If i am not wrong, Young Lee said that he would donate all his recent Salary increase to Charity... Who is making sure he is honoring His Words?

Marriage can't be rushed, many divorce after know each others true color, sighting incompatible issues.

Marry for Children?

Marry for Sex?

Marry for Companionship?

As soon as the bus transferring discount is in place.

I have a feeling that SBS will start removing non-profitable route, encouraging communters to transfer services thus increasing their revenue.

What do you think...

Tixs for the game is just too ex! Hopefully Singaporepools will come up with good odds for me to win .

If the odds 1X2 Brazil win $1.20- I will Place the heaviest bet I ever played!

Selfishness is one of the attributes collected while living in a city, due to the limited space and noise level. One have to be selfish to survive.

 
Teh Joo Lin
Fri, May 30, 2008
The Straits Times  
        
SINGAPORE is expected to take delivery of its first F-15 Eagle fighter early next year, said a senior Boeing Company official on Friday.

'The F-15SGs are in production and we hope to have the first one rolled out in November this year.

'Singapore will take delivery of the first one early next year,' said Mr Jim Albaugh, the president and chief executive of Boeing Integrated Defense Systems.
 
Mr Albaugh, who is here to attend the Shangri-La Dialogue, told reporters that the production was 'coming along very well.

Singapore has ordered 24 F-15SGs, the latest variant of the all-weather, multi-role fighter that has chalked up an impressive combat record of 101 victories and zero losses around the globe.

The twin-seat fighters are being assembled at Boeing's F-15 production plant in St Louis, Missouri, in the United States.

Some of the aircraft will be stationed at a US base in Mountain Home, Idaho, where the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) pilots and ground crew will be trained.

The purchase of the advanced strike jets was announced in 2005 after the defence and aviation giant beat rivals in the US, Russia and Europe.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaP0waiz43w

Why do we still need to train so much on Fighting in a Build up Area?

ICJ's ruling on Pedra Branca to be delivered on May 23

SINGAPORE: Reading of the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) judgment in the case concerning sovereignty over Pedra Branca, Middle Rocks and South Ledge will be carried out on May 23.

A public sitting will take place at 10am at the Peace Palace in Hague during which the Acting President of the Court, Judge Awn Shawkat Al-Khasawneh, will deliver the court's judgement.

The Singaporean delegation that will be receiving the judgement will comprise Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security Professor S Jayakumar, Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong and Ambassador-at-Large Professor Tommy Koh, who is also serving as the Agent of Singapore for this case.

There was a three-week long hearing over the sovereignty of Pedra Branca – known as Pulau Batu Puteh to the Malaysians – and its two outcrops of Middle Rocks and South Ledge last year at the ICJ in The Hague as Singapore and Malaysia could not settle their dispute over the island.

The dispute arose when Malaysia published its new map in 1979 of its territories, which included Pedra Branca. Singapore disagreed with it because it said it owns the island.

The ICJ's judgment will be final and cannot be appealed. Both countries have said they would respect and accept the court's decision.

- CNA

If an 18 year old male can be rope in to defend the nation , Why can't they vote?

Those people there will be shock if Singapore Lost. Suck thumb and Cry! But if Singapore WINS! Hoorray!

More Good Years for PAP.

Its Funny and creative of them.

Come on! Can't a poor chap that a 3 minute breather and eye rest?  Its not as if he is driving, the bus is in a stationery red traffic light...

AC Milan playmaker Kaka was named the Italian players' association player of the year on Monday for leading his side to European Cup glory last May with 10 goals. Another trophy in his bag.

MRT train services disrupted this morning

MRT train services on the East-West line between Pasir Ris and Tanah Merah stations were disrupted on Monday morning.

The disruption was caused by a stalled maintenance work train lying between Tampines and Simei stations.

The train is being towed back manually to the Changi depot.

SMRT is providing bus services to commuters at Pasir Ris, Simei, Tampines and Tanah Merah stations.

Train services are expected to resume after 10am.

Although bus services for affected commuters are free, not everyone was happy with the inconvenience.

Stuck like sardines in a can - that was how one commuter described her experience on the shuttle services deployed by SMRT this morning to alleviate the disruption on the East-West line to AsiaOne.

"It was no fun being stuck in a bus so full of people. Now I finally know how sardines in a can feel like," said Ms Tan, who could not board the train at her usual stop in Pasir Ris.

"I heard that the disruption started since 4am in the morning", Ms Tan added. "I don't know why it can take so long for SMRT to clear the problem.

AsiaOne reader Ms Yeong sent an sms to AsiaOne at 11.37am to say that the train services were still down at Tanah Merah station.

