Lady Gaga Highest 20 million followers on Twitter
Lady gaga is a famous singer at that moment in the world. She is the best than any other singer. Actulla she is awesome. Pop diva Lady Gaga has become the first person with more than 20 million followers on Twitter, cementing her place as the most-followed on the planet.
A 20 millionth "Little Monster," as Lady Gaga calls her fans, signed up to follow her Twitter feed over the weekend.
She had 20.12 million followers as of yesterday for her @ladygaga account.
Teen pop idol Justin Bieber was next with 18.11 million followers of his @justinbieber feed.
Rounding out the top five were three other singers: Katy Perry with 15.75 million followers, Shakira with 14.56 million and Rihanna with 14.49 million. AP
Take best Plan to strengthen Singapore's flood resilience
The Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources has started implementing a comprehensive plan to strengthen Singapore's flood resilience.
Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said the plan covers the full spectrum of the drainage system and improves the accuracy of flood risk assessments.
For example, high resolution digital elevation maps for the Marina Catchment Area are being developed to produce more accurate flood risk mapping for the area.
For the Stamford Canal, the ministry is also evaluating long-term measures like the diversion canal and upstream stormwater detention ponds. Works are already underway to increase the canal's flow capacity.
The ministry will also invest in at least 20 new drainage infrastructural projects over the next five years.
"Another key element of this strategy is transparency. We will make all the data from our sensors available in real-time so that the public can be kept fully informed of the situation and take necessary precautions. It will also be an avenue for more stakeholders to generate innovative solutions. That's why you may have noticed a flood of SMS alerts, tweets from drain sensors, updates to social media platforms and eventually we'll put all the real-time CCTV images on websites and for the public to access," said Mr Balakrishnan.
Master plan for MOH outlines Healthcare
Public sector health care workers can look forward to pay increases costing some S$200 million. This will be fully funded by the government.
Health Minister Gan Kim Yong said his ministry will continue to expand capacity in the health care system by adding 3,700 hospital beds and increasing the local intake of health care professionals - including doctors, nurses, allied health professionals, pharmacists and dentists.
Mr Gan was speaking during the Committee of Supply debates on the Health Ministry's estimates in Parliament.
Mr Gan said: "Around the world, many governments are struggling to contain rising costs and Singapore too is not spared from the effects of the global healthcare inflation. We thus need to constantly innovate, to stay cost-effective in how we deliver care, to ensure that healthcare remains affordable for everyone."
Mr Gan then outlined the Healthcare 2020 Masterplan as a response to these challenges.
He said: "Healthcare 2020 will focus on three strategic objectives - enhancing accessibility, quality and affordability of healthcare for our people. This means that Singaporeans will receive healthcare when we need it; our healthcare services will be of good quality and effective and Singaporeans will be able to afford such services."
On capacity building - some 170 acute and community hospital beds will be added as soon as next year.
Under the masterplan, 3,700 more hospital beds will be added by 2020, comprising 1,900 acute and 1,800 community hospital beds. This is a 30 per cent increase in capacity for acute beds and a 200 per cent increase for community hospital beds.
Specialist outpatient capacity will also be ramped up with the new NUH Medical Centre in 2013. It will house the National University Cancer Institute and increase capacity for day surgery and specialist outpatient clinics. The new National Heart Centre building at Outram is also expected to be ready by 2013, with a more than threefold increase in capacity.
This infrastructural expansion will require about 50 per cent or about 20,000 more healthcare professionals by 2020. So to meet this demand, the Health Ministry will boost the intake of locally trained doctors. Together with the new Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine to be opened next year, the supply of locally trained doctors will be boosted from 330 to 500 across the three medical schools.
The dentistry intake will also rise from about 48 to 80. And to train more nurses and pharmacists, the ministry intends to expand annual intakes for nursing from 1,700 to 2,700 as well as for pharmacy from 160 to 240.
Mr Gan added that foreign-trained professionals - both Singaporeans and foreigners - are needed to supplement the workforce.
Since 2010, 89 pre-employment grants have been given out for Singaporeans medical students studying overseas. And to attract overseas-trained Singaporeans, the pre-employment grant will be extended to Singaporean students studying dentistry overseas.
Mr Gan also announced a more competitive pay framework for healthcare workers. On average, doctors will see an increase in their total remuneration of about 20 per cent by 2014. This will be rolled out in phases over the next two years.
Under Phase 1, which will start from April, doctors will receive increases depending on their job level. Dentists' pay will also be similarly adjusted.
Nurses, pharmacists and allied health professionals will see a one-time increase in their base pay of about four to 17 per cent, from April 2012.
To better supplement the public sector resources, the health ministry will explore also more ways to tap on private sector capacity. For example, it will lease beds from Parkway East Hospital for Changi General Hospital. These patients will continue to be managed by CGH's doctors and pay subsidised fees.
The Health Ministry will also be entering into a memorandum of understanding with Raffles Hospital to have them take on some subsidised patient-load.
