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as above .. any people experience before ? especially in shipyard / fabrication yard sector ? is it easy to deal with the local chinese ? and how is qingdao ? liveable ?

How many here can do that? I have no issues actually. Quite peaceful! That said, the bugger is a real @#$^$%^. REally needs the rotan. bugger. Poor kid traumatized for life! Cemetery worker raped girl, 12, staying at site He took her out on 'errands' after befriending the family PUBLISHED ON APR 28, 2015 6:09 AM 4283 602 1 0PRINTEMAIL A cemetery labourer has admitted raping a 12-year-old girl who was staying at the burial ground with her family. -- PHOTO: ST GRAPHICS BY SELINA LUM A CEMETERY labourer has admitted raping a 12-year-old girl who was staying at the burial ground with her family. Roslan Jaafar, 41, befriended the girl - along with her younger sister and mother - after they started staying in a tent at the site in early 2012. He would take the girl out to run errands, such as buying cigarettes and dinner - but used their meetings to have sex with her. Roslan was caught only when the girl's uncle noticed she had been missing for hours and discovered messages about "making love" on her phone. Yesterday, he pleaded guilty in the High Court to two counts of rape and one of sexual assault of a minor. Two other counts of sexual assault of a minor and sexual exploitation of a child will be taken into consideration when he is sentenced at a later date. The court heard yesterday that the family moved to the burial ground temporarily as they had no fixed accommodation. In March 2012, the two girls started playing with Roslan's eight-year-old son at the cemetery while he was working. Roslan later visited their tent and introduced himself to their mother. He continued to visit the family regularly and grew close to them. In early May that year, the victim's mother agreed to his request to take the girl out with him to buy cigarettes. Roslan then began to take her out regularly to run errands, usually for more than two hours at a time. He would take her on his motorcycle to a quiet spot nearby and have sex with her on a bench late at night, telling the girl not to tell her mother about it. Although the court heard that the girl consented to having sex with him, by law, sex with a girl under 14 - with or without her consent - is considered rape. On June 1 that year, the girl's maternal uncle was visiting the family at the tent when Roslan took her out. When they did not return after more than two hours, the uncle became worried. He searched for Roslan's number on the girl's phone and found text messages from him. After Roslan dropped the girl off at the tent and left, the uncle confronted her about it. She broke down and told him what happened. A police report was made at the Nanyang Neighbourhood Police Centre and Roslan was arrested last year. Roslan told the court that the girl had told him she was not a virgin, but he accepted that she may have lied. Deputy Public Prosecutor Quek Jing Feng asked for a deterrent sentence, arguing that the victim was young and vulnerable. Roslan had betrayed the trust of the mother and that of the victim, who "would not expect a friend's father to cause her harm". The case was adjourned after the Law Society's Criminal Legal Aid Scheme said it was looking into whether to take up Roslan's case. The girl and her family are no longer staying in the cemetery. - See more at: http://www.straitstimes.com/news/singapore/courts-crime/story/cemetery-worker-raped-girl-12-staying-site-20150428#sthash.1IK8JtWu.dpuf

Yo all, got questions to ask about Bartley area. saw a condo there, its NOT Bartley Ridge or Residence. It's in Lor Ong Lye. Can walk to Bartley mrt in 7 mins or Serangoon MRT in 10-15mins. Maris Stella and PLMGS nearby Anyone can advice about this area? Peak Traffic jam? Heat? Amenities? What's the government future plan?

Coffee shop operator Kelvin Ling of 128 Choices Eating House at Toa Payoh Lorong 1 will keep his eateries open over the festive period to attract people who will be visiting their relatives nearby. Chinese New Year is typically a time for shop owners and their staff to rest, but some businesses will remain open as they see this as a perfect opportunity to reap profits. Supermarket chains, coffee shops and even foodcourts have chosen to stay open in recent years, with many citing increases in daily takings of up to 30 per cent, compared with an average day. Even 12 out of the 18 malls along the Orchard Road shopping belt will remain open this year, said the Orchard Road Business Association (Orba). They include Ion Orchard, Orchard Central, Paragon, Wisma Atria and The Centrepoint. Coffee shop operator Kelvin Ling, 35, said he noted a 50 per cent increase in patronage over the Chinese New Year holiday period last year at his two coffee shops. He runs 128 Choices Eating House at Toa Payoh Lorong 1 and HG 106 Food Place at Hougang Avenue 1. Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/singapore/story/more-shops-staying-open-over-festive-chinese-new-year-period-20140131

