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firends78, read his very 1st post in renotalk. U will know

unless his appliances is 110 ~ 230v supply. If not, will need a step-down transformer.

jaskel, Thanks for posting up this terms of Use for awareness. I would like to add this for awareness (e) Impersonate as a customer giving fictatious feedback or impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited to, a www.RenoTalk.com official, forum moderator, admin or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity. And as for Martin. No one report his/her post to moderator. I happen pass by and read this thread and read the word he/she wrote. The rest is history. therat Mod

don't think it will be cheap if no more warranty. If need to change the whole LCD, better get a new one.

http://news.omy.sg/News/Local%2BNews/Story...529-235612.html 中国管工疑在狮城工作被伊蚊叮死，家人来新向雇主索赔，价码节节高升，从10万到20万再增到50万，最后更扬言不赔60万就不领尸不火化！ 《联合晚报》日前报道，一名来自中国江苏的建筑工地管工周世强（43岁），疑患上骨痛溢血热症，发高烧5天后，上个月25日猝死。他的妻子、独生子、侄女急忙赶办手续，星期日抵新处理后事。 死者的家人认尸时，向记者哭诉死者的雇主处事不当，要他赔偿50万新元，若谈不妥就坚持不火化死者的遗体。 死者的侄女周云说，叔叔过世前一天还拨电回家，没想到隔天却接到他病逝的消息，令他们非常震惊。据了解，死者的家属抵新和雇主见面后，起初要求赔10万，过后增加到20万元。 她们星期一认尸时又告诉记者，要雇主赔偿50万元。不过据记者向雇主李先生询问，死者家属要求的最新赔偿是60万元。“他们的要求不断增加，非常不合理，简直无理取闹。警方已告诉她们，要等验尸庭研讯死者的死因，可是他们却坚持拿不到钱不火化遗体。” 他说，这些天，他开车载他们到中国大使馆和人力部，他们反向工作人员投诉他虐待死者，没有给他良好的居住环境。 完整报道，请翻阅07.04.2011《联合晚报》。

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_Singapore Remuneration and pensions MPs receive a monthly allowance,[85] a non-pensionable annual allowance (commonly known as the 13th month pay), and an annual variable component that is paid in July and December each year.[86] The monthly allowance is 56% of the salary of an Administrative Service officer at the SR9 grade – the entry grade for Singapore's top civil servants – which is itself benchmarked at the salary of the 15th person aged 32 years from six professions: banking, law, engineering, accountancy, multinational companies and local manufacturers. In 1995, the monthly allowance was S$8,375 ($100,500 per year).[87] The allowance was revised in 2000 to $11,900 ($142,800 per year).[88] In 2007 it was announced that civil service salaries had lagged behind those in the private sector and required revision. MPs' salaries were therefore increased in phases. In 2007 the monthly allowance was revised to $13,200, raising the annual sum to $158,400. A gross domestic product (GDP) bonus payable to civil servants was also extended to MPs to link their annual remuneration to the state of the economy. They would receive no bonus if GDP growth was 2% or less, one month's bonus if the GDP grew at 5%, and up to two months' bonus if the GDP growth reached or exceeded 8%. MPs' allowances to engage legislative and secretarial assistants were also increased from $1,000 to $1,300 and from $350 to $500 respectively.[87] With effect from January 2008, each MP received another increase of his or her allowance package to $13,170 a month, bringing it to $225,000 per year.[89] Persons who have reached the age of 50 years and retired as MPs and who have served in this capacity for not less than nine years may be granted a pension for the rest of their lives. The annual amount payable is 1⁄30 of the person's highest annual salary for every completed year of service and 1⁄360 for every uncompleted year, up to a ceiling of two-thirds of the Member's annual salary.[90] No person has an absolute right to compensation for past services or to any pension or gratuity, and the President may reduce or withhold pensions and gratuities upon an MP's conviction for corruption.[91]

another option is your parent sell away the existing HDB and downgrade to Studio Apartment. http://www.hdb.gov.sg/fi10/fi10321p.nsf/w/...io?OpenDocument U and your fiancee can able to buy a new HDB while ur bro can stay with you all.

Ok. Now talk about $$ Had you all receive letter liao. Feel HUAT abit For those still waiting for the letter to fly into your letter box. You can check online https://www.psi.gov.sg/NASApp/tmf/TMFServle...age=CheckStatus Before GE - candy time! After GE - Pay back time!

mgm might ask you to change back

3rd May 06 - Lunchtime Election Rally "Right now we have Low Thia Khiang, Chiam See Tong, Steve Chia. We can deal with them. Suppose you had 10, 15, 20 opposition members in Parliament. Instead of spending my time thinking what is the right policy for Singapore, I'm going to spend all my time thinking what's the right way to fix them, to buy my supporters votes, how can I solve this week's problem and forget about next year's challenges?" Lee Hsien Loong http://singabloodypore.civiblog.org/blog/_.../4/1931906.html ====================== Buy votes??? WOW!!!

