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public announcement service From September 6-15, 2019, Singaporeans, Permanent Residents, and Employment Pass holders will be able to enter park for free. The period falls on the September school holidays. Tickets are usually S$25.50 for adults and S$17 for children. Out of the 15 exhibits, however, five will be gated. Visitors can pay S$2 to visit each individual exhibit. All three shows will require a fee of S$4 per area. Coupons in sets of S$10 can be purchased on site. A bit confused with the pricing thou....... free entry, why not just make it fully free?

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/on-sep-19-parking-spaces/1312388.html What if I apply, and then just park my car in the lot for free? I will put 1 flower pot on my sunroof.

Hi, Here come again COE 1st Round Sept '13 COE Open Bidding Bidding will end on 04/09/2013 16:00 hrs Bidding status as at 04/09/2013 13:36:35.00 hrs Category Current COE Price ($) Quota Bids Received A CAR (1600CC & BELOW) 1 366 67 B CAR (ABOVE 1600CC) 1 381 117 C GOODS VEHICLE & BUS 1 258 112 D MOTORCYCLE 1 481 157 E OPEN 1 263 38

Would Cat A hit a new high?

Never thought i'd be posting this, but my girlfriend was involved in an accident, she's ok, a few bumps and bruises. The car pretty much gave itself up for her. It was a right turn arrow in her favor and other cars on the opposite side had already stopped, so she made the right, and at this time, a Toyota rush ran the red light and smashed into her car. Unfortunately, we did not have a DVR in the car, so this complicates matters. So here's the appeal to anyone who might have been in one of those stopped vehicles to be a witness and help us out. location map: https://maps.google.com.sg/maps?q=changi+bu...12,6.08,,0,3.54 Happened at: 1230pm, 11 Sept. as for the car.. i'd rather not talk about it...

-Dunno why got blockage in the middle - Emas board got warning. -Not sure why the Suv was trying to filter into the blocked lane. Bike was trying to overtake the lorry and never see the Suv blocking the middle.

Sedan/SUV was making an illegal U-turn. Bike was turning left from side road. Saw sedan/SUV driver get out and raise his hand with palm out in "sorry" gesture. Biker didn't look seriously injured. I proceeded to LTA Building to alert the guards and one of them walked over to check.

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By Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 01 July 2008 1419 hrs SINGAPORE: Car owners will now have the option to exchange their Preferential Additional Registration Fee (PARF) and the Certificate of Entitlement (COE) rebates for cash. The change follows a government review of the rebates to make it easier for motorists to give up their cars and switch to public transport. From September 1, registered owners of un-used and valid PARF/COE rebates can apply to the Land Transport Authority for encashment. Once their applications are processed, they will receive a refund equivalent to the rebate amount. To facilitate the implementation of this change, PARF/COE rebates with expiry dates between July 1 and September 29 will be extended to the end of September. Those affected will be informed of the revised expiry dates within the next two weeks. Motorists who wish to use their PARF/COE rebates to offset the upfront taxes for a new vehicle can continue to do so. The LTA says it will continue to issue rebates to car owners upon de-registration of their vehicles. The rebates will remain transferable and valid for 12 months to provide flexibility to vehicle owners. Transport Minister Raymond Lim had announced in March this year that the government would be reviewing the PARF and COE rebates. This was to tie in with the overall effort to make public transport a choice mode for all commuters, including car owners. - CNA/yb http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/sin.../357513/1/.html[/b] at last some good news for car owners giving up on their rides.

Since nobody start so i start: http://app.lta.gov.sg/corp_press_content.a...gjz2o9bpm0nvwl7 Cat A - 399 Cat B - 355 Cat C - 183 Cat D - 450 Cat E - 245 I think this time will go up back to the Aug 1st exercise figures...especially Cat A....

received sms fm shell that vpower at 98 price, every fri, sat, sun 7pm-11pm till 25th sept 2011 happy and safe motoring everyone

http://www.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/...420-274650.html Any GE2011 Apps?

FYI just came back from JB, there are notices that all petronas petrol station and CNG (NGV) stations will be closed from 4.30am to 11.30am on 10 sept 2010 for the Raya prayer, the stations will open from 11.30am. those planning to go in please take note. not so sure about other petrol stations tho, did not see any notice.

Hi all.... anyone read this month's issue on TopGear Singapore??? quite disappointed but surprised at the same time.... the last few pages which used to be reader's/ test reviewers long term test car is suddenly gone, replaced by TG2, which is a local section.... hmm....

any bros from cleaning company, need 4 staff from 6 sept till 12 sept 7 am to 11pm . general cleaning of club house and driving golf balls picking machine. please pm me

Lunch meetup. On popular demand. http://www.streetdirectory.com/asia_travel...el_site_116889/ Date: 24 Sept 2009 Time: 12pm-1pm only. Venue: Blk 156 Bukit Batok, the coffeeshop (where the friend hokkien mee is) that faces a hair salon. Attendee: 1. Gad

