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Give yourself till Sunday. Now convening to discuss how much to drop.

Today I had saw another cameraman standing at the overhead bridge taking picture. I believe they are going to implement this ERP there soon.. By that time, it will totally cut off those people bypass CTE to the city. Those travel to the east using that route is a gonner. then by the time all will rush using the Mandai route. I just can't imagine if Mandai is setup with ERP then whole north driver will be trapped. Yes, we are being surrounded and we got no where to breathe anymore.

Yahoo Auction (Singapore) is closing shop soon. What a pity!

Very significant drop in crude oil price tonite. Could close below US$120. If can endure, wait a day or two. If not pump a bit ya......... Money saving tip for all. Cheers

The worst time for economy has proven to be a bed of rose for the RP. becos the atypical Kiasi Singapore r so worried abt losing their jobs, they wun bet on a OP member to help them, not when they know the RP is always screwing abt anyway. wat cud the voters do abt it? the rumor mongering has happened "ruins in 5 years time"... walkabouts has happened, promises made to a few precincts now the talkabouts.. disgruntlements. http://www.straitstimes.com/Free/Story/STIStory_263608.html amidst bad news pouring in abt Charities, Flops fr throwing $$ into fire, etc heading for snap election would give them enuff time to tie over more horrors to come rather than waiting for more bad news to befall the next election. Are we in for a snap election? perhaps...

Merrill Lynch, CitiBank, UBS, Fannies, Funnies and some more mortages banks need Federal Reserve bail out. what happen next... I believe no more hope for all these bank liao, sub-prime problem is getting out ot hand, I urge our government leave these banks alone, do waste our money with them anymore, US is a bankrupt country that can't even pay their own president salary, let them fall...... and start fresh....

today, crude oil price almost reached US$143/barrel. The damned president of irresponsible cartel OPEC stated price to move over US$150/barrel soon. SG government continues to impose 40% tax on oil, and add gantries to control traffic. my boss say no pay rise but just give me $200 one time off to adjust inflation hike...a very familiar tactics commonly use. Now, i can either sell my car without heavy loss, or use it. think many guys out there has the same thingy. heard that bus fare may soon to increase.

(The Straits Times) - SINGAPORE newspapers should be more circumspect in treating 'allegations or innuendoes that clearly sought to damage the character and reputation' of important Malaysian personalities, said the Malaysian High Commissioner to Singapore, Datuk N. Parameswaran. 'I say this because I believe that it is personalities who determine the state of relations between two countries,' wrote Mr Parameswaran in a letter addressed to the Editorial Director of MediaCorp Press, which publishes the free tabloid Today. Taking issue with an article in Today headlined Under Fire - the First Lady-in-waiting, Mr Parameswaran wrote: 'When I arrived in Singapore, Malaysia-Singapore relations were really at a low. But it was the personalities of Prime Minister Dato' Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong which made possible the positive changes that had taken place in the bilateral relations between Malaysia-Singapore.' He added that since then, other personalities both in Singapore and Malaysia had 'contributed much to bringing the bilateral relations to the very warm level that we find ourselves in today'. He wrote that he 'was rather perturbed' by the Today article as it carried quotes which he said 'vilified the character' of Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, the wife of Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak. Madam Rosmah and her husband's names were mired in controversy when a popular blogger last month claimed that Madam Rosmah was connected to the murder of Mongolian model Altantuya Shaariibuu. Mr Parameswaran said that he had never found Madam Rosmah to be 'arrogant' or 'not as humble' as suggested by the article. 'In fact, Datin Seri Rosmah was always warm towards my officers and me and was always caring about our welfare,' he wrote. 'I would be sad if I learn next year that Dato' Seri Najib finds himself not in a position to attend the Shangri-La Dialogue which he has attended five times since its inception, or if I learn that the Najib family has decided to spend their holidays elsewhere.' http://www.malaysia-today.net/2008/content/view/9452/84/ the article http://www.malaysia-today.net/2008/index2....o_pdf=1&id=9288

