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Hi MCFers and frequent travellers, Want to ask if the duty-free liquor and beer at Changi Airport is really the cheapest and best-est as often claimed by DFS itself (of course) and many Singaporeans who only buy from there when they return from overseas? I have always been under that impression and thus NEVER EVER look at duty-free shops at overseas airports but quai quai (dutifully) wait till I have landed at Changi to duly file into DFS Changi to buy my quota. Don't travel frequently so blur in this area. Any frequent MCF-travellers can shed insights? Or have I been snooked by DFS for the longest time ever?
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What a interesting idea. HAHA Bishan GRC MP proposes National Defence Duty for foreigners Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC member of parliament Hri Kumar Nair has proposed that all permanent residents (PRs) and foreigners pay a new National Defence Duty tax and have the money placed in a trust fund for men in National Service (NS). In a Facebook note on Wednesday morning, Nair said this would help impose similar nation-building duties on such members of the public and address
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The auxiliary police officer was returning home from work but when he spotted a traffic accident on Sunday, his sense of duty kicked in. Mr Nur Iskandar Magiar helped redirect traffic and was trying to free two people pinned under a trailer when he was hit by a taxi. The impact caused the 41-year-old to be flung about 25m before he landed on a grassy patch in the road divider. He sustained head and back injuries and was rushed to Khoo Teck Puat Hospital. Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/S...ory_789585.html -
Any MCFers know, if my friends were to buy some bottles of Duty Free liquor from abroad to Singapore by air. And from Singapore gonna have a road trip to Malaysia. Can we bring the bottles and pass the Sg-Msia custom? I mean is it legal ? Thank you !
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新官上任三把火。 Now he DPM, can usse the powder to reduee or cancel yew tax or not? Really TBLTH liao.... Stupid petrol price cheapest also $2 plus per litre!!!! Understand diesel now also $1.6 plus /l. And everyone knows that the price increase of basic necessities like food is basically due to rising rental/land costs & fuel charges. If they really want to know why we are boiling, this is one of our most TL grouses... [furious]
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http://www.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews...408-272496.html
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...thing is, will the maid do it for him?? http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/stomp/sg...n_who_made.html SAF will take appropriate action against serviceman who made maid carry backpackEnraged26%Shiok!26%LOL!29%So sad4%Sure or not?1%Bochup14%The Singapore Armed Forces says it will investigate the case of a national serviceman who had apparently made his maid carry his backpack, and take the appropriate action. The response came after a photo was posted in STOMP, showing a young man dressed in army fatigues walking in front of a woman carrying what seemed to be his backpack. The story was later picked up by The Straits Times. A Ministry of Defence spokesman said in response to the report in The Straits Times that "the SAF takes a serious view of the conduct of its servicemen in public" and that it will investigate and take the appropriate action. The story had sparked a debate among STOMPers, on whether Gen Y soldiers are too 'soft', 'spoilt' and 'pampered'. There are some, however, who wondered if a shoulder injury had prompted the 'maid' to carry the backpack for the serviceman.
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Any bros here playing this game COD - Black Ops? I'm having problems...game crashes and causing black screen?? Updated my graphic card driver still problems?
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Let's say you are the guard commander on duty. A couple of vehicles with MID plates pull up at your camp at 3am. Inside are a bunch of 2-3 crabs and a star. They demand to be let inside camp so as to do suprise inspection on the armskote. What will you do?
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A CAR importer was fined $95,000 for fraudulent evasion of duty and GST and giving false information to Customs officers to bring in a brand new Porsche Cayman car. Soh Chee Kwang, 31, admitted evading duty and Goods and Services Tax amounting to $9,622 on June 13 and was convicted of one count each of fraudulent evasion of duty and GST, and two counts of furnishing information to Customs officers on Monday. In his declaration to Customs on April 26 to get a Customs permit for the import of the Porsche Cayman from Germany into Singapore, Soh had stated that the value of the car was 28,000 euros (S$59,300) and submitted supporting documents to substantiate this. The car arrived on May 31. Singapore Customs' investigations revealed that the supporting documents provided by Soh were falsified. He had on two separate occasions on May 12 and 13 provided falsified documents to substantiate a lower false purchase value for the motor vehicle. Subsequent investigations revealed that the actual invoice value of the car paid for by Soh to the supplier in Germany was 48,710 euros, which is 20,710 euros higher than the value of 28,000 euros declared by Soh. Soh was arrested on June 12 June and charged. On Mondy, he was fined $60,000 and $25,000 for fraudulent evasion of $6,776.53 in duty and $2,846.14 in GST respectively. On the two counts of furnishing false information, he was fined $5,000 each. Anyone found guilty of fraudulent evasion of duties or GST can be fined up to 20 times the amount of duties and GST evaded or in default a jail sentence. Giving false information and furnishing false documents to Customs officers can land an offender a fine of up to $5,000 or jail term of up to 12 months, or both. Singapore Got LAW Dun PLAY PLAY -
I don't understand what is happening at DFS... I realised that the DFS selling duty free Beer(eg. Henikken) at ard $6 is much more expensive then what i buy in thailand 7-11 abt half the price at same brand. Anyone can explain?