Traffic Jam along Commonwealth Ave bewteen Commonwealth MRT to Buona Vista MRT. I believe Buona Vista road also affected. Started around 6pm. Take care

Very efficient when entering the house, but not efficient for investigation still on after >3 months. I feel for this guy.....really kena played out. Those who has illegal stuff at home, better put in safe while holidaying! http://www.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews...212-107298.html Man cries foul over $1200 utilities bill Mr Chen Guowei had gone to Malaysia for a month between June and July to visit some friends. On July 30, the 71-year-old man returned to his one-room flat in Block 170 at Toa Payoh Lorong 1, only to find himself locked out of his house. Initially shocked when he found a new lock on his front gate, he regained his composure when he read the notice that was pasted on his front door. While he was away, officers from the Ministry of Environment and Water Resources had paid repeated visits to his flat in order to check for possible breeding grounds for the Aedes mosquito. As Mr Chen was away, they could not enter the house to conduct their inspection. After getting authorisation, the officers finally entered Mr Chen's flat on June 26 to check his premises. The officers were acting in accordance with regulations by taking action to prevent the possible spread of dengue in the area. In the notice, the authorities requested Mr Chen to collect the keys to the lock from them upon his return. Another shock Mr Chen received a second shock a month later when he received his water and electricity bill. Instead of the regular $20 bill he usually paid, the bill for the month of August came up to more than $1200. Mr Chen told Shin Min Daily News that he suspected the officers had accidentally broken the water storage tank in his home during their inspection, causing water to leak from it. Water leakage On the same day that Mr Chen returned from his overseas trip, he also found a notice from the Public Utilities Board (PUB) informing him that the water usage for his apartment was many times higher than usual. PUB officers had visited his flat to shut off the main water supply and left him the notice, asking him to check if his pipes were leaking. After turning on the water supply, Mr Tan found a big leak in his toilet and he called the Housing Development Board (HDB) to check. It was then that HDB found that his water storage tank was leaking. Response from authorities Mr Chen said that he had already sent his complaints to the PUB and the Member of Parliament (MP) for his constituency. He told Shin Min: "I have complained to the authorities several times, but they insist that they have nothing to do with it." He added: "I wasn't the one who caused the leakage, why should I be the one to foot the bill?" When Shin Min approached PUB, its spokesperson said officers were investigating the matter and they would take the necessary steps to tackle the issue once they had reached a conclusion.

Bros, need some help here. I need to go to Ritz Carlton hotel to attend a function this evening (24/9) and I will need to carry quite a heavy load. Can anyone advice on how to get there with minimum walking? Thanks!

Hi all, As usual, COE bidding again. Up or down? For this round: 1) Petrol down 5 cents 2) Stock market still in roller coaster mode 3) Is "R" coming? Will we see a "strong" rebound for Cat A?

