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In the driving test? I see many others still stop way after the stop line and protruding in the ped crossing already.

hey peeps, need to get to CISCO tomorrow, living in the north. am thinking of getting there by the mrt, was wondering if the circle line at bartley bringing to paya lebar is already open? thanks in advance!

Circle Line down 10 mins The power went out after lunchtime. -ST Thu, May 28, 2009 The Straits Times By Yeo Ghim Lay SERVICE on the Circle Line was disrupted for about 10 minutes on Thurday on its first day of operations. The Straits Times understands that the power went out after lunchtime, and a train with passengers on board was stuck in the tunnel. It was moved to Bishan MRT and passengers were evacuated within four minutes. Service on both sides of the line was down for about 10 minutes before it resumed.

Three places I frequent:- Kallang Way bend towards Tannery lane. There's a center double line at the. Everyday I walking out for lunch, taxi U-turn at this bend, car parked illegally at this bend and some car even speeding to overtake other slow moving vehicle crossing this line. Church St in front of Golden shoe car park. There's a center double line Car turning out from Philips St dashing across turning into Telok Ayer St Jalan Besar before New World Center There's a center double line Everytime I eating at the corner coffee shop, saw car dash across the double line from one end of Syed Alwi Rd to the other side of Syed Alwi Rd.

Wondering if it is worth it to switch from Singtel. Any users care to comment on the free home phone line promotion from Starhub? Problems, cost etc. http://freehomeline.starhub.com/dv/start

anybody can explain the $107/ year and $117.7/year issue thanks how does one know which package one belongs to without calling them

Was watching DC yesterday "Mega-structure". At the end of the show, it mentioned there is a future project to fight sea level rising, that is to build a dam that run 200km around the whole singapore island!! Wow!! Maybe after 100 years, the only land that seen in this region. Just to share!!

every yr i use to go concord plaza buy 200-300 christmas card. But tis yr tinking of buying on line. Any lobang for buying those simple n cheap card on line. i tink its not more than 40 cents /pc.

Yesterday's news. US Federal Reserve announced US$30bil swap line each to Brazil, Mexico, South Korea and Singapore "to help those countries ease a credit squeeze." The Fed had extended a US$15bil swap line with NZ a day earlier. I don't think the Fed does this for fun. But is there a credit squeeze in Singapore? (Obviously it won't be reported in ST.)

Dear all, With the increasing popularity of mobile broadband .... just wondering any of you here actually terminated their home fixed line broadband and switched to mobile broadband? Also, among the providers out there ... which one has the best speed at a reasonable price? Please share ... thanks.

who is next in line?... .... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ home > Breaking News > Singapore > Story Oct 6, 2008 SingTel raises phone rates First rate revision in 18 years . SINGAPORE Telecommunications (SingTel) on Monday announced its first rate revision in 18 years for its fixed-line telephone subscription and call charges, and said it will offer $1 million worth of credit vouchers to needy households. From Jan 1, fixed-line telephone customers will pay $10 more a year in subscription rates - an increase of 83 cents a month. With this revision, residential customers will pay $110 a year and business customers will pay $160. Call charges will increase to 0.8 cents from 0.7 cents per 30-second block during peak hours and per 60-second block during off-peak hours. To reflect changes in call traffic patterns, peak hours will be revised to 9am to 7pm from 8am to 6pm, Mondays to Fridays. Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays are off-peak. With the new rates, most customers will pay not more than an additional $1.50 a month, said SingTel in a statement. In a statement, the telco said it had been able to hold off any rate increase earlier through productivity improvement and network rationalisation by reducing the number of exchange buildings. Mr Allen Lew, SingTel's CEO Singapore, said: 'We have held off rate revisions for 18 years despite rising costs. Over the years, the two main cost components, manpower and materials, have increased substantially. The recent rapid increase in utility costs has also pushed up our running costs.' SingTel said the average annual wage has risen 52 per cent between 1997 and 2007, according to Ministry of Manpower statistics. But the cost of copper, a key material component in the fixed-line network, tripled from 1991 to 2007, according to the benchmark London Metal Exchange. 'While we are committed to delivering affordable and good quality fixed-line services, the service must remain sustainable. SingTel is among the last remaining operators in this region to revise telephone charges. With this adjustment, our charges continue to be one of the lowest in this region,' Mr Lew added. To help needy households, SingTel will provide $1 million worth of credit vouchers, each worth $10, to these residents. Those who need assistance can approach their Citizens' Consultative Committees or People's Association grassroots leaders. Said Mr Lew: 'We hope to cushion the effect of the rate revisions on our customers by providing $1 million worth of credit vouchers to those who need financial assistance.' In addition, fixed-line residential customers who sign up for both SingTel's electronic bill statement (www.singtel.com/myBill) and GIRO before March 31 will enjoy a one-time $10 discount on their annual subscription. http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNew...ory_286545.html

Brought 3 colleagues along with me to test drive all three cars before making the decision on which to buy. Colleague A drives a Honda Accord, B drives a Nissan Pressage and C drives a BMW 3 series. I test drove all three van, Wuling first, follow by Hafei then Dongfeng. Their verdict, HaFei MinZ 1.3, following is the reason why, . Fit and finish is best . Quietest ride . Doors close most firm . Chairs vibrate the least . Comes with a LG Dvd player and screen None of them likes any of the Vans, but if they have to choose, it is Hafei MinZ. So, that is it, paper work to be done coming Friday. Will post photos here when I take delivey.

Quite concerned now. Have a total of 5 life policies with them in the family. Not to mentioned a couple under AIG. My sis just called to ask if she should join the queue. I hope MAS can come out soon to clarify and reassure the public their life funds are segregated and protected. Many wild rumours going around about AIG. How man? Please ah, Must clarify that I am not spreading remours ok. Just concerned nobody seems to have came forward with any reassurances whatsoever. I paid premiums to AIA for close to 20 years oredi.

KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian government minister set to take part in an unprecedented live television debate Tuesday (15 July) with opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on unpopular fuel prices rises is willing to resign if he performs badly, his aide said. Anwar, known for his oratory skills, has slammed last month's hike of gasoline prices by 41% and diesel prices by 63%, and promised to lower prices if the opposition forms the government. The government says the hikes were inevitable because the country can no longer afford the massive subsidies that kept fuel prices low for decades. Even now, fuel in Malaysia is one of the cheapest in the region. "It is my responsibility to defend and explain the government's policies," Information Minister Ahmad Shabery Cheek told the local media Monday (14 July). "If I cannot provide the people with the proper explanations, then I fail to do my job." His aide, who declined to be named citing protocol, confirmed the minister's comments, adding, "If he fails to deliver the debate tonight, it's up to the Cabinet to decide whether they need a new minister." The debate is the first involving a minister discussing government policies with the opposition on television. All mainstream media is government-linked, and opposition parties have long complained of getting no fair exposure. Ahmad Shabery has dismissed the opposition promise to reduce fuel prices as misleading. Anwar has said he wanted to debate with Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi or his deputy but would settle for Ahmad Shabery. (By JULIA ZAPPEI/ AP) http://www.mysinchew.com/node/13867?tid=14 got balls... steady!

TOKYO - A Japanese labor bureau has ruled that one of Toyota's top car engineers died from working too many hours, the latest in a string of such findings in a nation where extraordinarily long hours for some employees has long been the norm. The man who died was aged 45 and had been under severe pressure as the lead engineer in developing a hybrid version of Toyota's blockbuster Camry line, said Mikio Mizuno, the lawyer representing his wife. The man's identity is being withheld at the request of his family, who continue to live in Toyota City where the company is based. In the two months up to his death, the man averaged more than 80 hours of overtime per month, according to Mizuno. He regularly worked nights and weekends, was frequently sent abroad and was grappling with shipping a model for the pivotal North American International Auto Show in Detroit when he died of ischemic heart disease in January 2006. The man's daughter found his body at their home the day before he was to leave for the United States. The ruling was handed down June 30 and will allow his family to collect benefits from his work insurance, Mizuno said. An officer at the Aichi Labor Bureau on Wednesday confirmed the ruling, but declined to comment on the record. In a statement, Toyota Motor Corp. offered its condolences and said it would work to improve monitoring of the health of its workers. There is an effort in Japan to cut down on deaths from overwork, known as "karoshi." Such deaths have steadily increased since the Health Ministry first recognized the phenomenon in 1987. Last year, a court in central Japan ordered the government to pay compensation to Hiroko Uchino, the wife of a Toyota employee who collapsed at work and died at age 30 in 2002. She took the case to court after her application to the local labor bureau for compensation was rejected. In the company I am working now, it's a norm to work over 100hrs of OT per month....

