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I still remember those drag races at kallang, and one or two at the former Marina South....! But now no more liao.....

On a project on road safety in cbd area, can anyone tell me this 2 junctions have any speed camera or red light camera? Thank you.

Dear Mr. Cameron, Please find below our suggestion for fixing the UK 's economy. Instead of giving billions of pounds to banks that will squander the money on lavish parties and unearned bonuses, use the following plan. You can call it the Patriotic Retirement Plan: There are about 10 million people over 50 in the work force. Pay them

Hi Guys! For those that used to travel up to Melaka and those that are thinking of Visitng Melaka for short trip with your family; you may wanna try out putting up at www.melakalodging.blogspot.com This unit has 4 bed rooms. Owner is a friend of mine working in Singapore. Can Pm me for his contact as well. :P

Man molests 9-year-old at shopping centre toilet The crime occurred inside a shopping mall toilet along Rivervale Crescent. Police arrested the suspect within four hours of receiving notice. Wed, Feb 22, 2012 AsiaOne SINGAPORE - A 22-year-old man was arrested for allegedly molesting a 9-year-old boy inside a male toilet of a shopping mall along Rivervale Crescent on February 19. The police received notice of the incident at about 1.30pm on February 21 and apprehended the suspect within four hours of the report being made. The suspect was caught after the police examined the CCTV footage at the shopping mall and managed to establish the identity of the molester. He was then arrested in the vicinity of the shopping mall at about 5.30pm on February 21. Investigations are still on-going. Under the law, an act of outrage of modesty carries an imprisonment term of up to five years, fine, caning, or any combination of the three. The police advised parents to maintain a close watch over their young children in public places, and to make a police report immediately if they suspect a crime has been committed.

Me loh , can't sleep at all last night but in office today

Graduates working as maids in Shanghai SHANGHAI: In Shanghai, a small but increasing number of highly educated graduates are choosing to work as maids. As more expats and local talents relocate to Shanghai to live and work, demand for qualified domestic helpers is on the rise. The pay is attractive as qualified domestic workers can earn up to US$5 per hour, double the usual rate. Domestic workers caring for post-pregnancy women and babies typically earn more than US$900 a month. That is almost double the average pay of a fresh university graduate, which is less than US$500. Shanghai Women's Federation's chief Sun Mei E, said: "They see this as a sunrise industry. Hence, many are willing to come into this, especially college graduates and those with higher education. There is also a small portion of them who aim to set up their own domestic services company." Thirty-year-old Li Na chose to become a domestic worker despite objections from her family. She now earns up to US$2300 a month. Helping out in expat homes, she said learning to speak English and paying special attention to the needs of these foreigners adds value to her service. "I noted down where the Consulate General of different countries were as well as where they can go shopping or buy groceries. Some of them are only here for two or three years and will like to explore the country in the shortest time possible by making use of weekends. You can do research and share travel tips with them," said Li. What she offers is a far cry from the bulk of domestic helpers in Shanghai made up of migrants from rural parts of the country who may not have had much education. Some may have different perceptions of cleanliness and are not used to household chores in the city, such as the cleaning of carpets and washing of delicate clothes. To help them, the Shanghai Women's Federation organizes free training. Through a simulation of the home environment, students get a chance to experience the modern lifestyle in both a typical Chinese kitchen and a more western design kitchen. The students will also get to learn how to use more high technology electrical appliances. There are currently 500,000 domestic helpers in Shanghai.

Sorry to go again arh.. Haha. Ok, topic proper - Road hogging. This is an offical reply from Traffic Police: [The road hogging will applies for example a three lanes expressway and a vehicle is travelling below the speed limit on the extreme right lane of 3 lanes when the other 2 lanes are clear of traffic and vehicles have to overtake using the centre lane. Hope this clarifies.] For those who think that they can farking keep on right lane on speed limit even on clear road, think again.

Here in SGP? In a more 'realistic' way, would you encourage / prevent your next generation staying/migrating if they are given the choice?

