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This holiday season, two-time Academy Award

Those looking to travel for the school holidays and CNY can go take a look. Quite good fares. Just booked tics to Taiwan for CNY and itz only $583 per pax. Get to choose your own seats too. Enjoy.

just helping a friend, he bought 2 tickets at $141 each and now selling $100 each anyone keen?

Anybody has a pair of NDP tickets, cant go and want to sell them ? Please PM me. thanks!

This morning went for breakfast park at red lot .. One fong Fei Fei came with a big hand held summon machine .. I went to get my car and she was typing on the device .. So I stand there and wait for summon.. Then she walked away .. I called "aunty mana my summon ?" she said "now e ticket , we mail to you" .. Hahaha there goes my $$$

Is Your Car Getting You More Traffic Tickets? by Joseph B. White Wednesday, October 20, 2010 wsjlogo.gif At a stoplight, a woman in her 20s driving a red Pontiac Grand Am pulls up next to a 50-something man behind the wheel of a black Mercedes SL convertible. Which one of those two is more likely to get a traffic ticket? The guy in the Mercedes -- especially if he's from out of town. If motorists could predict when and why they would be singled out by a police officer to get a traffic ticket, they'd have a lot less aggravation in their lives. A study released this month of which vehicle models get the most tickets -- and some older research on the judgments police officers make when issuing traffic citations -- offer some intriguing clues as to which drivers are most likely to get pulled over. The data suggest that people who buy expensive, high-performance luxury cars want to get what they paid for -- or at least can't resist the temptation to test their car's capabilities when an open road beckons. Younger drivers in flashy SUVs or sporty small cars are still ticket magnets, too. But in a sign of how the auto market has changed since the muscle-car era of the 1960s, the new list of the most ticketed "spirited vehicles" includes just two Detroit names, both now defunct: the Hummer line of big, bold SUVs and the Pontiac Grand Prix sedan, a car that sought to recapture some of that brand's hot-rod legacy. wsj.most.jpgwsj.least.jpg Quality Planning, a unit of Verisk Analytics, serves the insurance industry by analyzing and verifying the claims motorists make when applying for auto insurance. The company checks into such questions as who is driving the car, how far it is likely to be driven, and where the car is garaged overnight. It also digs into whether motorists are being truthful about their driving records. All of this information and more goes into calculating the insurance premium motorists are charged. Bob U'Ren, a Quality Planning senior vice president, says the company combed through data on about two million cars to see which models racked up the most moving violations. The average is 0.2 moving violation per 100,000 miles driven, or one for every 500,000 miles, he says. The most ticketed model line of all: Mercedes SL, whose drivers collect four times that many tickets, on average, the Quality Planning research found. The Mercedes SL 550 Roadster has a 382 horsepower, V-8 engine and starts at $102,600. Two other high-powered Mercedes models -- the 507-horsepower CLS 63 AMG sedan and the CLK 63 AMG coupe -- made the Top 10. Among the others with violation rates well above average: Four small cars aimed at younger drivers, the Scion tC and xB, the Acura Integra and the Volkswagen GTI. No. 2 on the list was the Toyota Camry Solara convertible -- a car favored by middle-aged women, according to the data. Rounding out the list of what Quality Planning called spirited vehicles were the Hummer line -- the large H3 and the super-sized H2 -- and the Pontiac Grand Prix. On the other end of the spectrum, the list of "cautious" vehicles is dominated by sedate SUVs, minivans and more sensible cars. The least-ticketed model is the now discontinued Buick Rainier SUV, whose average driver is 61 years old. As to why certain combinations of drivers and cars attract the attention of police officers, Mr. U'Ren says his company's mission isn't psychology, and isn't implying the ticketing was faulty. But this list of ticket magnets suggests that high-performance cars -- or vehicles that cultivate a brash image such as the Hummer -- attract drivers who enjoy driving fast, or pushing the envelope in other ways. The one car that doesn't quite fit this mold is the Scion xB -- a boxy urban mini-wagon with a 158 horsepower, four-cylinder engine. The xB's young drivers -- the average driver is 37 years old -- got tickets at about 2.7 times the average, according to Quality Planning's data. New data from the Highway Loss Data Institute, which tracks information on insurance claims, including theft and accident damage, finds that some of the vehicles that had higher-than-average violation rates also have higher-than-average insurance losses. The Mercedes SL-class has an average ranking from the institute for overall insurance losses, but is worse than average on collision and comprehensive coverage losses. The Mercedes CLS and Scion tC are rated worse than average overall in their vehicle class. The Mercedes SL's No. 1 ranking on the list of most-ticketed cars may seem surprising, given the mature, highly successful people who own them. Quality Planning puts the average age of an SL driver at 53. Mercedes-Benz says they're more likely 57 -- and eight of 10 are men. But stereotypes about age-appropriate behavior are shattered every day as baby boomers age. With so few Mercedes SL models on the road, maybe police officers just want a closer look. According to separate -- and quite different research -- by two George Mason University economists, "spirited" drivers would do well to push the limit close to where they live. They studied traffic citations issued in Massachusetts and concluded that out-of-towners caught speeding were more likely to get a ticket -- and a higher proposed fine -- than people who lived in town. Moreover, cities with budget shortfalls tended to hand out more, and heftier, traffic fines. It helps a lot, however, to be a young woman, says one of the economists, Thomas Stratmann. Younger women were nearly 33% less likely to get a ticket than men, according to the data the researchers sampled. However, Mr. Stratmann says, once women reach about 75 years old, the advantage disappears. For the full list of the most and least ticketed vehicles see Quality Planning's website. Write to Joseph B. White at [email protected]

Dear all, I need 4 tickets for this sunday soccer semi final games! Went to the website and was told sold out liao... Gallery or grandstand doesnt matter... Willing to pay a reasonable fee for it. Tks in advance...

hey guys... i just won 6 NDP tickets... but dun think can make it..... wonder if anyone would like to trade it for anything useful? i'm open to any ideas... feel free to pm or leave a msg here. thanks!

