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everybody is guessing election is round the corner, what with all the pay rise, bonuses, good economic report, etc, so watz ur wishes/views? for me, 1) frankly speaking, anyone in his rite sense of mind will know tat p&p will not be voted out, but i hope that the opp party will win at least 1 if not 3 GRC plus the 2 single ward. winning a GRC will be a good start, with their limited resources, i believe it will also do the opp party a lot of good to start slowly & built up from there. this will also deal a blow to the p&p tat they cant always do as they like and there must be accountability sometimes. 2) i understand the wp is targeting aljunied grc with possibly their strongest team. i dun really understand their rational behind this as aljunied is helm by george, and him being in charge of foreign affairs tat dun deal with bread & butter issue which is the main concern of most voters, thus my guess is tat most of the voters will think he is not a bad guy & vote for his team. my hope is tat wp go challenge grc helm by MBT with their strongest team instead. 3) the opp party draw out a alliance and consolidate their resources, some party should dissolve and merge with the bigger opp party. lets face it, apart from wp & possibly sda, the rest of the opp party will not be able to mount a strong enough team to take on p&p. 4) from reports, it seems like this is gonna be mr CST swansong year, & is highly likely he will come out from potong pasir & contest a grc. CST is a good old man & i hope he will win a grc & also his wife or whoever is contesting potong pasir will continue to fly the opp flag there. the above is purely my views only, but i think it can happen as we are the one holding the important vote.

Looks like its cumming.... http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/S...ory_547610.html THE Land Transport Authority (LTA) will soon call for tender to invite industry players to submit technical proposals for a second generation Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) system, Transport Minister Raymond Lim said on Wednesday. He said LTA has been studying various technology applications and has identified a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) as one of these which makes use of satellites to determine the position of a vehicle. Announcing this in his keynote address to the World Urban Transport Leaders Summit 2010 on Wednesday morning, Mr Lim, who is also the Second Foreign minister, said: 'The LTA will be conducting various technical tests to evaluate if the latest technologies available in the market today are accurate and effective enough for use as a congestion charging tool, especially taking into consideration the dense urban environment in Singapore. 'We expect the development and testing of new ERP technologies that are suitable for Singapore's conditions to take some years, before it is ready to be launched and implemented.' Mr Lim said since the ERP system was implemented in 1998, it has been functioning on a gantry-based system, which charges motorists as they pass under these gantries when they are in operation. 'This system has served us well. However, as the number of vehicles on our roads increases over the longer term, congestion will become more extensive. It may become impractical to continue installing ever more physical gantries to manage congestion. 'We will therefore have to explore other solutions that would enable a more effective approach to implement congestion pricing which will help reduce the dependence on physical gantries.' In his speech, the minister added that the government is also looking into the development and use of green technologies in Singapore, and is test-bedding clean technologies in the transport sector. Examples include energy efficient lighting for traffic and street lights, recycled materials for road pavement construction, and construction methods that minimise the impact on the environment.

eeerection cuuuummming sooon....ops... i mean election... anyone kena the glorified "national duty" liao???