 

Ageing Singapore population. Importance of caring for seniors in the community as far as possible. This includes making sure they have an active social support network that promote emotional and physical well being.  Make sure they have good health to carry on a meaningful life in their golden years. 

Keep them healthy. If they do have care needs, try and localise them within the community... rather than thinking about institutionalising them in nursing homes. 

 

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Kwong Wai Shiu Hospital opens 2nd nursing hme in Potong Pasir in 2 Oct 2022. It is one of the oldest charitable healthcare instituions here. New facility has 438 beds. Total 1,200 in 6 eldercare facilities. Other nursing home in Serangoon Road. 4 care centres offer eldercare services during the day.  

 

usual services as a senior care centre, the new home supports up to 75 seniors daily through activities like dancing and taiji and soical work such as weekly visits to lonely seniors and running errands for them.

be an active ageing care hub welcoming seniors to drop in for social and recreational activities to keep them engaged in the community. 

 

Potong Pasir has high number of seniors compared to national average. Many need nursing, daycare and TCM service. 

specialises in dementia care, receive eniors with dementia from public hospitals. 

3618. wildlife town council poisoning

 ST 5 Aug 2021  B3

NParks urging town councils to stop 'toxic' wildlife control steps

The National Parks Board (NParks) is working with town councils to stop the use of poison in animal control measures.  Stop the use of toxins and to adopt animal control measures and practices that are humane and safe

NParks does not use poison in the control of pest birds.   

Many cases where cats, dogs and other animals consume the poisoned animal and subsequently die. 

Action plan for urban wildlife management focusing on co-existence rather than removal of wildlife.

NParks works closely with stakeholders such as nature groups, academics, agencies and community on various initiatives, including developing educational resources and out-reach initiatives to advise community on how to respond to wildlife sighting and working with nature groups on matter like wildlife rescue, rehabilitation and release.

But NParks may need to remove wildlife to safeguard public safety, where needed. Work closely with the community to promote harmonious human-wildlife co-existence to transform Singapore into a City in Nature. 

Public - not feeding wildlife, keeping our residential areas clean and appreciating wildlife from a safe distance.  

Trends in investment _Temasek

A19 ST Forum  21 Jul 2021

www.temasekreview.com.sg  for Temasek performance

Temasek has confidence in the long-term potential of Asia 

reshaping portfolio towards longer term structural or secular trends like digitalisation, sustainable living, the future of consumption and longer lifespans.

Temasek hs chosen to lean on carbon abatemenr and other goals for planet, people and prosperity.