Friday, November 9, 2007
Practical 2: Discuss the impact of the Integrated Resort (IR) on Singapore’s tourism industry.
Resource Name /URL: http://app.mti.gov.sg/default.asp?id=585
Category: Organisational
Resource Description:
A short website on why the government decided to build 2 integrated resorts in Singapore. This site has links to other sites which covers the reasons for building the ir despite strong views against gambling.
Resource Name /URL: http://www.singaporeintegratedresorts.com.sg/gov/
Category: Subject-based
Resource Description:
A clear-cut question and answer website on the impact of the IRs on Singapore whose source is from the Ministry of trade and industry.
This website voices the concerns of Singaporeans on mainly the impacts of having a casino inside the IR. The answers are from the government as they seek to convince that the IR will have more positive benefits than negative on Singapore as well as that the government is taking measures to curb and control the negative impact to its minimal level.
Resource Name /URL: http://www.getforme.com/previous2007/160407_impactofthetwointegratedresortsin2010_more.htm
Category: Subject-based
Resource Description:
This website contains a full text of speech at the Groundbreaking Ceremony by Mr Lim Heng Kiang, Minister for Trade & Industry, at The Resorts World, Sentosa.
In his speech, he covered the positive impacts of tourism expected by 2010 by giving statistical projections as well as the different business opportunities that arises with the introduction of the IR.
Resource Name /URL: http://www.wildsingapore.com/sos/saynov.htm
Category: Personal
Resource Description:
This website provides information on the IR and speeches by ministers on why they decided that the IR would be for the better good for Singapore despite its apparent negative impacts.
This website has links to a portal for feedbacks to the government, a place where the public can air their concerns on integrated resort.
This site also has Frequently Asked Questions column regarding the IR, as well as links to researches done on the IRs.
Reflection:
Doing this week's assignment made me re-realise the undeniable fact of the importance and the impact of using the right essential keywords in my search for the data i want.
Using the right words will produce a more filtered and relevant result as compared to that of using the whole sentence to search. This saves one a lot of time from manual-filtering of a larger amount of data.
The slight differences amongst the 3 types of websites are:
Organisational website provides resources related to the topic and it has links to other related services and sites.
Subject based website provides resources regarding the topic only with not many other inputs from other sources.
Personal website may provide resources regarding the topic as well as the added views of the web-master to the topic.
However, the main difference between the 3 is the different styles of providing information of the same topic and the different ways of them putting their points across to the readers.
Category: Organisational
Resource Description:
A short website on why the government decided to build 2 integrated resorts in Singapore. This site has links to other sites which covers the reasons for building the ir despite strong views against gambling.
Resource Name /URL: http://www.singaporeintegratedresorts.com.sg/gov/
Category: Subject-based
Resource Description:
A clear-cut question and answer website on the impact of the IRs on Singapore whose source is from the Ministry of trade and industry.
This website voices the concerns of Singaporeans on mainly the impacts of having a casino inside the IR. The answers are from the government as they seek to convince that the IR will have more positive benefits than negative on Singapore as well as that the government is taking measures to curb and control the negative impact to its minimal level.
Resource Name /URL: http://www.getforme.com/previous2007/160407_impactofthetwointegratedresortsin2010_more.htm
Category: Subject-based
Resource Description:
This website contains a full text of speech at the Groundbreaking Ceremony by Mr Lim Heng Kiang, Minister for Trade & Industry, at The Resorts World, Sentosa.
In his speech, he covered the positive impacts of tourism expected by 2010 by giving statistical projections as well as the different business opportunities that arises with the introduction of the IR.
Resource Name /URL: http://www.wildsingapore.com/sos/saynov.htm
Category: Personal
Resource Description:
This website provides information on the IR and speeches by ministers on why they decided that the IR would be for the better good for Singapore despite its apparent negative impacts.
This website has links to a portal for feedbacks to the government, a place where the public can air their concerns on integrated resort.
This site also has Frequently Asked Questions column regarding the IR, as well as links to researches done on the IRs.
Reflection:
Doing this week's assignment made me re-realise the undeniable fact of the importance and the impact of using the right essential keywords in my search for the data i want.
Using the right words will produce a more filtered and relevant result as compared to that of using the whole sentence to search. This saves one a lot of time from manual-filtering of a larger amount of data.
The slight differences amongst the 3 types of websites are:
Organisational website provides resources related to the topic and it has links to other related services and sites.
Subject based website provides resources regarding the topic only with not many other inputs from other sources.
