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http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp...1040937/1/.html TOKYO: Embattled Toyota said Tuesday it is voluntarily fixing 1.3 million vehicles in North America for engine oil leaks but denied the campaign is a recall because it did not affect safety. "It is what we call a service campaign," said Toyota spokeswoman Mieko Iwasaki in Tokyo. For the past five months, she said, "we have been carrying out repairs step by step, sending letters to owners and dealers." The company had first informed North American dealers and car owners of the campaign in October and launched its third phase last week to voluntarily repair the defect, a crack in an engine hose. In an email statement received early Tuesday in Tokyo, the company said the problem "may cause oil to leak from the VVT-i oil hose producing abnormal engine noise and the oil pressure light to illuminate." "This is not a safety recall, and submitting a Defect Information Report to the (US) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is not required." Japan's biggest car maker has come under fire for its global recalls of more than eight million vehicles for accelerator and brake system defects, and has been accused of dragging its feet on making the safety flaws public. Toyota executives were due to face a US Senate panel grilling later on Tuesday after company president Akio Toyoda last week apologised in a US House hearing and did the same in Beijing on Monday. The Toyota spokeswoman in Japan said the company had already repaired free-of-charge 342,200 Avalon, Camry and RAV4 models and 374,000 Lexus ES 350 and RX 350 vehicles in the United States. In the latest phase of the US campaign started on February 22, she said, Toyota wrote to owners and dealers of 128,800 Avalon and 89,000 RAV4 vehicles, asking them to bring their cars in for the one-hour repair job. "Separately in Japan we announced in October the repair of 45,000 vehicles for the same cause. The models include the Harrier and Estima," she said.

any explanation Firefighters are most trusted Fri, Feb 26, 2010 my paper By Cheryl Lim Top 10 most trusted people 1 Chan Sek Keong (Chief Justice) 2 William Tan (wheelchair athlete and charity fund-raiser) 3 Tommy Koh (Ambassador-at-large) 4 Khoo Boon Hui (former Singapore Police Force commissioner ) 5 Lee Wei Ling (director and senior consultant of the National Neuroscience Institute) 6 Chan Heng Chee (ambassador to the United States) 7 Sim Wong Hoo (CEO of Creative Technologies) 7 Deirdre Moss (executive officer of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) 9 Catherine Lim (author) 10 Gurmit Singh (actor) 10 Olivia Lum (CEO of Hyflux) Top 10 most trusted jobs 1 Firefighter 2 Doctor 3 Judge 4 Teacher 5 Surgeon 6 Pilot 7 Paramedic 8 Nurse 9 Pharmacist 10 Dentist

hahahahaa.. damn silly.. if want, just donate the whole damn 4 million pounds to victims of the haiti earthquake la.. Think everyone so silly.. From: Mrs. Marilyn White 375 Jackson Road, Wimbledon, London, SW19 5DQ United Kingdom. I am the above named put now undergoing medical treatment in Barnes Hospital, Well house Lane, Barnet, England, EN5 3DJ. I am married to sir Gerald bobby White who worked with British Judicial commission in Chelsea England for over a decade before he died on the 5th of July in the yr 2007. We were married for fifteen years without a child. He died after a brief illness that lasted for two weeks. before his death he made a vow to use his wealth for the down trodden and the less privileged in the society. Since his death i decided not to re-marry or get a child outside my matrimonial home. When my late husband was alive he kept 4 Million Pounds with one the bank in europe. presently, this funds is still with the bank. Recenlty, my doctor told me that I would not last for the next 4 months due to a rare form of cancer of the pancreas. Though what disturbs me most is my stroke. Having known my condition I decided to donate this fund to an individual or better still a God fearing person who will utilize this mo I want an individual that will use this to fund and provide succor to poor and also donate it to the recent earthquake that happen in Haiti. I took this decision because I dont have a child who will inherit this money and my husbands relatives are not inclined to helping poor persons and I do not want my husbands hard earned money to be misused or spent in the manner in which my late husband did not specify. I will also be most glad if you can tell me a little about yourself. Hoping to hear from you. You can reach me with through my Email: [email protected] Yours sincerely, Mrs. Marilyn White

Our investment in NY's realty has gone kaput. GIC has just lost another S$805 million of our money! http://singaporeuncletrader.wordpress.com/...ingapore-boleh/

To lighten the mood here, got some too serious threads going on........life is short. Bikini made of jewellery

Serious??

