Effective Communication

Digital directories in shopping malls have been helping visitors in terms of directions to their desired shops, dining place, ATM machines and other amenities. At the same time, it displays the floor plans so that visitors can have a visual representation of the mall. However, there are visitors who are struggling with navigating around the malls even after using the digital directories. This may cause visitors to spend unnecessary time using the digital directories which in turn decreasing their duration spent shopping. According to Singapore Tourism Board (2016), the tourist receipts spent on shopping had the largest growth as compared to other sectors such as accommodation and food and beverage. Shopping sector had tremendous growth of 51% in the year 2016 as compared to 2015 (Singapore Tourism Board, 2016). This showed that more tourists are willing to spent more in shopping malls. Therefore, malls should look for ways to increase their respective average duration spent in sh...

According to Priscilla Goy (2016), “Duo turn plastic waste into a concrete idea” (The Straits Times) states that scientists have discovered a sustainable recycling method to transform plastic waste into carbon nanotubes-tiny cylinders of carbon atoms. Carbon nanotubes increased the percentage of plastics being recycled and decreased the use of cement. However, it has been expensive and restricted as the procedure emits pollutant but BlueRen’s eco-friendly technology uses a “unique mineral like catalyst”, Goy (2016). BlueRen’s aim is to minimise plastic waste and commercialise the technology they worked on. Their technology is in the process ,  but it showed great potential .  “Duo turn plastic waste into a concrete idea,” according to Muthiah (2016), co-founder of BlueRen claimed to change the idea of recycling to upcycling, turning a profitless input to a profitable output. Personally, I felt that turning plastic waste into carbon nano...