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[Vnsmkr]

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/10744496

http://www.thanhniennews.com/society/formosa-unit-owns-up-to-fish-kill-disaster-commits-to-500-million-compensation-63688.html

Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Corp. (FHS) has apologized for causing an environment disaster in central Vietnam and promised to pay US$500 million in compensation, the Vietnamese government said Thursday afternoon.
FHS, a subsidiary of Taiwan's Formosa Plastics, has been in hot water over the past two months after hundred of tons of fish washed ashore in April in four central Vietnamese provinces Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue. The steel mill is in its final stage of construction in Ha Tinh's Vung Ang Industrial Zone.
More than 100 scientists, including foreign experts, joined an investigation into the mass fish deaths, Minister Mai Tien Dung, Chairman of the Office of the Government, said at a long-awaited press conference in Hanoi Thursday afternoon.
They found out that industrial waste containing phenol, cyanide and iron hydroxides in the water killed the fish. The source of the waste was traced back to FHS, according to Minister Dung.
FHS on June 28 took responsibility for the "serious environmental incident," after multiple meetings between Vietnam's environment ministry and related agencies and FHS as well as Formosa Plastics, Dung said.
The company committed to apologize to the Vietnamese people and government for the disaster and pay VND11.5 trillion (US$500 million) in compensating local people's economic losses, supporting them to find news jobs and treating polluted sea environment, he said.


It also promised to repair its waste treatment system and cooperate with responsible government agencies to monitor sea environment.
FHS would suffer legal punishments if it repeated violations of Vietnam's environment protection regulations, Dung said.
In a letter made public hours before the press conference, Chuan Yuan-Cheng, chairman of FHS, said that the investigation had found that subcontractors' faults during the trial phase of operation had killed the fish.
"We respect the government's investigation results and are cooperating with the authorities to handle and mitigate the consequences," he said in the letter written in Vietnamese.

 

[ttystikk]

I'm not seeing a lot of official repression of the free press... HuffPost seems to be misguided. Imagine that.

 

[757growin]

I got the sack a 8 weeks ago...ive watched my saving dwindle from 37k to 15k in that time only cos i cleared my debts and accounts i owed etc.
Now im starting to get worried as i still havnt been given a couple jobs i was promised.
I got 4 ppl permanent employment when they were new in my town now i just need some karma back for fucks sake.
Theres plenty worse off like you VN cash wise but im a deep thinker...i may as well be bankrupt now
Time for another pipe
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Put that ganja on the market @2800 a unit. That'd give some breathing room.

 

[Vnsmkr]

Put that ganja on the market @2800 a unit. That'd give some breathing room.

hahaha that was the absolute 1st thing that popped in my head when I saw the post too. Nothing but empty jars in mine now

 

[Vnsmkr]

I'm not seeing a lot of official repression of the free press... HuffPost seems to be misguided. Imagine that.

Not much at all huh. Now, it wouldnt be in my best interest to go talk shit about the country on social media then we would see things being repressed, but I dont have time for that sort of shit, not my m.o.

 

[ruby fruit]

Put that ganja on the market @2800 a unit. That'd give some breathing room.

Done a half unit for 1600 yest
I wont touch the jars thats personal

 

[757growin]

Done a half unit for 1600 yest
I wont touch the jars thats personal

Turn all that trim and garbage bud into gold oil! Then ya don't mind selling those pretty nugs. At least I don't. but I hope shit works out for you and vn. That is a tough spot to be in. Been there myself and it was a rough ride.

 

[ruby fruit]

Turn all that trim and garbage bud into gold oil! Then ya don't mind selling those pretty nugs. At least I don't. but I hope shit works out for you and vn. That is a tough spot to be in. Been there myself and it was a rough ride.

vns worse off the poor lad im ok set myself up for coin when I knew I was getting the sack one month prior...but I hate the fact im now diving into hard earned savings till I score work..hopefully something comes thru next 3 weeks im thinking otherwise ill prob have to invest inside

 

[Vnsmkr]

Yeah I got laid off out of nowhere, whacked, scored another contract immediately which was then put on hold due to declining oil prices, last month that contract was cancelled. In the middle of all this shit, the same company which laid me off called me back, offered me a job back, flew me to houston, then told me either move here or no job, so I flew back home. Money been gone since February. I am waiting on an offer now and have my name in for a few local contract tenders so something is fucking breaking soon. I always remember old friends of mine saying they were broke, but broke was you had a few hundred dollars, with this bullshit I entered a new phase of broke, there is zero fucking money as in no dollars. Just vaped some hash re: the novel

 

[Mohican]

I was laid off in 2014 and I worked odd jobs and had a few bad jobs up until May. It was tough but we just went back to college mode and ate spaghetti and chili!

The Job I have now is only a one-year contract and it could end sooner.

Sending good vibes your way!

 

[Vnsmkr]

Thanks Mo, back at ya

 

[ttystikk]

I've been broke, and beyond. Little else in my experience gives one the motivation to make the most of a big opportunity than the memory of hardship.

I have a chance to make something big happen, it's why I'm working so hard now.

 

[Vnsmkr]

I've been broke, and beyond. Little else in my experience gives one the motivation to make the most of a big opportunity than the memory of hardship.

I have a chance to make something big happen, it's why I'm working so hard now.

Its so fucking stupid to me that useless paper has so much control over us. Its really the fucking dumbest shit ever imo

 

[ttystikk]

Its so fucking stupid to me that useless paper has so much control over us. Its really the fucking dumbest shit ever imo

It's not the paper itself, it's the fact that we give too much power to those who can claim more of it- and use it to make others do their dirty work.

 

[ruby fruit]

i wipe my arse on paper..just not hat kind of paper

 

[ttystikk]

i wipe my arse on paper..just not hat kind of paper

The paper we wipe our asses with is much cleaner.

 

[TWS]

Nope.....it's not......I can prove it .

 

[Smidge34]

It's not the paper itself, it's the fact that we give too much power to those who can claim more of it- and use it to make others do their dirty work.

Yessir. The concept -- your labor on a piece of paper is good. Unfortunately the fuckers that make the rules are bought and paid for by the ones with the money. Tell me how that works out lmao.

 

[ruby fruit]

the thing is regardless of how one complains about money when we have it we don't complain do we?

 

[757growin]

the thing is regardless of how one complains about money when we have it we don't complain do we?

I usually feel guilty then. But sometimes it's fun!