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I was reading Channelnewasia on my Android phone just now.... I quote "One major sore point among retirees who live in landed property is that they have not benefited from Grow and Share package" !!!! I am rather shocked !!! I have a few questions to ask these retirees... 1) Isn't your 2 million dollar or more landed property already part of your benefit from the growth ? 2) Do you want to fight for the few hundred dollars with your counterparts that are still picking your used cola cans ? 3) Are you having such a poor and sad life because because you own a coffeeshop that business was not doing well other than your 2 million landed property? 4) You are retired so you got nothing much to do and say...So you start to say everything !!! Because you know very well it is not going to affect you over a prolong period as well!!! If they really feel so sore that the aunty collecting their used cola can get SGD5 while they only get SGD1...I hope their grand children do not learn from them !!! When you have already benefited.. Keep quite... Talk more and you will be another 600k peanut... I hope MIW will look long and make Sillypore a better place because they want it to be a better place...But not begin with the objective of pulling votes. Both may lead to same conclusion of better life for everyone...But the mindset that drive this changes is different. [shakehead] [shakehead]

Dun know if the topic have been talk abt b4.... mayb bros & sis here like to comment. Have feedback to relevant dept in charge in the estate abt illegal aparking on season lots and also feedback on re inforcement team not responding on certain occasions but nvr to see improvement. Does tis happens in ur estate???

SINGAPORE: Officers from Singapore's Home Team are reminded that mistakes must be addressed and not swept under the carpet. Speaking at his Ministry's National Day observance ceremony on Thursday, Deputy Prime Minister and Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng said officers must take ownership and account for their mistakes. His call came in the wake of incidents involving the Home Affairs Ministry which have brought about public scrutiny. These include the escape of Jemaah Islamiyah leader, Mas Selamat Kastari, from Whitley Road Detention Centre earlier this year. Mr Wong said: "Some of you may be concerned that you would be penalised harshly if you make a mistake, so much so that your focus is on avoiding mistakes, rather than in making positive arrests and detections. I do appreciate and understand your concerns. Let me assure all Home Team officers that we will always observe the need for pragmatic balance in all that we do. "But I also assure you that how the officers responsible will be taken to task will always be fair and just. Commanders will ultimately be liable and assessed on the quality of their leadership as reflected in the performance of their officers, as well as the manner in which they address problems and adversity." On a separate note, several public-spirited citizens were commended on Thursday for their role in preventing crime. Mr Wong said there was a marginal one per cent increase in crime cases for the first half of the year. Housebreaking and related crimes dipped by 22 per cent this year, compared to the same period in 2007. "While fire calls have increased fractionally, the number of fires within residential premises fell. Fires involving household contents and unattended cooking fell by 23 per cent and 3 per cent respectively. "Civil Defence Force's preventive education efforts, together with the National Fire and Emergency Preparedness Council and its community partners, seem to have paid off. Equally encouraging is the 11 per cent fall in fires involving non-residential buildings, including commercial and industrial premises," he said. The drug abuse situation in Singapore has also seen an improvement. But Mr Wong said the Central Narcotics Bureau needs to keep an eye on inhalant abuse, especially among the youths in school