Fares for premium bus service to go up due to higher fuel costs COMMUTERS on premium bus services will soon have to pay more in bus fares, with bus operators here hit by higher fuel prices. SBS Transit, which runs the majority of premium bus services, has been given the go-ahead by the Public Transport Council (PTC) to raise fares by 30 to 60 cents on its 40 premium services, up to a maximum of $3.60 per trip. Details on when the fare hike will kick in are being worked out. Currently, SBS Transit's premium bus services charge $2.70 to $3.60 per trip. The operator's premium services make up more than half of 76 such services islandwide. Fuel costs for SBS Transit have risen by more than 52 per cent in the first quarter of this year, compared to last year, said a company spokesman. Its rival SMRT has also raised fares for premium service 531 from $3 to $4. Fares on its remaining five services, and three others operated by its subsidiary Bus-Plus, remain the same. Besides the two transport giants, smaller players in the premium service market have also applied to raise fares. Among them are the Singapore School Transport Association (SSTA), which runs five premium services at $2.50 per trip, and Bus Hub, which operates two services charging $4 and $5 respectively. Both hope to raise their fares by 50 cents to a dollar. The PTC, which approves bus fare increases, said guidelines require premium bus fares to be at least 1.5 times the equivalent fare of basic public transport services. Once these guidelines are met, the PTC 'generally would not object to changes in premium bus services fares as operators make their own commerical assessments and risks to adjust their service pricing,' said the council. Commuters, while acknowledging higher fuel costs, said they will consider other travel options if fares become too costly. The premium bus service market has grown steadily over the past few months as part of a Government push to get more Singaporeans to switch from driving to public transport. SBS Transit said ridership on its premium services has been growing gradually and most of the seats are full on some services. It will roll out six new premium services on Monday.

0% jump in fare cheats. One cabby cheated 3 times in 8 days One man even raised his fist Passenger 1 opens door & bolts when he reaches destination Passenger 2 claims he has no money & offers $4 for $32 cab fare Passenger 3 asks him to open boot, then flees By Chong Shin Yen July 01, 2008 IT has been three times unlucky for cabby Lee Lian Seng. Within a week this month alone, the 57-year-old cabby has encountered fare cheats thrice. And he is not alone. ComfortDelGro, the largest taxi operator here with about 15,000 taxis, said that the number of such cheats has increased by 50 per cent. The company received a monthly average of 128 cases this year, up from 85 last year. As a result of such cheats, Mr Lee lost $72 - not to mention the time spent lodging police reports and informing his company. He is a cabby with ComfortDelGro and works the night shift. Mr Lee said that in one case, the fare cheat bolted before he could stop him. Another was bold, refusing to pay outright. Then, there was a man who came up with a ploy that allowed him to slip away unnoticed. SNEAKY PLOY Mr Lee had picked up one man from Boat Quay on 21 Jun. He asked to go to Block 249, Bangkit Road in Bukit Panjang to pick up his wife and children before going on to Gangsa Road. Mr Lee said: 'Along the way, he even asked me if $30 was enough for the fare. I told him that it was more than enough.' The man then talked on his handphone, telling his wife to wait at the void deck with the children. When they arrived at the block, the man asked Mr Lee to open the boot so that he could put his baby's pram in there later. He got out of the cab and lifted the boot up. Mr Lee said: 'I was looking at him through the rear-view mirror. But after he lifted the boot up, my view was blocked.' He waited for about a minute before getting out to check. 'He was gone. I went to the nearby lift lobbies to search for him but I couldn't find him.' The man's fare came up to $24.30. Mr Lee waited for another 15 minutes, but the man did not return. 'I've treated fare cheats as part and parcel of my job. But I waste time waiting for them to return, when I could be picking up other passengers,' he said. Five days before that, Mr Lee had picked up three men along Geylang Lorong 4 at about 3.30am. The passengers spoke Thai and one of them alighted at the Singapore Discovery Centre. The other two asked to go to Kian Teck Crescent in Tuas. Mr Lee said: 'The fare was $32.10 when we reached Tuas. But one of them told me that they had no money and showed me two $2 notes. 'I replied, 'How can? I will call the police'. The man who was in the front seat then raised his fist at me. 'I feared for my safety so I kept quiet.' The men then left his cab, but Mr Lee did not dare to follow them as the road was quiet and both sides were forested. There was a dormitory in the distance and the two men went towards it. Mr Lee immediately lodged a police report. In the last case, Mr Lee picked up a man from Serangoon at about 9pm on 14 Jun. He asked to go to Tanjong Pagar first and then to Orchard Road. But along Craig Road, he asked Mr Lee to stop so that he could pass some documents to his friend. 'We waited for about a minute but his friend was still not in sight,' Mr Lee said. 'He then said that he would go and look for him. Before I could say anything, he opened the door and bolted.' The fare was $15.60 and the man never returned. Mr Lee said he has come across seven other fare cheats during the 23 years that he has been a cabby. He added that fare cheats often got away scot-free because they felt that cabbies would not bother taking action against them for a few dollars. 'But a few dollars here and there will add up to a lot,' Mr Lee said, 'and it's not fair to cabbies who had worked hard to earn the money.' Still, he can take comfort that from tomorrow, taxi fare cheats will face harsher penalties. Under the law, first-time offenders can be fined up to $1,000 while repeat offenders can be fined $2,000 and jailed six months. ComfortDelGro's spokesman Ms Tammy Tan said the company takes a serious view of such cases and plays an active role in helping their cabbies recover the fare. Ms Tan said: 'Our cabbies are advised to lodge reports with the company and the police whenever they come across fare cheats.' The company has reimbursed part of the fare to Mr Lee for one of the incidents and is working with him on the other two. http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/news/st...69546,00.html?? no $$ wanna cheat others somemore.. really CMI. recent news said this can result in jail & fine. soon an example will b made.