Sooooooooooooo humble!!! Just like Dr Koh! Singaporeans should really wake up and reflect on themselves! Whole family earn $12k niah want to stay EC and drive BMW? Wah lan eh! Wake up your idea please! http://www.straitstimes.com/archive/sunday...yishun-20130113 Madam Speaker's staying put in Yishun Halimah's happy in her HDB home, so stop asking her if a new job means it is time to upgrade Published on Jan 13, 2013 By Radha Basu Senior Correspondent Madam Halimah Yacob has lived in the same five-room Housing Board flat in Yishun for 30 years. It has been the only home for three of her five children and it is where her two sons got married. A daughter may follow suit next year. Like most homes, it has seen sadness too: Her mother-in-law, who lived with the family, died there in 1999. But ask her if she is planning on moving any time soon, especially now that she is about to become Speaker of Parliament, and the answer is a firm "No". "I have been asked so often why I am still living in an HDB flat that I now ask those who ask me that question, 'Why not?' After all, more than 80 per cent of our population live in HDB flats and if it is good enough for them, it is good enough for me," she told The Sunday Times. The 58-year-old unionist- turned-politician, a tireless champion of workers, women and the poor, will be elected Singapore's first woman Speaker when Parliament sits tomorrow. In a nation of eager home upgraders, Madam Halimah acknowledges the weight of societal expectation that "when you hold a certain position, you must live in a certain type of property". "When I became an MP, everyone expected me to move to a private property. But I did not," she said. "The same thing happened when I became Minister of State, and now that I have been nominated to be Speaker of Parliament, people expect me to move." Yet, to her, a home is not merely a piece of property to be flipped for profit. It is, instead, a priceless repository of a lifetime of memories. "To me, a house is not just a place that we live in, but it is a home and a life that we build together as a family. It is a place where we bring up our children, share happy and sad moments, and where we seek solace and comfort after a long day at work," she said. The youngest of five children of a watchman and a food-seller, she grew up in a one-room home on Hindoo Road, and settled on Yishun by accident. After marrying businessman Mohammed Abdullah Alhabshee, 58, she wanted to live next to her mother, Madam Maimun Abdullah. When she heard that two sisters living in adjacent Yishun flats wanted to sell their units at the same time, she jumped at the chance. In the early 1980s, Yishun was nothing like the bustling township it is today. Madam Halimah recalled the days when, as a young union officer, she would buy groceries near her workplace to take home. "Things have changed so much. Yishun is now a mature estate." Her home is accessible to shops, the family doctor's clinic is nearby, public transport is convenient and the Khoo Teck Puat Hospital is a short distance away. All of this is important now that her mother, who is 88 and still lives next door, has dementia. When Madam Halimah's children were young, Madam Maimun helped look after them. Now the roles have reversed. "It is the children's turn to show her love and affection," said Madam Halimah. "So they take turns to take her for her medical appointments, and it is really convenient when the GP and hospital are both near our home. "When emergencies happen, like when my mother had a fall and I was at my Meet-the-People Session at 11pm, the children could quickly take her to the hospital." Home also involves forming and fostering relationships in the community. The woman who runs the local provision shop, for example, still asks about Madam Halimah every time a family member stops by her store. "Occasionally, I visit her shop and she shares with me her woes about the rental costs and how hard she has to work." The general practitioner who has treated the family for three decades also knows them well. "He has all my medical records although thankfully I don't have to visit him often," said Madam Halimah. She has had good neighbours too over the years, though some have left and others have arrived. "I had a neighbour who was a very good cook and we used to get very nice dishes from her but she has since moved away. She is like a part of our family and I still make an effort to visit her once a year during the Hari Raya Puasa period." The veteran unionist, who spent 33 years at the National Trades Union Congress, holds a master's degree in law from the National University of Singapore. She became a People's Action Party MP in 2001 and a Minister of State in 2011. Her nomination to be Speaker followed the resignation of Mr Michael Palmer in the wake of an extramarital affair last month. Madam Halimah said that living in public housing has given her a keen sense of what bothers people and the daily frustrations they face if their estate is not well taken care of. "I know what they are talking about because there are times when I experience some of these frustrations too, such as when the lift breaks down frequently or the place is dirty." But overall, her experience of living in public housing has been a positive one. "It is convenient, safe and generally well maintained." Those who know Madam Halimah well, like Ms Molly Too, 56, are not at all surprised that she has no plans to leave her home now that she is being elevated to Speaker. The chairman of the PAP women's wing at Bukit Batok East constituency first met Madam Halimah more than two decades ago. "In our society, there is always a pressure to upgrade your flat to show off your station in life. But Halimah has always been her own person," she said. Mr G. Muthukumar, 62, a union associate who has known Madam Halimah for three decades, says living in public housing has kept her "close to the ground". "Her constituents, her neighbours, her community are all like her children. She cannot move away," he said. Meanwhile, as Madam Halimah begins a new chapter in public life, she holds out new hopes on the home front too. She is looking forward to a daughter's wedding next year, and to new additions to the family. She once carried her children in their Yishun home when they were babies. "I hope that I will be able to carry my grandchildren there too," she said. [email protected]

