I’ve never felt more ignorant than this week. Attending the talks, lectures and business forums during the Singapore International Water Week has enlightened me on the absolute enormity of the water problem. I don’t know how I wasn’t aware of it– it’s like missing the fact that I’ve got daisies growing on my forehead. How [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Quotable Quips’
July 1, 2010
A Quotable Quip from B&V’s Reuse Roundtable
My hands are still aching from rapid notetaking at Black & Veatch’s media event yesterday – a Reuse Roundtable with leading industry experts attended by about 60 clients, trade association reps, business partners, journalists and B&Vers. The last in a series of six global conversations on overcoming barriers to water reuse, we wanted to spark [...]
June 30, 2010
Dragonboating and the lessons of a Chinese statesman
Singapore International Water Festival (SIWF) provided a platform for me to find out more about Singapore’s development and future plans on water. The exhibits at the gallery served as a great help to aid me in the understanding of what alternatives Singapore has achieved (e.g. NEWater’s developments). I was also captivated by the Dragonboat competitions [...]
June 24, 2010
Kyle Grooms
Last weekend I heard a stand-up comic on television who made a humorous but poignant comment about the inequality in the world when it comes to water. I tracked down the comedian – Kyle Grooms – through his website. He encouraged me to point people to the comment on water in his 3½-minute routine from [...]
June 25, 2009
Meet Peer Kamp….
Peer Kamp is one of those easily recognisable fellows, I remember seeing him last year at SIWW. He always sports a bow tie and walks with a cane. He stands out. Peer is the Chief Technology Officer for PWN Technologies, a company that was launched at SIWW this week. For the last eight years he has [...]
June 24, 2009
Along for the ride…
Grabbing a taxi after dinner last night, I found myself with what must have been the most informed cab driver on water issues. When I told him I worked at Black & Veatch, he asked what kind of projects the office works on. I mentioned the Changi NEWater plant, and he nodded, “Yes, yes, that’s [...]
June 23, 2009
Quotable Quip
The host of the opening ceremony talked about how it hasn’t been raining for two weeks in Singapore but now the weather is changing. She explained, “In Chinese ‘water’ means wealth so this is a good luck sign.” Predictions are that even more deals will be made at SIWW this year than the S$370m last [...]
June 23, 2009
Quotable Quip
At the opening media conference, Michael Toh said: “SIWW will someday be ‘the Davos of Water’” — I think it already is! Posted by Constance Ward
June 22, 2009
Quotable Quip
Sahana Singh, editor of Asian Water, sat with me on the bus to the cable car last night. She pointed to all the construction along the waterfront and said, “It’s clear why they say that the national bird of Singapore is the crane.” Posted by Constance Ward
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