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II.Executive summary Food courts are often packed, with customers forming long queue lines along food stalls. These long lines block passageways, which creates an inconvenience for by blocking consumers carrying their food. Apart from an inconvenience, it can be potentially hazardous as hot food may spill. From the article “How to get a seat at the food centre without shoving anyone”, Koh (2017) mentioned that consumers would prefer to secure their table before ordering food, rather than to look for a seat while carrying food. Most of us may carry the same sentiment towards our visit to any food centre, especially when it is crowded and as a result, the ugly ‘chope’ culture in Singapore was formed. To combat these everyday problems faced by the consumers in Food Republic, our team has come up with the idea of the Integrated Ordering and Payment System, a tablet and smartphone based application where consumers can order food without having to stand up to queue. Cashless payme...

Reader's Response In the article “Use of cladding in buildings here have grown in recent times” Mokhtar (2017), reported that although there are benefits of cladding installed on a building, cladding is still a fire hazard. It is reported that the usage of cladding has shown to provide many benefits for the building, such as heat insulation and the reduction in energy consumption (Fadeyi 2017). However, cladding has contributed in rapid spreading of fire as air is sucked into the ventilation gaps due to pressure, which could escalate a fire (Budig, 2017). According to the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), the ‘Singapore Fire Code’ regulates that the materials to be used in construction must meet the class ‘0’ requirement, which is defined that a fire will not spread when a material is ignited. These materials are required to adhere to local certification, which includes timely testing to ensure that there is no deviation from the requirement. Although there are...