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Hawkers fall prey to brazen break-ins
1a) Why is it easy for burglers to break into stalls at the two markets in the kallang area?
1b)What is the Geylang East Central Merchants' Association going to do about the break-ins?
2) What do you think should be done to tighten the security of the markets? What do you think of the burglars who brazenly break into the stalls?
ANSWER
1a) The reasons are the units are open at the top and both markets, none of the stalls had their roller shutters and locks tampered with so the thieves got in through the open ceilings, getting a leg up on the pipes or metal bars running along the walls.
1b) The chairman, Tan Seng Peng, said that they will be in touch with the relevant authorities, such as the National Environment Agency(NEA) and the town councils, to look into improving security and at last possibly by modifying stall layout and design.
2) I think that they should change the stalls layout and design but at first when they were planning the market they should have think of a better layout and design so as it had been built there will not have many cases on brazen break-in. After so many years, the chairman finally said they will possibly by modifying stalls layout and design, by this it make me felt that he was so irresponsible. Mean while, the hawkers should have place a camera, if they did not have the effort to purchase on a camera, they should ask the chairman to pay some amount. On the other hand, putting camera is not enough, the police should patrol round that area so that the burglers would not have the chance to break-in. I think that the burglers are selfish and cold blooded as they never think before that the money that they stole is the hawkers' blood and sweat money, they only think of themselves. however, you think of another ways now the world is very cruel, if you do not have any literary talent you never think of finding a good job so i felt a little sympathy for them. However if they only think that it was more easier for stealing than working i will not even sympathy them and i will looked down on them.
3 Cheers for the Team
1a) Why is cheerleading an expensive sport?
b) What makes cheerleading such a tough sport?
2b)What is your opinion of cheerleaders? If given a chance, would you join cheerleading? Why/ why not?
ANSWER
1a) It is an expensive sport because it need a megawatt smile which is priceless, hair products cost 50 dollars for a team per competition, medical insurance cost 30 to 100 dollars mostly covered by school and organisations. Just a bottle of nutritional supplements and vitamins cost 50 to 130 dollars. Their tailored costumes for each season needs 100 to 400 dollars as some hire tailor from Thailand. They also needs to have gymnastics classes and workshop which per session cost 50 dollars and at last is the tights which cost 2 to 25 dollars which also imported from Thailand.
1b) Cheerleading needs a hefty financial commitment, it really a team sport which needs team work to get stunts done. It is challenging and requires resilience, perseverance and passion.
2) I think that chearleaders must have teamwork, responsibility, passion, resilience and so on if one of the member do not have any teamwork the whole thing will not be successful. To be a good chearleaders there are a lots of failure you must have if not you will never learnt how to cope with it. I would not want to join cheerleading even i though i have a chance because i am not interested in that and i do not think that i am suitable in the particular sports. To be a chearleaders, you must have the courage for being thrown up in the mid-air while doing some tricks. It will injure yourself when you are practice some particular stunt and need a lots of medical to recover and it will cost you a lot of money.
