Daily SG: 28 Jun 2010
The Great Flood of Orchard Thomson Boon Lay Bukit Timah Telok Kurau Singapore
- TOC: Floods – are we prepared?
- The Temasek Review: “Freak” floods – Unanswered Questions
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Floods in various parts of Singapore….
- TOC: Heavy downpour, several areas flooded (Updated with videos)
- motochan: Singapore Flood 2.0
- Boleh! Boleh!: Flooding @ Cisco Basement Carpark
- mrbrown: PUB caught off guard everywhere today
- Singapore Alternatives: Press Statement on recent Floods
- Singapore Social and Political Thoughts: Singapore Freaky Flooding Part Trois
- ST Forum: Fresh floods. More to it than a clogged culvert
Fricker and Loyld Do Singapore
- The Temple Of Thoughts 3: Welcome to Singapore, where Foreigners kill Foreigners
- funny little world: Must it really be “Us vs Them”?
- funny little world: Singapore = Global Torture Hub.
- Barnyard Chorus: Dear Oliver, I’m sorry.
- Singapore Dino: Raymond Lim finally surfaces 42 days after SMRT security breach
- The Asia File: Singapore to cane Swiss man after train graffiti incident
- SpotlightOnSingapore: SMRT vandal: Oliver Fricker gets jail and caning. Barbaric?
- Singapore Notes: The Price Of Justice [PNSFW]
- TOC: Vandalism – the new evil (Message from your leaders)
- My Sketchbook: 3 strokes of love from Singapore for graffiti
- Right Juris: Oliver Fricker: Swiss Man Faces Singapore Caning for McKoy Banos Graffiti (Video)
Strangers in a Strange Land
- Yawning Bread on WordPress: Demography, not immigration, part 1
- TOC: Vivian’s Sleight of Hand: Blaming S’poreans for PAP policies
- Gerald Giam: Where have all the engineers gone?
- TOC: Ban transport of workers on backs of vehicles – TWC2
- New Asia Republic: Foreign lives not worth much?
- ST Forum: Workers want urgent action
- ST Forum: Parliament must act to ensure safety
Countdown to Elections”
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Outstanding Govt keeps getting caught off guard…
- Loyalty is Orange: Blame the Foreigner
- Singapore Alternatives: NEA under Yaacob disturbing Opposition Parties instead…
Filial Sons and Daughters of Singapore
- Barnyard Chorus: Filial piety: fine feelings and hard work
- Cognitive Dissonance: MCYS video on filial piety
- ST Forum: Filial piety not about right and wrong
Truth, Justice and the Singapore Way
- Singapore Notes: Oh Yes, The Law Can Be Mocked
We are against capital punishment
- TOC: Death row case: Malaysian Law Minister’s puzzling about-turn
- Malaysiakini: Law minister flip flops on Yong’s execution case
- Malaysiakini: 40 Asian NGOs denounce Yong’s execution
Housing Singaporeans
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: MM Lee : No Housing Bubble in Singapore..
Healthcare & Healthcare Providers
- The Gigamole Diaries: Obesity – a KPI? How silly can you get?
- Loh and Behold: Fatties Doomed Career-wise?
Re education
- ST Forum: Why burden children with holiday work?
- ST Forum: School break should be just that: a clear respite from books
Kong Hee Doing The Ming Yi
- Kennethism: Questions inquiring City Harvesters need to be asking
Daily Discourse
- Yawning Bread on WordPress: Mark Ng advances the cause of speech freedom
- Loh and Behold: A Strawberry MP?
- TOC: An open wound
Life, the universe and everything
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee : Footballer outrun circle line train
- mrbrown: Oi, Sumiko Tan is no Carrie Bradshaw lah
Selected News Stories
- The Star: Goh the architect of separation
- The Star: Sand not coming to PTP, says official
- Asahi.com: China’s top officials study at Singapore’s knee
- CNN Fortune Tech: The iPhone 4 Death Grip saga
- FT.com: Football has changed, England have not
June 28th, 2010 at 8:54 pm
I dont think that riding on the back of lorries are the source of the problems. This is a rather heavy handed and stupid way to solve the problem. In the same coin I would say that since vehicles are the cause of accidents, then we should remove vehicles and return to walking and cycling.
Rather, the real solution to reduce the severity and incidence of such accidents is to implement a set of safety requirements that are easy yet practical.
- All vehicles can be fitted with seat belts to ensure the passengers safety if the vehicle happens to make a sharp turn. It only need to be those simple seat belts where one belt can tie all the passengers on one side
- The driver of the lorry should also be given more training, especially on road safety and situational awareness. Note that the focus was on the mode of travel instead on the driver competency. For all you know the driver might not have much driving experience or is unused to the vehicle’s functions.
June 28th, 2010 at 11:50 pm
Hi abao :)
Not just better driving skills but also patience and care on the part of the driver for the safety of the workers being ferried.
Safety belts on the back of pickup trucks – not sure how practical that will be tbh.