Police probe Sussex Heights Primary fire

Posted to Waverley Leader (24/10/2010) on 25/10/2010 at 9:12pm
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Prevention is better than cure. It's about time that all schools conduct fire-safe (not fire safety) audit to minimise / stop potential fire bug attacks.

Monash dental care top notch

Posted to Waverley Leader (25/10/2010) 25/10/2010 at 8:56pm

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Congratulations to all the hardworking managers and staff at MonaskLink's Dental Service. Well done, at keep up your good work.

(PS. I was a Board member at MonashLink Health Service 2000-2003, and enjoyed every minute of my involvement!)

Tireless helper at Syndal Softball Club

Posted to Waverley Leader (24/10/2010) on 25/10/2010 at 8:50pm

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Pat Chambers, you should be called Pat Champion. What a model for all Monash!

Women-only pool float for Monash (Part 3 of 3)

Posted to Waverley Leader (19/10/10) on 24/10/10 at 3:28 PM
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I don't hate anyone because of one's beliefs, cultural background or holds different values. If one reads my posting dated 19 Oct 10 at 05:47pm, one can see that I'm advocating equality NOT the opposite.

As good citizens, we have to obey the laws and orders of the land. It is incorrect and inconceivable to say that one can do whatever one likes unconditionally - obviously one cannot wear a pair of shoes or pyjamas in the swimming pool.

I can't demand, as a taxpayer, that a train station be built just round the corner because I have to take a train to work in the city. My options are to drive, take a bus or walk for 40 minutes to train station.

Women-only pool float for Monash (pPost 2 of 3)

Posted to Waverley Leader (19/10/10) on 22/10/10 at 3:36 AM
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Nuha, it is your prerogative to choose to be a Muslim. If you feel uncomfortable to wear a swim suite now around men, then don't swim in a public pool.

Women-only pool float for Monash (Post 1 of 3)

Posted to Waverley Leader (19/10/10) on 19/10/10 at 5:47 PM
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I strongly oppose gender seggregation whether it is religious base or otherwise. This is a bad precedence for future argument about separate workplace offices, classrooms, buses, train carriages, taxis, restaurants, cinemas, hospitals and the list just goes on.

Imagine in a crowded train or bus, aren't women in closer contact with men? Will there be enough female gynaecologists to help pregnant women or deliver babies? I'm a Chinese by descent, and there are a lot of differences between my believes, values and the Australian way of life. I choose to be an Australian, and therefore I can't be dogmatic expecting the country / fellow citizens to change for me. I have to adapt or compromise to some extent. In the worst case scenario, I avoid!

If the women choose to walk 10km each week to swim at Kingston Council’s Don Tatnell Leisure Centre, let's be it. There are different modes of transport, or they can carpool with friends. On the positive side, walking is a good form of exercise.

Who pay for the $45,080? All ratepayers including myself do. I don't expect the Mayor or the City to waste my money in such proposal.

Seggregation spells the downfall of Equality!

Student protests at Clayton Monash University campus

Posted to Waverley Leader (28/9/2010) on 6/10/2010 at 5:16pm
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Instead of wasting his precious time (life) demonstrating, why not ask the Uni. how a "model student" should behave, and then do according to the Uni's standard to gain entrance to the Malaysian campus. Behaving stubbornly, Steven wants the system to change for him, and yet he is not prepared to change himself. Self-centredness won't win the race!

It is easy to change the system if you know how the system works.