Blogs – A voice to contend with
In the light of this statement, I came across some startling news over the weekend.
If u sell your cakes, tarts, brownies or any form of food over your blog, u can be fined up to $1000 by the National Environmental Agency (NEA).
As Singapore’s ‘Food Watchdog’, it maintains hygiene standards in the food retail industry. Last year, it took action against 2 websites because of feedback from the public on how they were hawking their home cooked wares.
These days, unless you are a friend of the blogger, you will not be able to sink your teeth into the tempting home-baked food.
Food bloggers with home-baking business can only sell their cakes to ‘friends only’ and they also cannot put their price list online. Doing so, would suggest that the blogger is operating a large scale food business from home!
On the political front, blogs have been used a a vehicle for communication as well.
I have been following the American Debates over potential candidates for President. Came across this candidate which I have been following closely. His name is Mike Huckabee.
He used to be a Southern Baptist Pastor for more than 10 years, and he plays the bass guitar in his rock-and-roll band called Capital Offense.
Went to his site and they even had little widgets, that u can add to your blog – to show who u are supporting for the Presidenti. Wow! Quite different from over here in Singapore.
I attached some widgets, so that u know what I am talking about:
