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It's at Admiralty Park. Check the link to the article below.
Time taken from Changi airport MRT to Admiralty Park is approximately 1 hour 26 minutes by bus, and 1 hour 45 minutes by trains. Article from: https://www.greatdeals.com.sg/2017/10/30/admiralty-park-26-new-slides-opens
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The Marina Barrage is Singapore 15th water reservoir with 10,000 hectares of water catchment area ( one-sixth the size of Singapore). The project officially opened on 31st Oct 2008 by then Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Hsien Loong and commissioned by the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew.
Benefits of the Marina Barrage:
Coming October 2018, the non-stop service between Singapore and New York is rolling out again. Operated by Singapore Airlines (SIA) this time with the ultra long range (ULR) variant of the Airbus A350-900. This will be a premium route: 67-seats Business Class and 94-seats Premium Economy seats.
Travelers look for cheaper alternative or want stop-over could take the economy class in other routes/ airlines. SIA will be the launch customer for the A350-900ULR:
Singapore has a dockless bike sharing system. This is in contrast to docking system in London, Spain, Taiwan, etc. Read more on the dockless bike sharing system:
blog.moneysmart.sg/transportation/obike-vs-mobike-vs-ofo-bike-sharing-singapore//
Thinking about renovating your new home or something?
Pay close scrutiny to the list of companies below, provided by SMRT Feedback DISCLAIMER: We are not implying these companies are in deep shit. It just so happens that they are on our radar based on a compilation of tip-offs by insiders. We haven't got around to verifying the information but at this point, we are advising that if you are moving forward with any projects, just have closer scrutiny. It may be that there is no cause for concern. - SMRT Feedback The NRIC number is a unique identifier assigned by the Government to each Singapore resident that is often used as a required document or identifier with the Government and commercial transactions. The physical NRIC not only contains the individual’s NRIC number, but also other personal data, such as the individual’s full name, photograph, thumbprint and residential address. Hence, organisations are to comply with the obligations under the Personal Data Protection Act, such as to make reasonable security arrangements to protect the personal data from unauthorised disclosure. Organisations should not retain an individual's NRIC include when renting a bicycle or when issuing visitor badges for buildings. An organisation may merely have sight of an individual’s physical NRIC and the information on it for verification purposes, the commission added. This includes the checking of NRICs for the sale of cigarette to verify the customer's age. Organisations should consider using alternatives such as organisation or user-generated IDs or passwords, tracking numbers, QR codes, or monetary deposit. Read more from:
Ensure 1.2 meters clear width of spacing at the corridors in public housing (HDB). Also note that the placement of items in the corridors should consist of removable or fold-able items only. Fixed (drilled/glued/screwed/etc.) items are not allowed accordingly to guidelines. Corridor widths across different public housing projects:
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According to Singapore Police Force via Straits Times, the overall crime rate are down 1% but molestation (+22.2%), scams (29.9%) and loanshark harassment (+12.3%) have gone up. Source:
Are you still a student or incoming student to Singapore? Enjoy cheaper movie tickets at selected cinema by flashing your student pass. Student-priced ticket
More information please refer to: www.gv.com.sg/GVPromotionDetails#/promotion/cae83a84-1815-4a8a-b8d8-9203e0e40a11/promotionsIndex/3 $4 Students Small Popcorn Combo
More information please refer to: www.gv.com.sg/GVPromotionDetails#/promotion/c9dac0e1-8f22-4e9a-88f1-589cd0e4d569 Examples are for your reference only. Disclaimer applies!
Planning to visiting or leaving Singapore? Take note of the disruption to normal service on the red line and the green line. The line going to the airport is going down for servicing too. Expect longer waiting time for arrival of trains.
Do plan early or take alternate transport !
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In most all neighborhood in the heartland of Singapore, there would be these cafe-restaurant place where you can have beverages on the go. These are called coffee shop (or kopitiam in the local slang). The beverages are put into plastic bags like those shown below. These are the unique Singapore experience from the old days of Singapore.
Do try one if you come to Singapore. These plastic bag coffee are going extinct soon.
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https://www.facebook.com/sgag.sg/photos/a.378177495530578.106131.378167172198277/1910843332263979/?type=3&theater
I drink bottled water or double filtered water.
https://www.facebook.com/PUBsg/photos/a.139524239471599.32677.109647569125933/1433236036767073/?type=3
Rare show in the city center by 10 RSAF F-16C/Ds and 10 Indonesian Air Force (TNI AU) F-16s
https://www.facebook.com/TheRSAF/videos/1318285204946667
As part of global ‘May the 4th’ celebrations and to mark the 40th anniversary
since the release of Star Wars: A New Hope, a three-day extravaganza – STAR WARS DAY™: MAY THE 4TH BE WITH YOU took place at the Supertree Grove, Gardens by the Bay from May 4th to 6th. Dates: 4 to 6 May 2017, Thursday to Saturday Time: 3.00pm to 11.00pm Venue: Supertree Grove and The Meadow, Gardens by the Bay Joanne - IRAS Jamie - Government Services Nameless - gov.sg @Facebook Ms. Ting chatted with Nameless: Car ownership in Singapore is very very very expensive.
The Certificate of Entitlement (COE), to own the car for a period of ten years, ranges from S$26,501 to S$54,616 in the latest Tender (Apr 2017, 2nd Tender). Conversion with local bank selling TT rate (1.4050 as at 02 May 2017 05:51:20 PM) that works out to be US$38,872. Majority of the quota allocated are in the CAT A (Cars up to 1600cc and 130bhp) priced at S$51,600. The COE does not include the price itself and other taxes! Typically drivers can be separated into a six major types...
As usual, reports are always very long and not really a lot of people will want to spend the time to read and understand all the content.
Below is a snapshot of all the important and highlights.
Singapore is at 26th place while Malaysia and Indonesia are at 42 and 81 respectively. United State is at 14.
Extracted from Page 20 from reference source.
Singapore is right next to Malaysia. If Malaysia gotten have any sort of war, Singapore will be affect greatly.
We share a lot of border with Malaysia and we have no where to hide on this tiny island city.
Source:
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/malaysia-count-allies-n-korea-wants-war-says-040500458.html http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/malaysia-will-count-on-allies-if-n.-korea-wants-war-says-defence-minister https://www.facebook.com/sgag.sg/photos/a.378177495530578.106131.378167172198277/1698137530201228/?type=3&theater
The new buses are cool. They have USB port to charge your mobile, etc. !!! Currently serving Bus Service 143 for a trial.
Close to a million people live in the town of Jurong, west of singapore. The new CBD sure will make life better for people of Jurong.
Reference:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Region,_Singapore |
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