SIWW may be winding down, but our blog isn’t.
Our siwwdiary blog will continue to be updated over the next couple of weeks as additional information becomes available about the conference sessions — and we have some more time to write. So please check back regularly and continue to let your colleagues know about the [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Facts & Figures’
June 26, 2009
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June 25, 2009
CNA interviews Len Rodman
Rachel Kelly of Channel News Asia has just started an Ecoventure blog. This week she’s covering SIWW and tells us that 85% of our brain is made of water and some other interesting facts.
Here’s a photo of Rachel interviewing Len Rodman following the media event today.
The video clip that features Len Rodman will be made [...]
June 23, 2009
A day of media supplements at SIWW
Several mainstream newspaper publications in Singapore today contained supplements within their editions that focussed on water industry events or milestones . The International Herald Tribune contained an SIWW supplement that included a number of articles about “Infrastructure and Technologies for Water.” Dan McCarthy, President and CEO of Black & Veatch’s global water business, was quoted in an [...]
June 21, 2009
Is Singapore the Fastest City in the World?
According to Professor Richard Wiseman in his book “Quirkology” it is! In collaboration with the British Council, Professor Wiseman and researchers from around the world measured worldwide walking speeds at various cities on 22nd August 2006. The research teams recorded the time it took 35 men and 35 women to walk along a 60 foot [...]
June 20, 2009
Singapore sounds on a Friday night
Some cool sounds on a hot Friday night in Singapore emanated from the Singapore Indoor Stadium, where video game music performers “Video Games Live” played to a crowd of 5,000. Video game soundtrack concerts are apparently quite a hit here, I understand from an article in The Straits Times. The video gaming audience in Singapore [...]
June 18, 2009
Greetings Mr. Tan, Ms. Lim, and Mr. Lee
If your SIWW experience includes meeting many new people (and struggling to remember numerous names) consider this: 20% of Singaporeans of Chinese descent share just three surnames. So, commit these three common surnames to memory and you’ll have a 1 in 5 chance of recalling the correct name!
Among the ethnic Chinese population in Singapore , [...]
Gayle Leonard
Constance Ward
Gerry O'Toole
Jim Howlett
Cindy Wallis-Lage
Brandee Stephens
Jessica Lamb