Personal website may provide resources regarding the topic as well as the added views of the web-master to the topic.
However, the main difference between the 3 is the different styles of providing information of the same topic and the different ways of them putting their points across to the readers.
Sports: Soccer
Resource Name /URL: http://www.lfcmail.co.uk/
Category: Newsgroups and discussion list
Resource Description:
This website is a mailing list for Liverpool fans to receive the latest updates on their team. It also allows for registered users to comment on the Liverpool setup at the forum located in the main homepage which is linked to this site.
Resource Name /URL: http://soccernet.espn.go.com/?cc=4716
Category: Electronic journals and magazine
Resource Description:
This website is an electronic version of the soccer column shown in many newspapers such as The New Paper. It provides the latest information on soccer news and events around the world.
Resource Name /URL: http://sports.espn.go.com/broadband/ivp/index?id=
Category: Multi-media source
Resource Description:
This website allows for live viewing of soccer matches and it allows us to look through past exciting soccer games as well.
Resource Name /URL: http://www.liverpoolfc.tv
Category: WWW site
Resource Description:
The official website for Liverpool FC, on of the top clubs in the world. This site contains everything about Liverpool FC; news, media watches, online merchandise shops, bettings, fans section, as well as online ticket reservations.
Category: Newsgroups and discussion list
Resource Description:
This website is a mailing list for Liverpool fans to receive the latest updates on their team. It also allows for registered users to comment on the Liverpool setup at the forum located in the main homepage which is linked to this site.
Resource Name /URL: http://soccernet.espn.go.com/?cc=4716
Category: Electronic journals and magazine
Resource Description:
This website is an electronic version of the soccer column shown in many newspapers such as The New Paper. It provides the latest information on soccer news and events around the world.
Resource Name /URL: http://sports.espn.go.com/broadband/ivp/index?id=
Category: Multi-media source
Resource Description:
This website allows for live viewing of soccer matches and it allows us to look through past exciting soccer games as well.
Resource Name /URL: http://www.liverpoolfc.tv
Category: WWW site
Resource Description:
The official website for Liverpool FC, on of the top clubs in the world. This site contains everything about Liverpool FC; news, media watches, online merchandise shops, bettings, fans section, as well as online ticket reservations.
Saturday, November 3, 2007
A little on me....
Name: Alvin Tan
Age: 22
Family: Of 4, Eldest of 2
Schools:
Primary - Gongshang Primary
Secondary - Loyang Secondary
JC - Yishun Junior College
Poly - Temasek Poly
Current Diploma: Tourism & Hospitality Management
Hobbies:
1. Spending Quiet Time Alone
2. Korean Drama
3. Soccer; Love playing and managing, supports Liverpool FC
4. Gaming; Defence Of The Ancients, Utopia
2 Interesting Websites
1. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/?cc=4716
-This site contains the latest information on the footballing community all over the world.
-Provides inside updates on teams in Europe and their views before the big game.
-An all-in-one information tool for the soccer fanatics.
2.http://uk.premiership.fantasysports.yahoo.com/
- This site is an e-gaming site; an online site where one can select a fantasy team of 11 players to win points for his team.
- The points that are awarded to players are based on real-life player's performance in the modern game and points are then credited to each team with the particular player in his team after the games are played each weekend.
- The team that has the best 11 players based on their contributions in the real game for the week wins.
-A realistic game that is fun and friendly on the wallet(free).
Age: 22
Family: Of 4, Eldest of 2
Schools:
Primary - Gongshang Primary
Secondary - Loyang Secondary
JC - Yishun Junior College
Poly - Temasek Poly
Current Diploma: Tourism & Hospitality Management
Hobbies:
1. Spending Quiet Time Alone
2. Korean Drama
3. Soccer; Love playing and managing, supports Liverpool FC
4. Gaming; Defence Of The Ancients, Utopia
2 Interesting Websites
1. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/?cc=4716
-This site contains the latest information on the footballing community all over the world.
-Provides inside updates on teams in Europe and their views before the big game.
-An all-in-one information tool for the soccer fanatics.
2.http://uk.premiership.fantasysports.yahoo.com/
- This site is an e-gaming site; an online site where one can select a fantasy team of 11 players to win points for his team.
- The points that are awarded to players are based on real-life player's performance in the modern game and points are then credited to each team with the particular player in his team after the games are played each weekend.
- The team that has the best 11 players based on their contributions in the real game for the week wins.
-A realistic game that is fun and friendly on the wallet(free).
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