I'm considering a 05 Subaru legacy 2.0 Anybody know where to find the specs? What is the difference the 2.0i and 2.0r? Also on my consideration list is the Mazda 6 and ford Mondeo. Any opinions? Thanks

A study from the Finance Ministry shows that children from poor Singaporean families stand a good chance of moving up in life. But this may not apply to younger generations born later than the study's sample group of Singaporeans born between 1969 and 1978, says the study released on Thursday. Its findings show that the son of a father in the bottom 20 per cent of income earners has at least a two-thirds chance of breaking out of this low-income group. And he has a 10 per cent chance of rising all the way up into the top 20 per cent of income earners in Singapore. BACKGROUND STORY As Singapore develops, there is now 'a certain level of saturation' at the top. Well-to-do parents want the best for their children and this hampers mobility as their children have an edge. National University of Singapore sociologist Paulin Straughan, on why mobility is lower now than in the 1970s. source: http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/S...ory_755105.html

Most countries are contracting coming years but we are expanding North ............. Yahoo news reported : UPDATE 1-Temasek sets up new unit to invest in North Asia SINGAPORE, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings said on Tuesday it has set up a new subsidiary called Pavilion Capital Pte Ltd that will invest primarily in privately owned firms in North Asia. The wholly owned subsidiary will be headed by Temasek's former chief investment officer, Tow Heng Tan, a Temasek spokeswoman said in a statement. The fund will have at least $1 billion to invest and Tow will be based in Singapore, a source familiar with the plans told Reuters. "This new platform will focus on funds and direct investments in North Asia, particularly to expand our current reach and coverage of the opportunities with privately owned enterprises and small and medium enterprises in China," Temasek said. Temasek hired former Merrill Lynch Southeast Asia investment banking head Tan Chong Lee as its new chief investment officer late last year. Temasek had a portfolio worth S$193 billion ($148.85 billion) as of March 31, 2011. The state investor invests primarily in emerging markets. A number of senior executives in Temasek have moved to funds linked to the state investor or have left in the company in the last few months. Prominent ones included Charles Ong, a senior managing director, who joined his brother Richard to advise on his $2.3 billion private equity firm RRJ Capital. Temasek's India head, Manish Kejriwal, also decided to step down to explore the creation of a new fund in India while head of strategy, Jimmy Phoon, became chief executive officer of Temasek-linked investment firm Seatown Holdings . ($1 = 1.2967 Singapore dollars) (Reporting by Harry Suhartono and Saeed Azhar) North Korea should be also considered as North Asia right .... So, Mr Kim Jong Un, here we come ........... Didn't know Temasek have S$193 billion (US$148.85 billion) as of March 31, 2011

hey all, im planning to go to bangkok for 10 days. will be spending 2 weekends there. any idea how much do i have to bring there, excluding hotel and flight expenses... is $1000 enough for day to day expenses? planning to just chill during weekdays and party during the weekends.

One year has passed so quickly and year end is here again. Excellent time if you have friends, lover and $$$. Positively suicidal if you don't. Remember to party like no tomorrow because according to the Mayan calendar, there really isn't.

For those who have been waiting for this phone to reach our market, wait no longer, it is already here. It is now in stock with Singtel. I dunno about the other service providers as mine is Singtel. Going to get one for my wifey and mine is due for upgrade only next month. Maybe, can try my luck when I get for my wife.

I believe many of us aware of the above-mentioned article in the press. I believe if we pump the flood water into Singapore River and it flows back to Orchard Road, it would resembles the flood in Thailand on a smaller scale. It is puzzling why busy spending the money achieving nothing, except spend the budget happily? Are we appointing residents from the IHM for our Experts? Let us hope the 60%+ can share with us your logic from your A-team.

Tough day? Here are a few hilarious sign boards to perk you up: If you crave for more please go the STOMP site: http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/stomp/sg...ack_you_up.html [laugh] Hope you have a nice week ahead!!!!

Because I'm sure Greece have reasons to do so in their country! They have like, an insane unemployment rate, 18.4% in August! The young continued to be the hardest hit, with the jobless rate in the 15-24 category soaring to 43.5 percent, twice its level three years ago. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/10/...E7A92WT20111110

YES, the "new" iPhone is here with fast A5 chip & better cam...and its...*drum drum*................................................................iPhone 4S Sorry guys, Tim didn't show case the much anticipated iPhone 5...hmmm maybe 2012.. iOS5 will be available on next Tue 12 Oct though...