I have always been hearing of people saying that their goal is to make their first $1 million by age 30. However recently, I have stopped hearing that. Is it that with inflation, making first $1 million by age 30 is no longer a big deal? So its no longer qualified to be a lofty aspiration?

http://www.forbes.com/2009/09/29/automobil...tos-toyota.html Runaway Toyota Recall Joann Muller, 09.29.09, 06:00 PM EDT In its biggest recall ever, carmaker warns that floor mat could jam accelerator. DETROIT -- Toyota Motor said Tuesday it will soon issue a recall for at least 3.8 million Toyota and Lexus vehicles to fix a potential safety problem caused by a car's floor mat jamming the accelerator. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, meanwhile, urged motorists not to wait for a fix. "This is an urgent matter," said U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. "For everyone's sake, we strongly urge owners of these vehicles to remove mats or other obstacles that could lead to unintended acceleration." The impending U.S. recall, the largest in Toyota's ( TM - news - people ) history, followed a horrific crash last month in San Diego in which a mat was suspected of snagging a gas pedal on a runaway Lexus, ending with a fiery crash that killed four family members. A minute before the crash, the driver called police to say the car had no brakes and the accelerator was stuck. The runaway car was doing more than 120 mph when it hit a sport-utility vehicle, launched off an embankment, rolled several times and burst into flames. The car, equipped with all-weather floor mats, was on loan from a dealership while the driver's own vehicle was being repaired. "The tragic accident in San Diego was certainly an eye opener for all of us," said Senior Vice President Irving Miller, prompting the company to review previous allegations of unintended acceleration caused by floor mat interference. Miller said the company could not quantify the number of complaints, nor could it estimate the cost of the safety campaign. The affected vehicles include 2007-2010 Camry, 2005-2010 Avalon, 2004-2009 Prius, 2005-2010 Tacoma, 2007-2010 Tundra, 2007-2010 Lexus ES 350 and 2006-2010 Lexus IS 250 and IS350. NHTSA said the advisory was precipitated by "continued reports of vehicles accelerating rapidly after release of the accelerator pedal." The agency said the use of unsecured mats was partly to blame, along with the particular configuration of the accelerator pedals in the affected vehicles. Adding to the potential danger: In cars with keyless ignition, a driver must hold the on-off switch for three seconds in order to shut off the engine.

This Friday 25/09/09 @ 9.30pm TOTO F1 draw is 9.1 million.......................... ........................... HUAT AH ............................

I simply love Singapore. The rich country. The standard of living. The vibrant of the city. The ability to attract the rich and famous. Below maybe a old news to many, but it is new to me. Thought maybe share with those who missed it. http://home.nzcity.co.nz/news/article.aspx...388&ref=rss _____________________ Beyonce Knowles is set to rent a

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From. Mr. Obeng. Email: [email protected] Dear friend, It's my pleasure having you contacted today, I'm Mr. Patrick Obeng the regional manager of one of Rural Banks in Ghana, Am 48 years old married with two lovely kids. And I want to trust you with amount of US$3million which is presently available for our benefit. I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit both of us. As regional manger of our bank, is my duty to send auditing report to our bank head office in the capital city Accra-Ghana at the end of each business year. On the course of last year (2008) business report. I discovered that my branch in which am the manager made Three million united state dollars (US$3,000,000.00) which our bank head office does not aware of. Further my private investigation I discover that this money is part of unclaimed deposited funds in our bank by a late foreign customer here in Ghana before his death since 2006 without any beneficiary information and also no trace of his family nor relatives because is a foreigner. But as an official in our bank I can not be directly have access to this money. So my aim of contacting you is to seek for your partnership to team up with me and receive this money with your bank account and get 50% of the total fund as commission for your partnership. Lastly, the transfer will be bank to bank transaction without any problem because every necessity has being done to ensure safe and successful transfer of the fund to your bank account, all I need from you is to stand claim as the foreign depositor and title holder who deposited the fund with the bank to enable our bank head office release the fund to your bank account. I will be very grateful if you accept to team up with me to achieve this great opportunity together please urgently reply me on [email protected] and call me on +233244107428 for voice conversation. Regards, Mr. Obeng.

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saw the headlines on espn website.Man u ready to splash 40 million pounds to lure Fernando Torres .i know real marid wont bid for him as he was from their rival att marid.but man u,quite tempting.....anyway,i dun think he will leave for now.but who knows next year?by the way,what is wrong with man u?seems like all the big names not going there?