Now I know how sardine fish felt!

SUNDAY TIMES:
Isolation: It's part and parcel of city life

People living in packed cities are so sick of crowds that, when they head home, all they want is to be alone.

When it comes to this, Singaporeans are no different from those living in other densely populated cities, such as Tokyo and New York.

Sociologists said that Singapore is not the only country experiencing the trend of neighbours becoming increasingly isolated from one another.

"In a dense city, you get people in your face all the time, so you learn to value the privacy of your home", explained sociologist Paulin Straughan.

Dr Straughan, an associate professor with the National University of Singapore, added that Singaporeans often do not poke into their neighbours' lives because they respect their boundaries, and not because they are selfish.

She said: "If you don't want your neighbours to walk into your house whenever they see you home, you
won't do it too".

Madam Cynthia Phua, an MP for Aljunied GRC,said that, besides keeping to themselves, neighbours are getting into more conflicts.

She said that the designs of newer flats, which have fewer common corridors, also reduce the opportunities that neighbours have to interact.

No wonder I hate my neighbours, FTs and PRs so much... I'm SICK

Why allow so many people to settle here in the first place? Dense City Life ? Who idea is it?

Today I did something to get back at the CROWD!

I was in a overly crowded MRT, can't even stand properly. I let go a smelly slient fart!!!! No one know I did it. All their face is so funny, some even press their nose.

1+

Anyone feels that Singapore is Over Crowded? or its just me.

Wat goes in must come out, if you eat alot then more will come out...

Anybody think of using all these human shit - convert into energy?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnUqwRsFwpI

The latest Navy recruitment ad is dam lame man! Wat dreaming and sleeping during office hour! NS is enough of crap. Navy is full of action... my foot!

Check out the US soldiers in action, http://www.marines.com

Whose recruitment drive will be more successful?

A CHINESE warship dropped anchor off Tokyo yesterday for the first time since World War II, symbolising improving ties between the countries.

The port call by the guided missile destroyer Shenzhen, with 345 officials and sailors on board, is part of an exchange that will bring a Japanese warship on a visit to China at a later date.

It is the first Chinese port call in more than 70 years. The last such visit took place in 1934 by a vessel from the late Kuomintang leader Chiang Kai-shek, according to Japan's Defence Ministry.

The latest visit takes place amid concerns in Japan over China's surging defence spending, but the commanding officer assured his Japanese hosts that Tokyo has nothing to fear from Chinese military might.

'There is no need for concern, but we must be able to protect ourselves,' Rear Admiral Xiao Xinnian told reporters aboard the ship.

'China does not want to be a superpower or take over the world.'

The Chinese ship arrived under heavy security, with a Japanese destroyer as its escort and a half-dozen helicopters buzzing in the sky.

On board, a navy band played Anchors Aweigh, while hundreds of Chinese well-wishers waved the two countries' flags, and a lion dance performance took place.

During its four-day stay, the Shenzhen will be open to the Japanese public for tours. It will also dock at the Japanese naval headquarters in Yokosuka, just south of the capital, before returning to its home base in the southern Chinese port of Zhanjiang.

'We looked forward to your visit, which would open up a new page in the history of Japan-China military exchange,'Admiral Eiji Yoshikawa, chief of staff for Japan's navy, told the Chinese delegation.

Chinese Ambassador Cui Tiankai said the warship was a 'messenger of peace'.

'Japanese and Chinese relations are at an important point. China is following the path of peace and partnership, and Japan is an important neighbour for China.'

Japan's brutal invasion and occupation of much of China in the 1930s and 1940s have left a legacy of bitterness. - AP news.

British intelligence agency Government Communication Headquarters has started embedding ads in video games, hoping to attract computer-savvy young recruits.

GCHQ, the surveillance arm of British intelligence, said Thursday it hopes to attract computer-savvy young recruits by embedding job ads within video games such as "Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent."

GCHQ, which stands for Government Communications Headquarters, said it was looking to reach "an Internet-savvy generation of graduate groups."

THE Bush administration said it had spent US$43.5 billion (S$63.6 billion) on spying in fiscal 2007, as it bowed on Tuesday to a law ordering disclosure of a figure the government has kept secret for most of the past 60 years.
'Disclosure of the amount of the budget is a good first step toward accountability,' said Steven Aftergood of the Federation of American Scientists, which has campaigned for publication of the annual intelligence budget.

The figure, which is roughly equal to the entire economy of Croatia or Qatar, dwarfs the estimated intelligence budgets of any other country including the closest US ally, Britain, which spends about 10 per cent of the amount, he said.