Symptoms - [1] Record oil price, now $142, future $170 ? [2] US Credit Crunch full effect is not over [3] Fund managers cautious over equity market [4] Private banking clients keeping their cash [5] High Inflation rate What do you think ?

Mrs Lee Kuan Yew suffers another massive haemorrhage while in hospital By Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 24 June 2008 2023 hrs SINGAPORE: Mrs Lee Kuan Yew has suffered another massive haemorrhage while in hospital. A statement from Minister Mentor's Office said on Tuesday she is critically ill, with guarded prognosis for recovery. Mrs Lee, 87, has been at Tan Tock Seng Hospital since May 12 after suffering a stroke, and has been under close observation. - CNA/ac http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/sin.../356108/1/.html come to think of it, long time i neber attend any curry chicken liaoz...

saw the news on channel 8, 10pm. gone are the days of cheap petrol. those 30-50km petrol station to be affected. 1 pump for local vehicle, 1 pump for forign vehicle at 'market rate'.

Looks like less and less things posted on their site. Also difficulty to enter. Either very buggy or they are locking off the gate for good. Anyone have success posting there?

3 different people I know who drive either SUV or MPV type of vehicles are changing to sedan cars. Reason: Petrol bills skyrocketing. Agree or not ? Apparently some used car dealers in the USA are turning away customers who want to sell their oil-guzzling SUVs... the market is now for zippy little cars.

I think it is a little-known fact that Malaysia has been building Nissan Latios and Grand Livinas for their home market - next in line is the Nissan Sylphy...... http://www.automotiveworld.com/WAM/content...contentid=67109 Would this start penetrating the Singapore market like how parts of Toyota and Honda's local showrooms are made up of Made in Thailand cars?