Let to roam free for months PUTRAJAYA (Malaysia) - MALAYSIA allowed a Singaporean Islamic terror suspect to remain free for months so that he might lead authorities to other militants, an official said on Monday. Mas Selamat Kastari was captured in Malaysia's southern state of Johor on April 1, more than a year after he escaped from a high-security prison in neighbouring Singapore in February 2008 by wriggling out a bathroom window. Officials were aware that Mas Selamat had fled to Malaysia from 'the moment he came to our country', Malaysian Home Ministry Secretary General Mahmood Adam said in an interview with The Associated Press. - suan WKS ah... 'We have a very good (police intelligence agency) here,' Mr Mahmood said. He did not say when exactly Mas Selamat came to Johor or whether Malaysia told Singapore about his whereabouts. Mas Selamat, the alleged Singapore commander of the Al-Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiyah group, evaded a massive manhunt in the city-state and slipped into Malaysia by swimming across a narrow strip of sea that separates the two countries. Police monitored Mas Selamat's movements instead of arresting him immediately because 'the most important (thing) sometimes is not the particular target, the most important (thing) sometimes is the networking', Mr Mahmood said. Mas Selamat alone is not as valuable as who is behind him, Mr Mahmood said. Mas Selamat lived in a Malaysian village of about 100 people, rarely going out or mixing with other residents, before being captured by Malaysian commandos. Mr Mahmood declined to say whether authorities are on the verge of making further arrests, but stressed that Malaysia remained 'very safe and secure'. Malaysia's government last week announced it would hold Mas Selamat for two years under a security law that allows for detention without trial. Prime Minister Najib Razak said officials want to obtain more information from Mas Selamat, calling him a 'threat to national security'. -- AP Wong can't sing really thick skin enough to still remain in the force..shame..

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/sin.../427284/1/.html LTA awards S$368 million contract for 22 new trains SINGAPORE: The Land Transport Authority has awarded a S$368 million contract for 22 new trains for the North-South and East-West Lines. The trains are scheduled to be progressively delivered to Singapore from 2011 till 2012. With the 22 new trains and modifications for an additional track at Jurong East station, LTA says commuters will experience a shorter waiting time and a more comfortable ride on trains during peak periods. The modifications and new trains will increase the capacity of the North-South, East-West Lines by about 15 per cent and enable the lines to meet projected demand till 2020. 1) shorter waiting time maybe 2) more comfortable ride??? how to when smrt already remove most of the seats in current trains inorder to squeeze in more passengers and are there any train stewardess serving me or massaging me during the journey? 3) spend S$368 million just to increase the capacity by abt 15%, well spent and wise??? 4) to meet the projected demand till 2020 whereas the trains will only be delivered 2011/2012, does that mean the trains will only be used for abt 8-9 yrs before the next change?

At good time , they always goes on TV/newspaper. At this present bad time, it seen they are MIA. Where are they, when so many bad news surfaced? MMSMPM, where are you?

Source: http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20081217/tts-...ce-c1b2fc3.html