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence published the figure for overall US intelligence spending in fiscal 2007, which ended last month.

Congress mandated the disclosure in a law passed in August to implement recommendations of a commission that investigated the Sept 11, 2001 attacks.

The intelligence office said it would keep secret other details about the budget. Intelligence agencies had long resisted disclosing their budgets on the grounds that enemies could learn from the information.

The US$43.5 billion is about what outside experts had expected, Mr Aftergood said, and is about 50 per cent more than the government is believed to have spent in 2001.

'That's a large increase in spending that is difficult to spend wisely,' Mr Aftergood said. He said the figure does not include an estimated US$10 billion or more in military intelligence spending.

The CIA, which previously oversaw all US intelligence gathering, released a budget total of US$26.6 billion in 1997, including for military intelligence, in response to a suit by the federation. Including the CIA there 16 US agencies that are considered to be involved in intelligence gathering, such as the National Security Agency.

In 1998 the CIA also released its budget but the agency fought against disclosing its 1999 budget and won. Subsequent efforts to force a budget disclosure also failed.

The budget disclosure will help put intelligence spending in perspective, and inform public and congressional debate, Mr Aftergood said. The figure is about 1.6 per cent of the total US budget for 2007 and equal to roughly 10 per cent of the regular military budget before extra war spending is counted.

The chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Democrat John Rockefeller of West Virginia, said in a statement, 'The American people have a right to know what their government's priorities are and whether we're spending too much or too little on intelligence matters.' The disclosure law requires release of the 2008 spending figure, but after that the US president can waive the requirement for a valid national security reason, Mr Aftergood said. -- REUTERS

Can the US spy in Singapore please stand up.

AP - "A 19-year-old woman appears to have escaped from a juvenile detention centre in northwest Germany by hiding in the suitcase of a fellow inmate who was released, police said on Monday.
Guards at the facility in Neustadt remarked that the suitcase of the 18-year-old who walked free on Friday was particularly heavy but failed to search it, the police said.

The fact that the other woman was missing was only noticed several hours later during the routine evening check of cells at the centre.

The police are still looking for the two young women."

Wonder she has tattoos?

Gang Case:

"TECHNICIAN Zainal Nek was outside a convenience store in Central Square with his girlfriend when he was set upon by a group of nine men armed with knives.

Outnumbered, the unarmed 46-year-old fled down Havelock Road but was eventually hacked to death near the Central Expressway exit, near the Subordinate Courts.

He died shortly after in hospital. An autopsy later listed 78 injuries on him from that September 2006 attack.

In the High Court yesterday, six men who had taken part in what prosecutors described as one of the most horrific gang-related killings here, pleaded guilty to manslaughter. Four of them - Norezam Mohsin, 28; Abdul Shahed Akbal Ali, 27; Abdul Razak Abdul Hamid, 23; and Mohamad Rizal Mohamed Amin, 23 - were each jailed for 10 years and ordered to be caned 12 times.

The fifth, Mohamed Hishamadi Rahmat, 34, who had led the attack, was also given 10 years but he will take 18 strokes of the cane, said Justice Choo Han Teck, for his 'more deadly' role.

The sixth man, Khairul Iskandar Khamsani, 21, the only one who gave himself up to police, heaved a sigh of relief when he was handed down seven years and six strokes.

The remaining three assailants are still at large.

The six sentenced yesterday, all part of a motorcycle gang, portrayed themselves as mere foot soldiers.

They fingered one Nur Rizal Mohamed Zainul, 27, as the mastermind who orchestrated the action while away from the scene. He is also at large.

The gang had gathered in Kelantan Lane after midnight on Sept 16 for a showdown with a rival gang. But when no one from the other side showed up, someone suggested seeking them out at their hangout in Central Square.

When they spotted Mr Zainal, known for his links to the rival gang, Mohamed Hishamadi went up to him and began slashing. Mr Zainal stumbled away, but was surrounded by the gang members, who went at him until he collapsed.

Yesterday, defence lawyers downplayed their clients' roles, arguing that they were pawns or had gone along under peer pressure. Some said their clients wanted to apologise to Mr Zainal's family, others said he was no angel himself.

But Deputy Public Prosecutor Francis Ng, saying the victim had done nothing to provoke the group, pressed for a deterrent sentence.

He said: 'It does not take much to imagine the terrifying spectacle of nine armed men pursuing their wounded and bleeding quarry through the streets, before eventually surrounding and cutting down their hapless prey.'"

This is some malay motor siao gang, better be careful when walking alone late at night. Gang related activities still very strong here in Singapore.