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  1. Don't blame me for China bashing hor..after all the crap with tainted milk, toxic paint and allegedly cover-ups so as to look good for the Olympics..they really deserved to be bashed..
  2. After Transcab, now Silvercab is also using Toyota Wish as taxi. Spotted a brand new Silvercab Toyota Wish taxi rego SHD1528Y at Sengkang today
  3. Source: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/sin.../377459/1/.html SINGAPORE: Singapore's Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) says its latest laboratory findings show that the "White Rabbit Creamy Candy" from China is also contaminated with melamine. It advises consumers who have bought the affected product not to consume them. The latest test results bring the total number of milk and related products from China imported into Singapore that are found to be contaminated with melamine to three. The other two affected products are "Yili Brand" Choice Dairy Fruit Bar Yogurt Flavoured Ice Confection" and "Dutch Lady" brand of strawberry flavoured milk. All the affected products have been recalled earlier. Since September 19, AVA has suspended the import and sale of all milk and milk products from China. These products include milk, ice-cream, yoghurt, confectionery such as chocolates, biscuits and sweets as well as any other products containing milk from China as an ingredient. Retailers and importers have been instructed to recall these products and withhold them from sale. As a precaution, consumers are also advised not to consume any milk or milk products from China. AVA says it will not hesitate to prosecute any retailer or importer who fails to remove these products from their shelves. Under the Sale of Food Act, anyone found selling unwholesome food can be fined up to $10,000 and/or sentenced to three months' jail, or both. Consumers who have any queries can call AVA's hotline at 6325-7625 during office hours (8.30am-6pm, Monday-Friday). - CNA/ir
  4. Police car wheel-clamped, issued with warning letter STOMPer Soulman saw this police car with its wheel clamped, apparently for parking in a season parking lot at the carpark of The Adelphi opposite Funan the IT Mall. He says: "The photos show 2 police cars parked at the parking lot of The Adelphi. "Apparently, 1 police car was parked at the yellow lot while the other was parked at the red lot (meant for season parking). "It seemed that the management was extremely dedicated to their work as the police car parked in the red lot was wheel clamped and served with a warning letter while the other one was not. "While I am not sure whether wheel clamping a police car is the correct thing to do, this proves that even police officers make mistakes every now and then."
  5. http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/...ory_259262.html July 19, 2008 Teacher, student hit with a hammer and spanner JOHOR BARU - STUDENTS watched in horror as their teacher and a classmate were repeatedly assaulted with a hammer and spanner during an examination in a classroom. The incident at a top Chinese school here resulted in the student and teacher suffering multiple head injuries. They were both rushed to the Sultanah Aminah Hospital for treatment. The attack is believed to have been sparked by a misunderstanding a few days ago when the victim allegedly called the assailant 'useless'. The drama unfolded at 1.30pm yesterday during a Chinese language exam for 50 Form Two students. The 17-year-old assailant, also a student at the school, rushed into the classroom armed with a small hammer and spanner and started hitting the 15-year-old victim on the head. The teacher, only known as Seng, said that she happened to be near the victim at that time and rushed to protect him when she was also hit with the hammer above her right eye. Seng said that she and her student were bleeding profusely. 'There was blood everywhere,' she said, adding that she ran to the discipline teacher's room to report the matter. Both Seng and the student received several stitches at the hospital. According to the injured student's cousin, electrician Lee Boon Huat, 44, the misunderstanding stemmed from a small argument between the victim and another boy. The student's parents declined to comment on the matter, saying that their son was now recovering from the attack. State CID chief Senior Asst Comm II Amer Awal confirmed the attack and that a Form Five student was handed over to the police by school authorities. -- NST ------------------------------
  6. http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/singapor...nt.jsp?id=27180
  7. so funny. i tot ah long is the one going ard stressing ppl to pay up..... now also can get stressed. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/sin.../358305/1/.html
  8. say we do a conversion, you will be topping up to convert. so in the same sense, the paper value will increase right?
