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Looks like we Changi Village will have a massive jam from today to 28th Sept 2014. Bloody Sinktel is having pipe laying road works at the left turn and vehicles can only use the right lane to exit the area. The right lane will be block if any vehicles want to turn right as it's a busy junction, vehicles will be safe to proceed only with right arrow. Was stuck at the area for a good 25mins. Why can't they close the right turn as the U-Turn already is not that far. Good luck to those working at Changi Airfreight, Alps & our Army boys.

Anti China is back, should we send few mcfers there to join the crowd? http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/01/hong-kong-demonstration-hundreds-thousands-protest-china Hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong residents have staged a massive pro-democracy march, marking one of the territory's biggest protests, and one of the most spirited shows of resistance to Chinese Communist party rule, in recent history. Protesters gathered in intense heat and intermittent rainstorms to voice a variety of grievances, from rising inequality and the Chinese government's refusal to grant Hong Kong a more democratic voting process by 2017, to a controversial urban development in the region's north-eastern New Territories area. The complaints had one thing in common: the belief that Beijing is increasingly taking control of the region's institutions, from its financial firms to its newspapers and courts, causing residents to feel politically voiceless and economically squeezed. The protesters, most of whom wore white shirts, moved slowly through central Hong Kong's forest of skyscrapers, shouting slogans and calling on police to grant them more room to march. Signs backing the rally hung from overpasses, saying "Our home, our say" and "Guard Hong Kong people's autonomy". Some juxtaposed caricatures of Leung Chun-ying, the city's pro-Beijing top official, with bold-character messages imploring him to step down. On Tuesday morning, Hong Kong officials held a ceremony to celebrate the 17th anniversary of the region's return to mainland control, after 156 years of British colonial rule, on 1 July 1997. "Only by maintaining Hong Kong's stability can we sustain our economic prosperity," Leung said at a reception afterwards, according to Xinhua, China's official newswire. Blocks away, a small group of protesters from the League of Social Democrats, an outspoken opposition party, burned copies of his portrait. Hours after the protests began, their starting point of Victoria Park was still flooded with people. They sang songs including Cantonese renditions of Imagine, and Blowin' in the Wind, and old Hong Kong pop songs. A full marching band moved through a sea of umbrellas, playing the Les Miserables song Do You Hear the People Sing. Two protesters wearing black shirts emblazoned with the words "f**k the government" gave a television interview. Elderly couples walked hand-in-hand; young couples carried infants. Stoney-faced police wearing neon safety vests stood fanning themselves on the sidelines. "Leung Chun-ying?" a demonstrator shouted into a megaphone. "Step down!" the crowd shouted in reply. The protest's organiser, the Civil Human Rights Front, estimated that 510,000 people joined the march. Police estimated the turnout to be below 100,000. One protester, a 25-year-old man in a blue button-down shirt and khaki shorts, waved a colonial-era British Hong Kong flag affixed to a long metal pole. "This is for the glory days of old Hong Kong," he said, giving only his surname, Leung. He said he saw the flag as more of an anti-Beijing symbol than a pro-British one. "The situation now is worse than it ever was." The demonstration comes two days after the end of an unofficial "referendum" organised by the pro-democracy movement, Occupy Central with Love and Peace, in which nearly 800,000 people voted for Hong Kong people be allowed to choose their own top leader. China's state media called the vote illegal. While mainland authorities have promised Hong Kong universal suffrage by 2017 they will only allow a voting system in which they choose the candidates. Many Hong Kong residents consider the arrangement an exercise in "fake democracy". The Civil Human Rights Front is a coalition of dozens of political and social groups labour, religous and LGBT rights groups many of which were out in force. Adherents of the spiritual group Falun Gong, which is banned on the mainland, were also present, handing out newspapers. "We're fighting for democracy in Hong Kong. Beijing doesn't represent our opinions, and that's not fair to us," said Ian Wong, 20, a member of the Student Christian Movement of Hong Kong, which had sent 20 representatives to the protest. "I'm a Christian, but this isn't about that it's about all Hong Kong Christians coming out and expressing our views." After dark, on Chater road, a thoroughfare flanked by luxury outlets in the city's central business area, hundreds of people sat cross-legged listening to protest songs and speeches by the protest's organisers. Two student groups, Scholarism, and the Hong Kong Federation of Students, announced they would "occupy" parts of central Hong Kong after the protest ended, despite promises by police to take "decisive action" if crowds did not disperse by early Wednesday morning. "Hong Kong has had enough," Johnson Yeung Ching-yin, convenor of the Civil Human Rights Front, said in a speech. "We're done just fighting individual issues we're fighting the government now, to build a society and a government that belongs to us." He added: "We don't want our laws made by people who are 1,000 miles away in Beijing." The crowd burst into applause. Volunteers from the Hong Kong Federation of Students stood beneath tents on the sidelines, handing out snacks and bottled water to the protesters. Some were still deciding whether to continue through the night. "I'd really like to stay," said Jamie Lam, a 20-year-old Hong Kong native and a student at the University of Warwick. "But I also might not if I get arrested I might not be able to go back to the UK." Beijing has shown no signs that it will cede to protesters' demands. Mentions of the protest appeared to be blocked on mainland social media sites. "The central government resolutely supports Hong Kong in achieving universal suffrage in accordance with law," Zhang Xiaoming, director of Beijing's Liaison Office, told reporters, according to Kyodo News International. "This dedication and sincerity will not be shaken or changed over the so-called 'civic referendum' or the size of any protest."

