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Topic: Discuss the impact of the Integrated Resort(IR) on Singapore's tourism industry
Done by: Chua Yizhuan

Introduction
A major project by the Singapore government announced during the year 2005 is to build the Singapore Integrated Resort. This is a strategy to help boost Singapore's tourism industry for example would be the casinos present in the IR when its done, this is also an intention to provide more job opportunities for Singaporeans. Licenses for the IR hav so far been given to The Marina Bay and Resorts World at Sentosa.

Resource used
Michael, V. (2007, November 5). "Singapore injects billions to boost tourism industry." Retrieved June 27, 2008 from World Wide Web:
http://www.traveldailynews.com/pages/show_page/23255

Summary of Content
The content of the resource provides very clear estimated calculations of the intended investments and the revenue with the building of IR and its impact. Funds would be provided to train new tourism workers which sums up to a total of 74,000. The Singapore Workforce Development Agency aims to train and convert 36,000 non-tourism workers to take on various jobs in the IR job community. Students are trained as attachment as well to attract more workers in the future to join the industry.

Evaluation of Resource
A single articale but provides suffecient amount of information on the impact on Singapore's tourism industry. The aim is clearly stated above the informations in the grey box. Information is well organize and neatly arranged, especially the flow of information in each paragraph. As the article comes from the news, it is no doubt that the information provided is up-to-date and of no biasity at all.

Biblography compilation
Cheow K. K. (2007, November 12). "Minister: i'm proof gahmen's cost
of living solution works." Retrieved July 28, 2008 from World Wide Web:
http://www.talkingcock.com/html/article.php?sid=2404

"Popular places of paris." Retrieved July 28, 2008 from World Wide Web:
http://www.paris-tourisme.com/places/index.html

"Seasonal attractions." Retrieved July 28, 2008 from World Wide Web:
http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/indepth/seasonal/index.html

Michael, V. (2007, November 5). "Singapore injects billions to boost
tourism industry." Retrieved June 27, 2008 from World Wide Web:
http://www.traveldailynews.com/pages/show_page/23255

"Integrated resort." Retrieved June 27, 2008 from World Wide Web:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_Resort

irsinagpore2. (2005, December 20). Statement By Minister For Trade And
Industry Lim Hng Kiang.. . Message posted to
http://irsingapore2.blogster.com/statement_by_minister_for

Melvin, Y. (2006, February 8). "Tourism appeal most important factor
for Singapore IR bid." Retrieved June 27, 2008 from
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/192189/1/.html

Singapore Integrated Resorts. (2007, May 7). Casino Development in
Singapore. Message posted to http://singaporeir.blogspot.com/

(2008, April 24). "Integrated Resorts in Singapore". Retrieved May 14, 2008
from http://app.mti.gov.sg/default.asp?id=585

Khgjham. (2008, March 18). Discuss the impact of the Integrated Resort (IR)
on Singapore's tourism industry. Message posted to
http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showthread.php?t=1902214

Johnson, C. (2006, December 8). "Integrated resorts will boost and
fundamentally change Singapore's economy." Retrieved April 29, 2008 from
World Wide Web:
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/246112/1/.html

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Topic: Discuss the development of child slaves in third world country
Done by: Tung Wei Ting Jacqueleen

Introduction
The child slaves’ problems in the third world country are still occurring up to this present moment as there are too many poor families that needed to send their children off to work to earn extra income for the family. Most of the children are either kidnapped or trapped to work in factories or workshops where they suffered from constant tortures without any pay. They were beaten, whipped, chained up, and even sex abused by their employers. Most of the families did not know that their children are being abused by the employers as they thought that working for these factories is an opportunity for their children to escape from poverty.


Resource used
Child slaves in South Asia. (n.d.). Child slaves of South Asia. Child slaves in South Asia. Retrieved July 16, 2008, from http://www.anti-slaverysociety.addr.com/slaverysasia.htm


Summary of content
The resource has everything about child slaves in the third world country. It has different information and pictures about the children in different countries. It has different links to the related topic for users to browse and know more about the child slavery that is happening around the world. The navigation diagrams allows users to choose to whether to help the children by becoming a member of the society, becoming a volunteer, or do a donation for charity purposes. It also shows the different sponsors which supported the society and different campaigns held by the society. It has a newsroom to showcase different articles from the public.


