article 2

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6676427.stm

The illegal capturing and exporting of Indonesia’s wildlife has been going on for quite some time now. The poaching of these various plants and animals, mostly animals, is rather popular in the country mainly because of a few main reasons. A large number of the people in the country are uneducated and have to resort to such means to and income. The country is also way too big and this prevents the authorities from being able to control the activities, mostly illegal ones, that go on in the country’s dense forests. The level of corruption in the country is also rather high and thus it is almost impossible to bring the poachers to justice.

In my opinion, the Indonesian authorities do not have their priorities straight. They focus on creating new laws and improving those already in place instead of building up a steady group of law enforcers to actually carry out these laws. Currently Indonesia’s wildlife protection laws are one of the best in the region but the country is still suffering from poaching problems as the laws are not being carried out properly. The countries current law enforcement force is also highly corrupted. This results in further inefficiency in the country and this also contributes to the manifestation of the already serious poaching problems.

In order to put a halt to the poaching problem the country is facing, Indonesia’s authorities have to look at the underlying problem at try and solve it. Not just merely coming up with new amendments to the wildlife protection laws. The main problems, as mentioned are the law enforcement force and the size of the country. Since it is impossible to change the size of Indonesia, the only way to solve the poaching problem is to better the law enforcement force.

The authorities have to eradicate corruption amongst its ranks of officers in its law enforcement force. They also have to expand their force to include remote areas in the dense forests so that poaching is reduced in these areas. By eradicating corruption in the force, more poachers can be successfully caught and brought to justice. This in turn will deter other poachers from continuing with their acts of cruelty.

english article

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6668485.stm

This article is basically about china and its take on the boycott of the 2008 Olympics that are bound to take place in Beijing a year from now. China claims that the boycott will fail although the article does not really explain why China made such a claim. The main reason why the boycott is taking place is because China is still selling arms to Sudan despite being fully aware of the genocide that is taking place in Darfur.

China’s actions have struck a chord with human rights groups and some US and European politicians. These are the party’s responsible for the boycott that is taking place. China’s response to the boycott was merely saying that the country has provided sufficient humanitarian assistance to the people in Darfur. Personally, I feel that china has not addressed the issue at hand. The party’s that initiated the boycott are concerned with the fact that china is selling arms to Sudan, not whether china has contributed to the humanitarian aid in Darfur. China may be trying to avoid discussing the issue at hand as they are fully aware that they are the ones at fault.

The article clearly states the ties between china and Darfur. One of the more important relations between the two countries is the fact that china buys oil from Darfur. China needs oil from Darfur, Sudan is currently ‘attacking’ Darfur and china sells arms to sudan. Now it rather clear that MAYBE china is getting oil at a reduced priced or maybe even at no cost by providing Sudan with the arms needed for the genocide in Darfur. And to compensate for its actions, China sends humanitarian aid to Darfur. This, I find is rather weird as china is the ones helping Sudan carry out the genocide in Darfur by supplying them with arms but at the same time, they are the ones offering humanitarian aid to the people in Darfur.

It is very clear that china is aware of its actions and how wrong they are. This is because china tries to avoid the boycott by saying that it is ‘against the spirit of the games’ and NOT by claiming that the country is innocent.

In my opinion, the reason why china is desperately trying to avoid the boycott of the Olympics is because it will generate a lot of money for the country. China also may have started improving Beijing so that it can accommodate the athletes and their followers. If the Olympics in Beijing is boycotted, it will result in major financial losses for China. I personally feel that china is really selfish as they allow the genocide to continue just so that they can have cheaper oil.

saturday, the day after friday

ytd was a really fun day.... really

came to skool at 8 to help set up hockey booth.... our booth was like damn screwed up cuz like it was IN the hall and not near the astro so we had to use judo mats to like protect the precious parquet flooring.... I think the only hockers who were there from morning were me, christian and joel..... oh and faris also.....

all we did was just flick balls into the mini post and like gave demos.... and we did this damn cool quadruple deflection thinggy....haha.....

then i got damn bored and started playing with the gym stuff.....i tried doing the mushroom thing...wah damn hard sia....and then i juz did 'flips' on the springboard...hehe...here's me in mid flip...lols.....



gym is damn fun!!!!

after that and around 6++ went to eat and macs with said, rashidi and alimi..... and then went for rj drama..... which was really damn super duper uber mega hyper coolio.... taufik looks damn cool with celak!!.....like some kinda monster like that...roooooaaarrrrr!! haha...and the kucings (cats) were also damn funny!!!

and that was my saturday!!

shifted

hello ppl!! eh, incase u didn't know, i shifted to wordpress.... finally... so like relink me kaes? ty!!!

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haha! i can finally post ... thanx to ruijie... and james.... zzzzz sianz man, that means i cr8d wordpress 4 nothing... kk nvm, juz visit my wordpress 4 now k... TY!! and for those ppl who want a solution the posting problem... here it is!!

when u try and post, u'll get this screwed up page that says u can't post right. well just add a 2 infront of the www and there u have it! problem solved

so u shud get sumthing like this
http://www2.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=33096661

without the 2 it wud be like this
http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=33096661

the (almost) daily crap

AGAIN, TOO SIAN TO POST, NOTHING REALLY INTERESTING HAPPENED..... SO HERE, ONCE AGAIN, IS ONE OF MY REVOLUTIONARY WAYS OF POSTING


BLA....... The little square thing with lotsa colours keeps ur brain from rotting away during
lessons


BLA....... 59 isn't as reliable as i once thot it was


BLA....... Had to buy new shoes and shin pads...PAIN IN THE WALLET


BLA....... I hit better when i'm high


BLA....... WHEEEE!!! i got 19.5/30 for maths.....


BLA....... Being stabbed with a 0.4 pen is not fun


BLA....... I really salute avi for being able to put up with tuck wai


BLA....... On the bus, never trust rui jie when he says " eh, lets shift to the seat in front"


BLA....... Not studying is the best way to prepare for exams

fuk

Why to day sux



full of sian periods


RE was boring


training was damn suspense


went to j8 and onli got out at 7 plus plus....


waited for the fucking 59 for 45 mins


LOST MY SHOE BAG

( 2nd time this year )

various shit

malay production thing.... taufiq needed some free advertising so he told me to post this...hehe...any mat reading this uhmmm...ask our j1 seniors for more details if u wanna go...

and this is my new potato series... lols

happy potato

angry potato

sad potato