TEMASEK REVIEW
Since our publication of an article on the “DOG” food which YOG
“volunteers are being fed with in contrast to the buffet spread the
YOG athletes and officials are enjoying, a massive outcry has
erupted in cyberspace forcing the caterer for YOG Singapore Food
Industries (*SFI) to improve the food for the volunteers.
Replying to media enquiries, a spokesperson for the YOG
committee said: “We are aware of the feedback (on the meal)
and have taken immediate action. We will work with the caterers to
continually improve the meal standards,”.
YOG volunteers'
food
Accordingly, volunteers for the YOG can expect a reasonable
improvement in the quantity and quality of food served to them as
promised by the YOG committee but that was not to be.
One of our readers who is a volunteer at ECP for
YOG emailed this photo to us (which was taken yesterday)
of the ‘improved’ food.
He has this to say about the ‘improved’ food:
Imagine after working one whole tiring morning and you just need
a simple, tasty meal to perk you up. And we get this crap? It did
not taste good to start with.
HOWEVER, THE MOST LAUGHABLE PART WAS WHEN I ASKED FOR A LARGER
PORTION OF THE CHICKEN AT THE COUNTER.
Guess what they told me “Sorry… this is standard sized”
Apparently from the photo, the quantity of food have improved
with the addition of 3 small pieces of what looked like ‘fish
cakes’ or ‘toufu’ but the quality of the food leaves little to be
desired.
John Doe
*Singapore Food Industries (SFI), a subsidiary of the
Singapore Airport Terminal Services (Sats) had been awarded a $5.5
million catering services contract by the YOG organising committee.
Its contract covers meals for up to 7,000 athletes, officials and
volunteers at the Youth Olympic Village.
EDITORS’ NOTE:
Has your life been turned upside down by the YOG? Please
share your views with us. We assure you that your identity will be
kept strictly CONFIDENTIAL. We will be your UNCENSORED VOICE. We
will publish your letter in FULL with ZERO editing, moderating or
censoring. You do not have to suffer in silence! You have the RIGHT
to speak up as a citizen of this country. Remember: you are a
CITIZEN of Singapore, not a SLAVE of the PAP regime.
Our mailbox has been swarmed by letters from YOG volunteers
for the last few days. Unless you specifically want us to publish
your REAL NAME, we will use a pseudonym instead. Please understand
that due to manpower constraints, we may not be able to publish
your letters immediately and we will have to stagger them a few
hours apart to ensure that they get maximum exposure.
Temasek Review
Many thanks for bringing up the DOG FOOD issue in your online
news.
YOG volunteers'
improved food
Attached is a photo taken today while I was volunteering at
F1 Pit. I don’t see any improvement on the food at all which is why
I decided to take a photo of it and send this to you. It is
unspeakable that the organiser is feeding the very people who
made the event a success with food of such quality.
What is supposed to be a mega event that make me proud of
participating has now become an pathetic event that left many
Singaporeans feeling sore. What’s more the event – at the backstage
– was really badly organised – that I doubt many volunteers
would feel proud of Singapore being the host of the first-ever
YOG.