Evaluation of Resource
I think that the aims of the website is clearly stated as it urge people to help the child slavery by becoming a member of their society, becoming a volunteer or make a donation for charity purposes. The coverage of the site is all about different child slavery happening in the world. The subject areas are vast as it has information of different countries' child slavery. It also has different links to the related topic. The coverage of the site is sufficient for the topic. This site is an authoritative source as the author can be contacted. The sources and reviews are available in it. However, there is no counter in the side to reflect the popularity of the source. The facts in the accurate as it use research as a basis. There are political reviews in the source and it is a factual site. The references are stated clearly where they took the reviews from. It is also free from grammatical, spelling, and typographical errors. This site is easily accessible as it does not require registration and log-ins. There are images in the site and also existence of thumbnails. It can be accessed through any internet tool. Also, all of the information is accessible for free. The information is well presented and it is consistently arranged. There are also features like site map so that users can find information effectively. The text is easy to read and the information is well-written. It is user-friendly because it is easy to use and easy to navigate around the source to locate information. Overall, I think that this is an informative and user-friendly site as it consist almost all of the evaluation criteria.

Anti-Slavery International. (n.d.). Child labour. Anti-Slavery - Child labour programme . Retrieved May 11, 2008, from http://www.antislavery.org/homepage/antislavery/childlabour.htm

ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY. (n.d.). Child Slaves of South Asia. Child slaves in South Asia. Retrieved May 27, 2008, from http://www.antislaverysociety.addr.com/slaverysasia.htm

Chanthavong, S. (2002). Child labor in Cote d’Ivoire. Chocolate and Slavery. Retrieved May 11, 2008, from http://www.american.edu/TED/chocolate-slave.htm

CWC. (1989). Addressing Child Labour. Retrieved May 27, 2008, from http://www.workingchild.org/

Digitaljournal.com. (1998). ‘Slave-Children’ in India Making Clothes For The Gap. ‘Slave-Children’ in India Making Clothes For The Gap - DigitalJournal.com: The Power of Citizen. Retrieved April 29, 2008, from http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/243496ower

Digitaljournal.com. (1998). Your Chocolate Bar May Have Been Made With The Use Of A Child Slave. Your Chocolate Bar May Have Been Made With The Use Of A Child Slave - DigitalJournal.com: The P. Retrieved April 29, 2008, from http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/245585

ECLT FOUNDATION. (1989). Eliminating Child Labour - Home Page. Retrieved May 27, 2008, from http://www.eclt.org/

Human Rights for Workers. (n.d.). Free the Children. Human Rights for Workers. Retrieved May 14, 2008, from http://www.senser.com/ftctalk.htm

Human Rights Watch. (1996). THE SMALL HANDS OF SLAVERY. India. Retrieved April 29, 2008, from http://www.hrw.org/reports/1996/India3.htm

TalkingCock.com. (n.d.). TalkingCock.com - Singapore’s most powderful satirical humour website. Retrieved July 17, 2008, from http://www.talkingcock.com/

Stop Child Slavery. (n.d.). Stop Child Slavery. Stop Child Slavery. Retrieved May 14, 2008, from http://stopchildslavery.com/category/child-slavery/

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Topic: Social Networking Services

Done by: Nicholas Tan Soon Kwang

Introduction:
The site speaks of Social Networking Services (SNS) and how it grows in popularity in our
20th century lives. Trivial uses like dating, for example, help make the SNS popular. Businesses
have also grown to use SNS to help their work. Finally the site answers questions brought
up by readers on how, why and what are the risks of using SNS.

