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Photographying Floods can be risky too

The best phrase ever   :    One man's meat is another man's posion.

If one keeps chicken as pet, they will find killling chicken is cruel .  

Or if one keeps cockroaches as pet, they will like that pest to its core. (no wonder more and more people in mental hostpital ................LOL!!) 

pharoah88      ( Date: 19-Jul-2010 14:48) Posted: Animal cruelty has no parallel Letter from Derrick Tan I REFER to the letter, “Animal cruelty in its various guises” (July 16), by Daryl Yong. He suggested the recent uproar over the act of animal cruelty by an anonymous woman is “the height of hypocrisy”, as many of us eat meat and legitimise the shooting of crows and the poisoning of mice as “pest control”. His argument is flawed. Pest control is vital to health and hygiene, while slaughtering animals is sanctioned to support lives and done professionally to minimise hurting the animal. Animal cruelty has no parallel — it is the abuse and physical torture of a pet one has committed to look after, and an inhumane act that disgraces mankind.

 

Hey Brother,

this small case la ! 1 and half yrs ago, when I am on SBS bus 155, it suppose go on route to Telok Kurau to Upp Changi road and to McPherson and end at Toa Payoh. The Chines accent bus-driver, take a wrong turn and end up at Kembangan, then he ask everyone in the bus, can anyone help him and guide him back the correct path. End up, I stand beside him and escort him back to Up Changi road. LOL. They are all foreign talent ! Ha HA HAAA, Foreign Talent, and end up Foreign Tulan, a lot of us end up late in off ? LOL

Same as some Train company CEO, commented the same non-sense that the train are not pack enough, it is individual's decision, whether he or she or whatsoever, want or don't want to board the train. What non-sense comment from someone who did not take train during peak hrs ( i meant everyday), if she dare, take everyday and try and do the walk the talk as an good example! 

All hypo- hypopo hyppotamas - hypocrate (maybe spell wrongly, go check OrFox dictionary) Ha Ha Ha LOL. All say one thing and do another thing, just like all analyst reports on share !!! 

pharoah88      ( Date: 19-Jul-2010 14:29) Posted: More haste, less speed In our rush to fill positions, firms must ensure new foreign hires are properly trained Letter from Yee Jenn Jong THE death and injuries caused by the crane that smashed into the upper deck of a bus along Chai Chee Road (“One killed as bus, lorry collide in Bedok”, July 17-18) is tragic. I was driving past and saw the wreckage. I wonder how a crane arm can smash into a bus that had already overtaken it on a lane meant for vehicle passage. It looks suspiciously like someone’s negligence or poor understanding of crane operations. It brought to my mind another dangerous incident I encountered last month while on a family day trip to Sentosa organised by my university alumni. The bus arrived late and the driver did not know how to turn on the air-conditioning (he only managed to figure it out midway through the journey). He asked if anyone knew how to get to Sentosa. The driver spoke only Mandarin, with a mainland Chinese accent. He said he has only just started driving bus. Once on Sentosa, while he was going around a sloped bend, the bus stalled. He could not control the clutch. We had to direct cars behind the bus to move away as it slid several times and got dangerously close to hitting them. Finally a passenger showed him how to handle the clutch and he moved off. We alighted at a bus stop that was on a slope. The driver again tried for five minutes before he could finally move off. There were many people at the bus stop and I told them to move away just in case. I have never seen such poor handling of a bus. There had been some 50 people on board, including young children. In our haste to fill positions with foreign workers, companies must ensure they are properly trained, especially when handling vehicles and equipment. I hope all companies take such matters seriously to avoid tragedies from happening.

 

Animal cruelty has no parallel

Letter from Derrick Tan

I REFER to the letter, “Animal cruelty in its various guises” (July 16), by Daryl

Yong. He suggested the recent uproar over the act of animal cruelty by an anonymous woman is “the height of hypocrisy”, as many of us eat meat and legitimise the shooting of crows and the poisoning of mice as “pest control”.

His argument is flawed. Pest control is vital to health and hygiene, while slaughtering animals is sanctioned to support lives and done professionally to minimise hurting the animal.

Animal cruelty has no parallel — it is the abuse and physical torture of a pet one has committed to look after, and an inhumane act that disgraces mankind.

