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Marina Bay Sands Casino to Open on April 27

Sally — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 04:50:33 +0000

Marina Bay Sands casino will open along with 963 hotel rooms, part of the shopping mall and convention centre, and several dining outlets, including several run by celebrity chefs.

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MRT and Buses Extension on Chinese New Year 2010

Rocky — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 02:41:36 +0000

On Saturday, 13 February (Lunar New Year’s Eve), SBS Transit will extend the operating hours of train services along the North East Line as well as the Sengkang and Punggol LRT as shown in the table below:

24 new trips will also be added to the Sunday and public holiday schedules of the North East Line to cater to expected demand. They will commence from Sunday, 14 February 2010.

On Saturday, 13 February (Lunar New Year’s Eve), SBS Transit will extend the operating hours of train services along the North East Line as well as the Sengkang and Punggol LRT.

The operating hours for the three Chinatown Direct Services (CT 8, CT 18 and CT 28), will be extended on Friday and Saturday, 12 and 13 February 2010 to serve commuters shuttling between Chinatown and the three suburban estates – Ang Mo Kio, Bedok and Clementi.

The last bus to Chinatown will depart at 11.00 pm while the last bus back from Chinatown will depart at 2.00am from the bus stop along Outram Road (outside New Bridge Road Terminal).

On Sunday and Monday, 14 and 15 February 2010, six Nite Owl services – 1N, 2N, 3N, 4N, 5N and 6N – will be in service from midnight to 2.00 am.

Find out more at SMRT website and SBS website.

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Resorts World Sentosa Casino to Open on Sunday

Sally — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 08:21:33 +0000

According to CNA, Resorts World Sentosa casino in Singapore will have a soft opening on Sunday, February 14. Its Universal Studios theme park is still on schedule to open in the first quarter of this year.

A day of festivities at the integrated resort has been planned to mark the red-letter day, including the debut of its public attraction “Lake of Dreams”, and evening previews at its Universal Studios theme park.

For sneak peek week 14-21 Feb, Universal Studios Singapore will open from 5pm to 9pm every night. Admission will be by S$10 tickets, rebated by a same-value dining voucher. Sale of the tickets starts from 11:18am tomorrow.

Guests can visit the box office at the Universal Studios Singapore front gate to purchase tickets for another day, as there will be no same-day ticket sales available.

After the sneak peek week, Universal Studios Singapore will open on February 22 to employees of Resorts World Sentosa, Genting, and Universal Studios Singapore. This is followed by specially-invited families, charities and guests.

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Republic Poly Girl Scandal! Again?

Sally — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:29:08 +0000

SPH STOMP site “shared” a republic poly (RP) scandal of this girl who is posing with her chest exposed in a series of online pictures taken with her boyfriend.

This is not the first time our poly girls are so generous sharing their private lives. This time, RP scandal does kinda make RP “famous”. What does republic poly say about it? Proud or shamed?

The scandal does make some people stereotype poly girls while others argue:

think that the statement that suggests moral education is outrages. Students have already gone through all the moral education that they need in their secondary school life and it would be redundant to reemphasize on it in tertiary education. It is only one couple that have done that and who knows what age the girl is, stop stereotyping tertiary students as a whole. You can do so when the rest of the polytechnics cheers for her.

Some users think she is a victim,

c’mon people, she is the victim. These photos are in their private blog (pw protected). Can you guys(those who are giving negative comments) stop commenting rubbish here? Get a life please! Stop bothering her and her bf, stop adding fake information can? Hopeless leh you guys seriously.

What do you think?

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Less Health Subsidies for Singapore PR

Sally — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:09:29 +0000

Government has decided to reduce health subsidies given to Singapore Permanent Residents (PRs) by 10% points.

Singapore citizens are still entitled to an 80% subsidy for a Class C ward. But PRs will be entitled to 60% of cost, down from 70%.

From January 1 2011, the subsidy for PRs in Class B2 and C wards in public hospitals as well as specialist outpatient clinics will be cut by 5% points. It will be cut another 5% in July.

The subsidy for PRs in the intermediate and long-term care sector, like community hospitals and nursing homes, will be cut by 5% points. Another five percentage-point reduction will apply to community hospitals and nursing homes from January 2012.

New policies may make more PR convert to citizens; or, maybe some will choose to go back to their home country feeling separated from the community? What do you think?