http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newspolitic.php?id=359549 Sept 16 - The Bomb That Never Exploded By S. Retnanathan KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 16 (Bernama) -- Soon after the general election on March 8 this year, the date Sept 16 began to top conversations, be it at coffeeshops or lobbies of five-star hotels. Every opportunity that the man-on-the-street found to strike a conversation with someone from a political party, even if that someone was just an ordinary member, the date almost always came to the fore. Sept 16 was the date most referred to by the media in the last six months, so much so that even those who were oblivious to Malaysian politics, or politics as a whole, latched on to it as if it was some feel-good medication. The date became a focal point after Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) advisor Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim dropped a bombshell less than a month after the general election, claiming he had enough Barisan Nasional (BN) members of parliament (MPs) wanting to cross over to the loosely formed pact of PAS, DAP and PKR dubbed Pakatan Rakyat (PR), by that date. Anwar had also insisted that the opposition coalition would "take over" Putrajaya, the federal administrative capital, on Sept 16. He reinforced his prediction after winning the Permatang Pauh parliamentary by-election last month, this time taking it a step further by stating that he had a "comfortable number" of BN MPs to ensure a smooth crossover to enable PR to take over the government, which had been in the hands of the BN since the nation gained independence 51 years ago. "Yes. We have an adequate number, especially from Umno (the backbone of the BN). The understanding is that I will announce (the crossovers) after my return to Parliament," he trumpeted then. Anwar made his return to Parliament on Aug 28, two days after he had won Permatang Pauh, still adamant about not wanting to divulge details of the so-called defections and only saying that he was on track to achieving the elusive dream of forming the next federal government. "I will only name them at the right time. That is the understanding ... agreement with my friends (the BN MPs concerned)," said Anwar on Sept 6 in Jakarta, steadfast that his dream of forming the next Malaysian government would materialise on Sept 16 and that he faced no problem in achieving this. In the March 8 general election, the ruling BN suffered an unprecedented defeat, losing four states -- Kedah, Penang, Perak and Selangor -- and failing to recapture Kelantan which remained in the hands of PAS. It also lost its two-third majority in parliament when it won 140 seats. The Opposition had 82 seats. In any other country, this 58-seat majority would be regarded as huge and would not have raised any concern. But in Malaysia, alarm bells started ringing because never in the history of the BN has its majority been sliced to this level. The opposition needed just 30 seats or so to "topple" the BN government and form a new government with a simple majority of 112 seats. Of the 140 parliamentary seats won by the BN, Sabah and Sarawak contributed 54 or nearly 40 per cent, and this is what Anwar exploited in the beginning. Soon after announcing that he had the BN MPs, the former deputy prime minister, who was sacked from the government in 1998 on sodomy and misuse of power charges, claimed that the bulk of his defecting MPs would come from these two East Malaysian states. However, with Sept 16 nearer at hand, he said those in power would be surprised that the MPs would be mostly from Umno or other peninsula-based BN component parties. This charge by Anwar was dismissed by the present government led by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, allaying fears that BN MPs were ready to switch camps. Even at a gathering Monday night at the Kelana Jaya stadium in Petaling Jaya, attended by some 12,000 ardent supporters, Anwar insisted once again that he had the sufficient majority to form the government. He also claimed to have sent a letter to Abdullah Monday afternoon on the list of BN MPs who would cross over to Pakatan Rakyat. But there was no such list. Anwar, the Opposition leader in parliament, said at a news conference Tuesday he wanted to meet Abdullah to ensure that the prime minister handed over power in a "peaceful" manner and promise that the government would not invoke the Internal Security Act to detain any MP who wanted to join PR. This was the Sept 16 he had talked about over the last six months. There were no names, no list or any announcement of any MP crossing over but only insistence that he would form the government and that he wanted a smooth transition of power. He now wants to meet Abdullah to ask the prime minister not to declare a state of emergency or damage the economy when in fact his (Anwar's) actions over the last few months had created doubt among investors. Abdullah, in the meantime, has been going about his duties unperturbed by Anwar's claims. At a news conference Tuesday, Abdullah said the BN government was strong and would continue to discharge its duties to the people. Abdullah told the people not to be swayed by the propaganda of the opposition that it would take over the government, and described Anwar's plan to take over the government Tuesday and become the prime minister as a mere dream. Abdullah said it had always been Anwar's trademark to say things to attract public attention and that after his failure today, he (Anwar) would change the date. Asked of the worries expressed by the people on the current political development, Abdullah said there was nothing to worry about as it was merely a political deception by Anwar. "I am sure (the government of) Sept 16 will not happen. Pakatan Rakyat (PR) is banking on our party members to leave us but our people will not desert us," the Umno president and BN chairman had been reported as saying earlier. PKR also took the political drama to a different level when it sent five senior party leaders to "chase" after some 49 BN MPs who flew to Taiwan on Sept 7 on a week-long agriculture study tour. Tian Chua, the PKR information chief who led the five, said before leaving the country that the opposition team would try to meet the BN MPs in Taipei but fell short of saying why they wanted to meet the BN MPs. Anwar's repeated claims that he would set up government by today only fuelled talk that the opposition leaders were hot on the heels of the BN MPs with the intention of coaxing them over to the opposition. Some observers view the latest action of Anwar as an effort to destabilise the present government using "political fear tactics". There are also claims that he wanted to divert public attention from his ongoing sodomy case where he is accused of having sodomised his former aide, Mohamad Saiful Bukhari Azlan. Despite repeated denials from BN MPs, including those from Sabah and Sarawak, ministers, leaders of the BN coalition and those associated with the nation's corridors of power, Anwar had insisted that he would make it (form the government) by Sept 16. Observers also believe that if Anwar did indeed have the numbers, PR members would have marched to Istana Negara to ask the king to remove Abdullah as the prime minister. But as the day dawned, it seemed like Anwar had dropped an empty bombshell in the days after the nation's 12th general election, and the only impact it created was a minor thud on the ground. -- BERNAMA

I was on TPE when suddenly I saw 2 cars in front of me racing and cutting lanes in between cars. I couldn't see what cars were they coz they were way in front of me and zooming. Anyone saw that? These people really ah... Endangering other motorists.

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Hi all, As usual, COE bidding again. Up or down? For this round: 1) 1st biding COE bidding after 7th month is over 2) Oil price hardly change 3) Can encash PARF and COE rebate 3) Stock market still in roller coaster mode 4) Is "R" coming? 5) Comex last weekend 6) School doliday 7) Raining?

Going up again during Sept school holiday, 1st to 3rd Sept 08. Anyone going up during this period? Maybe we can go together However, I will only do 2 stop and will have some something to munch in the vehicle. 1) Will leave SG around 8~8.30am, have a short breakfast at 2nd Link after MY Custom, the stop just before the Esso/Mobil petrol kiosk. 2) Must hit N/S HW by 10~10.30am and 1st stop at Air Keroh overhead bridge restaurant for Lunch and petrol top up. 3) 2nd stop (toilet break only) at Sungei Bersi Toll Esso/Mobil petrol kiosk, petrol top up if necessary. 4) after exit Cheras, to Karak Highway and all the way to Genting. Normally, just nice to check in around 3~4pm