 

More haste, less speed

In our rush to fill positions, firms must ensure new foreign hires are properly trained

Letter from Yee Jenn Jong

THE death and injuries caused by the crane that smashed into the upper deck of a bus along Chai Chee Road (“One killed as bus, lorry collide in Bedok”, July 17-18) is tragic. I was driving past and saw the wreckage.

I wonder how a crane arm can smash into a bus that had already overtaken it on a lane meant for vehicle passage. It looks suspiciously like someone’s negligence or poor understanding of crane operations.

It brought to my mind another dangerous incident I encountered last month while on a family day trip to Sentosa organised by my university alumni.

The bus arrived late and the driver did not know how to turn on the air-conditioning (he only managed to figure it out midway through the journey).

He asked if anyone knew how to get to Sentosa. The driver spoke only Mandarin, with a mainland Chinese accent. He said he has only just started driving bus.

Once on Sentosa, while he was going around a sloped bend, the bus stalled. He could not control the clutch. We had to direct cars behind the bus to move away as it slid several times and got dangerously close to hitting them. Finally a passenger showed him how to handle the clutch and he moved off.

We alighted at a bus stop that was on a slope. The driver again tried for five minutes before he could finally move off.

There were many people at the bus stop and I told them to move away just in case.

I have never seen such poor handling of a bus. There had been some 50 people on board, including young children.

In our haste to fill positions with foreign workers, companies must ensure they are properly trained, especially when handling vehicles and equipment.

I hope all companies take such matters seriously to avoid tragedies from happening.

 

Flash Flood Frustration

Yesterday morning, workers were still busy clearing water from the basement car park at Cluny Court along Bukit Timah Road.

There was intermittent rain late afternoon yesterday, but no flooding was reported.

On Saturday, close to 180mm of rain fell in the central and eastern areas of Singapore in just two hours. This is more than the average total monthly rainfall of 158.3mm for July.

Areas hit by floods included Telok Kurau and Opera Estate.  Lucky Plaza was hit again, only a month after the Orchard Road flood, soaking the mall’s basement outlets.

Ms Christina Lim, who owns the Singapore Gift Centre, said:

“This is very bad. I feel that the management should do something about it because it has been happening too often.”

It was a similar story nearby at Liat Towers.

Wendy’s restaurant, whose interior was damaged by last month’s flood, was swamped again even before it had reopened.

Over at Newton Circus, police were busy directing traffic while the Singapore Civil Defence Force rescued those trapped in stalled vehicles.

There was also drama of another kind when a

A police statement later said he had not heeded the policeman’s advice to move to a safer area, and was handcuffed as he endangered his and others’ safety.

The photographer, Mr Goh Keng Soon, said he had asked the officer to let him take photos and denied what the statement said of him.

Lianhe Wanbao photographer, taking pictures of the flood in Bukit Timah on Saturday, was handcuffed by a policeman for an hour.Additional reporting by Alicia Wong and Dylan Loh

 

Flash Flood Frustration

[ TRIPLE  F-WORDS ]

Mica’s Lui to speak with Mewr privately

Satish Cheney

satishkumar@mediacorp.com.sg

SINGAPORE

Leaving his Telok Kurau home with his wife, he had driven 30m along the street outside his home to join the main road when he saw a car stalled in the flood. He then reversed to use the exit at the other end of the street, only to encounter deep floodwaters. With both exits blocked, Mr Lui and his wife returned home.

Mr Lui, speaking on the sidelines of a community event, said he will speak to the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources privately about conducting dialogues.

Affected residents would want to know how the PUB can alleviate the situation, he said, amid public clamour for explanation as to how such floods can occur in Singapore.

PUB has advised the public to exercise caution as flash floods may occur in the event of heavy storms, adding that the Marina Barrage gates were opened to maintain the water level at Marina Reservoir within the normal range.

But some exasperated residents wondered about the frequency of floods since the Marina Barrage became operational.

PUB will hold a media briefing today shortly before Parliament is scheduled to debate the problem.

Life slowly returned to normal yesterday for some of those affected by Saturday’s downpour.

Some suffered a loss of revenue as deep waters ruined goods in shops.— Like many Singaporeans on Saturday morning, Acting Minister for Information, Communication and the Arts Lui Tuck Yew had his morning plans thwarted by rain and flood water.

 

Whatever they're going to do, please don't increase the personal income tax, just use the tax & levy collected from the 2 casinos to build bigger longkang, I dont really care...

