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"In 2007, Raymond Lim said public transport fares have to go up because of the rising oil prices. In 2008, the same Raymond Lim said public transport fares would not go down despite the falling prices of oil because there is no correlation between the two". "Based on figures provided by ComfortDelGro , Singapore 's biggest taxi operator, cabbies are pocketing about $11 more a day, earning about $318." - Mr. Raymond Lim "Only 5% are unemployed. We still have 95% who are employed." - Yeo Cheow Tong "People support CPF cuts because there are no protest outside parliament." - PM Lee "GST hike is to help the poor." - PM Lee AND last but not least, here's what MM Lee said in April 2007:- ........you have to pay the market rate or the man will up stakes and join Morgan Stanley, Lehman Brothers or Goldman Sachs and you would have an incompetent man and you would lost money by the BILLIONS.....!!!!!! WHAT do you guys think? ANything to add?

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Beautiful Quotes If you are right then there is no need to get angry And if you are wrong then you don't have any right to get angry. Patience with family is love, Patience with others is respect, Patience with self is confidence and Patience with GOD is faith. Never Think Hard about PAST, It brings Tears... Don't Think more about FUTURE, It brings Fears... Live this Moment with a Smile, It brings Cheers.!!!! Every test in our life makes us bitter or better, Every problem comes to make us or break us, Choice is ours whether we become victim or victorious!!! Search a beautiful heart not a beautiful face. Beautiful things are not always good but good things are always beautiful. Remember me like pressed flower in your Notebook. It may not be having any fragrance but will remind you of my existence forever in your life. Do you know, why God created gaps between fingers? So that someone who is special to you, comes an d fills those gaps by holding your hands forever.

From STOMP: http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/stomp/sg...to_replace.html Posted on 20 May 2012 Car insurance company quotes me $4,950 -- just to replace Camry's rear bumper STOMPer yoshiki17 received a letter from a car insurance company that stated the replacement of a 2007 Toyota Camry's rear bumper would cost $4,950. The STOMPer had checked with several workshops and was quoted a maximum of $950. Said the STOMPer: "Overcharging for car repair. "I received a letter from a motor insurance company stating that the replacement of a 2007 Toyota Camry's rear bumper would cost SGD$4950. "Had enquired from several workshops and was quoted SGD$750-950 for a new rear bumper including spray painting and installation that would take approximately 3 days. "Factoring in replacement vehicle rental for five days, all in total should only cost SGD$2.5k-3k. "Is this opportunistic behaviour by appointed workshops of insurance companies?" The photo was edited by the STOMPer.

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ABSOLUTE POWER CORRUPTS ABSOLUTELY KNOWLEDGE IS POWER Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws. - Plato (427-347 B.C.)

Let's document this election with quotes/ promises by politicians that elicit a strong, be it positive or negative, response to you. Recommended format is quot, person, date. Preferably no personal interpretation, just quotes. E.g. 'If they choose (the opposition), then I say, good luck to them. They have five years to ruminate and to regret what they did. And I have no doubts they will regret it,' MM Lee, 29.04.2011

Some inspiring quotes for this GE, mostly stuff that don't really happen here, but may it happen someday. Taken from Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the US I have the consolation of having added nothing to my private fortune during my public service, and of retiring with hands clean as they are empty. The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers. The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object. No government ought to be without censors & where the press is free, no one ever will. All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When governments fear the people, there is liberty. Vote wisely

I have received quite of few creative and funny stuff via my emails. Let's put all of these together and have a light moment: Recently, my white MP, nok on my door, and very kek ki.. Say 'I've worked so hard, so vote for me', 'Or rubbish won't be cleared, in your vicinty'... I said 'Dear MP of my GRC', 'Dun remember u, so please pardon me'.. 'I only saw you on TV', 'Dozing off and jiak liao bee'.. Last GE I voted for thee, 2% up in GST.. Cut CPF and up utility, Are still very clear in my memory.. 5 years later, then you come to me, Fresh from your slumber of ivory.. Say that only, you can help me, Escape from a life of poverty.. Just take a drive on CTE, Count the number, of all the gantries.. Or squeeze a ride on the MRT, That has not been cleared for me My life since the last GE, Has been downhill though I voted PAP.. If I vote the same for your sleeping spree, I can expect the same misery... So! this time round, I vote for somebody, Who will kachiao you, to productivity.. Forms fill wrong, no big deal to me, If there's someone to speak up for ah bee.. So dear MP of GRC, If life no improve, vote u cho simi?