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Nokia workers mourn death of Symbian, thousands walk out We know how you feel about the apparent death of Symbian, and you had to figure that those most affected by it wouldn't be feeling too good either. Those people are, of course, the 1,500-odd workers at Nokia's Tampere office who have crafted the OS through the years, over a thousand of whom apparently walked away from their jobs today as a sort of non-violent protest -- or maybe just to get a preview of what their Friday afternoons will look like once Elop starts dropping the axe. It should be noted that they used their flexible work schedules to enable this, so this is one orderly bit of social dissonance that shouldn't result in any accelerations of whatever layoffs are to come. Source: Engadget Finally, it is game over for Symbian and madness that Nokia will be making Windows Phone, should have bought over Palm instead and use their WebOS.

Wah...indeed, Singapore is recession proof despite wat economic data indicates. Channel News Asia

http://www.tnp.sg/news/story/0,4136,189358,00.html? I am an ainmal lover but do you think it is ok or not for these cat lovers they may feel they are contributing to society to take care of these strays even sterilising them but not everyone in our societiy are animal lovers so if AVA cull these cats this group of residence will kick up a big fuzz BUT look at the cost on the other side if animal dash across the road, driver evasive action hit lamp post - difficult to convince traffic police trying to miss killing a cat or dog cat love to sit on motor bike seats and make scratches and not forgetting car paint work cat also carry disease such as toxoplasmosis who is right and who is wrong siingapore is run so very by the book town council knows about this problem but close one eye on the other hand, 5 minutes over the parking coupon must kena fine especially if caught by a bad mood fatimah

SINGAPORE : Some 3,000 home hunters thronged showflats at Park Central@AMK on the first day of its launch on Wednesday. As of noon, 130 people have applied for the flats in central Singapore which will be ready in 2011. The project is Singapore's third condominium-style public housing, and a queue to view the showflats started forming at 5am. All 578 units at Park Central@AMK come with fittings like built-in wardrobes, air-conditioners and parquet flooring. The four 30-storey blocks will house four- and five-room units, priced between S$433,000 and S$689,000 or about S$500 per square foot. Real estate agents said the prices are comparable to those for resale public housing in the neighbourhood. These are about S$400,000 for a four-room flat and up to S$550,000 for a five-room unit. Despite a slight cooling off in the property sector, the project's developer expects a good take-up rate. Jackson Yap, CEO, United Engineers Limited, said: "This is the mass market, the demand is always there. The interest rate in Singapore is still relatively low so to speak, and the other one is cash flow. "If you do your sums right, the net cash flow for buying these units (is) not that high if you include your CPF contributions." Park Central@AMK is the third project under the Housing Board's "Design, Build and Sell Scheme", where the private sector is involved in the building and marketing of public housing. While prices at Park Central@AMK are nearly 10 per cent lower than the previous condo-style development, City View@Boon Keng, it is still too much for some - especially younger couples who have just joined the workforce. Kevin Kwan said: "Maybe you have to forfeit your car, not get it so fast; and for daily expenses, you have to be more meticulous." Others are worried about the falling value of their asset as well as tough times ahead. Lean Guan Hock said: "Now, due to the soaring oil prices, I think everybody must be very concerned." Even though many have put in an application for the flats, not all will end up buying one. Some applicants said their final purchase decision will depend on how the global economy and the property market perform in the next few months. Applications must be submitted by August 5, and sales will be done via a balloting system. - CNA/ms