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The governing body is under the assumption that transport operators will be under pressure to step up productivity to survive competition. However, the assumption is clearly flawed. The privatisation of public transport has not delivered the improved service standards nor shorter arrival times, while fares have been increasing constantly based on the justification that being ...
Quoting About.com on Acquiring and Defending Patents: Part2 - Fighting Patent Infringement,I believe it is best to hold patents in your own name rather then assigning them to your company. You should form a corporation whose purpose is to market the inventions. Have a contract that licenses the right to market the patents and any ...
Straits Times Articles (Free)Feb 28, 2008 Security at detention centre is ‘very tight’The saga thus far ‘Ruthless’ JI chief planned attacks here M’sian police tighten border security with S’pore Indonesia joins hunt for S’pore terror fugitive JI leader escaped from toilet in detention centre due to …
In view of the FDA alert in USA on the outbreak of Salmonella Saintpaul, that was associated to the consumption of three varieties of tomatoes - the raw red plum tomatoes, the red Roma tomatoes and round red tomatoes, our Singapore AVA has reacted and issued instructions to importers, to stop importing and recall these ...
Looking back at the prediction for Year of Rat, it was predicted by Chinese fortune tellers to be a year face with financial and political rumblings, tsunamis and epidemics.Seems like some of the predictions have already come true. My deepest condolence to the victims and family. I hope that the international community will rally around ...
Yesterday was the launch of the National Orange Ribbon Celebrations, to commorates racial and religious harmony. In Singapore, we have multi-racial groups, and multi-religion. Harmony and peace is kept within the country with the comfortable co-existence, tolerance, appreciation and respect for each of the different groups. There is no one special race or religion in ...
I once remember reading something along the line that ideas are free, or at most a dime for a dozen. However, right now, it comes to my notice that, sometimes, ideas can be worth much more than a dime. We usually, tend to be more pragmatic, and say that action is what that counts. ...
The day before, I walked passed someone watching this you-tube movie. The storyline was that there was a marriage ceremony going on. The ex-wife of the groom came by and rack chaos. This person who was watching the movie then commented that the hosts should gang up together and whack the ex-wife till she can ...
The guideline for itemized billing had finally came into effect two months ago. So, how have the clinics reacted? Are the patients finally having the choice to purchase their medicine from pharmacies? Alas, according to Straits Times, only 50% of the GPs are following this guideline, and some doctors commented that itemization will drive up ...
The tried and tested way of irritating anyone is to be persisting “over-concern“.Remember all the mother hens, who worried non-stop and send their children countless messages daily asking them, “Where are you?”, “Where are you?”, “Where are you?”, “Still have not sleep?”, “Still awake?”.Remember those …
Chikungunya outbreaks has happened in 3 different locations (Little India, Upper Thomson Road, and Farrer Road) in Singapore, since January this year. For both the second and third outbreak, at Upper Thomson Road and Farrer Road, the infected patients were likely to contact the virus locally as none of them had traveled oversea recently.This implies ...
Scene 1: All credits are mine.Ediot: How to do this? I cannot get it right.Suzker: Do this and this, and it will be done.Ediot: Boss! I finished my work. Just did this and that and I got i …
Sigh. Yes, I am sighing. With all the things getting on around me, I tend to sigh a lot more these days. Anyway, back to the topic. According to ST, Tiger Airways, yes, the one that flies out of Singapore budget terminal. Tiger has decided to implement a new baggage ruling since 29th May 2008. ...
It is reported that the number of cases of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD) has surged again, to a new high of 1,466 cases last week. That means an average of 200 new cases per day. This surprising increase in the number of cases, reflects either, an increase in the virulent of the strain, ...
Tomorrow, or rather today, is 15-Apr-2008, which is the last day for e-filing. So, I spent more than an hour trying to log into the Iras e-filing website. It is too busy, and when I was almost about to give up, I finally got logged in.Alas. I do not need to e-file. “You are ...
According to CNA, Fengshui master says that this year Chinese New Year should be on Feb 4, due to calculation using solar calendar, instead of the simpler lunar calendar. Ops. I didn’t know that there is a solar calendar.
According to ST, Myanmar cyclone survivors are being kicked out of wooden schoolhouse that they use as shelter. This is in order for the government to use the shelters are polling stations.When a government is willing to kick out its disaster survivors just for political voting stations, it shows very clearly where their priority lies. ...
As a commuter who has to take MRT on a daily basis, I observes that the train tends to be packed to the brim during peak hours, and often during non-peak hours, the train does not have empty seats.Moreover with the unpredictable weather, there is almost always someone who is coughing his/her lungs out, and ...
This is going to be one of the rare personal post. It is my wishes, ah hm, my birthday wishes. What would this author with an occasional mischievous streak wants? I will not ask for the sky, just ah hm, the moon and the stars. Actually, if you have not gotten anything for me, ...
Yes, there is still a taxi company in Singapore with the flag down rate of $2.50. This newest operator that obtained Taxi Operator Licence (TOL) in May 2007, Prime Car Rental & Taxi Service (operates Prime), with around 100 taxis decides not to follow the exact formula of ComfortDelgo’s fare hike. This lower flag down ...
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