he is not singaporean.. why donate?

This is an email sent by NTU-SU to all the students few days ago.

Would you donate for him?

The following link is what ppl's opinions in hardwarezone

The link below is the big news shown on newpaper

While many of us are working hard for our examinations, or enjoying our friends’ company, there is one among us who is struggling and working hard to regain his normal life. Li Bing Bing, a Year One PRC Scholar from the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE), needs our help.

On February 29, Bing Bing was diagnosed with leukaemia, after going through a 2-month ordeal. According to the doctors, 50% of Bing Bing’s bone marrow has been infected, and he has to undergo 4 stages of chemotherapy, which will require a total of $150,000. If his condition is stable after that, he will be able to recover. Otherwise, he will require another $180,000 for a bone marrow transplant. His father being a lowly-paid worker in a power plant and his mother being a housewife, the medical cost involved is an astronomical sum to this family.

In view of Bing Bing’s plight, the NTU Students’ Union will be organizing a campus-wide donation drive on 11 and 12 March 2008 (Tue & Wed) from 10.00am to 4.30pm at Canteen A & B to help defray part of his medical costs. Both cash and cheque donations are accepted at the booths. For cheque donation, pls made it payable to “NTU-Student Union” and indicate on the back of the cheque “Donation for Li Bing Bing”. All donations collected will be passed to Bing Bing directly.

Let us give our support to Bing Bing to help him through this difficult period. Any amount donated will be greatly appreciated! Thank you for your kindness. You can visit http://blog.sina.com.cn/xiaobingjiayou for information and latest updates on Bing Bing's condition.

many view points have arised from this discussion topic.. especially in hardwarezone.. it has degenerated to a immigrant abusing discussion..

putting aside the nationality.. it has raised an important issue about insurance.. having done a semester in germany i know that they make it compulsory for all registered students (regardless of length of stay) to have a basic medical insurance.. this is the case in singapore for pri and sec sch students.. wat happened to the higher institutes of education?

an interesting business cutting point for the insurance companies.. and a very lucrative one.. just look at the number of uni students in sg.. then we'll have no more discussion about having local students who are suffering in silence while the scholars who are more vocal are getting all the donations and financial help..

btw.. all scholars are bonded to sg for a few years after that.. like it or not they will be contributing to sg economy for a while.. whether as tax payers or workers..