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Wednesday, May 20, 2009
False alarms sicken KGUV residents
Kelvin Grove, 20 May - The frequent incidents of false fire alarm has caused a concern for the majority of Kelvin Grove Urban Village (KGUV) residents. It had brought disruption to the peace and serenity for the whole community, whether they reside in KGUV, Campus Living Village (CLV) or the neighbouring Herston.
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According to some residents of KGUV, they lost counts the number of false fire alarms detected since KGUV started its business operation in 2006. They cited unsupervised cookings were the main culprits and the trapped smoke can infiltrate the detecting device easily. But since 2008, the frequency of deafening sound of fire sirens have been decreasing, added the residents, however, it came back to haunt the residents this year.
Early this year, a memo was sent to every resident about the expected rising cost of the fire department mobilization. The memo state the household owner who triggered off the fire alarm will pay half of the cost. However, the usual A800 is likely to stand by which any affected resident has to fork out A400. The expected rise, according to the memo would be a few thousand Australian dollars!
"If we are not careful, the cost will put unneccessary burden to our coffers. Not only the cost of electricity bill keeps on rising at least once a year, our negligence would invite difficulties in the long run," said a resident.
Mobilization means draining our coffers
Bruneian trapped in QUT lift
Kelvin Grove, 19 May - A Bruneian student who has just finished doing her research in a library was trapped in level 2 at QUT's Kelvin Grove campus lift about an hour before being rescued by a technician.
However, the ordeal which struck at around 6pm did't take her totally by suprise because she has a similar incident less than two months ago at the Fortitude Valley ,where she was rescued by a technician less than 5 minutes after the door of the lift she was in failed to open up and she had to call for help through the lift's emergency button.
In the latest incident, she did not experience it herself similar to the previous one. One student was with her during this harrowing ordeal. "We are trapped at the second floor of the lift and we came out about 1 hour later at the 4th floor,"Hjh Siti, a Master's degree student in Public Policy at QUT's Kelvin Grove recalling her bad experience trapped in the lift for the second time. Both of them were rescued at 7pm.
Although both were safe but the time taken for the technician to arrive worried her colleagues who came to the knowledge of her entrapment a little late. As the news broke out, a team of Bruneian colleagues rushed to the scene after learning the victims were' alive and kicking'. A telephone conversation earlier between her and her colleagues brought a cheerful news and they stood guard at the 2nd level waiting anxiously for their 'release'.
By the time they got there, the technician has done his job marvelously. However, the 'ordeal' did not stop there. The victims went 'missing' as the technician was at lost after the victims have come out unnoticed from the 4th floor instead fo the 'expected' 2nd floor. By the time the rescue team reached the 4th level, the victims were no way to be found as they made their escape route separately.
"The ordeal could have been shorter had the technician arrives much earlier but the security personnel and several colleagues of mine were there to calm our nerves," added a beaming Hjh Siti after emerging from the ordeal virtually unscathed.
Security personnel jot down details of Hjh Siti
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Teachers 'attack' Parliament House
Newspaper reports imminent industrial action (www.couriermail.com.au)
Brisbane, 19 May - It is not unusual for a developed country such as Australia, the advocates of humans rights to experience this kinds of discomfort. The one day strike affects 1300 state schools across Queensland involving 37,000 teachers. According to QTU (Teachers' union), more strikes are on the card if the government rejects their demand for a better pay rise (Bligh's goverment is willing to rise their wages for a total of 12.5 % for the next 3 years which they noncalantly rejected!)
Just two weeks ago, simliar 'uproar' were taking placing in front of the this famous Parliament House located in downtown Brisbane. Abortion and anti-abortion campaigners were in full force to promote their campaigns separately at the same place fighting on conflicting causes, of course. it is not clear how the two opposing ideologies fare well in Bligh's government minute sheets as it appears more pressing issues need to be addressed in light of the economic hardship facing Australia and the 'new' issues are surely going down in the pecking order.
It couldnt come at the worse time then when the Austalia's government is still reeling from the effect of A58billion budget deficit announced last week in Canberra. For QUT students especially who have never seen or encountered such incident were taken by surprise.
Since parliament House is situated on the right hand side at the entrance of QUT, it is everybody's guess that you can't take your eyes off the scene! Read the news what is the fuss all about by following the link below:
The strike affect all state school (primary and high schools)nationwide,including international students. Credit must be given to government's public relations as the forthcoming strike is well-informed in advance. However, parents are caught off guard and most of them are unable to apply for an emergency leave due to time contraints (government and corporate sectors have different set of rules for leave application). Parents were notified by letters advising them either to send their children to school on strike day or stay at home. If they persist choose the former, their kids will be under the care of 'support teachers' at schools.
Why would parents insist to send their kids to school?. The same newspaper elicits productivity aspect as the main factor.Working parents have no one to take care of their kids at home if they choose not to send their kids to school. Where's the logic?If the strike takes place, the working parents have no choice but to be with their children at home and as a result, it indirectly affects their quality of work at office! Of course, the next of kins or frens could help the working parents to look after their children but are not enough to cover the shortfalls in the quality of work.
Translating the scenario into our perspective, irrespective of what causes it to happen either a government order or other 'sound' reasons, would we willingly send our kids to school or let them stay at home? the choice is yours.
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