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Circle Line Singapore from Bartley to Dhoby Ghaut to Open 17 April

Sally — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:25:37 +0000

The second phase of the Circle Line (CCL) from Bartley to Dhoby Ghaut will open for passenger service on 17 April 2010 (Saturday).

The 11-kilometre long stretch comprising 11 stations – Tai Seng, MacPherson, Paya Lebar, Dakota, Mountbatten, Stadium, Nicoll Highway, Promenade, Esplanade, Bras Basah and Dhoby Ghaut – will start operations almost a year after the five CCL stations from Marymount to Bartley opened to the public last May.

About 200,000 people are expected to use the 16 stations from Dhoby Ghaut to Marymount every day.

Source: LTA

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Victoria’s Secret to Open in Singapore at Resorts World Sentosa

Sally — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 08:31:49 +0000

Resorts World Sentosa will open the first of its retail store on Wednesday, which is about 300 metres long with over 20 high-end brands, including the highly anticipated Victoria’s Secret boutique.

I think it’s probably the first Victoria’s Secret store in Asia (great it’s in Singapore)! Correct me if I’m wrong.

I heard earlier a Chinese model 21-year-old Liu Wen became very first Asian Victoria’s Secret Angel to model their widely popular lingerie range based in USA.

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OverEasy Singapore gives away free drinks if you take off your bra!

Rocky — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:56:19 +0000

OverEasy Singapore at One Fullerton is running a promotion “Fill My Cups” where women are given free booze based on the size of their breasts! How are they judging the size of the busts? The ladies take off their bras.

A cup: get 1 free drink
B cup: get 2 drinks
C cup: receive 3 drinks
D cup: would be given a bottle of alcoholic drink worth S$168

According to the event’s Facebook fan page, more than 200 people confirmed their attendance to last night’s event, and about 300 others indicated that they might attend.

OverEasy can hold about 300 people. The most well-endowed women can claim the coveted bottles of vodka – a tie-up with Belvedere Vodka. What do you think about OverEasy’s event? Good marketing?

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Philippine low-fare carrier Zest Air coming to Singapore

Sally — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 05:16:32 +0000

Zest Air will start the service between Manila and Singapore from January 29 using a brand new Airbus A320 aircraft.

Unlike other low-fare carriers, Zest Air said it will offer free inflight meals and snacks and a baggage allowance of 30 kilos (66 pounds) per passenger. A one-way ticket for the new route will carry an introductory price of $72 (about SGD$100).

Zest Air from Manila to Singapore: departure @ 14:20, arrival @ 17:45
Zest Air from Singapore to Manila: departure @ 11:20, arrival @ 14:45

Zest Air official website: Zest Air

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Franklin Heng Died after Plastic Surgery

Sally — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:15:11 +0000

44 year old Franklin Heng, CEO of one billion company YTL Pacific Star REIT Management Ltd died last week after plastic surgey (Liposuction) at an Orchard Road clinic.

Health Ministry is investigating the matter.

About Franklin Heng

Franklin Heng was CEO of YTL Pacific Star REIT Management Ltd that is in real estate industry. He worked JP Morgan as Vice President.

About Liposuction

Liposuction, also known as lipoplasty (“fat modeling”), liposculpture suction lipectomy or simply lipo (“suction-assisted fat removal”) is a cosmetic surgery operation that removes fat from many different sites on the human body. Areas affected can range from the abdomen, thighs and buttocks, to the neck, backs of the arms and elsewhere.

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Singapore VS Iran: 1-3 [videos]

Rocky — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:38:07 +0000

I know we expected better results in “Singapore VS Iran” Asian Cup qualifiers, but Singapore did their best.

Singapore captain Mohamed Alam Shah pulled a goal back for the home side before halftime but substitute Gholamreza Rezaei broke away to seal the win in the 63rd minute for Iran with a delightful chip.

“Singapore VS Iran: 1-3″ meant Iran finished top of Group E with a game to spare on 10 points from five matches. Singapore, on six points from five matches, will compete with Thailand and Jordan to qualify for the finals in Qatar next year as group runners-up.

Singapore vs Iran – Goals

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Electricity Tariffs to go up by 5.4% in Q1 2010

Sally — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:06:54 +0000

via CNA,

Electricity tariffs for households are going up by 5.4 per cent or 1.18 cents per kWh for the first quarter of next year.

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Cao Cao Tomb Found! [wtih Pics & Videos]

Rocky — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 16:38:48 +0000

Cao Cao

According to Xinhua news, the tomb of Cao Cao, a renowned warlord and politician in the third century, was unearthed in Anyang City of central China’s Henan Province, archaeologists said Sunday.