 

PM And PARLIAMENT [PAP] addressing FLOODS ? ? ? ?

Ultimate  Meritocracy  ? ? ? ?

Ulitmate Productivity  ? ? ? ?

Ultimate Efficacy  ? ? ? ?

Ultimate Efficiency  ? ? ? ?

Ultimate Economy  ? ? ? ?

 

Shops and houses along posh Orchard Road were again hit by floods on Saturday after heavy rain overwhelmed the drainage system of the wealthy metropolis, which is often lauded for its excellent urban management.

The flooding took place just before parliament was to debate the issue on Monday following public clamour for explanations for earlier floods, which are normally associated with neighbouring capitals like Manila and Jakarta.

Residents in affected houses hauled out sodden furniture and opened windows and doors on Sunday after muddy water from overflowing canals receded.

"We never had floods like that," said Peter Wong, 49, a long-time resident in a row of houses in eastern Singapore invaded by calf-high floodwaters on Saturday.

"Everything was gone, the carpets as you can see are damaged, the bottom of all the sofa seats are still soaking wet now, after 24 hours. We had to replace a new fridge, the fridge is totally damaged," Wong told AFP.

"I'm trying to keep a cool head over this but it is frustrating. My life is disrupted," added the hotelier, who failed to take out insurance against "acts of God" like floods.

The Straits Times said some restaurants lost live fish stored in tanks.

A major highway was also closed for two and a half hours, while motorists and commuters had to be rescued from stranded vehicles, but there were no reports of major injuries.

Saturday's flash floods were the third since June 16.

Flash floods were a rare occurrence in Singapore until recently, with a climate expert interviewed by the Straits Times attributing the problem to regional weather phenomena such as Typhoon Conson and Indonesian squalls.

Critics had blasted the Public Utilities Board (PUB) for not being prepared to handle the first two floods, while the department defending itself by saying abnormal weather conditions and clogged drains were to blame.

The flooding issue has become so serious that the Singapore parliament is scheduled to address the problem when it convenes on Monday amid forecasts of more rain.

 

http://news.xin.msn.com/en/regional/article.aspx?cp-documentid=4226392

 

Saturday: 17 JULY 2010

NEWSPAPERS  distribution  was  FLOODED.

After my breakfast, I went to the 7 eleven,  Shop & Save, NTUC FAIRPRICE,  Provision Shop and could not get the NEWSPAPERS until 9:00am.

I immediately  recalled the  High Level Productivity Comittee ? ? ? ?

I used to finished reading my morning papers by 9:00am.

 

SHOCK

When i saw the photos in both the Chinese and English papers . . . .

I  was reminded of the 3rd WORLD  BANGLADESH  FLOODS . . . .

FiLTHY  PLACES  at  HiGH  PRiCES . . . .

REALLY  PiTY  those  Residents and Owners . . . .

178investors      ( Date: 18-Jul-2010 17:45) Posted: What say you? Photographer handcuffed while taking flood photos Lianhe Wanbao reported that an experienced photographer from their paper was handcuffed by a policeman while he was attempting to take photos of the flood. An experienced photojournalist and supervisor at the photo desk, Mr Wu Qing Shun, 57, said that he was detained at Upper Bukit Timah Road for about an hour. Heavy morning showers flood S'pore Click on thumbnail to view For more photos, click here. Due to morning floods yesterday, a car was washed up onto the divider at Bukit Timah Road. Mr Wu rushed to the scene at about 7am in the morning to get a photo. While going up close to the cars to get a better angle for his photo, he was stopped by a policeman who asked him to leave. Mr Wu said he asked the policeman if he could take another photo politely, but the policeman simply took out his handcuffs and cuffed Mr Wu without another word. Mr Wu said he was not a criminal and demanded to know why he was being cuffed. He then tried to take a photo of the cuffs with his handphone. The police officer removed his cuffs at this point, but brought him to the side of the road and refused to let him leave for an hour. Indignant, and feeling insulted, Mr Wu said that the imprint from the handcuffs faded only after five hours. The police reply In response to this incident, police say that they were in the midst of clearing the road to restore accessibility and Mr Wu was obstructing their work. According to the police statement, Mr Wu was trying to take photos in the middle of the road, which was dangerous, and he continued to take photos even after repeated warnings. For the safety of Mr Wu and others, they had to handcuff him and move him to a safe area.