20. "I started to slow down but the traffic was more stationary than I thought." 19. "I pulled into a lay-by with smoke coming from under the bonnet. I realised the car was on fire so took my dog and smothered it with a blanket." 18. Q: Could either driver have done anything to avoid the accident? A: Travelled by bus? 17. A Norwich Union customer collided with a cow. The questions and answers on the claim form were: Q - What warning was given by you? A - Horn Q - What warning was given by the other party? A - Moo 16. "I had one eye on a parked car, another on approaching lorries, and another on the woman behind". 15. "Coming home, I drove into the wrong house and collided with a tree I don't have." 14. "I thought my window was down, but I found out it wasn't when I put my head through it". 13. "A pedestrian hit me and went under my car". 12. "The guy was all over the road. I had to swerve a number of times before I hit him." 11. "In an attempt to kill a fly, I drove into a telephone pole." 10. "I had been shopping for plans all day and was on my way home. As I reached an intersection a hedge sprang up obscuring my vision and I did not see the other car." 9. "I was on my way to the doctor with rear end trouble when my universal joint gave way causing me to have an accident. 8. "To avoid hitting the bumper of the car in front I struck the pedestrian." 7. "An invisible car came out of nowhere, struck my car and vanished." 6. "The pedestrian had no idea which way to run, so I ran over him." 5. "I saw a slow-moving, sad faced old gentleman, as he bounced off the roof of my car" 4. "The indirect cause of the accident was a little guy in a small car with a big mouth." 3. "I was thrown from the car as it left the road. I was later found in a ditch by some stray cows." 2. "I was going at about 70 or 80mph when my girlfriend on the pillion reached over and grabbed my testicles so I lost control." 1. "The car in front hit the pedestrian but he got up so I hit him again."

Understand from the archives that there are brokers here who can provide good rates. Sourcing for quotes on behalf of my parent, whose motor insurance is due for renewal. Please PM me with the format of information that you need to draft the quotes. Thank you very much. P.S.: I've seen others request for quotes this way, but pls pardon and correct me if it's against the forum rules.

A nice compilation for the crisis. Financial Meltdown's Best Quotes

Got this email from a friend: They are really classic, especially the last quote. " For a person who runs a million-dollar charitable organization, $600,000 is peanuts as it has a few hundred million in reserves." - Mrs Goh Chok Tong "If you don't include your women graduates in your breeding pool and leave them on the shelf, you would end up a more stupid society... So what happens? There will be less bright people to support dumb people in the next generation. That's a problem." - MM Lee in 1983 "Save on one hairdo and use the money for breast screening." Lim Hng Kiang "Only 5% are unemployed. We still have 95% who are employed." - Yeo Cheow Tong "Retrenchment is good for Singapore. If there is no retrenchments, then I worry." - SM Goh "We must encourage those who earn less than $200 per month and cannot afford to nurture and educate many children never to have more than two... We will regret the time lost if we do not now take the first tentative steps towards correcting a trend which can leave our society with a large number of the physically, intellectually and culturally anemic." - MM Lee in 1967 "Contrary to public perception, the White Horse classification is not to ensure that sons of influential men gets preferential treatment. Instead it is to ensure that they do not get preferential treatment."- Cedric Foo "I give you an example: you put out a fun podcast, you talk about 'bak chor mee'; I will say "mee siam mai hum", then we compete." PM Lee Hsien Loong "I don't think that there should be a cap on the number of directorship that a person can hold." - PAP MP John Chen who holds 8 directorships . "It's not for the money because some of the companies pay me as little as $10,000 a year." - PAP MP Wang Kai Yuen who holds 11 directorships. "We started off with (the name) and after looking at everything, the name that really tugged at the heartstrings was in front of us. The name itself is not new, but what has been used informally so far has endeared itself to all parties." - Mah Bow Tan on the $400,000 exercise to rename Marina Bay as Marina Bay. "Having enjoyed football as a national sport for decades, we in Singapore have set ourselves the target of reaching the final rounds of World Cup in 2010." - Ho Peng Kee "I would want to form an alternative policies group in Parliament, comprising 20 PAP MPs. These 20 PAP MPs will be free to vote in accordance with what they think of a particular policy. In other words, the whip for them will be lifted. This is not playing politics, this is something which I think is worthwhile doing." - SM Goh "If you want to dance on a bar top, some of us will fall off the bar Top. Some people will die as a result of liberalizing bar top dancing