Well It's my first time so it's $70 Dollars. Not very willing to donate to Govt, so any bros have luck here? What are the successful reasons and the address to write in to? (or they accept E-mails?)

We pay for their mistakes again ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/sin.../349771/1/.html SINGAPORE: A section of the road above a Circle Line construction site near Holland Road caved in on Saturday morning, creating a massive hole. No one was injured. The hole, directly in front of two private houses along Cornwall Gardens Road, measured 8 by 7 metres and is 3 metres deep. According to the Land Transport Authority, tunnelling work about 25 metres under the road was in progress when it caved in. The tunnelling work is part of the last few stages of the Circle Line construction in the area, between Holland and Farrer Road Station. One family, whose house is right in front of the cave-in, said they noticed a huge crack about 8.30pm Friday before that section of the road collapsed at about 5am the next day. "This morning (when) I woke up....my little brother and I went out to look and there was a huge hole in the road about 20 feet long and maybe 10 feet wide and it is filled with water," said 14-year-old Eliot Sperling. Eliot and his brother Owen said that after the incident, their water supply and Internet connection was cut off. Three other households in the area also lost their access to cable TV and Internet as the cables were severed after the accident. 938LIVE understands it may take weeks before the cable wires can be restored. LTA has offered one of the affected families transport and temporary hotel accommodation to minimise further inconvenience. This is not the first time roads have caved in near tunnelling works of the Circle Line. Last year, the Building and Construction Authority issued a stop-work order for the Telok Blangah site after a stretch of the road, about 7 metres long, sank 20 centimetres. - 938LIVE.

Is it ok to park opp white lines? provided there is no lines at the side.

UPFRONT Teochew cemetery's last Qing Ming By April Chong MADAM Ng Cheng Huay has spent most of the 80 years of her life on the grounds of a cemetery. She maintains the Tua Pek Kong Temple at the Kwong Hou Sua Teochew Cemetery on Woodlands Road. Her late father was one of its earliest caretakers and the family had a house behind the cemetery, where they reared chickens, ducks and pigs. She took over looking after the graves when he died in the 1930s and now her 49-year-old son is doing the job. But not for much longer. The 14.6ha cemetery, one of the oldest here, is to be cleared in October to make way for the depot of the proposed Downtown Line. The families turning up here to mark this year's Qing Ming - the Chinese memorial festival - with prayers and offerings at their ancestors' tombs are therefore doing it for the last time. Qing Ming, which falls today, means 'clear and bright'. During the 10 days in the run-up to and following from the actual day, families carry out the annual ritual of tidying up the graves and columbarium niches of kin who have died, as a show of filial piety. Offerings of food and drink are made. Joss sticks are lit. Prayers are said. Madam Ng recalls when families would descend by the lorry-load, bringing all sorts of offerings. 'They used to bring roasted pork, chicken and duck. Now it's mainly fruit and, perhaps, packed vegetarian food,' she said in Hokkien. There are also fewer young people who come to tend the graves. One extended family of seven who were at the cemetery on Wednesday were mainly in their 50s. Boat captain Yeo Theng Kow, 52, said: 'The younger generation is moving away from such traditions.' He was there to pay his respects to his grandfather, who died in 1952, with an assortment of fruit and paper offerings made out to look like liquor and beer bottles, clothes and shoes. The Kwong Hou Sua Teochew Cemetery was owned by the Ngee Ann Kongsi before the land was acquired by the Government in the 1980s. Burials stopped in the 1970s. An estimated 10,000 bodies are believed to be buried in the 3,000 graves - the mismatch in numbers the result of several members of a family being buried together in many cases. Madam Ng pointed out one of the oldest graves - a circular tomb, adorned with stone lions and carvings. It was easily 20m across, the width of an Olympic-sized pool. Buried there is a man who died in 1928, with his wife. The name on one of the headstones is no longer discernible. Madam Ng said it was hit by a mortar shell during World War II. Another large tomb, half the size of a tennis court, stands guard over the graves of a man and his five wives. Nearby is a tomb of a man who died in 1935. Buried with him are his seven wives. Madam Ng said that in the old days, wealthy men usually set aside space for their spouses. Graves would be reopened for coffins that came along later. The tombs of the wealthy stand out by their size, as well as the figurines and coloured tiles that adorn them. All the structures will go when exhumation starts in October. The Land Transport Authority has already put up notices asking descendants to claim the remains of their dead by Oct 15. So far, about 368 parties have done so. The LTA will bear the cost of the exhumation and the installation of the urns in a government columbarium. Unclaimed remains will be exhumed and stored for up to three years before being cremated. The ashes will be scattered at sea. The first phase of exhumation will affect 2,000 graves. Another 1,000 or so with larger, more elaborate tombs will be cleared later. Family members who have been coming to the cemetery every Qing Ming waxed nostalgic about the annual remembrance of the dead. Retiree Lee Mee Yoon, 70, who will move her grandmother's remains to a columbarium, said her annual trips to the cemetery date back to her childhood. 'It's very sad that this place will be gone. I have a lot of memories here,' she said. 'This was where I got to meet other family members besides during the Chinese New Year.' Now the older folk worry that as time goes by, their long-dead ancestors will be forgotten by the younger generation, who admit that they are not sure what the rituals are and how to perform them. Engineer Chan Huiling, 25, said: 'I guess I will learn when the time comes.' But project manager Anabelle Tan, 30, said that honouring the dead need not be confined to Qing Ming. In fact, she stores joss sticks and paper offerings in the boot of her family's car so that they can drop in at the columbarium to pay their respects any time. Cemeteries cleared over the years to make way for development include the Bidadari Cemetery in the Upper Aljunied area, which housed at least 10,000 Christian and Muslim graves. Many housing estates, such as Bishan and Tiong Bahru, are sitting on past burial grounds. Even bustling Ngee Ann City used to be the site of an old Teochew cemetery. For Madam Ng, the closure of the cemetery in Woodlands marks the end of three generations of work by her family. She is so well known there that regular visitors bring her gifts of food when they come at Qing Ming. She now lives in Queenstown with a daughter. Her son Ah Huat is scouting for a new location for the cemetery's temple so that the deities will have a proper home. Soon her years in the cemetery, and the stories of the graves and tombs will be a memory. 'I will miss this place and the people,' she said. [email protected] ----------- fwah... lidat how abt the cost of the land deh? LTA no compensate meh? if one grave occupy 3 m2 n based on elite's viewpoint every pc of land got potential to b tagged to Raffles Place, that means smelly smelly also each family can get $50K doh.