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Does anyone know where to get a (cheap) heavy-duty stapler gun? I intend to do some decorative work and need to staple cloth/curtain onto wooden planks as background. There is one (made in Sweden) sold in "Home-Fix", but it cost more than $100. Does anyone know where to get a cheaper version?
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SINGAPORE: The government has no plans to lower the rate of petrol duty despite higher oil prices. Minister of State for Finance and Transport Lim Hwee Hua said this is because petrol duty is a vehicular usage tax aimed at discouraging the excessive use of cars and promoting the greater use of public transport, and these objectives remain relevant. Mrs Lim was replying to a question posed by MP for Aljunied GRC, Mrs Cynthia Phua, in parliament on Friday. Mrs Phua had asked if the government would review its tax policy on petrol, diesel and natural gas to help reduce business costs for transport operators, businesses, as well as commuters. Mrs Lim explained that higher pump prices do not mean that the government gets to collect more petrol duties. She said: "The excise duty on petroleum is imposed on volumetric bases of 41 cents a litre for 92 and 95-octane petrol, and 44 cents a litre for petrol rated 97-octane and above. The excise duty is therefore a fixed sum per litre of petrol." There is no excise duty on diesel, fuel oil and natural gas used for generating power.
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Someone posted earlier on whether the Budget 2008 was good news or bad news! One piece of 'news' is that Estate duty removed immediately....seems like 'someone' estate ( a very,very BIG one with many smaller ones!! ) going to be taxed soon....so what to do? Remove that LAW lor!
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on guard duty and unable to watch the live matches. The only things that's accompany me now is this computer and the Live Scores Service by ESPN. Latest updates from ESPN at 19 minutes :- 19' Birmingham C. 0 - 0 Wigan Athletic 19' Chelsea 1 - 0 Manchester C. 19' Manchester U. 1 - 1 Middlesbrough 19' Reading 0 - 0 Newcastle U. 19' Sunderland 0 - 0 Fulham Not bad, not bad....... MU vs Boro , 1-1 -
After a feedback query sent to the relevant authorities, these are their official replies. From LTA[/size] Dear XXX, CAR PARK WARDENS FEEDBACK NUMBER: 457763 We received your feedback dated 15 Feb 2007. To enable us to better assist you with your query, we would appreciate if you could email us at [email protected] to provide us with more information on the location where you spotted the wardens. You may wish to know that since 1 August 2005, the Housing and Development Board (HDB) and the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) have outsourced their car parks enforcement function to private service providers. Under the current outsourcing exercise, HDB has awarded contracts to the Commercial & Industrial Security Corporation (CISCO) and SembCorp Environmental Management Private Limited on 31 May 2005. CISCO will cover Woodlands, Sembawang, Yishun, Bukit Batok, Clementi, Buona Vista, Queensway, Bukit Merah and Chin Swee. SembCorp Environmental Management will cover Sengkang, Hougang, Geylang, Ang Mo Kio, Bishan, Toa Payoh, Balestier and Sims Drive. URA has awarded the contract to United Premas Ltd, which will manage the parking enforcement function for all URA carparks. Should you wish to contact HDB or URA directly on your query, please refer to their email address below. We thank you for writing in. Yours sincerely, (SIGNED IN LOTUS NOTES) JINNY CLAIRE SIM (MS) MANAGER, PUBLICITY & FEEDBACK CORPORATE & MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS From URA[/size] Dear XXX SERVICE PROVIDER 1 I refer to your enquiry made to the Land Transport Authority. 2 We wish to inform you that the Patrolling Officers of our service provider, United Premas Limited, are required to wear their uniforms when carrying out enforcement actions at URA car parks. Yours sincerely FRANCIS ANG FOR DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT CAR PARKS DIVISION From HDB[/size] Dear XXX Car Park Warden Thank you for your feedback. Under our current Standard Operating Procedures, enforcement staff from our Service Providers are required to be in full uniform while on duty. As such, please let us have more details of your observation ie date/time/place of non-uniformed enforcement staff issuing notice of parking offences. Regards and a "Happy Chinese New Year". Yours sincerely CHNG AH BAH HIGHER ADMINISTRATIVE EXECUTIVE HOUSING ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT -
As per subject. I need this for fixing window visors. The ones usually sold in DIY shops are 1" wide, too wide. Any help appreciated....
