Dinosaurs VS Humans

 

Just read this in the newspaper recently :

Purchase of 3 dinosaurs at risk as donations fall short of target 

Less than $2m of immediate $8m needed raised as new deadline looms

By Tan Dawn Wei, News Editor

The deadline set by its sellers has come and gone, but the money to buy three dinosaurs for Singapore’s upcoming natural history museum is still not in the bag.

Since it embarked on an intense race to raise $12 million for the fossils from Wyoming in the United States a month ago, the Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research has managed to collect only $1.89 million through several donors and public donations through its online portal.

It has since negotiated an extension of the deadline – originally July 31 – with its American sellers and now has one to two months to raise the rest of the money.

The immediate task is to collect $8 million first to secure the three dinosaurs. The remaining $4 million, to be used for transport and to mount the exhibits, can be raised later.

$12 million! to buy 3 dinosaurs for our museum.


Please! why don't you use this amount of money to help the poor, elderly, disabled etc in this country?


We've being seeing and hearing about the plights of all these people - why don't you channel the money to help these people?


In my neighbourhood, I always see this old lady pushing her big trolley of cardboards which she is obviously collecting to sell. It's heartbreaking you know. 


And today, an elderly man took the cover off a dustbin and starting rummaging thru the bin to collect cans.


Yes, I can understand that the dinosaurs are a part of a fantastic history. The dinosaurs are valuable but are these bones more valuable than a human?


You guys got the cheek to even ask the public to donate for this. 

Please lah, get your priorities right.

Bl#%dy   Sh#@