  9. Monday June 30, 2008 Cops: OCPD in sodomy bid By R.S.N. MURALI KUALA TERENGGANU: Two police lance corporals have lodged reports alleging that their chief, an OCPD of a rural district in Terengganu, attempted to sodomise them, on two separate occasions. In the first report made on Thursday, the 22-year-old cop claimed that he was sleeping at the OCPD
  10. Should police cars be allowed on footpaths? By Esther Tan PARK-GOERS are territorial when it comes to footpaths. To them, it is their turf and in-line skaters and cyclists should keep off them. But what about police cars? Such vehicles have been patrolling along the East Coast Park footpaths and members of the public are questioning the need for it. Private school tutor Y. Chong, who was having a picnic with his family when he saw a police car travelling along the footpath, said: 'I was surprised...Cars shouldn't be allowed there.' The National Parks Board (NParks) said it allows police vehicles to patrol along the footpaths of certain parks for 'public security' purposes. The police said its patrol cars travel along footpaths for crime prevention purposes as well as to respond to calls for police However, there are guidelines by which police cars must abide in such cases. Both the police and NParks said police vehicles on the footpath are required to switch on the blinker lights on top. An NParks spokesman said they should keep to a speed limit of 15kmh - the same limit in many carparks or private residential areas. Former police officers said they should travel at a 'crawl' if it was a normal patrol, but could speed up in an emergency. Members of the public, though, were not convinced that police cars need to travel on footpaths to perform their duties. Bank officer Jan Chiok, 26, who visits the park once a month for in-line skating, said: 'It's better not for any vehicles to be on the path as it's meant for people only.' Bank analyst Bryan Goh, 28, who frequents the park twice a month, pointed out that pedestrians on the footpath may be listening to music on their earphones and may not even be aware of an approaching vehicle. A mother of three, Madam Tracy Lee, 46, said: 'Children tend to be engaged in play at the park and they won't notice things around them like a bicycle or a car.' Chairman of the Government Parliamentary Committee for Law and Home Affairs Teo Ho Pin feels it is not advisable for vehicles to travel along footpaths, adding that such paths are not designed to take the weight of vehicles. Most of the time, the police can gain access to the various parts of the park via the nearest carpark or secondary roads, said Dr Teo. National Safety Council president Tan Jin Thong suggested that a motorcycle could be used for police patrols instead of a car. Soon after terrorist Mas Selamat Kastari broke out of detention in February, police officers were seen patrolling several parks on bicycles. Mr Tan said: 'Motorcycles are smaller, easier to manoeuvre and can respond faster to emergencies or crime than a car.' http://www.straitstimes.com/Free/Story/STIStory_248267.html Mata proves that cars is also necessities to get around anywhere - wayang also too stoic cannot dress down and chilled down to real park environment.
  11. http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/photo/getMediumSizePhoto.do?id=24192 STOMPer Fan said a cheeky staff at a newly open noodle stall packed her noodle in a suggestive manner, arranging the food to resemble a man's private parts. Said the STOMPer in her email to STOMP today (June 17): "This morning I just bought a packet of noodles from a newly open noodle stall opposite my office. "The staff are friendly but a little cheeky. "They chatted with me and even asked for my name and asked whether I would come again. "I just smiled and said 'If your food is nice, I will surely come back'. "When I reached the office, I was shocked to see what the noodle store guy had done to my food. "He display the fishball and sausage in the shape of a man's private parts. "It's so disgusting, how can they do this? "I am so angry, I wanted to confront them, but my colleagues stopped me. "They should learn how to respect women. "Not all women is so cheap and loose as what they think. "A bunch of pervert noodle sellers." A prick w 2 balls surrounded by s*erm??
