Children getting maimed by escalators

Posted on March 31, 2012 by gdy2shoez

From ’4-year-old’s hand torn after being pushed down MRT escalator’, 31 March 2012, article in asiaone.com A four-year-old boy was pushed down the escalator at Ang Mo Kio MRT station, causing his left hand to get caught in the escalator and badly injuring it. The news first broke when Ms Visa Lee, who put up [...]

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URA banning new food joints at Serangoon Garden

Posted on March 25, 2012 by gdy2shoez

From ‘Restaurant ban to ease traffic at Serangoon Garden’, 25 March 2012, article by Toh Yong Chuan, Sunday Times …Acting on residents’ complaints, the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) imposed a ban last month: No more Serangoon Garden shophouses can be turned into food joints. Existing eateries can carry on if there are no complaints. New [...]

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Stamford canal to blame for Orchard Road floods

Posted on December 31, 2011 by gdy2shoez

From ‘Stamford canal a cause of flooding again’, article by Saifulbahri Ismail, 31 Dec 2011, Today The 4km-long Stamford Canal, cited as a factor in last year’s floods along Orchard Road, has again been traced as the source of flooding at Liat Towers last Friday. Explaining yesterday why the flooding occurred, national water agency PUB [...]

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Ex-Navy chief to handle ponding

Posted on December 27, 2011 by gdy2shoez

From ‘Call it what it is: Flooding’, 27 Dec 2011, Today (Peter Loon Seng Chee): From a “once in 50 years” event, flooding is now expected in almost every heavy downpour, reducing our first-world roads to a wet mess. But in “No floods in Orchard Rd, just ‘ponding’: PUB” (Dec 24). this was referred to [...]

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Bedok Reservoir prayer session ‘kind of dramatised’

Posted on November 7, 2011 by gdy2shoez

From ‘Reservoir deaths and media responsibility’, 7 Nov 2011, article by Ong Dai Lin, Today With the spate of deaths at Bedok Reservoir over the past five months, the media coverage of these incidents has come under the spotlight. Some residents living near the reservoir told Today that they were concerned about copycat behaviour arising [...]

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Punggol Waterway is like Venice

Posted on October 24, 2011 by gdy2shoez

From ‘Venice of Punggol the pride of former backwater’, 24 Oct 2011, article by Cai Haoxiang in ST …Punggol used to be a fishing village and farming area, and a relative backwater. PM Lee recalled going to Punggol Point to eat at its famous seafood restaurants, and to the area for an orienteering exercise when [...]

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Bombing Parliament after failing a job interview

Posted on September 19, 2011 by gdy2shoez

From ‘Man jailed for bombarding MPs with bomb hoax email’, 19 Sept 2011, article by Shaffiq Alkhatib, Today Unhappy with the outcome of a job interview, a man decided to get back at the company’s managing director by emailing bomb hoax messages to 83 Members of Parliament (MPs). They included Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong [...]

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Joggers pounding on Macritchie Boardwalk

Posted on September 12, 2011 by gdy2shoez

From ‘Runners kill the joy of leisurely walk’, 12 Sept 2011, ST Forum and ‘Too popular for its own good?’, 12 Sept 2011, article by Feng Zengkun, ST (Munir Shah): AN INCONSIDERATE habit that takes the smile off the face of nature lovers who enjoy a leisurely walk is slowly becoming rampant. More and more [...]

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Jack Neo thinks an MRT train on fire is beautiful

Posted on September 10, 2011 by gdy2shoez

From ‘Jack Neo criticised for comments made on blog’, 9 Sept 2011, article in asiaone.com Actor-director Jack Neo has once again come under fire, this time, for comments made on his blog regarding the latest vandalism case at Singapore Mass Rapid Transit’s (SMRT) Bishan depot. …Members of the public had called the news hotline to complain about [...]

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Tan Cheng Bock thinks he’s the Queen of England

Posted on August 23, 2011 by gdy2shoez

From ‘Odd campaign issue’, 23 Aug 2011, ST Forum (Ang Seng Yong): PRESIDENTIAL candidate Tan Cheng Bock wants the Prime Minister to move out of the Istana, ostensibly to assert the Elected President’s independence…His call ignores historical precedent and current realities. Historically, the Istana complex served a dual purpose. It was the British Governor’s official [...]

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