Ang Qing🐋

Journalist at @straits_times in
Singapore | Writes about the environment, social issues and just about anything really | Opinions are purely my own

[Audrey Tan 🐋 @audreytrp]

What impact will UN climate conference COP30 have on South-east Asia?
https://t.co/3PXx4bi0qw

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#FossilfuelTreaty #RassegnaStampa - Si parla del Trattato di Non-Proliferazione dei combustibili fossil su @straits_times:
"Momentum to transition away from fossil fuels builds as #COP30 enters second week", di @Qriousity.
https://t.co/Fs4Rewz2J7

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Chaos at #COP30 as people shout "fire!"

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Part of the fun perhaps is hunting for my feature on life in Beijing in the crowded world of online real estate

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24 hours in Beijing https://t.co/vAJckZiNPy

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Glad to see that silly videos have consequences! Poor #orca

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New Zealand man slapped with fine for ‘stupid’ attempt to ‘body slam’ orca https://t.co/9fJRANRMyY

[Ang Qing🐋 @Qriousity]

Alarming
https://t.co/BtdvfVRPqZ

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NGL while writing the story that was dubbed "shitty spider" (and just think of all the possible poop puns) in the newsroom, this was the soundtrack in my head #ThrowbackThursday
https://t.co/m07m3QVpoE

[Ang Qing🐋 @Qriousity]

It looks and even smells like a bird dropping, but it's a #spider! Who knew a night walk would lead to Singapore notching its third bird-dropping crab spider! #citizenscience

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Duo discovers bird-dropping spider new to Singapore https://t.co/RvjVax2g2M

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- SPH Media Trust = a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee (CLG)
- SPH transferred SPH Media Holdings to SPH Media Trust (the CLG)
Here's a helpful timeline for further reading:
https://t.co/st7lWJwPMz

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#fyi What's the difference between SPH Media Trust and SPH Media Holdings? A friend asked me this after reading these appointments so here's a quick explainer:
- SPH restructured in 2021 and the media bit became SPH Media Holdings (subsidiary containing media businesses)

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Russell Tham named new IMDA chairman as outgoing head Chan Yeng Kit joins SPH Media board https://t.co/2BrV5JZs3d

[Ang Qing🐋 @Qriousity]

Every pangolin sighting helps! Rare encounters at HDB blocks actually help the Singapore Pangolin Working Group see where they are dispersing to. You can log sightings here:
https://t.co/XRmUVZSxAV
📸: ACRES

[Ang Qing🐋 @Qriousity]

Did you know that Singapore keeps a sperm bank for the world's most trafficked #mammal? Just one of many fun facts I learnt while working on this feature about national efforts to conserve the native Sunda pangolin in conjunction with #WorldPangolinDay
https://t.co/hl8lvuo4Ci

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Random fun facts about pangolins: They are the world's only scaly mammal! Their scales are made of keratin (the material found in nails and hair), which allows vets to engrave a unique "tattoo" that helps researchers track them on camera traps
📸: Mandai Wildlife Group

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An environmental impact assessment on a flyover project in Singapore that encroaches on ecologically valuable forest patches in Tengah dropped last month. Here's a TLDR of what the 347-page report says and doesn't say:
https://t.co/8j5cZN5St6

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#birb alert: Pied stilts made their first reported appearance on Singapore's mainland for the first time! The arrival for the #shorebirds, sometimes classified as a subspecies of the black-winged stilt, has actually been anticipated for awhile, according to observers.

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Beautiful shorebirds make rare debut on mainland Singapore https://t.co/gelAdWTVSu

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Yet another incident of an abandoned fishing net unnecessarily threatening ocean biodiversity. It's almost a repeat of what happened in 2021, but this time 2 more blacktip reefsharks were killed

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Abandoned fishing net on Pulau Semakau kills 14 endangered blacktip reef sharks https://t.co/wJKrdT0DvD

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Another global environmental prize is coming to Singapore! The annual competition aims to drive solutions that can heal the planet by awarding £1m to each winner. 2023's #EarthshotPrize ceremony will feature a week-long affair including tasters of this year's projects.

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Singapore to host ceremony for Prince William’s global environmental prize https://t.co/4dgbeZssCI

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Fun fact: The XPrize model was inspired by Charles Lindbergh's flight across the Atlantic about 100 years ago, which was incentivised by hotel owner Raymond Orteig, who offered a prize of US$25,000 for the first nonstop aircraft flight between New York and Paris

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The @xprize Rainforest semi-finals will take place in Singapore's Central Catchment Nature Reserve from May to June 2023! Exciting stuff as it's kind of like the "Olympics for #rainforest biodiversity monitoring technologies"

[Ang Qing🐋 @Qriousity]

For those wondering why there aren't 15 teams as announced on XPrize's website, we were told today that one team was merged and another dropped out just under two weeks ago due to supply chain issues
https://t.co/tLmfbSZh1V