  12. Every thing was happen so fast and too fast Anyone here love high speeding ? Always receive the speeding ticket? Please watch this video ,http://car-q.com/plus/view.php?aid=31437, the Omega just like a wind
  13. Car buff: MrLim converted his Mercedes-Benz Vito 113 van to run on CNG because of his interest in automobiles and engines. WHEN it comes to petrol savings, few can beat Mr Lim Sin Leng. In the last two years alone, he has saved about $7,000 - the equivalent of what an average car owner spends on fuel in about 18months. The reason his van is so fuel-efficient: compressed natural gas(CNG). The 47-year-old businessman holds the possible distinction of being the first Singaporean here to have converted his car so that it runs on CNG instead of petrol. He did it in March 2006 when CNG was still an unfamiliar acronym to many motorists. So while drivers here talk about getting cheap petrol in Johor, Mr Lim is happily getting his full tank refuels at Jalan Buroh for $1.18 a kg. One kg of CNG is equivalent to around 1.1 litres of petrol. The same amount in petrol costs between $2.15 and $2.30, depending on the grade. Mr Lim, who saves 'at least half of what others are paying' using CNG compared to petrol, said: 'To me, CNG stands for 'cheap and good'.' RISE IN DEMAND But money was not his main motivation. The self-professed car buff was first spurred to convert his Mercedes-Benz Vito 113 van to run on CNG because of his interest in automobiles and engines. Although Mr Lim spent $4,000 on the conversion, which included the cost of flying in an engineer from Beijing, he said that it has been worthit. By the end of last year, he recovered the cost of installing the CNG kit in his van. With the savings from using CNG, it is no wonder many others are following in his footsteps. Figures from the National Environment Agency and the Land Transport Authority showed that as of April, there are 540 CNG cars in Singapore. There were only 250 last December. Scantruck Engineering, which helped to install the CNG kit in MrLim's van, has seen a 'definite' increase in demand for CNG conversion. Today, it converts 180 cars a month to run on CNG compared to 60 cars a month six months ago. Citing rising fuel prices and the opening up of more CNG refuelling stations as two factors contributing to the increasing demand, Scantruck Engineering deputy managing director Francis Leong, 64, said: 'Due to the sudden surge in demand over the last six months, we even had to turn four to five customers away each day because we lacked the manpower and stocks.' Another company, CMelchers, which also does installation of CNG kits for cars, currently has a waiting list of up to six months. Mr Shannon Sim, the business development executive for CNG conversion in CMelchers, has been receiving 20 to 30 enquiries a day about CNG conversion, out of which at least 30 per cent commit to installing a kit. Mr Sim expects the company's volume to hit 300 cars a month once their newest workshop opens at Kim Chuan late this month. Currently, the two workshops affliated to C Melchers at Neythal Road and Sin Ming install CNG kits on 200 cars a month. GAINING MOMENTUM Mr Kittichai Jarusrojpoka, managing director of General Motors Overseas Distribution Corp Singapore, said the first two shipments of the Chevrolet Optra Magnum CNG have been sold out since the launch of the car on 28Mar this year. It's not known how many units there are in each shipment. General Motors is one of the authorised dealers for the 1.6-litre Chevrolet Optra Magnum CNG, which is fitted with the CNG kit in its Thai factory. Mr Kittichai said: 'According to feedback that we have received from the showroom, retail interest in the Optra Magnum CNG is steadily gaining momentum in proportion to the rising fuel prices.' Parallel importers have also seen a rise in demand for cars which run on CNG. Mr Kenneth Tan, regional director of Pinnacle International, saw 'an exponential increase' in the number of drivers turning to CNG as an alternative fuel. Pinnacle sold about 200 CNG cars during a road show they held in January this year. VOIDS WARRANTY ComfortDelGro Engineering, the engineering subsidiary of ComfortDelGro Group, is also looking into offering CNG conversion services to private cars. Spokesman Tammy Tan said: 'Details are still being worked out but we expect to launch the new service within the next two to three months. We will test out the market with services being offered at just one of our locations for the initial period. 'Depending on demand, we may extend it to our other outlets.' There are, however, some drivers who are reluctant to convert their cars to run on CNG because doing so would void their warranty. Member of Parliament Charles Chong, who heads the Government Parliamentary Committee on National Development and Environment, said: 'If car insurance warranties are voided because vehicle owners modify their vehicles to take CNG, surely we are not incapable of fixing that without too much of a delay. 'There are safe ways of installing the CNG kit in cars, and LTA should facilitate the conversion. We should not be paralysed by this. 'Hopefully, we can move faster to provide alternatives, and save the environment while saving money.'
