The PETS COMMUNITY @ Serangoon

Yesterday, I received a request from Mr William Tan Secretary of the Pets Community @Serangoon to put a link of their website here.

You can see the link at the left column of our homepage, together with other links.

Their website address is:

http://www.pets-community.com/

I have visited their website to check up on upcoming "pet" events at the SERANGOON. Many events are in the pipeline! Shows and seminars that will please a wide cross-section of our pet loving residents of Kampong Serangoon. You name it...dogs, birds, fish and even reptiles are among those planned for.

So do check up and visit their website for the latest news as well as what's coming up.

unk Dicko

CONGRATULATIONS MRS LIM !

I am sure all Grassroot Leaders of SERANGOON will join me in offering our HEARTIEST CONGRATULATIONS to our Adviser, Mrs Lim Hwee Hua on her promotion to Minister(PMO).

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March 26, 2009
PM renews Cabinet

Mr Teo Chee Hean (far left) will be appointed as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence. Mrs Lim Hwee Hua will be appointed as a Minister in the Prime Minister's Office and concurrently appointed as Second Minister for Finance and Second Minister for Transport. ST PHOTOS: BRYAN VAN DER BEEK, WONG KWAI CHOW


PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong has reshuffled his Cabinet, making several changes and appointments as part of continuing leadership renewal.
The changes are also to test out younger office holders for broader responsibilities, said a statement from the Prime Minister's Office on Thursday.

CABINET AND OTHER OFFICE HOLDERS
The changes will take effect from April 1.
Changes in ministerial appointments Mr Teo Chee Hean will be appointed as Deputy Prime Minister. He will be the Acting Prime Minister in the absence of the Prime Minister. He will continue as Minister for Defence.
Professor S Jayakumar will relinquish his appointment as Deputy Prime Minister. He will be appointed as Senior Minister in the Prime Minister's Office and will continue as Co-ordinating Minister for National Security. He will also continue to oversee foreign policy matters which cut across different ministries and take charge of foreign policy issues which involve legal negotiation or international adjudication. He continues to chair the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Climate Change.

Mr Gan Kim Yong will be appointed as Minister for Manpower.
Mrs Lim Hwee Hua will be appointed as a Minister in the Prime Minister's Office.

She will be concurrently appointed as Second Minister for Finance and Second Minister for Transport.
Mr Lui Tuck Yew, Senior Minister of State, will relinquish his appointment in Education and will be appointed as Acting Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts.
Dr Lee Boon Yang will relinquish his appointment as Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts and retire from the Government.

Since being appointed a Parliamentary Secretary in 1985, Dr Lee has served in many portfolios including Environment, Trade and Industry, Finance, Home Affairs, National Development, Defence, and Manpower, before becoming Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts in 2003. The Prime Minister thanks Dr Lee for his many years of service and contributions to the Government and the nation.

Changes in appointment of Ministers of State

Mr S Iswaran will be appointed as Senior Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, concurrent with his present appointment of Senior Minister of State in the Ministry of Trade and Industry.

Mr Lee Yi Shyan will be appointed as Minister of State in the Ministry of Manpower, concurrent with his present appointment of Minister of State in the Ministry of Trade and Industry.
New appointment of Parliamentary Secretary Mr Sam Tan will be appointed as Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Trade and Industry and concurrently in the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts.

His appointment takes effect on 1 July 2009.

Other appointments

Mr Zainul Abidin Rasheed will relinquish his appointment of Mayor, North East Community Development Council when his current 3-year term ends on 30 May 2009. He will continue as Senior Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Mr Teo Ser Luck will be appointed as Mayor, North East Community Development Council with effect from 31 May 2009. This will be concurrent with his appointment as Senior Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports and in the Ministry of Transport.

Source: Straits Times Online, Breaking News

The Championship CAT Show...part 4

Photo: Mr Chua Kah Soon of Goodwill Birds is one of the key organisers of this event. He was kind enough to show me around and introduce me to the owners of the participating cats.

This is such a lovely and healthy cat.



This lady must be the President of the Show...Roszanah Packer Mohamed.
She was proudly introducing her exotic cat to me.
And I could not resist carrying such a cute and lovable cat. It has beautiful fur and nice almond eyes.

Mr Chua specially brought me to have a good look at this "must see" cat.

WHOA!

BLIMEY! ( as the British used to inject)

WAH PIANG! ( Ah Beng's expression )

I would not have believed if I hadn't seen this cat with my own eyes.

It has this so, so out of this world look about it.
From head to tail, practically hairless, its unique features must be seen to be believed!

The face of this cat is what I will remember most.

Such a rarity!

They put a vest on the cat as it was air-conditioned in the Hall.

The owners are mighty proud of this beauty.

For more reports and pictures you can go to "The Wise Old Owl" link here.

The Championship CAT Show...part 3.

While the Championship Cat Show got underway in the morning, Mrs Lim Hwee Hua and many busloads of of Serangoon residents congregated at the Changi Boardwalk starting point for an organised early morning walk. They were joined by many GRLs from the various RCs and NCs and other GROs. She made it back to the Cat Show as Guest of Honour for the event.

Photo:

The 2 invited Foreign judges...

Cheryl Uren ( Australia ) and Kayoko

Koizumi (Japan) with our Guest of Honour.

Photo:

Mrs Lim presenting a prize to this budding artist.

There were many prizes for various categories of judging.

Childrens' Cat colouring and drawing, Best Dress Cats, Best Dress cages...etc...

Photo:

Taking a closer look at these pretty little things. By the way, some of the cats are not little at all. They may be bigger than your little puppies and small dog breeds.

And they come in different shapes and sizes, with unique eyes or fur peculiar to their own breed.

The Serangoon was certainly well-decorated with colourful banners, posters, displays...all on and about CATS.

I did not see a single dog there. They obviously know when to keep away!


Do check out all 300 photos of this spectacular event on the Serangoon Multiply Link ...at left hand column.

unk Dicko

The Championship CAT Show...part 2

You are looking at the cat that was crowned Champion Overall. Yes, the one with the Best of everything in the eye of the judges.

There were 2 highly qualified international cat judges invited from A

Australia and Japan.

Photo:

Unk Dicko with the judge from Japan Ms Kayoko Koizumi and the owner of that thing of beauty.

The Championship CAT Show

On Sunday 22 March 2009, The Serangoon was host to a huge event...the Eagle Pack Championship CAT Show. It was a full day event that stretched from 10 am to over 5 pm.

The event drew a very large crowd of obviously cat lovers and others who wanted to learn more about these lovely feline animals.

Unk Dicko was there in the later part of the afternoon with his digital camera, the Canon Ixus 70 to hopefully capture some pretty shots.

It was more than I bargained for! In honest truth, it turned out to be a revealation for me as this was the 1st time I had seen such a show close-up.

Yes, even touching these lovely cats and chatting with their equally lovely owners about their devoted pets.

I must confess I have never seen such a collection of cats from various parts of the world.

The only cats I know are our "Singapura" local ones and some like the Persian variety.

But those that were there for the competition took my breath away for sheer beauty and uniqueness.

Super-duper is all I can say!

Check my upcoming posts for the details and the pictures.

And also the link to all the other photos taken by William's Passion photographers.

In A Far Away Land...JOHN DENVER sings in Chinese!

I AM A SONG

I LIVE TO BE SUNG

I SING WITH ALL MY HEART

......John Denver......

Read the full and interesting article, with much more info about the song, about John Denver etc... which I posted at my Wise Owl blogsite.