Having sex is like playing bridge. If you don't have a good partner, you'd better have a good hand." Woody Allen "Bisexuality immediately doubles your chances for a date on Saturday night. Rodney Dangerfield "There are a number of mechanical devices which increase sexual arousal, particularly in women. Chief among these is the Mercedes-Benz 380SL." Lynn Lavner "Sex at age 90 is like trying to shoot pool with a rope." Camille Paglia "Sex is one of the nine reasons for incarnation. The other eight are unimportant." George Burns "Women might be able to fake orgasms. But men can fake a whole relationship." Sharon Stone "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." Jack Nicholson "Clinton lied. A man might forget where he parks or where he lives, but he never forgets oral sex, no matter how bad it is." Barbara Bush (Former US First Lady, and you didn't think Barbara had a sense of humor) &n bsp; "Ah, yes, divorce, from the Latin word meaning to rip out a man's genitals through his wallet." Robin Williams "Women need a reason to have sex. Men just need a place." Billy Crystal "According to a new survey, women say they feel more comfortable undressing in front of men than they do undressing in front of other women. They say that women are too judgmental, where, of course, men are just grateful." Robert De Niro "There's a new medical crisis. Doctors are reporting that many men are having allergic reactions to latex condoms. They say they cause severe swelling. So what's the problem?" Dustin Hoffman "There's very little advice in men's magazines because men think, 'I know what I'm doing. Just show me somebody naked !'" Jerry Seinfeld "See, the problem is that God gives men a brain and a penis, and only enough blood to run one at a time." Robin Williams "It's been so long since I've had sex, I've forgotten who ties up whom." Joan Rivers "Sex is one of the most wholesome, beautiful and natural experiences money can buy." Steve Martin " You don't appreciate a lot of stuff in school until you get older. Little things like being spanked every day by a middle-aged woman. Stuff you pay good money for in later life." Elmo Phillips " Bigamy is having one wife too many.. Monogamy is the same." Oscar Wilde " It isn't premarital sex if you have no intention of getting married." George Burns

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BT 15 Aug NEW motor insurance quotation system capable of calculating multiple quotes is set to cut waiting time and increase consumer choice. The web-based software platform is expected to include big names in motor insurance as well as the niche players among the 27 insurance companies offering motor policies in Singapore. The AMQS, or Automatic Multiple Quotation System, was developed by insurance agent Ken Loh Yoon Kian over four years. Mr Loh declined to reveal how much money he has invested in it but he said he is gratified by the response - the Association of Singapore Insurance Agents is now exploring the best way for its agent members to work with the system, and two of Singapore's biggest motor insurers are also said to be considering participating. Mr Loh, a former Economic Development Board scholar, used to work in investment promotion. When he entered the insurance industry in 1999, he realised that offering a prospective customer a range of quotations involved a fair amount of manual calculations. 'If a customer wants a quote, an insurance agent has to give him a few to compare against. Such a comparison requires the agent's experience because he has to choose two or three quotes - from a pool of about five to six - that best suit the customer,' he said. As a new agent at the time, Mr Loh questioned this reliance on an agent's experience. 'I came into the industry without a special network relationship or any other competitive advantage. So I decided to do things more efficiently,' he said. He chose to go the way of computerisation but could not find software in the market to help him. 'So I got my hands dirty and became a new breed of agent - one that can write software,' he said. The programming work was not easy for him, he claims, but he was competent enough as he had previous experience writing a computer program for his Master's thesis in electrical engineering while at university. 'It was an act of expediency,' he said. As a result, the old way of calculating 'dead' formulae was thrown out and a spreadsheet was used, allowing for several insurers' premiums to be computed at one go. But as insurance companies gradually went online or began computerising the premium computation formula themselves, it created a proliferation of separate software systems. To overcome this new obstacle, Mr Loh developed a full-blown, web-based software to 'talk' to the various insurers' web-servers, thus creating the first online motor insurance quotation system that calculates multiple quotes with their premiums, excess values, workshop restrictions, and other details before ranking them for easy comparison. 'With these tabulated quotations, we can show a range of comparative quotes,' said Mr Loh. 'It is as good as having many agents simultaneously keying into different softwares to get quotations from several insurers and compiling the results into a single table, except that this is now done automatically and instantly.' He said the advantages are speed, manual labour savings and accuracy. The traditional manual method of computing premiums takes 15 minutes per customer. The automated alternative does it in under five minutes. All that is required is for the agent to input the necessary personal data, such as age and years of no-claims discount. The standard quote that appears is binding on the insurer, assuming that the information provided is correct. Mr Loh said the main benefit of the AMQS is that it cuts down processing time and cost by providing an integrated interface for quick comparison. 'An agent using this system will have a better tool to do a quick analysis. As for the consumer, this will serve him better because it's a transparent system. Moreover, when agents achieve labour saving, cost goes down and consumers will also benefit.'