  14. Toll naik ......(Toll going up) Petrol naik ....(Petrol price going up) Beras naik .....(Rice price going up) Semua naik .....(all going up) Sekarang .......(Now) . . . . . . . . . TOMATO pun naik ....... (Tomato also up)
  15. ERP rate for BKE gantry to go up by 50 cents By Christopher Tan http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/...ory_231932.html [/color] IT will cost motorists $1.50 to use the Bukit Timah Expressway (BKE) between 7.30am and 8am on weekdays from next Monday - up from $1 now. The electronic road-pricing (ERP) gantry on the BKE between Dairy Farm Road and the Pan-Island Expressway is the only one being tweaked by the Land Transport Authority in its latest review of ERP rates. The rates at all other gantries remain unchanged - until the next review in late-May, just before the June school holidays. ERP rates are reviewed once every quarter as welll as just before school holidays. Prices are usually lowered for the latter. The LTA did not say why it is raising the 7.30am-8am slot for the lone BKE gantry, but ERP rates are usually raised when average traffic speeds fall below the optimal 45kmh to 60kmh range for expressways. The idea is to spread out demand so as to avoid congestion and achieve better traffic flow overall. The fact that rates at all other gantries remain unchanged indicate that traffic flow at all ERP-controlled roads has not improved or deteriorated significantly in the last three months. Miniscule adjustments, however, will be a thing of the past from July, when a new set of criteria for rate movements kick in. As part of a slew of measures to control congestion and persuade more people to take public transport, ERP increments will be at least $1 each time - double the 50-cent jumps now. That's not all. A new interpretation of 'optimal speed' will take effect. Instead of taking average speeds as a criterion for ERP rate changes, a more stringent method that ensures than 85 per cent of road users experience the optimal speed range will be applied. In effect, the two new meaures mean the likelihood of more aggressive rate increases. They will apply in the CBD and Orchard area from July; and at most other ERP-controlled roads from November. The remaining handful of outlying gantries will be affected from February next year.
  16. Growth Dividends n GST Offset Package For example, a family of three living in a three-room HDB flat could receive benefits of about $5,000, which is about six times the estimated increase in their cost of living. A family of five living in a 5-room HDB flat will get about $4,900 - about 2.5 times the estimated increase in their living costs (see Annex B). - extract =============================== My family of four living in a 4 room only got abt $2k....so how did they come up w $4,900 for family of five in 5-room flat? is this figure for all 4 yrs added? in my mind when i first read this article is "ZHUN BO???!!!"
  17. April 9, 2008 Elderly man goes missing, police appealing for help 71-YEAR-OLD man has been reported missing after disappearing from Christalite Methodist Home nearly two weeks ago. Nadrajan Thachanamoorthy, who is a resident at the Home located at Marsiling Drive, was last seen by staff on the morning of March 28. Mr Thachanamoorthy is 1.6 metres tall with black hair, and is of small build. He was last spotted wearing long pants with a white singlet and slippers. He is not known to be carrying any identification documents with him. Police are appealing for information on his whereabouts. Anyone with information may call the Police Hotline at 1800-2550000. http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/...ory_225526.html
  18. April 2, 2008 Hairstylist dies after choking on biscuits HUNGRY after a late-night chat, a hairstylist helped herself to biscuits, only to choke on them fatally. Huang Yan Ping, 33, was in the Jurong East flat she shared with two others at around 11.30pm on Tuesday when she started choking, reported Shin Min Daily News on Wednesday. Her flatmates tried to force the biscuits out of her mouth, but Ms Huang died after a burst of coughs. She was taken to the National University Hospital by ambulance but was pronounced dead after arrival. Ms Huang, who came here from Johor 10 years ago, was married with two children, her friend, Ms Zhou, told Shin Min. http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/...14.html?vgnmr=1
  19. With this limping man on the loose, the immigration at woodlands and tuas are on high alert, checking on every vehicle. Will tour coaches and buses get affected also?
  20. Thief who swallowed a ring jailed 1 1/2 years By Khushwant Singh AN ODD-job worker thought he had hit on the ideal way to swipe a diamond ring from a jeweller: he swallowed it, price tag and all. But Mohamad Azman Abdullah, 48, was caught right away, and handed to the police, who took him to hospital. At Tan Tock Seng Hospital, doctors inserted a long flexible tube down his throat and into his tummy, using instruments at the end to fish out the $2,689 sparkler and its gold setting. He had to stomach this uncomfortable procedure, called an endoscopy, which is usually done without anaesthesia. In court on Wednesday, Azman pleaded guilty to the theft and was jailed 1 1/2 years. What he did not know on the day he went to the Taka Jewellery kiosk at the Midpoint Orchard shopping centre last October was that the staff were watching him closely. Just a month before, they found several rings gone after Azman had stopped by, so their eyes were peeled. http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/...ory_213692.html
