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Come join me for the upcoming "Singapore Hokkien Festival", which will be held from 8 - 16 Nov 2008 @ Singapore Conference Hall. This Saturday, 8 November 2008, pamper yourself and your family with delicious Hokkien food and cultural performance, exhibition and Hokkien Karaoke Singing Contest(FINALS). Programme Highlights: 1. Hokkien Food Galore (8 Nov) 2. Hokkien Customs Exhibition (8-16 Nov) 3. "Trades of Local Hokkiens" Book Launch (11 Nov) 4. Hokkien Folk Songs Concert (14 & 15 Nov) 5. Hokkien Folk Songs & Customs Seminar (15 Nov) Looking forward to your support and participation. You may also like to forward this mail to your friends and family members. The publicity and events links are attached for your ref. See ya. P/S: SINGAPORE HOKKIEN FESTIVAL 2008: http://www.shhk.com.sg/images/2008events/2.../Main%20std.jpg

Report from across the causeway. Report by: Tom (ZTH) I just cant get enough of it. Yes, yes, you may know it as a light-weight versison of the Satria GTi, but this, this is definately more than what you know it is, and will be. Everything about the R3 Satria is what the GTi will never be out of the factory. the R3's got better handling, better braking, better power, better performance bits, and of course, the base of what the R3 Satria is, a whole lot more tighter and stiffer shell. No nonsense. The essence of the R3 Satria. Well, not literally, it still retains the basic necessities. Now, here's what the GTi has that the R3 will never get out of the factory. The GTi has a lot more insulation and that's just about it. But remember, the R3 is a serious pocket-rocket for both road and track. No, with less insulation, and a sports exhaust, it's not much noisier inside compared to the GTi. So how does the R3 achieve the better handling, better braking, better power, and better performance? Let's talk about the all-important stiffer R3 Basically, the body has been rigorously spot-welded, where the seams and crucial flex points are, including the pillars. Then it's the strut bars in both front and rear to compliment it further. You'll be surprised how well this works. The car is now so nice and firm, not only you don't hear sounds, feel body flex, less body roll, but there's no worries cruising at 180km/h out of the factory!, High speed sweepers are a breeze. But where the R3 really performs will be on the twist and turns up Gentings and Camerons. But all these will not be well executed without the better brakes. It's got bigger discs and of course better pads. Then it won't be as nimble and swift without the lightweight 16s and Yokohama Neova performance tyres as standard!. The R3 team spent massive amount of hours on suspension tuning, perfecting the shock and spring rates. With no possible areas to go wrong like body rigidity and other anomalies, It's going to be perfect. The R3 Satria is a sure-footed enthusiast' machine!. The power-steering has also been hacked stiff to provide more steering feedback. Let's get to the engine, What's different? Nothing really, with the same engine, it pumps out just a little more than the GTi, through the ECU retune, performance exhaust system from the stainless extractors, to the rear sports muffler. But since the R3 Satria isn't about being really fast or breaking the speed barrier, this is sufficient for performance-to-efficiency ratio. But it is of course, significantly quicker than the GTi. The R3 Satria is a driver's car. The car to drive for enthusiastic twisting up and downhills on Saturdays, and race tracks on Sundays and then be king of the road from Monday to Friday. Interior? But what really keeps your own body planted into the well planted R3 Satria is the furniture. The nice and firm pair of all-new and improved Recaro SR4 sports seats don't need much introduction, So doesn't the really meaty Momo Tuner sports steering wheel and so doesn't the lightweight carbon fiber gear knob. What makes the R3 Satria interior special is the colour scheme offered as well. Red and black. It's even got the retro motorsport red safety belts which disappeared since the late 80's! So what are the novelty yet purposeful performance bits included? Carbon fiber bits! There is the carbon fiber rear roof spoiler, carbon fiber engine plug cover, and the orgasmic carbon fiber gear knob. Machined aluminium red anodized steering boss, cool R3 badges all-round, and the motorsport body pin-striping So, what do i really like about the R3 Satria?, hmm. Firstly, the first thing that turned me on was the feel of the road. it's firm and sure yet comfortable. I love cruising in it at over 160 and complimenting its chassis for handling the task of high speed uneven concrete highway driving. I love its brakes, and I really love it's GREAT handling!! I love everything about the R3 Satria, though I'd wish for a tad more power. that's just about it.