| Aljunied GRC Boathouse Opening cum Mass Walk @ Bedok Reservoir | | 2008-06-15 12:23:02 | | 15 June 2008At 8.30am, grassroots leaders and residents from Aljunied GRC gathered at the Bedok Reservoir for the Official Opening of the Boathouse. The Mass Walk proceeded thereafter.The participants for the Dragonboat Festival donned the shirt depicting their respective constituencies. There were 3 categories for the interconstituency competition - Grassroots Organisations; Youth Executive Committees (YECs) & Constituency Sports Clubs (CSCs); Residents. We performed some warm-up and then went on board the 20-seater Dragonboats.The Guest-of-Honours for the event include Foreign Affairs Minister BG (NS) George Yeo, Mayor for Northeast District Zainul Abidin Rasheed, Senior Minister of State Mrs Lim Hwee Hua and MP Low Guat Kwang. After a speech by BG (NS) Yeo, the GOHs performed the ceremonial brushing of the eye of the dragon boat. BG (NS) Yeo and Mayor Zainul then boarded their respective boats and participated in the first race of the day.The overall champion was Paya Lebar-Kov... | | By: My Encounters, My Life | | |
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| Another Reservoir for Cherokee County? | | 2008-02-04 05:34:42 | | Image from Cherokee-Ledger News
The image is of the recently completed Hickory Log Creek Dam for Canton’s new Hickory Log Creek Reservoir. The reservoir will cover 370 acres when full, and offer 15 miles of shoreline.
So, we’re all excited about the new reservoir and then I get a newsletter from Chip Rogers:
In addition to the [...]
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| China needs to double ecology protection efforts in Three Gorges Reservoir area | | 2007-11-10 14:10:00 | | Chinese Vice Premier Zeng Peiyan has urged the governments of Chongqing Municipality and Hubei Province to double efforts in treating geological disasters and protecting the ecology in the Three Gorges Reservoir area. He was speaking during a field survey on the construction, operation and management of the world's largest water conservancy project launched in 1993 involving a budget investment of 180 billion yuan (22.5 billion U.S. dollars). Claiming the project had brought benefits in flood prevention, power generation and shipping, Zeng said all enterprises participating in the project should beware of production accidents, improve production safety and produce local ecology.
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