Resource used:
Jardin,Xeni.(2008). “Online Social Networks Go To Work” Retrieved 16th July 2008 from http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5488683/

Summary of Content:
The site and its content speaks of how Social Networking services ( SNS ) can help business
companies and it’s growing popularity. Simple questions were answered like how to use SNS
or what are possible risks if you should decide to use SNS. The site also speaks about companies
involved and what awards these companies have received. Content is neither judgmental nor is it
bias, thus is able to cover certain questions without treading into dangerous positions.
Brief Evaluation of the Resource It seems to be a rest desired place in its design to answer formal questions and also
making it less stressful to read. Content is simple to understand and titles were used
to make sure readers know that the content has moved on to another sub topic. It is not
organizational, but it helps companies get information out (for desired outcomes.)
Thus in all, a good site.


Bibliography :

1. (2008). The Importance of Social Networks and How it Helps to Impacts People. Retrieved April 29, 2008, from http://www.forumsforsocialnetworking.com/.

2. Balto(2007). Security Risks in Social networking applications. Retrieved April 29, 2008, from http://forums.vr-zone.com/showthread.php?t=268369.

3. Christopher Allen(2004). My Advice to social Networking Services. Life With Alcarity. Retrieved May 14, 2008, from http://www.lifewithalacrity.com/2004/02/my_advice_to_so.html.

4. Xeni Jardin(N.D.). Where personal connections lead to professional allies. Online social networks go to work. Retrieved May 14, 2008, from http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5488683/.

5. Wikipedia(N.D.). Social network. Retrieved April 29, 2008, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_network.




Topic: Discuss the developments of Cancer research
Done by Xiao Min

Introduction
Not all smokers will have lung cancer, most of the lung cancer patients have defective gene. Lung cancers are cancers that begin in the lungs and other types of cancers may spread to the lungs from other organs. However, these are not lung cancers because they did not start in the lung. When cancer cells spread from one organ to another, they are called metastases.


Resource Used
Jeffrey Perkel.(2008). Common Genetic Variant Tied to Lung Cancer Risk retrieved July 16, 2008 from World Wide Web: http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/healthday/2008/05/27/common-genetic-variant-tied-to-lung-cancer-risk.html.

Summary of Resource
The purpose of the website stated very clearly and it explain why some nonsmokers develop the disease. The coverage of the website is about the risk of lung cancer. The subject areas and materials of this website have information of different health and lung cancer. This sites explain why people who never smoked can also develop lung cancer, it does not represent a pass for smokers.


Evaluation of Resource

I think that this site provided clear descriptions and user-friendly therefore it is easily to use. It is easy to use because there are navigate around the site so that the information can be easily search. The information is well present as the latest update is putting on top. The information is clearly, consistently and logically presented and arranged. There are no features such as site map. This site is easy to access since it does not require registration and log-in. The information accessible is free as it can be access through the internet and the images and video can be access for free. The information is up-to-date since there is a highlight of the new. Moreover it is well-maintained. This site is accurate as it is a report and a research as a basis. There is a political in the source. It has both factual and opinion, the reports are all factual. The references are stated clearly. There is no grammatical, spelling and typographical errors.

U.S National Institutes of Health.(n.d). Lung Cancer. Retrieved May 18, 2008, from http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/types/lung

Health Promotion Board.(2008). Health Tips.Retrieved May 18,2008, from http://www.hpb.gov.sg/hpb/default.asp?pg_id=776

Kathleen, M., & Alfred, E.(n.d).Cancer news. Retrieved May 18,2008, from http://www.cancernews.com/default2.asp

Lynda.(2005, Nov 6). Laurianne’s Hope. Retrieved May 18, 2008, from http://lauriannes-hope.blogspot.com/2005/11/lauriannes-story.html

Senior Health.(2006). Cancer and Senior Health. Retrieved May 27, 2008, from http://seniorhealth.about.com/?once=true&

Jeffrey, P. (2008). Common Genetic Variant Tied to Lung Cancer Risk. Retrieved May 27, 2008, from http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/healthday/2008/05/27/common-genetic-variant-tied-to-lung-cancer-risk.html

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