Curry chicken biryani on list of ready-to-eat foods during national emergencies
Singapore, Feb 15: Curry chicken with biryani is among the five meal options prepared by a Singapore company as ready-to-eat meals during national emergencies.
Besides Biryani, the other meal options provided by SATS Ltd – an air cargo and catering services provider, are chicken bolognese pasta, fish porridge with sweet potato and pumpkin, sweet spicy tomato fish with basmati rice, and vegetable marinara pasta.
The meals are prepared in a SATS halal-certified kitchen in Singapore, reported Channel News Asia on Saturday.
The report said these meals require no refrigeration, can be eaten at room temperature without reheating, and have a shelf life of up to eight months.
About 150,000 of these meals will be distributed between Saturday (February 15) and February 28 as part of this year’s Exercise SG Ready, a component of Singapore’s Total Defence campaign..
The exercise allows people in Singapore to experience simulated power outages and disruptions to food supplies, among other scenarios. (PTI)
Hong Kong residents compete to name twin panda cubs who just turned 6 months old
Hong Kong, Feb 15: Panda craze has once again gripped Hong Kong as residents compete to name the territory’s first locally-born giant panda cubs who just turned six months old.
The competition to name the twin cubs, born August 15, launched Saturday following a celebratory ceremony attended by Hong Kong leader John Lee and other officials at Ocean Park, the theme park that houses the twins, their parents and two other giant pandas that arrived from mainland China last year. Residents can submit their suggestions via the park’s website.
Lee said the southern Chinese city now has the largest number of pandas in captivity outside of mainland China, and the cubs’ names would be announced in the first half of this year.
The pair, currently identified as the “Elder Sister” and the “Little Brother”, will make their public debut on Sunday and meet visitors for five hours daily. Those who want to enjoy time with the cubs outside regular visiting hours, before the park opens, can pay 1,500 Hong Kong dollars (about USD 190). (AP)