Permanantly.. anyone interested? THE HAGUE, Netherlands: As the world marvels at the latest US Mars landing, a Dutch start-up is aiming to beat NASA at its own game by sending the first humans to the red planet -- and film all as a reality show. The big hitch: it's a one-way trip. Fact, fiction or publicity stunt from the land that launched reality TV? The start-up, called "Mars One", says it is dead serious about landing four astronauts on Mars by 2023, seven years ahead of the US space agency's target, and plans to start the search for volunteers next year. Experts are sceptical, but "Mars One" has won backing from none other than Dutch Nobel laureate Gerard 't Hooft, who won the 1999 prize for physics. "My first reaction was: 'this will never work'. But a closer look at the project convinced me. I really think this is possible," 't Hooft told AFP. No one has yet tried to put man on Mars and scientists question whether radiation exposure would even allow humans to survive the trip. As for space agencies' attempts since 1960 to land unmanned craft, only about half have succeeded, with the US in the clear lead. And though six missions did make it to Mars -- including NASA's Curiosity rover that set down Aug 5 to hunt for signs of past life and prepare for a possible human mission -- scientists have no way, yet, to get spacecraft back. Sound discouraging? Not to the man behind "Mars One", mechanical engineer Bas Lansdorp, 35. He estimates its pricetag at a hefty $6 billion, more than twice the $2.5 billion for Curiosity, NASA's biggest mission yet, and said the idea for financing came after talks with Paul Romer, one of the Dutch creators of "Big Brother", the first reality show in 1999 that was a smash hit and spawned versions, and big profits, worldwide. "Funding will be made possible through the media spectacle built around the adventure," he told AFP. For Lansdorp, "the conquest of the red planet is the most important step in the history of mankind," even if he concedes that many aspects of "Mars One" are still uncertain. Among these are the ethics and legality of asking people to finish their lives in outer space, under TV scrutiny. Other critics say "Mars One" seems more focused on the monetisation -- rather than the feasibility -- of the project. Under Lansdorp's plan, choosing and training the astronauts, their months-long space journey and their lives on Mars would all be televised -- along the lines of "Big Brother" where a small group was isolated in a house and constantly filmed by TV cameras. 'Possible, in theory' The Dutch engineer, who previously worked in the field of wind power, has teamed up with a physicist, an industrial designer and a communications specialist. They would run the operation, he said, and technical aspects like building a space ship and living quarters on Mars would be outsourced to companies that were "most qualified". He has even drawn up a schedule. Selection and training of astronauts is set to start next year, then modules for the space station, food and robotic vehicles would be sent between 2016 and 2022. A first group of four men and women would set foot on Mars in April 2023, Lansdorp told AFP, with others to follow until there was a colony of 20 people a decade later. They would mainly conduct scientific experiments, notably looking for signs of life, like Curiosity. On a planet with an average temperature of minus 55 degrees C (minus 67 F) whose atmosphere mainly of carbon dioxide, Lansdorp said oxygen would be produced from water found below Mars' surface. For Chris Welch, an engineering professor at France's International Space University in Strasbourg, getting oxygen this way was "possible in theory" but highly uncertain. And "landing a person on Mars -- why not?" he said. "But landing four people and keeping them alive on one spot -- that's much harder. "From a technical standpoint, I'd say it's fifty-fifty -- but it's still a courageous try," said Welch, who also questioned whether $6 billion could be raised "via television". At the European Space Agency, Jorge Vago, an expert on its Mars exploration project "ExoMars", said turbulence on the planet made it virtually impossible to land two craft at the same place, as foreseen by "Mars One". "If the robot vehicle which has to build the living module lands 100 kilometres (62 miles) or even 20 kilometres away, it will be very difficult." He also said eruptions from the sun that release ionised material into space could "burn" astronauts and damage their ship. Despite the doubts, a firm note of support has also come from the Netherlands own Space Society, the umbrella group for Dutch companies working in the space industry. Its chairman Gerard Blaauw called Lansdorp's plan a "visionary idea to combine media and aerospace", in comments on the "Mars One" website, saying "this merger...alone means Mars One is worth watching!" -AFP/sb http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/fea...1220637/1/.html

Am looking for resale flat in these two areas. Anyone recently moved there or is already staying there ? Can tell what are the recommended flats with good location, the price and factors like nearby school, accessibility, environment ? Although agent is advising but I want to do some study before buying. Thanks.

