22/07/2022

7 things you can do with an aloe vera plant


If you love plants, an aloe vera plant should be in your home. Moreover, this versatile plant is quite inexpensive. Although aloe vera does a lot for your interior decor, this plant also does a lot for your health. It is not without reason that the plant is called the ‘miracle plant’. Aloe vera is useful for many purposes.

Aloe vera is a real miracle plant. For example, it is an air-purifying houseplant. The plant filters harmful substances from the air. But that’s not all. Today you can find aloe vera as an ingredient in various medicines and cosmetics.

Therefore, put an aloe vera plant in your home without delay, and occasionally remove a stem to use for the things below:
  • Treat dandruff
  • Works after sunburn
  • Against pimples
  • Use it to treat wounds
  • Make-up remover
  • Exfoliate
  • Make a mouthwash

21/07/2022

China entering the era of health and wellness residence


In the 40 years of reform and opening up, material wealth has grown prosperous, but no one dared to investigate the happiness of the Chinese. In this era, everyone is striving for the top, overworked, overdrafted health, successful career, but also a happy love, Haruki Murakami but also Li Zongwu, material and spiritual lose the other. How to be happy? This is a problem facing most Chinese people.

Everyone has a way to return to a simple life. Some people choose to spend time in teahouses and bars and spend their time flirting with strangers and saliva; some people choose TV and contribute their lives to Korean dramas and mango channels; but only those who have worked hard, With those who are able to see the future in front of their eyes, they have the ability and insight to choose a more quality life-find a place with good mountains and rivers, buy a house or rent a house, and occasionally change life patterns, use The way of life is to travel, to live in the way of travel, not to indulge in the mountains and rivers, but to find the true self.

Surrounding mountains and rivers and blooming in spring are the metaphysical yearning of the elite, the pastoral imagination of the new rich, and the pursuit of quality in this era. Find a place to hide, escape the smog, escape the city, escape the concrete forest, and melt into the mountains and rivers. The elites began to choose to take the initiative to keep their distance from society. It is because of their practice in life that we understand the pursuit of this era. This is an era like this-"fame and wealth" is not a luxury, but "happiness" is, "success" does not represent personal charm, "the true self" is.

20/07/2022

Auditor-General's Report 2021/2022

Auditor-General's Office report: 8 key findings

The Auditor-General's Office (AGO) released its report on Wednesday (July 20), highlighting key lapses by various ministries and public agencies for FY 2021/2022. Here is a summary of its findings:
  • Health Promotion Board (HPB) - The AGO performed audits on Covid-19-related procurement and expenditure of three agencies: HPB, the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) and the Ministry of Manpower (MOM).
  • Singapore Land Authority (SLA) - The AGO found lapses in six contracts totalling $147.19 million to set up accommodation facilities for individuals affected by Covid-19.
  • Ministry of Manpower (MOM) - The AGO found that 53 payments totalling $72.78 million that MOM made for manpower services had inadequate checks.
  • Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) - The AGO found lapses in the management of contract variations for two development projects totalling $333.24 million.
  • Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI) - Arising from complaints, the AGO audited the Whole-of-Government Period Contract and Framework Agreement (WOG PCFA) on creative services for communications campaigns administered by MCI. Period contracts let public sector agencies procure goods and services at pre-determined rates for an agreed period of time.
  • SkillsFuture Singapore Agency (SSG) - The AGO noted lapses in the management of grants by SSG, resulting in estimated overpayments of $4.22 million. There was inadequate monitoring by SSG and its outsourced service provider to ensure that grants disbursed were valid, correct and in compliance with grant terms and conditions.
  • Ministry of Finance (MOF) - The AGO identified 5,120 instances where GST Voucher U-Save rebates amounting to $864,500 could have been given to 3,166 ineligible households. The majority of the cases were instances where the registered Singapore citizen flat owner or occupier had died.
  • Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) - The AGO found lapses in control over cash and supermarket vouchers at two social service offices (SSOs), as officers had signed off on logbooks, indicating they had performed required checks even though they did not do so.


Report of the Auditor-General for the Financial Year 2021/22

19/07/2022

The Haunted Haw Par Villa Theme Park

In Pasir Panjang

Giving visitors chills even in broad daylight, Haw Par Villa carries age-old tales of hauntings allegedly linked to its statues.