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Lintel becomes the first Carbon Neutral company in the Maldives

Lintel Investments and Management Services Pvt Ltd has achieved the title of ‘First accredited CarbonNeutral® company in the Maldives’. Lintel achieved this by completing a program laid out by the CarbonNeutral Protocol, the global standard for organisations to reduce their carbon emissions to net zero. This reduction process involved an independent third party assessment that calculated the CO2 emission levels associated with the amount of energy used at Lintel’s premises, company owned vehicles, business travel, wastage and employee commuting. Lintel chose to reduce its CO2 emissions of 178 tonnes through purchasing carbon credits in the Sangli Wind Power project in India, a renewable energy project verified to the Voluntary Carbon Standard (VCS). Abdul Majid, Managing Director, Lintel Investments and Management Services Pvt said, “Lintel is fully aware of its corporate social responsibility and understands the threats and challenges we face due to climate change.

ATM's Ruin my day!!!

All this happened on the 25th February 2010!! All events took place while I was trying to reach Bangalore International Airport to catch a flight to Singapore. I arrived to Majestic bus station, Bangalore after a three and half hour trip from Mysore. As soon as I was out of the station I took an Auto (Rickshaw) to the nearest ATM. My card; which was an BML Visa card, did not work from this ATM, I knew at once this ATM doesn't read foreign cards so I asked the Auto driver to take me to another ATM. I did tell him that since I have a Maldivian card take me to a ATM of a major Bank of India! He takes me to a HDC Bank ATM. It worked!!! I withdrew money enough for me to pay to my agent who booked my Singapore ticket, which as agreed I had to pay for when I arrive to Bangalore. I met him and paid for the ticket. As I was done paying my agent I asked the same Auto driver whom I had hired to take me to the Airport Bus. Somehow the Auto driver managed to convince me that I should take a ca

The Merlion, Singapore

http://www.flickr.com/photos/em-squared/4403684357/ I was in Singapore for a Regional Scout meeting last week!! The Merlion was one thing I found remarkable in Singapore!! The Merlion was first designed as an emblem for the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) in 1964 – the lion head with a fish body resting on a crest of waves quickly became Singapore’s icon to the rest of the world. Originally located at the Merlion Park by the Esplanade Bridge, the Merlion and the Cub became a popular tourist attraction for visitors. The installation ceremony took place on 15 September 1972, officiated by the then Prime Minister of Singapore, Mr Lee Kuan Yew. Today, the Merlion has found a new home just 120 metres away from its original location, adjacent to one Fullerton. Measuring 8.6 metres high and weighing 70 tonnes, the Merlion statue was built from cement fondue by the late Singapore craftsman, Mr Lim

YAMG Report to the APRSC in February

APR Scout Committee Meeting 27-28 February 2010, Singapore Chairman’s Report Young Adult Members Group I hereby present the report of the Young Adult Members Group, as a whole and our different tasks and involvement in our respective sub-committee. Communication and networking among us Our main communication network is through email and Facebook. We have been using different instant messenger softwares, such as the Yahoo Messenger and the MSN Messenger. We also use Skype for voice interacted communication. Our first online meeting was held on 15 December 2009 via Skype. All members of the YAMG except Mr. Dicky Lam from Hong Kong were present during this meeting. In the meeting we agreed that, we will meet online every three months. Jessy Ji Eun Seo was elected as our secretary to keep and maintain record of each meeting. We also establish a "protocol/Rules of Procedure" on how to go about our meeting using Skype. We are also wo