Anyone bros letting go or not ah? looking for 1 pair

i just got mine 3 days walkabout...volunteered for the last 2 years as race official...but this time wanna truely enjoy the race and appreciate the speed of these vehicles....also have real work commitments

hey guys, i've been spending the last 4hours trying to book tiger airway tickets via its website. but itkeeps having an error message about how i need to enter a valid passport expiry date. though all are correct. tried calling them. waited for more than half an hour on 2 occasions and did not even reach anyone. any suggestions? i don't mind going down to a tour agency to do it if the price is the same or cheaper! =) thanks!

Hi guys, As above, need to know how I can pre-purchase EPL tickets for a match in Dec as I will be on holiday to Europe in Dec, and will extend stay in London just to catch a live match for my favourite team Arsenal. Appreciate all inputs. Thanks

So I'm looking for cheap tickets for the F1 days before the Grand Prix starts, for, let's face it, this will be the FINAL Singapore GP, as I fully expect the F1 brand with all it's troubles to go kaput sometime next year! (My prediction only, believe it like you would believe in Jim Jones) Anyway, there are a plethora of people selling tickets out there on the interweb but the strange thing is, I've inquired from a few ads and those that have responded that they've sold out has returned my messages a few days later with a "I've managed to get a few more tickets", and all this when the official website says tickets at the Bay Grandstand have sold out. Where are all these phantom tickets coming from??? Anyway, good for the bargain hunters, they will probably be selling for $100 for the 3 day tickets soon, with so many phantom tickets floating about, this is more than a good price!

Hi, I'm planning a free and easy trip to Taiwan with some friends and would like to watch variety shows LIVE. Anyone knows how I can get some tickets? Thanks!

Hi folks sorry got a rather trivial question here. I have recently inserted my Christian name to my IC and passport. So I had a name change from 'Tan Ah Kow' to 'Peter Tan Ah Kow'. Problem is, I need to book air tickets for myself. I understand that airlines are very particular that the name must match the passport holder's name. So shd I book my tickets as: First name: Peter Last name: Tan OR First name: Peter Last name: Tan Ah Kow OR First name: Peter Ah Kow Last name: Tan OR ???? This is getting me very confused. Hope someone who has experience can help. Tks in advance. =)

Hi, need recommendation for air tickets only. Need to fly to Vancouver, then to Toronto. Anyone tried getting their air tickets from www.airfares.com.sg or www.zuji.com.sg b4? Thanks!

other than redeeming KF miles for air tickets, is there any way i can utilise them? i have abt 57K miles but have no intention to redeem them at all during such trying economic times..

Hmmm....Juz wondering whether do we need to pay for last few years for the countdown of 2009 becoz juz saw that advertisement that you need to purchase $18 tickets from sistic.

I apologize if I am being anal but couldn't help noticing the amount of F1 tickets which suddenly sprang up nearer to race day. Opportunist in action just like those people touting NDP tickets?

- I have a pair of PIT Grandstand Seats for Sat & Sunday. - Will be giving away free Friday Walkabout Tickets as well. - Was thinking of watching the F1 but had to go overseas for work. - PIT GRANDSTAND - Block A19 Row: 17 Seat: 4 (Sat & Sun) + Friday Walkabout tickets (SGD$1088) - PIT GRANDTSAND - Block A19 Row: 17 Seat: 3 (Sat & Sun) + Friday Walkabout tickets (SGD$1088) - Normal ticket price is SGD$1388, selling at BELOW RETAIL PRICE!!! - 2 Free Friday Walkabout Tickets - Only cash transaction, will deliver the tickets to you. - Genuine Seller & NO GIMMICKS - COD - Interested, please email me at [email protected]

hey guys, seem to see more ppl selling off their F1 tix with reasonably good seats. Would you buy? Technically, it's a worthless paper after the race if it cant be sold. so wondering if ppl actually bought it as a investment with the intention of letting go nearer to race date.

any bros/sis here who is willing to part with a pair of F1 walkabout tickets for saturday. especially those who bought the 3 day package n cannot make it on sat. let me know willing to pay more than cost price.

Hey guys, I received this flyer (pun intended) via email. Don't know if anyone here will be interested but posted FYI. Please don't PM me for details, I am not involved in the party at all, so everything I know is on the flyer. Mods if this is not ok let me know as the organising company is a sister company.

Some questions regarding the walkabout tickets... How much action can one expect to see with these tickets? Since the whole track is barricade, standing at street level may not offer much of a view? What kind of fringe programs can walkabout people expect? I'm thinking of getting to Marina Sq to soak in the roar of the engine, and maybe get a sneak peek if possible. They can't possibly block all the views right... How about overhead bridge? I feel myself getting more excited abt Sg F1 as the date draw closer...

It is illegal to sell Singapore F1 tickets on in Internet ? Must sell at cost or lower price ? Else, it is term as touting and can be pursued by the authority ?