Sin Fin

Shark fin is considered by the Chinese as a treasured food .

Its popularity began in the late 18th century.




Calls to ban consumption of shark fins are getting louder.

Nee Soon GRC Member of Parliament K. Shanmugam, said: "I took the view that we should avoid shark's fin on the menu for functions which Chong Pang organises".

ACRES executive director Louis Ng said his organisation is asking the Government to consider a trade ban on shark's fin.

The shark fin industry is a US$240 million business. No chinese government has yet to implement the ban.

17 countries have banned shark finning i.e. no fishing for sharks along their coast, well if they have one.

Switzerland, Austria, Bolivia, Paraguay, Andorra, Lichtenstein, Luxembourg, Sudan, Rwanda, Hungary, Czech Republic, Botswana, Central African Republic, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Nepal.




Starting Jan, 1, 2012, the importation of shark fins into California is banned.

Shark fins already imported can be sold until July 1, 2013, but after that anyone hoping to enjoy a piping bowl of endangered-animal soup will have to go elsewhere.

The shark savers say fishermen catch the animal, hack off its fins, then throw it back into the sea, unable to swim and certain to die. More than 70 million sharks every year drown, bleed to death or are eaten alive by predators after this mutilation.

Australians and New Zealanders eat a huge amount of shark meat, disguised as flakes and make into fish & chips. In the UK it is called Rock Salmon.

The Americans eat 20 million lbs of sharks last year and the EU & UK another 44 million lbs of just one species.

The fin lovers say if they can eat shark meat, why can't the chinese eat the fin they discarded ?

Photography

It began by looking through the viewfinder.




Then comes the digital age.



And look what Steve Jobs created.

Hungry China

The origin of concrete pumping dates back to the 1950's in Europe.

The Germans produced the popular Putzmeister and Schwing concrete pumps.

And China being the biggest user of concrete pumps, it make sense to acquire the manufacturers.

Zoomlion has completed its acquisition of Italy's Compagnia Italiana Forme Acciaio SpA (CIFA), with Goldman Sachs and two other investors. It paid 163 million euros for a 60 percent stake in Sept 2008.




On April 17th 2012, SANY Heavy Industry Co, Ltd and Putzmeister Holding GmbH held a press conference in Germany to announce the completion of SANY’s acquisition of Putzmeister.




Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group (“XCMG”), purchases the world’s leading concrete equipment manufacturer - SCHWING Group Co. LTD from Germany. XCMG will take a majority stake in Schwing to be completed June 2012.

SkyVille @ Dawson

SkyVille @ Dawson. 47 storeys.

Presently construction reaches 9 storey.

38 storeys to go.




SkyTerrace @ Dawson. 43 Storeys.

Today constructed to 22 storeys.

21 storeys to go.



At the rate of one storey completed every 2 weeks, SkyVille will peak in 20 months.

While SkyTerrace will peak in 12 months.