Cao Cao (155-220 A.D.), who built the strongest and most prosperous state during the Three Kingdom period (208-280 A.D.), is remembered for his outstanding military and political talents.

Cao Cao is also known for his poems that reflected his strong character. Some of the poems are included in China’s middle school textbooks.

Three ancient corpses, one man and two women, were found in the two-chamber tomb in Xigaoxue village of Anyang. The man was found to have died in his sixties, which coincides the age of Cao Cao when he died, Liu Qingzhu, director of the academic committee of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, told a press conference in Beijing.

More than 250 articles, made of gold, silver, pottery and etc, were unearthed from the 740-square-meter Cao Cao tomb, a size appropriate for a king. Archaeologists also found 59 engraved stone plates logging the name and amount of the articles buried in the tomb. Seven of the plates logged weapons “often used by the king of Wei”, or Cao Cao, Liu said.

Also unearthed were a large amount of paintings drawn on stone plates, Liu added.

Cao Cao wrote in his will that his burial place should be simple, which corresponds to the fact that the walls of the tome were not painted and few precious articles were found, said Hao Benxing, head of Henan’s Institute of Archaeology.

The position of the tomb is in line with historical recordings and ancient books from Cao Cao’s time, Hao added.

Although further excavations are yet to be carried out, current evidences are adequate to prove this is Cao Cao’s tomb, said Guan Qiang, director of the archaeology department of China’s State Administration of Cultural Heritage.

Cao Cao tomb had been raided for several times before archaeologists started to excavate it in Dec. 2008, Guan said.

Video: Cao Cao Tomb Found

If you can understand Chinese, watch this video about the discovery of Cao Cao’s Tomb.

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Singapore V.S. Laos: Goalless Draw

Sally — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 02:49:28 +0000

In SEA Games 2009 football, The Singapore-Laos match was shifted to the bigger 20,000 capacity main stadium of the National Sports Complex.

Singapore and Laos played to a goalless draw, putting the teams on five points each. Both Singapore and Laos teams make it to the semi-finals.

Their opponents in the last four will only be known when Group A plays their last matches today.

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Singapore 9th most expensive Asian city

Sally — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:13:42 +0000

Singapore jumped three spots from a year ago to become the ninth priciest Asian city in the latest cost of living ranking by human resource company ECA International.

It beat Taiwan’s Taipei and China’s Shenzhen and Guangzhou, but remained cheaper than Japan’s Tokyo and Yokohama, and China’s Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong.

Source: Malaysian Insider

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Singapore marathon SCSM 2009 results

Sally — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:18:42 +0000

Singapore marathon 2009 results

Standard chartered singapore marathon 2009 was a great event in Singapore; I know you can’t wait to know the results.

Reigning Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon (SCSM) champion Luke Kibet has won the full marathon category race for the second year running.

It was an exciting climax to the 42km race as Johnstone Chepkwony mounted a late surge to pressure Kibet all the way to the finish line. Kenyan runner Kibet prevailed however, to finish first with a winning time of 2:11:24, which was just eight seconds ahead of Chepkwony (2:11:32) and 2 mins 37 seconds short of the 2:13:01 course record he set last year.

Kibet, a former world marathon champion, joins fellow countryman Amos Matui, who won the event in 2005 and 2006, in having clinched two successive wins in the full marathon category, underscoring the Kenyans’ dominance of the race in recent years.

Completing the top three in the men’s race was Vincent Krop Nyemw of Kenya who came in third. Albina Mayorova Ivanova of Russia emerged top of the field this year in the women’s full marathon category. Her winning time of 2:32:47 was two minutes ahead of second-placed Lyubov Morgunova of Russia (2:34:47) and Mary Akor Beasley of USA completed the top three with a time of 2:36:41.

This year also saw close finishing times in the other race categories. In the Men’s Local category (full marathon), Mok Ying Ren clinched first place with a time of 2:43:42, with Ashley Liew finishing in 2:51:22 to secure the second place. Benny Goh took third place with a time of 2:56:44. Over in the Women’s Local category (full marathon), Qi Hui (3:15:25) piped Elaine Lim (3:23:00) to the finish line with Aileen Tan (3:39:16), rounding up the top three.

A total of 50,000 runners took to the streets this morning for the eighth Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon, with Guest-of-Honour Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr George Yeo flagging off the Full Marathon.