Lady gaga is a famous singer at that moment in the world. She is the best than any other singer. Actulla she is awesome. Pop diva Lady Gaga has become the first person with more than 20 million followers on Twitter, cementing her place as the most-followed on the planet.
A 20 millionth "Little Monster," as Lady Gaga calls her fans, signed up to follow her Twitter feed over the weekend.
She had 20.12 million followers as of yesterday for her @ladygaga account.
Teen pop idol Justin Bieber was next with 18.11 million followers of his @justinbieber feed.
Rounding out the top five were three other singers: Katy Perry with 15.75 million followers, Shakira with 14.56 million and Rihanna with 14.49 million. AP
Take best Plan to strengthen Singapore's flood resilience
The Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources has started implementing a comprehensive plan to strengthen Singapore's flood resilience.
Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said the plan covers the full spectrum of the drainage system and improves the accuracy of flood risk assessments.
For example, high resolution digital elevation maps for the Marina Catchment Area are being developed to produce more accurate flood risk mapping for the area.
For the Stamford Canal, the ministry is also evaluating long-term measures like the diversion canal and upstream stormwater detention ponds. Works are already underway to increase the canal's flow capacity.
The ministry will also invest in at least 20 new drainage infrastructural projects over the next five years.
"Another key element of this strategy is transparency. We will make all the data from our sensors available in real-time so that the public can be kept fully informed of the situation and take necessary precautions. It will also be an avenue for more stakeholders to generate innovative solutions. That's why you may have noticed a flood of SMS alerts, tweets from drain sensors, updates to social media platforms and eventually we'll put all the real-time CCTV images on websites and for the public to access," said Mr Balakrishnan.
Master plan for MOH outlines Healthcare
Public sector health care workers can look forward to pay increases costing some S$200 million. This will be fully funded by the government.
Health Minister Gan Kim Yong said his ministry will continue to expand capacity in the health care system by adding 3,700 hospital beds and increasing the local intake of health care professionals - including doctors, nurses, allied health professionals, pharmacists and dentists.
Mr Gan was speaking during the Committee of Supply debates on the Health Ministry's estimates in Parliament.
Mr Gan said: "Around the world, many governments are struggling to contain rising costs and Singapore too is not spared from the effects of the global healthcare inflation. We thus need to constantly innovate, to stay cost-effective in how we deliver care, to ensure that healthcare remains affordable for everyone."
Mr Gan then outlined the Healthcare 2020 Masterplan as a response to these challenges.
He said: "Healthcare 2020 will focus on three strategic objectives - enhancing accessibility, quality and affordability of healthcare for our people. This means that Singaporeans will receive healthcare when we need it; our healthcare services will be of good quality and effective and Singaporeans will be able to afford such services."
On capacity building - some 170 acute and community hospital beds will be added as soon as next year.
Under the masterplan, 3,700 more hospital beds will be added by 2020, comprising 1,900 acute and 1,800 community hospital beds. This is a 30 per cent increase in capacity for acute beds and a 200 per cent increase for community hospital beds.
Specialist outpatient capacity will also be ramped up with the new NUH Medical Centre in 2013. It will house the National University Cancer Institute and increase capacity for day surgery and specialist outpatient clinics. The new National Heart Centre building at Outram is also expected to be ready by 2013, with a more than threefold increase in capacity.
This infrastructural expansion will require about 50 per cent or about 20,000 more healthcare professionals by 2020. So to meet this demand, the Health Ministry will boost the intake of locally trained doctors. Together with the new Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine to be opened next year, the supply of locally trained doctors will be boosted from 330 to 500 across the three medical schools.
The dentistry intake will also rise from about 48 to 80. And to train more nurses and pharmacists, the ministry intends to expand annual intakes for nursing from 1,700 to 2,700 as well as for pharmacy from 160 to 240.
Mr Gan added that foreign-trained professionals - both Singaporeans and foreigners - are needed to supplement the workforce.
Since 2010, 89 pre-employment grants have been given out for Singaporeans medical students studying overseas. And to attract overseas-trained Singaporeans, the pre-employment grant will be extended to Singaporean students studying dentistry overseas.
Mr Gan also announced a more competitive pay framework for healthcare workers. On average, doctors will see an increase in their total remuneration of about 20 per cent by 2014. This will be rolled out in phases over the next two years.
Under Phase 1, which will start from April, doctors will receive increases depending on their job level. Dentists' pay will also be similarly adjusted.
Nurses, pharmacists and allied health professionals will see a one-time increase in their base pay of about four to 17 per cent, from April 2012.
To better supplement the public sector resources, the health ministry will explore also more ways to tap on private sector capacity. For example, it will lease beds from Parkway East Hospital for Changi General Hospital. These patients will continue to be managed by CGH's doctors and pay subsidised fees.
The Health Ministry will also be entering into a memorandum of understanding with Raffles Hospital to have them take on some subsidised patient-load.
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