One of 6 deer which escaped Night Safari put to sleep

Last wednesday, 6 deers escaped from the night safari. And one of the six has been put do sleep as it had succumbed to heat stroke on Friday.

The other 4 which has been caught back are doing well and keepers are keeping a close eye on their health.

Meanwhile, the search continues for the last of the missing deer.

Searchers have stopped sending out big teams as their presence may push the animal further into the forest.

Instead, they are setting up feeding stations with the deer's favourite food, such as grass and fruit, to try to lure it back into a temporary enclosure in the forest.

Mr Kumar Pillai, Director of Zoology, Night Safari, said: "We think the deer could have moved into the forest reserve. What we have done is inform our counterparts in NParks and we have also given them a description of the deer and its ID number."

Search efforts have been hampered by the wet weather over the weekend, the danger of poachers or even another deer from the wild.

Mr Pillai said: "My biggest concern is that if any humans out there would try and catch this animal because this animal is quite used to human beings. I hope nobody will set up traps and snares to try and catch this deer.

"If she gets to pair up with a male, then I don't think she's going to come back to our park. I'll just say she has just introduced some new genes into the wild population."

Thus i feel that it is good that they had recovered 5 of the 6 years and i hope that they will recover the last one and I hope that nothing like this will every happen again.

Singapore can look forward to good year

SINGAPORE: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has declared this year a "good year", with Singapore emerging from the financial storm in a strong position.

In his May Day message, he urged Singaporeans to take the opportunity to push forward with improving productivity and transforming the economy. Which i think is really good for singapore and this would really encourage many singaporeans

Prime Minister Lee's optimism comes on the back of a revised growth forecast of 7 to 9 per cent for Singapore economy this year.
But he cautioned Singaporeans to see the remarkable performance in perspective.
The first-quarter growth of 13 per cent year on-year reflects the volatility of a small open economy.

And Mr Lee said some sectors like electronics and biomedical sciences expanded sharply but others had not done quite as well.
Prime Minister Lee believes that with everyone's concerted effort, Singapore can maintain its lead.
While firms push on with the productivity effort, workers need to improve and achieve greater mastery at their jobs.

Workers' upgrading is a marathon without a finish line, said Prime Minister Lee.
He noted that during the downturn last year, workers had taken the opportunity to upgrade their skills.
Mr Lee said this momentum must continue even as the economy has improved.

He noted that with the strong pickup, many companies are restoring the wage cuts while others are awarding bonuses and increments, depending on their improved performances.
He said these companies have remembered the sacrifices made by workers during the crisis.
These actions are strengthening the trust between workers and employers, said Prime Minister Lee.

He urged companies to work with unions to build up variable bonuses, and structure their wage systems to be more flexible over the longer term.
Mr Lee credited tripartism as a key competitive advantage in Singapore, and promised to continue to pay special attention to low-wage workers.

"Singapore has successfully tackled past challenges because of our strong tripartite partnership. Unions work with employers and the government to enlarge the pie so that all will have more to share," he said.

"Investors and businesses value highly our collaborative spirit, facing difficulties and solving problems together. Our track record of tripartism is a key competitive advantage that wins investments and brings in jobs for Singaporeans," added Mr Lee.

"Our union leaders understand what Singapore's prosperity, and our workers' well-being, depend upon. They know that there is no substitute for hard work, ingenuity and enterprise. They have done much to help workers understand the economic trends affecting them, and encourage them to go for retraining and upgrading," said Mr Lee.

Thus i feel Singaporeans should be happy that Singapore is recovering from the recession and also be cautious not to overspend and control their budget as well. ANd what Mr lee said is very encouraging to us singaporeans.

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