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ST reported that in the first of three key policy speeches by Transport Minister Raymond Lim, bus travel in Singapore is going to undergo a major overhaul over the next few years.A summary and questions1) LTA to undertake centralised bus planning by end-2009. The bus routes planning will no longer be under the control of ...
Dear Readers,One of my friend is banging against the poor wall as he is unable to get enough participants to help to fill in his luxury products survey. So, taking pity of the poor wall, I decided to put up a $5 Starbucks (Singapore) cash voucher, as a lucky draw for those who fill in ...
With the Chinese New Year holidays approaching, where often accident patients require blood transfusion, and due to the December holidays where many were away, Singapore Blood bank is having low blood stock. (It might reach critical blood stock if there is still very low response or if there is a sudden demand…)Based on yesterday’s statistics,Blood ...
The identity of the Mona Lisa in Leonardo da Vinci’s famous portrait, which had been eluding everyone for centuries, is finally solved. The identity of the lady in the drawing, with the famous smile, had long been speculated to be1) Lisa Gherardini, the wife of a wealthy Florentine merchant, Francesco del Giocondo,2) da Vinci’s lover3) ...
Argh… the wireless@SG at Cathay has MIA since last week. Wonders how much detention is the wireless@SG provider going to get har?
Is Saudi Arabia considered greener grass? But definitely, joining a university in Saudi Arabia with an endowment of more US$10 billion means good career prospects with all the research equipments that can be purchased and talent that the university will attract.National University of Singapore (NUS) president, Prof Shih Choon Foon will leave NUS at ...
AVA tests every single batch of oysters as they are high-risk food. Those found to contain noroviruses, which cause food poisoning are rejected.For last year, about 80% of all oyster imports were rejected. This large percentage of rejection has led to a shortage of oyster. Hawker centers and eateries offering oysters in their food are ...
On the first day of school, a mission school principle, callously ‘advised’ a group of 27 girls in Sec 5 class by an underhand method to transfer out of the school, to ITE.According to ST, this pricipal claimed that “she was merely trying to give her girls a ‘wake-up call’ when she spoke to them ...
This news is a little outdated, since it was announced on Jan 7, 2008. According to the MFA press release, it mentioned that National Library Board is adding blogs to Singapore’s historical archives as part of its efforts to retain a comprehensive record of online content.Around 25,000 local websites of social and historical value have ...
All quotes are from same article in ST.“he sees gross domestic product (GDP), the most often cited yardstick, as an imperfect indicator,”“the current yardsticks only reward governments if they increase materialistic production.”“Among the economics profession there has been a strong sense for a long while that gross domestic product is not a good …
ST stated that PrimaDeli has made 15 compensation, approved to compensate another 23, and are processing 60 more, with the rest of the claims being followed up. The most interest statements from ST are, “Prima would compensate victims for their hospital and medical bills and cakes, and that, to make a claim, they must fill ...
According ST, 5 new ERP gantries are being put up in Upper Bukit Timah Road (outside Hume Park), Toa Payoh Lorong 6 (gantry incomplete at the moment), Upper Boon Keng Road, Kallang Bahru Road and Geylang Bahru Road (gantry incomplete at the moment).According to LTA spokesman,1) Location of gantry is unlikely to affect residents as ...
Yes. What is the Slingers basket ball match without the Slingers girls? Here is a sneak preview of the Slingers girls!Get the Flash Player to see this player.var s0 = new …
Oh, one lucky contestant was picked for the Million dollar shot contest. Here is a sneak preview of our lucky contestant’s performance at half court shot position (prize of a fully catered corporate box at all 15 Slingers home games in 2008/09 NBL season), 3 point shot position (32″ LG LCD TV) and free ...
It is Slingers basket ball times! Courtesy of Nicholas (Thanks!), I was again invited to an interesting basket ball match at Singapore Indoor Stadium. Here is a sneak preview of the match.Get the Flash Player to see this player.var s10 = new …
The following discount is shown during the dove advertisement on mobile TV.SMS Dove<space>Name<Space>Email Addressto 97673663Get 20% off any NEW Dove shampoo or conditionerat your nearest Watson store from 1 to 31 January 2008Each SMS will be charged according to your regular subscription plan. Terms and Conditions applies.Those below 18 years old must seek …
I just had an experience of being overcharged $0.20 by a Comfort taxi driver. In fact, only one other friend, out of the 4 of us, noticed that we were being over-charged. It is very simple. The taxi driver stopped at our destinated place, but waited around 2 seconds for the meter to jump by ...
More than a year ago, the free Wireless@SG was started in Dec 2006. However, Changi Airport was excluded from the list of hotspots, and Starhub was allowed to run instead a paid WiDi service at the rate of S$6 per half an hour. There wasn’t any other choice, except to pay the exhorbitant price, unless ...
Dear Readers,I just realised that my blog has been redirected, after being alerted by SimpyJean (Thank you, Jean!). The cause is that Advertlets, which is one of the advertisement I placed on my blog, apparently had not renewed their domain, thus causing sites that placed their advertisement to be redirected to external sites. I have ...
Does the title sounds very funny? How in the world is a shutdown of nuclear plant related with medical imaging? You are mostly likely thinking that there must be a mix-up with the title. That the title should be something in line of celebrate xyz with 6-packs of beer and some wine. But… The title ...
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