Imports

Of late, there have been many happenings with 'imports'! First and foremost, there is the imported economic bear-run, as a result of toxic debts stemming from unregulated banks.

Next, there is foreign imports! Imported talent helping us win an Olympic medal. Strangely, there is no apparent reports of any imported para-olympians...

Next, there is imported crime! The Yishun triple murders, where the alleged perpetrator and victims are from China. We import crime to our shores...not that we dun export crimes overseas...so all is fair and square.

Next, what makes me really ruffled is the imported melamine tainted milk products! It is ok according to food science experts who tested the amount of melamine in the white candy sweet and the likes with melamine levels lesser than the guidelines set by American standards. But, why is melamine, an industrial and agricultural raw material doing in dairy products in the first place? Apparently, to trick the detection system into accepting that the diluted milk contains sufficient proteins since melamine and proteins contain nitrogen and nitrogen is used as a detection indicator for proteins. I believe that if rats contain high levels of nitrogen, they would grind them and put them into the milk if not for the processing of the fur and tails!

It totally jolts one's confidence in purchasing ANY products which are even remotely linked to China. I mean, I have no prejudice against the before-mentioned country. However, my fears are not unfounded. Look no further than 2007. There was the luncheon meat scare, then the toy paint scare, and now, the milk product scare? What's next?...perhaps the can of soft drink or even the cheap t-shirts u got from pasa malam could be emitting toxic yet odorless fumes from dyes under the hot sun!