You guys read the news? Retired ChungCheng High teacher in her 90's wanna close her OCBC account and withdraw her 9M deposit and it was rejected by bank.. and account kena froze. Win liao lor. Quote: Ching-Kuo Cheng-yu Over the nine-year teachers retirement account should be abolished, raised close to 9,000,000 yuan deposits, but the bank refused. She repeatedly to negotiate with the banks, not only to their disappointment, was the freezing of accounts. Now, she resorted to the law, to overseas Chinese back to the bank deposits. General Chiang Kai-shek retired school teacher of Chinese-Huang Cheng (92 years old) in May this year, the Bank of Overseas Chinese, it is necessary to convert the single-name account with the adopted daughter Mei Xu (43-year-old, housewife) of a joint account. However, the bank does not approve. In view of this, Huang Cheng decided to close the sub-accounts and time deposits from the account to more than 8,860,000 yuan to go to other banks. However, in spite of Huang Cheng-repeated representations with the bank, but also through many channels, including the mandate to deal with all her daughter, a lawyer for the bank issued a letter to the Chairman of the Monetary Authority, Goh Chok Tong of state-owned Bank of Overseas Chinese Chairman of the governance and Dr. Zhang Songguang complaints that she is unable to do so Close the account. Around three months, numerous letters between the two sides, Huang Cheng of the sub-account is not closed, but frozen. Huang Cheng-Yu in August through the Southern lawyer filed a high court to prosecute the bank for breach of contract, ask for even the immediate benefit of this with her back to the huge deposits. According to the complaint, Huang Cheng claimed that her son called for the closing of accounts for at least five times, but has repeatedly refused. Bank staff sent home Bank of Overseas Chinese detained for no reason to deny Huang Cheng-deposit, the bank said in defense of the book, Huang Cheng-an advanced age because they look a bit at a loss, questioning whether she has enough mental capacity (mental capacity) to make a decision. Defense in the book quoted two examples to illustrate the bank's suspicion. First of all, the staff received a joint bank account set up the request "feel uncomfortable" because the request is the daughter of Xu Huang Cheng-Mei, Huang Cheng-rather than directly. Second, in a joint proposal on setting up an account called for a few days later, the bank arranged for two staff Huang Cheng-to-door visits. According to the bank said that the visit further deepened their concern, as two staff members that, it seems weak and Huang Cheng-perplexed. They also claimed that Huang Cheng-can not remember at the time made an application to open a joint account. The bank insisted that it is prudent to act, and a responsibility to take reasonable measures to ensure that instructions from their clients. In addition, the bank has informed the son of Huang Cheng, the bank can not be sure she has enough mental capacity, she will not accept the account name in any direction. In other words, to freeze the account, Huang Cheng-mobilization can not be any deposit or withdrawal. Huang Cheng-respondents to the correspondent bank of the protest: "I do not care what the reasons, my money! You (the bank) got up selling what drugs? This is unfair!" Huang Cheng-husband's death 21 years ago, the couple below-knee still true, the young Xu Mei when she was adopted. Xu said the United States, Huang Cheng-time deposit open accounts for nearly 10 years, in recent years because of the collective sale of an apartment and deposited the proceeds of the sale shares, compared with deposits so impressive. The lawsuit has not yet tried. Yu prosecution lawyers have tried to South there is sufficient evidence to the prosecution and the defense, without reasonable justification, the court need not apply to the court to summon witnesses for evidence, according to court papers only directly ruled in favor of the prosecution. Although the impromptu decision that was refused, but the prosecution has lodged an appeal. Bank to the High Court application The doctor examined the appointment of the prosecution On the other hand, banks also make an application to the High Court, which appointed psychiatrist Huang Cheng-examination and review of all of her medical report. Today, the high court will hear the application of the bank, Yu believed that the South would be a lawyer to raise objections. Huang Cheng son of the view that since she had been in accordance with the requirements of banks to provide a clinical psychologist and a psychiatrist's report should not be re-examination by another doctor, and take up their cost of another. Huang Cheng-examination of psychiatrists practicing more than 30 years, he said in the report Huang Cheng-slight dementia, which affected her short-term memory, but her personality and the ability to identify the language and are not affected. Clinical psychologist, also holds the same view. Huang Cheng-account will be closed in this dispute, in order to make a will, and take the initiative to accept the inspection of the two experts.

It was stated that pirates had seized a supetanker worth US$100 million in crude oil and as such oil is likely to rise-all at a time of a global economic downturn. Be prepared for the rise in price in petrol http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-New...315153725?f=rss

After seeing the last weekends games, I could only sum up one thing about the Reds (Liverpool & Man U) are, they are wasting million of pound on 2 flops........ Liverpool : spending 20 million pound on Robbie Keane for running around aimlessly and shooting like secondary school boys playing for their school in inter school soccer competition ........ . Few times caught him passing to no man lands.... and doesn't click well with Torres until Babel came into the field. Man U : spending 30.7 million pound on Dimitar Berbatov who is just as aimless as RK throughout the game against Chelsea. He even help to block a shot by Darren Fletcher in the opening 10 minutes from inside the penatly box. I was hoping that he will be replaced but instead, Park was replace by John O'Shea and Carlos Tevez was warming the bench. Poor Rooney had to play in midfield and at times help in defence (receive a yellow) where he is a striker by nature. Where is Berbatov SAF weird....... But should give both of them full marks when they were in Spurs as 2 aimless strikers combine well just like the scientific term - 2 negative add together gave positive results... ...... So now split the 2 and they are lost...... Why Liverpool pay 20 million pound on a 28 yrs old striker and refuse to pay 17 million pound on a defensive midfielder Barry........ RB another weird...... My 2 cent worth of commence........

A friend bought a total of $888 and won NOT a single sh1t...

Read today Sunday Times and was amazed by the offer made by Chelski for AC Milan playmaker Kaka for a world record fee of

Thief nailed selling a million stolen screws Fri Sep 28, 2007 1:42 PM ET BERLIN (Reuters) - A German factory worker stole over a million screws from his employer and skewed the market with his cheap stolen goods, police said Friday. "In the end, it became obvious that screws were being sold for much less than they usually cost," said a spokesman for police in the southern city of Wuerzburg. Over two years, the 33-year-old assembly plant worker smuggled between 2,000 and 7,000 screws out of work each night, and auctioned them on an Internet site, police said. The scheme cost his firm around 110,000 euros ($156,000). The man confessed after officers raided his home.