The annual event also saw people populating the streets as they cheered on the runners and enjoyed the various activities staged at the East Coast Park, the F1 Pit Building, as well as the Padang.

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MediaCorp Radio is back online again!

Sally — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:09:10 +0000

From today, listeners can enjoy the audio fare from MediaCorp Radio 987 FM, Class 95 FM, Lush 99.5 FM and Y.E.S. 93.3 FM via “live” broadcasts online.

Simulcasts of free-to-air radio broadcasts online were suspended in March due to changes to the law which made such streams subject to copyright licensing.

MediaCorp Radio also has the option to expand such simulcasts to more of its radio stations in future.

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Roll out of 2009 H1N1 vaccine for young adults and children

Sally — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:37:30 +0000

The 2009 H1N1 vaccine is now ready to be rolled out to children and young adults aged 10 years through 18 years.

The Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) have reviewed the safety of CSL Limited Panvax H1N1 Vaccine in children aged 10 years to 18 years and are satisfied with the safety profile of the product in this age-group. The use of Panvax in children younger than 10 years of age is currently under review and a recommendation would be made soon.

Children aged 10 years and above are recommended to receive a single dose of 0.5mL (15mcg) vaccine. This is similar to the current adult dose recommendation.

While vaccination is voluntary, it is important to note that vaccine can help to protect people from being infected with the H1N1 influenza virus. An immune response that is expected to be protective against 2009 H1N1 influenza virus can be generated within 2 weeks following vaccination. People who are getting vaccinated should be mindful of this lead time which is needed to build up immunity.

As a large number of H1N1 cases had occurred in the younger age groups, we strongly encourage vaccination as they are at higher risk of developing influenza-related complications, especially if they have pre-existing chronic medical conditions e.g. asthma and other chronic lung diseases, heart diseases, epilepsy and other neurological and neuromuscular diseases, kidney diseases, blood disorders or diabetes.

Those interested in vaccination for their children could obtain more detailed information on the H1N1 vaccine from their family doctors and make an informed decision. For their convenience, they are also advised to make prior appointments for vaccination with the polyclinics and General Practitioner (GP) clinics (both Pandemic Preparedness Clinics (PPCs) and non-PPCs). The list is available at www.moh.gov.sg.

Availability of Pandemrix (GSK) H1N1 vaccines for adults

The adjuvanted H1N1 vaccine from Glaxo-SmithKline (GSK), Pandemrix®, is also now available for the public. Its usage is however recommended for persons aged 18 years old and above only. The ECI has recommended that 1 dose of the vaccine is sufficient.

Pricing of H1N1 Vaccine

The various types of vaccines are supplied at cost to all polyclinics and GP clinics. They have the flexibility to order either Panvax®, CSL or Pandemrix®, GSK vaccines or both depending on the age group to be vaccinated. The public is advised to check with the clinic on the pricing of the vaccine as charges may differ due to differences in administration, inventory and overhead cost of the vaccines. Patients who cannot afford the vaccine can seek assistance from the polyclinics. No one will be denied essential vaccines because of their inability to pay.

Source: MOH

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Shocking news: maguindanao massacre

Sally — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:35:02 +0000

According to ABS-CBN News, bodies of at least 30 kidnap victims in maguindanao massacre, including the wife and relatives of Buluan town’s vice mayor, were recovered by government troops in Ampatuan town in Maguindanao province Monday afternoon.

The maguindanao massacre are the first reported violence related to the May 2010 polls, which are still 6 months away. Most of the victims are women. Some are members of the media.

PNP chief director general Jesus Verzosa is now in Mindanao to oversee the investigation and pursuit operations against 100 armed men responsible for the killings at Mangudadatu Camp in Sitio Masalay, Brgy. Salman Ampatuan, Maguindanao around 10:35 a.m. yesterday.

The Maguindanao are part of the wider Moro ethnic group, who constitute the sixth largest Filipino ethnic group. Their name means “people of the plains”.

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Imported Malaysia vegetables and eggs price up

Sally — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:04:03 +0000

According to CNA, continuous rainfalls have caused egg and vegetable imports from Malaysia to increase in price:

Egg prices have jumped four times since October but the rate of imports from Malaysia stays at three million eggs per day. This accounts for 75 per cent of the local supply of fresh eggs. Currently, a batch of ten eggs cost between S$1.30 and S$2.

No one likes it when the price goes up. But, this seems okay to me since I rarely buy vegetables or eggs recently; too busy.

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