I cant imagine what will be the COE like in the coming future.... SINGAPORE: Minister for Transport Lui Tuck Yew has said that Singapore's annual vehicle growth cap would be cut further from next year. Mr Lui did not say how much lower it will go. The quantum, he said, would be announced in October. Mr Lui said this in an interview with the local media ahead of the opening of the new Parliament sitting next week. The annual allowable vehicle growth rate now stands at 1.5 per cent. One way Singapore manages its vehicle growth population is through the vehicle quota system. Under it, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) determines the number of new vehicles allowed on the roads. It takes into account the prevailing traffic conditions and the number of vehicles taken off the roads permanently. The last time the quota was cut was in 2009, when it was halved from three per cent to 1.5 per cent. Explaining the reason for the upcoming cut, Mr Lui said one consideration is the fact that Singapore's road network will be considerably scaled down in future. "In the recent decade, I think the roads have grown by about one per cent and going forward, we think it probably will grow only about 0.5 per cent per annum, this is the road network," Mr Lui said. "You can't allow it (the vehicle quota) to grow at the rates in past years simply because the road networks are not expanding as what we have done before. "And there is also a limit to what we can do with regard to congestion pricing. So it's really trying to find a balance to these two measures". Mr Lui ruled out the possibility of a zero-per cent population growth for vehicles. "It is a combination of both ownership measures as well as usage measures that is most ideal," he said. "You could theoretically bring it down to zero or even below zero but I think it will bump up against the aspirations of some who want to own a car. "Notwithstanding whatever it is, we try to improve on the public transport system and there are those who feel that they really need a car. "They have elderly, sickly parents around and it is a lot more convenient, so we understand all that." One expert said any drastic cuts would not make sense given that the average speed on expressways last year was about 62 kilometres per hour (km/hr). It was 28 km/hr along arterial roads and within the CBD. In 2002, the average speed on expressways was 64.8 km/hr. It was 63.3 km/hr in 2010. Along arterial roads and within the CBD, the average speed was 24.6 km/hr in 2002. In 2010, the speed improved to 28 km/hr. Associate Professor Anthony Chin, director of the Economic Executive Programme at the Singapore Centre for Applied and Policy Economics, said: "Are we saying that 62.3 km/hr is not acceptable? That we have to cut ownership? "Secondly, do we understand usage behaviour well enough to just go for this blatant cut in the ownership?" "It's not just a question of ownership but it's the usage, because we are now tackling the usage problem -- congestion is a usage problem. "You can own cars but if everybody uses it at the same time, at the same location, well, you don't need a professor to tell you that you will get traffic congestion because you are just loading it into the system." Assoc Prof Chin added: "At this particular moment, the road speeds seem to be acceptable, unless you are saying that in the future, that this road space will not grow by one per cent and you don't do anything, you don't do any traffic management, you don't do any of these policies that would affect the behaviour of the motorist. "Then I would agree that you would have to cut -- that makes sense, does it not? If the space is not going to grow by so much and you want to maintain these speeds, then of course something's got to give." Industry players said the cut in vehicle growth will very likely push up car prices. Tan Chong Motor general manager of sales and marketing Ron Lim said: "Based on vehicle population numbers of 925,772 as at end-August 2011, 1.5 per cent vehicle growth would translate to 13,887 Certificates of Entitlement (COEs). "Thus, every 0.5 per cent cut will translate to 4,629 fewer COEs. "Given the total COE number to be released is dependent on the growth allowed and the replacement of deregistered vehicles, even if we assume de-registration numbers remain constant, as per numbers from January-June 2011, every 0.5 per cent cut in the population growth will translate to a cut in COE numbers by around 10 per cent compared to the current COE quota. "This situation occurs due to the already record low number of COEs released currently. "All these only point to higher COE prices which will further impact purchases, causing further delay in people replacing their vehicles, thus, not addressing the whole purpose of curbing vehicle population growth. "As the reduction of COEs will be across the board, businesses will also be impacted due to higher operating costs from commercial vehicles. "Thus, overall, this will mean an even tougher time for the auto retail industry and eventually higher ownership cost to car buyers and business." But there is some good news for motorists -- evening Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) surcharge at some gantries such as along the CTE, Chinatown and Boat Quay areas may be tweaked. Mr Lui said the tweak will involve the timing of evening ERP, not doing away with the surcharge. He said: "This is something I have asked LTA to study -- whether it's possible to tweak the timings a little bit during the evening period. "Frankly, I think there are some drivers who are prepared to pay a certain amount for ERP in order to have a smoother drive home, particularly in the evenings. "There are some who would say, 'why should I pay?' I think there is room for some re-look into the evening peak ERP, not to do away with it, but to tweak the timings." Details will be announced in October. -CNA/wk

Yeah pple suspect me to be ROV personel.... well up to you to judge! hehehhee

http://newnation.sg/2011/09/car-models-str...-show-in-china/

Pardon my ignorance if this is some old news which I am not aware till yesterday. I heard about foreign talent driving taxis here in Singapore when I heard Mark Richmond talking over Class 90.5 about a FT taxi driver who picked him up and not knowing the location of his destination - Boat House or Padang when he pointed out that it was close by. Is our taxi industry even invaded by FT? :angry:

Saw this.

In case you not aware already. Spent 20min doing the update. But aftermath is about same leh, only minor graphic change here and there. But browsing seems faster a bit, not sure is due to imagination. But overall a bit disappointed. The hype made me expected much more. Is someone able to highlight the difference? Many TIA.