Govt-linked loss-making Tigerair shrinks it business further with the dropping of it’s Perth route

Australian Aviation, 13 Oct 2014
Perth has lost a second carrier on the Singapore route with Tigerair Singapore to drop service to the West Australian capital in early February 2015 as part of the low-cost carrier’s network review.
A Tigerair Singapore spokesperson said decision to end service to Perth was made after careful consideration and confirmed the last flight to depart Perth for the

Creative problem solving – PAP style

The Alternative View Facebook, 12 Oct 2014

Town Council removes stone tables at Circuit Road void decks to “stop” illegal gambling.
This follows a similar decision in Little India in which coffeeshops stopped selling alcohol in glass bottles to prevent these bottles from being used as weapons in fights.
Circuit Road residents had also complained about people sleeping at the void decks. Why

Public outcry forced SMRT to postpone it’s decision to bid for London taxi firm until after GE

Reuters, 12 Oct 2014
Singapore public transport operator SMRT Corp Ltd said on Monday that it has decided not to make a bid for London-based taxi firm Addison Lee.
Sky News reported on Saturday that SMRT was in the early stages of considering an 800 million pound ($1.3 billion) offer for the firm, which is currently majority-owned by private equity firm Carlyle Group.
“Having considered the

Sports Hub fails to get grass to grow faster for it’s pitch in time for Brazil-Japan match after spending $1.5 million on special floodlights – report

Omy.sg, 12 Oct 2014
就快在下周二举行的巴西对日本足球友谊赛，因体育城的国家体育场草皮被轰像“沙地”，当局砸150万元装强烈泛光灯照射草地，以加快草皮生长。
新加坡体育城（Sports Hub）占地35公顷、耗时6年、耗资13亿元建造，但体育场草坪自启用后，一直被人诟病。
体育城体育场8月16日举行首场足球赛，由新加坡挑选队对垒意大利甲级队尤文图斯。尤文图斯主帅阿莱格里不让明星球员特韦斯上场，赛后他解释不想冒险让球星在“沙场”受伤。 Full story

Appalling pitch condition at spanking new billion-dollar glamourous Sports Hub threatens to sour big night for Singapore

Thenational.ae, 11 Oct 2014

Singapore’s plan to boost its international profile by staging a glamour football friendly between Brazil and Japan could backfire due to the appalling state of the playing surface at the centrepiece of the city-state’s US$1 billion (Dh3.67bn) Sports Hub.
The field seemed to have as much sand on it as grass and was cut up in several areas when it was viewed by media

OPINION: Why an openly Christian group was permitted to preach their values via workshops within the secular Singapore school system?

The Malay Mail Online, 12 Oct 2014
Why is it that an openly Christian organisation (www.focusonthefamily.com) was permitted to conduct such a workshops within the secular Singapore school system?
This level of influence challenges the idea of a secular state. Nowhere else is a person more vulnerable to conditioning that at school which is perhaps why groups with social agendas are so keen to

VIDEO: Father canes his baby’s sole for crying

Liveleak.com, 10 Oct 2014
A disturbing video has emerged from the Middle East, of a father who “disciplines” his baby as she screams in pain. And to make it worse, it would appear he is being encouraged to continue the beating in the background by the mother.
The video shows the father has taken a plastic hanger and positioned it around the baby’s feet, before he whacks the bottoms of her feet

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