  21. Happened to saw this at HWZ, is this for real??? http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showthread.php?t=1794157 NEW Price List from TP... Price increase without further notice. Speeding: Exceeding 1 - 20km/h = $130 + 4 demerit points. Exceeding 21 - 30km/h = $150 + 6 demerit points. Exceeding 31 - 40km/h = $180 + 8 demerit points. Exceeding 41 - 50km/h = >$200 + 12 demerit points + Court. Exceeding 51 - 60km/h = >$200 + 18 demerit points + Court. Exceeding >61km/h = >$200 + 24 demerit points + Court. If you want to be hero and fight the court case yourself, and you lose, you pay the court charges yourself, which will add up to your fine. I guess the court charges is at least $200 and above. Careless driving = $150 + 6 demerit Points. Inconsiderate Driving = $170 + 9 Demerit Points + Court. Dangerous Driving = >$200 + 24 Demerit Points + Court + Vehicle Compounded. Illegal Racing = >$200 + Vehicle Confiscate + Court. Fail to put Seat Belt = $120 + 3 demerit points. Crossing Double White lines = $130 + 4 points. Phone and Drive = $200 + 12 demerit point + Phone Confiscate. Do not hold your hp in your hand when you drive even with loud speaker or ear piece. Drink Driving For first offence. = Up to $5000 Fine And, or jail Term + License Suspended + Court. 2nd time offence = Jail term + Fine + Court. Making an illegal U Turn when there ' s no U Turn sign = $70. Fail to Signal when changing lanes = $70. Driving at night without headlights or taillights switch on after 7pm = $30. No Number Plate = $70. Obstructed Number Plate = $70. Obscured Number Plate = $70. Number Plate Of Unapproved Type = $70. As for Demerit Point system: Let ' s say you have 0 points on 1st January 2005, and you committed the offence of Failing to Put on Seat Belt. So now, you will have 3 demerit points and this will last for 1 Year. If during this 1 year you have no demerit points offence at all, your 3 demerit points will be gone on 1/1/2006. But, if during this one year, From 1/1/2005 - 1/1/2006, you committed another offence with demerit points, your very first offence will be extended for another year until 1/1/2007 . Be safe .... not sorry
  22. http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/...ory_183335.html Three lawyers suspended for touting after sting operation They were found guilty of offering incentives to a 'housing agent' for property deals' referrals By Selina Lum THREE lawyers who offered incentives to a 'housing agent' for referring property deals to them were suspended from practice for between nine and 15 months on Tuesday. In handing down the penalties to Mrs Phyllis Fong, Ms Lilian Bay and Mr James Liew, the Court of Three Judges - the highest body that decides on disciplinary cases against lawyers - roundly rejected their arguments of entrapment. They were each found guilty by separate disciplinary committees of touting for conveyancing work. Such touting, which involves paying a fee to a real estate agent for referring a client, amounts to misconduct under the Legal Profession Act. The bulk of the evidence against them was obtained by the same part-time private investigator by the name of Jenny Lee. Ms Lee was hired by a PI agency, which in turn was instructed by a group of unidentified lawyers, to carry out a sting operation against fellow law firms, for motives still unclear. Posing as a real estate agent, Ms Lee went to different law firms to obtain evidence that lawyers there were promising rewards for referring legal work to them. Several lawyers were caught in the act - their meetings were secretly recorded by Ms Lee, who then complained to the Law Society. The first lawyer brought before the court was Mr Dave Tan, who pleaded guilty and was suspended for six months last November. Other lawyers, including Mrs Fong, Mr Liew and Ms Bay, fought back. Represented by different counsel, they mounted various arguments. The common defence was that the evidence obtained by Ms Lee should not have been admitted against them. They argued that this was because such evidence was obtained by way of entrapment, which amounted to an abuse of the disciplinary process. They also argued that the identity of the lawyers who had hired the PI should be disclosed. However, these arguments were rejected by by the court, headed by Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong, which issued three separate judgments totalling 144 pages. The Court held that entrapment evidence is admissible under Singapore law, whether done by law enforcement officers or by lawyers for the purpose of bringing disciplinary proceedings against errant lawyers. The court also ruled that the entrapment evidence could not be described as an abuse of process if the prosecution was commenced for the purpose of ascertaining whether an accused person was guilty of the offences for which he or she was charged. In Mrs Fong's case, the lawyer of 29 years' standing had offered a $200 shopping voucher to private investigator Jenny Lee in return for bringing her business. Ms Lee had posed as an estate agent and had offered her a conveyancing deal involving a house in Lengkok Mariam. She also recorded their conversation and secretly videotaped their meeting in March 2004. The deal was subsequently aborted, but Ms Lee followed up with a complaint. In its judgment in Phyllis Tan's case, the Court held that entrapment evidence is admissible under Singapore law. Excluding it would be inconsistent with the terms of the Evidence Act, it ruled.
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