Hey bros out there....Am leaving for Shenzhen & Zhuhai this wednesday evening, tot of buying their local line to cut down on my mobile expenses. Anybody knws where i can buy China sim card? My frd bought his Thai line in Golden Mile for S$20 (300 bahts call time)Tks!

Dear All, Tru Technology have launched the SSLD6 line driver in the market and it has got good reviews from users from DIYMA. Wondering any bros locally or in Msia have used it and have experience on it? http://www.trutechnology.com/products/line...er/ssld6_08.htm Anyone has idea on the retailing price?

Thusday went to install unchip Q at chuan lee hin, Follow the turner out wiht my car, damn hard pain to see the way the tuner whack and drive my 1 month old my car mileage 1245km only. Must he red line the car to get the optimum tuning? Initial thought just plug into lap top and do the setting can liao. if i know he redline my car till like that, i will not have installed the unichip Almost new car leh, CVT gear box somemore. Heart pain pain, don't know will my gear box spoil or not?

Hi guys & gals! I just got my new car about a month ago. Since then, I've washed it a couple of times using Duragloss Car Wash Concentrate (901); followed by Duragloss Polish & Cleaner (101). A couple of times I've also used Duragloss Aquawax (951) for quick detailing. I've just noticed that when my car is wet, there is a faint line along the windscreen where the wiper would stop when it is in use, i.e. on the right side of the windscreen as I'm sitting in the car, running from top to bottom. I've tried washing it away, but it's still there, although you can't really see it when the windscreen is dry. Anyone got any suggestions

Damn it..went to my boss's house for christmas celebration n she's living in a private house. there were only 2 parking lots and naturally i parked outside her place. came back to find a piece of paper from tp..anyone knows how much it the fine? and any one can help me with the appeal letter? how should i write???? damn suay le!!!

1. With the new Ford Mondeo selling slightly above 100k, It is beyond what I would want to pay for a car in SG. 2. I think Epica in-line 6, 2.0L, 5AT seems to be a better buy at around 80K. When I look around in the local new car market, there aren't many in-line 6 around. You usually find them in the BMWs. 3. When I look at the Epica, it is amusing how they can squeeze in an inline 6 to a budget sedan at that price. It seems rather simple though with that pair of "eagle" eyes. Anyway, going down for a test drive later. Anyone have driven one or owe one, please feedback. Thank you. Regards,