M'sia considers CCTVs in police patrol cars IPOH - POLICE mobile patrol vehicles may soon be fitted with closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras to aid in crime busting and to curb bribery, said Inspector-General of Police Musa Hassan. The idea, he said, was to have the 3,000-plus police patrol vehicles linked in stages to the control centres at Bukit Aman and state contingents. Personnel manning the control centres would be able to view the footage live and keep track of every movement and action of the mobile patrol personnel, he told reporters after closing a course on mobile police practices at the General Operations Force training centre in Ulu Kinta near here on Monday. Tan Sri Musa said the project was still in the planning stage and a proposal had been sent to the Home Ministry and Economic Planning Unit for feedback. He added that several police vehicles in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor had been fitted with CCTV devices for test runs. Earlier, in his speech,Tan Sri Musa said the public had lodged complaints of mobile patrol personnel slacking when on duty, projecting a negative image of the force. 'Once implemented, the in-car CCTV devices would prevent bribery and all kinds of abuse,' he said. 'Whatever action the mobile patrol personnel take must be in front of the cameras. This is to ensure they give good service. This is the modern world now where we can monitor everything electronically.' He said the cameras would also allow two or three patrol vehicles responding to a crime scene to capture the incident from different angles. - THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/...ory_227400.html

Squash: Less of this sport mentioned in local and international scene. Used to be dominated by the Khans in the 80s. Singapore has its own Zainal Abidin. Dont see many squash courts been built nowadays. New CCs and condos normally give priority to swimming pool, gym and tennis courts. Carrom: Played alot during poly time. Nowadays, kids/adults all play computer games, Internet. Soon these carrom boards will be used for mahjong tables. WRC: someone commented in another forum that this sport will slowly die out. What with all the major teams pulling out, now left like 3-horse race. Financially, quite difficult to sustain without following and sponsorship. Any more?

Former PM Mahathir backs Razaleigh on EGM KUALA LUMPUR: Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad backs Gua Musang MP Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah

Upcoming condo equipped with garage in the sky PARKING the car is set to reach a whole new level - with a high-rise condominium where every apartment comes with its own private garage in the sky. The Hamilton, coming up at 37 Scotts Road on the former site of Hotel Asia, will make this fantasy come true. Residents of the 30-storey tower will be able to drive their vehicle into a special glass elevator that will lift the vehicle from the ground floor to their 'porch' on the same level as their living rooms. The 56-unit development has not been launched yet. But when built, it will become the first residential high-rise in Singapore, and only the third in the world after developments in New York and Dubai, to have this vroom-with-a-view parking feature. Ms Leny Suparman, director of developer Hayden Properties, said the feature offers 'a unique way of living in a condominium yet with the advantages of a landed property'. Motorists here have already become familiar with high-tech 'stack' parking, though it is not quite the seamless elevator ride The Hamilton promises. At the Chinatown nightlife hub Club Street, the first fully mechanised public carpark was launched last month. And MacDonald House in Orchard Road has had an elevator take vehicles to its carpark on the second and third levels after its refurbishment in June 2005. Owning a unit at The Hamilton, complete with its own private parking bay, will not come cheap. Hayden Properties is unable to give any price indication for its units - averaging 3,000 sq ft in size. But according to the Urban Redevelopment Authority's website, apartments in the vicinity have been going for around $4,000 per sq ft. At The Hamilton, that could work out to about $12 million a unit. In land-scarce Singapore, mechanised parking systems may seem the way to go, taking up less space than conventional parking lots. Read the full report in Monday's edition of The Straits Times.

any recommendation as to where to find authentic soon-kuay ?

Hi guys, this is gonna be my first car so need to ask you gurus out there for advise ya. My key concern is on protecting the car paintwork from the start. Does the car come with paint protection (eg system 6) or anti rust (tuff kote). Was thinking if i will need to do this after i collect the car? Was thinking of going for Sys 6 and anti rust at Tuff. Seems like there are so many camps out there read liao more