 

Too rich in imagination. Ha. ha.. ha...

pharoah88      ( Date: 18-Jul-2010 18:37) Posted: Will the  SiNGAPORE FLOOD  become a  HARVARD CASE  STUDY   ? ? ? ? Is the SiNGAPORE FLOOD CASE similar to the HP  OiL  SPiLL  CASE  ? ? ? ?

 

Will the  SiNGAPORE FLOOD  become a  HARVARD CASE  STUDY   ? ? ? ?

Is the SiNGAPORE FLOOD CASE

similar to the HP  OiL  SPiLL  CASE  ? ? ? ? 

 

Would  STAMFORD  CANAL

be  the  SCAPE GOAT

to  take  the  BLAME  AGAIN ? ? ? ?

 

Sunday: 18 JULY 2010  Lian He Jao Pao Chinese Newspaper

Front Page Photo: Saturday 6:15am at Upper Thomson Road, one BMW and one Taxi were stalled in the middle of the floodwaters.

 

NEWS Page 06 photos:

Upper Thomson Road "Famous Food Litte Kitchen"  flooded  to  sitting bench level.

Bukit Timah, 8 JINX just TOP, basement carpark fully flooded.

Bukit Timah Road  flooded like rivers.

Joo Chiat Place terrace houses' back lane became river.

Liat Tower  basement shops FULLY submerged in floodwaters SECOND TIME.

Lena sourvenor shop flooded. 

 

NEWS:

Reporter was handcuffed for taking flood photos.

Reporters Association is concerned.

 

Sunday Times  Front Page photo:

A car submerged in FLOOD WATERS in the basement carpartk of

TESSARINA  CONDOMINIUM  in Wilby Road, in Bukit Timah.

Upper Thomson and Telok Kurau were also affected in yesterday's flood.

 

HOME Page 18  photos:

Mr. Lester TAN scooping off the parquet floor in the living roo of this home in Jalan Ma'mor, in Balestier.  He said a fish from the pond had even made its way into the living room.

The Boen family's home in Opera Estate was submerged in calf-deep water yesterday morning after rainwater seeped in.

 

HOME Page 19 photos:

A worker clearing up the mess at a Guardian Pharmacy outlet after flash floods hit Upper Thomson Road yesterday morning.

Mr Kazern Fadakar, owner of Amin Carpet,showing a carpet that was damaged by the flood yesterday.

 

HOME Page 20 photos:

Three vehicles in Bukit Timah Road were seen stuck in half-finished central divider after the floodwaters had receded.

Cars and carparks SUBMERGED.  Cluny Court basement and Bukit Timah condo carparks fill with water after heavy downpour.

Residents surveying the damage at Gentle Reflection  Condominium in Bukit Timah, where the basement carpark was flooded.

People making their way across a makeshift path at a flooded underpass in Orchard Road.

Residents at the Tessarina Condominium in Bukit Timah trying to move a vehicle out of the flooded carpark.  

 

What say you?

Photographer handcuffed while taking flood photos

Lianhe Wanbao reported that an experienced photographer from their paper was handcuffed by a policeman while he was attempting to take photos of the flood. An experienced photojournalist and supervisor at the photo desk, Mr Wu Qing Shun, 57, said that he was detained at Upper Bukit Timah Road for about an hour. Heavy morning showers flood S'pore Click on thumbnail to view For more photos, click here. Due to morning floods yesterday, a car was washed up onto the divider at Bukit Timah Road. Mr Wu rushed to the scene at about 7am in the morning to get a photo. While going up close to the cars to get a better angle for his photo, he was stopped by a policeman who asked him to leave. Mr Wu said he asked the policeman if he could take another photo politely, but the policeman simply took out his handcuffs and cuffed Mr Wu without another word. Mr Wu said he was not a criminal and demanded to know why he was being cuffed. He then tried to take a photo of the cuffs with his handphone. The police officer removed his cuffs at this point, but brought him to the side of the road and refused to let him leave for an hour. Indignant, and feeling insulted, Mr Wu said that the imprint from the handcuffs faded only after five hours. The police reply In response to this incident, police say that they were in the midst of clearing the road to restore accessibility and Mr Wu was obstructing their work. According to the police statement, Mr Wu was trying to take photos in the middle of the road, which was dangerous, and he continued to take photos even after repeated warnings. For the safety of Mr Wu and others, they had to handcuff him and move him to a safe area.