Hi all MCFers, I am considering relocating my family to a rented condo/apartment in JB while trying to apply for a BTO. Currently renting a HDB unit which cost me 1.7k a month. If BTO will have to wait for 3 years, my rental will be 61.2k. Forget about a resale flat, 3rms in places like boon lay, woodlands and yishun are all asking for about 30 to 40K in COV. Which to me is crazy money. If i pay a rental of RM1.5k a month for a condo/apartment in JB, my 3 years rental will only cost $27k (taking in consideration exchange rate of 1SGD to RM2) This will save me about $34k. Saving an additional $34k just by waking up earlier, longer travelling time and enduring the traffic jam seems very worthwhile for me. The toll $$ can be offset by the cheaper petrol in Malaysia. The plan is i will drive my son to school everyday, and head to my office. He will join me in my office after his school and after my work, we'll head home in JB. Just want to find out from bros doing the same thing what are the pros and cons that i might have missed out. And also which areas in JB i should avoid and which are the recommended areas to look for a place. Thanks a million!

If this is true, we are dead for sure. I cannot understand why would any financial institutions will to loan money to this prick. He already defaulting loan to RBS and any further loan he is take has "bad debts" written all over it. Unless, they are eyeing the interest that they can squeeze out from him on this loan. But how is Hicks going to pay the interest? Simple, sell all our stars. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/...-in-charge.html

Adrian Newey looks set to stay at Red Bull for the foreseeable future. The 51-year-old Briton joined the Austrian team from McLaren in 2006, and as chief technical officer is widely credited for the success of the dominant RB6. Germany's Sport Bild claims Newey, arguably the most sought-after figure in the entire world of formula one, intends to stay put. "Contractual matters are confidential, but it's true," team boss Christian Horner said of the report. "Last year, Adrian requested to remove a clause that would have ended his contract this year," he revealed. Former grand prix winner Gerhard Berger backs the move, insisting that Red Bull will remain on the pace "as long as Newey and Vettel are there". Source: GMM

Need comments from folks who stay there. It's one road away from the "happening" Joo Chiat Rd, so wonder if this residential stretch of road is ok in terms of people who stay there, security, ....

Jet Li's Singapore citizenship confirmed Posted: 29 July 2009 1246 hrs SINGAPORE : An executive from kung fu star Jet Li's One Foundation has confirmed that the actor has taken up Singapore citizenship. "Jet Li has indeed migrated again," said Zhou Weiyan, President of One Foundation Project, adding that the move will not impact the operation of the foundation. News of the Beijing-born star taking up a new nationality emerged in June this year and Li, 46, is also reported to have purchased a S$20 million luxury property at Bukit Timah Road. The "Romeo Must Die" actor moved his wife, former actress Nina Li Chi, and their two daughters, Jane and Jade, to Singapore in 2007 for his children's education. Li, who previously lived in Los Angeles, migrated to the United States 20 years ago. - CNA/il

Buangkok DR bridge to Tampines Road is open. Means no more taking a big round just to get to KPE.

Just found out quite a few bros staying at JW, so thought might be a good idea to map once and for all who's staying there. I go first. sparespares - st 65

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As above, i feedback to M1, that my call always drop whenever i'm at home. Everytime phone rings, i need to get my hp(N73), run/walk to main door to answer it. Calls will drop/lost it in any part of my hse, except main door. Checked signal/battary is full bar. Wife and other frens who come to my hse also facing same problem. Stand still like wood also drop... M1 answer me that they cannot do anything as this is Beyond their control, so which mean, i have to live with my problem!!

I heard from a friend whose father needs kidney dialysis. It seems that because he stay in condo (ie private), therefore cannot go to NKF for dialysis. So, now LL have to do for dialysis via private clinic. About $2,500 / mth. I am shocked leh... True or now?? Anybody knows?