SMRT Taxi Operators Association waiting for members' feedback on cab fare hikes Posted: 05 January 2008 1818 hrs SINGAPORE: The SMRT Taxi Operators Association says it is waiting for feedback from its members first before deciding if and when to bring up the issue of the recent fare hikes within the association. Some taxi drivers and most commuters have been unhappy with the higher cab fares, which were introduced last month. Abdul Halid Zumat has been driving a taxi for three years. He used to earn around $200 in each shift, but that has dropped by about $50, as he has fewer passengers since taxi fares were raised in December. So Mr Abdul Halid has come up with an idea, which he believes will benefit both commuters and cab drivers. His suggestion - change the flag-down rate. "From $2.50, make it $3.50 - one-dollar (increase) and the rest, status quo. Don't have the 35%. This 35%, the public doesn't know, really. They thought that the increase hits their pocket," said Mr Abdul Halid, referring to the 35% of the metered fare levied for peak hour travel. Like Mr Abdul Halid, some taxi drivers would like a meeting with the Taxi Operators' Association (TOA), which represents the six taxi operators in Singapore. The main agenda - to assess if the current fare structure is the best for the drivers. Meanwhile, SMART Cab Operators' Association says it has not received any feedback on the call for a return to the old $2 peak period surcharge. Its president, Chia Hock Peng, said that if it does get such a feedback, the association will forward it to its executive secretary Chan Meng Dong and Seng Han Tong, its adviser and MP for Yio Chu Kang. As for Singapore's largest taxi operator, ComfortDelGro, it has not revealed if it too is planning to meet its own Comfort Taxi Operators' Association about the recent rise in taxi fares. The TOA says in an email that it is still monitoring the situation, adding that it wants to give the new fare hikes some time before reaching any conclusions. - CNA/ir -------------- aiyah... simi feedback. heng cheng sibeh ho... nap nap make $$ lah. they sud raise surcharge to $10 and fare another 20ct/ 100m. who cares what the commuters think, tio boh.

look at this figure: http://www.lta.gov.sg/corp_info/doc/M03-Ca...20by%20make.pdf another suprise, the Nissan figure a drastic drop

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp.../316345/1/.html German battery could jump-start electric car production Posted: 09 December 2007 1628 hrs The hybrid light-duty dump truck 'Canter Eco-D', produced by Daimler's subsidiary Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus FRANKFURT: German cars are known for strength, speed and high fuel consumption, but a firm in eastern Saxony has designed a lithium-ion battery membrane that could finally make electric cars common. For years, battery-powered cars have been hampered by technological hurdles, with researchers seeking to resolve problems of weight, autonomy and ways of recharging vehicles quickly and easily. Recent progress towards lighter and more powerful batteries has been made however, in particular by groups like the Japanese car maker Toyota with its hybrid vehicles, and high-tech firms in France. Germans were said to be plodding along behind, but batteries made by the a firm called Li-Tec "take up 30 percent less volume than those from Toyota" and "allow you to go three times further for the same weight than French models," said Tim Schaefer, a director of the company in eastern Kamenz. "The foundations have now been laid" for the building of electric cars that also deliver performance, he added. A spokesman for the German tool and auto parts company Bosch said: "It's a step towards totally electric cars." Housed in a stylish rectangular silver pouch, the "Separion" consists of two lithium electrodes in an electrolyte, or liquid conductor. What differentiates it from similar batteries is that the electrodes are separated by a flexible ceramic membrane that provides greater thermal stability, according to the German group. A drawback of lithium-ion batteries is a risk of explosion if they overheat. According to Felix von Borck, director of the Akasol research centre in western Darmstadt, the Separion goes a long way towards resolving that problem. "It's a true technological break," Borck said. "It is a crucial boost for the success of lithium-ion batteries." Li-Tec has joined a consortium that includes Bosch, chemical giant BASF and German car maker Volkswagen to develop the product, which has existed for two years. "This is just the technology," von Borck said in reference to current models. "Now someone must be found to produce them" on an industrial scale. Given past problems, many industrialists remain sceptical, while others are developing competing energy sources of their own like hydrogen fuel cells. "BMW developed projects in the 1990s," a spokesman for the Bavarian car maker said, but concluded they were too complex to bring to the market. "Today there has certainly been progress," he nonetheless added. "We think the first series of electric cars could arrive within five to 10 years. But it's a niche market for small city cars