I think tio cover up. Newspaper didn't follow up later.

http://www.temasekreview.com/2010/03/08/10...comment-page-3/ 10 most unforgettable quotes from PAP MPs during parliament 10. Dr Vivian Balakrishnan (Holland-Bukit Timah GRC) on why he has ordered the removal of homeless Singaporeans camping out in the public (forcefully): “I have taken such an active stand to make sure we do not have people camping out on beaches, or parks or void decks, even though these may be safe and indeed, sometimes even pleasant areas for adults. These are not good and safe areas for children. And so I have insisted that (to) anyone with children. The children must be put in a proper home; they must continue to go to school. They must continue to get access to good food, good hygiene” 9. Jessica Tan (East Coast GRC) expressing her worries that the hike in foreign worker levy will turn away foreigners: “The hike in the foreign worker levy which if not calibrate, will send the wrong signal to companies looking to invest in Singapore or to foreign talents that the country is not open.” 8. Josephine Teo (Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC) rejecting WP MP Low Thia Kiang’s suggestion to scrap the foreign worker levy: “”I can speak on behalf of the union leaders that we totally and firmly reject Mr Low’s disastrous suggestion that we remove the foreign worker levy as it will harm our workers’ interest.” 7. Seah Kian Peng (Marine Parade GRC) asking the PAP to spend more taxpayers’ monies to help the new citizens feel welcomed in Singapore: “We have not done any large scale survey, we do not know their problems but we have already gone ahead and decided that the funds will go towards organizing activities…..What we ought to do is first – find out what new Singaporeans need, and then target funding at helping them meet these needs.” ==> Then how about local breed Singaporean need? 6. Teo Chee Hean (Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC) on the ruling party’s renewed focus on productivity which has declined consecutively for the last three years and being caught napping during a speech made by DPM Wong Kan Seng: ““We are now a more developed economy – further up the productivity curve. We have made progress, but those ahead of us have also progressed and moved up as well. And those behind us have made rapid advances and are catching up with us.” 5. Koo Tsai Kee (Tanjong Pagar GRC) trying to lick the boots of his superior, Teo Chee Hean: “The SAF, despite its manpower constraints, has been able to face up to a widening range of security threats in recent years under Defence Minister Teo….And I am not saying this because he’s my boss.” 4. Baey Yam Keng (Tanjong Pagar GRC) who told the media a few days ago that he planned to raise issues concerning his residents in Parliament “Food is an important part of our rich cultural heritage – one which has been and will always been an attraction to locals and foreigners alike……The Food Museum could delve into aspects of local cuisine, such as ‘why Hong Kong noodles did not originate from Hong Kong’, and ‘why our Hainanese chicken rice is different from that found in Hainan Island’” . 3. Mah Bow Tan (Tampines GRC) who appeared lost after being grilled by fellow PAP MP Inderjit Singh: “PRs make up only one in five resale flat buyers and have minimal impact on resale prices.” 2. Ong Ah Heng (Yishun Central) in an impassioned speech to defend foreign workers: “I know of one family who complain the cleaners in their precinct are lazy and too old. They don’t want local workers who are old, they want young foreign workers. To satisfy the demand, I changed the local workers to foreign workers. Foreign workers are not a burden to us. Their presence here is not negative. Without foreign workers, things will be worse.” And the quote of the year so far goes to Lim Swee Say for revealing the truth about the PAP MPs – that they are deaf to all feedback and criticisms. 1. Lim Swee Say (Holland-Bukit Timah GRC) to Low Thia Kiang for bruising his ego: “We never give up……. We are deaf to all these criticisms…..So instead of telling us that low-wage workers are having problems, why not be part of the solution?” We can’t really blame them for being deaf when they have been taught all along to sing in tune with their piper master PAP’s octogenarian leader Lee Kuan Yew: “To be the prime minister, you don’t have to know every instrument, but you got to recognise, ah, he’s a good violinist, he’ll be the first violinist, he’ll be the double bass. He will play the viola, he will have the trumpet, he will do the drums. Then you coordinate them and then you have great music. And if you already have a great orchestra, you can put a dummy there and you still got great music.” [source: Channel News Asia, 5 March 2008] Singaporeans, do you still see any value in voting for the PAP in the next election? This are the kind of MPs you will get raising your concerns in Parliament! And don’t forget you are paying them $13,000 monthly to sprout such highfalutin stuff! Remember the PAP election slogan of 2006 – “Staying together, Moving ahead”? The PAP MPs are indeed staying together and moving ahead without us! While the pay of the PAP ministers, ministers of states and parliamentary secretaries are expected to increase by 8.8 percent this year, will you even dream of a pay rise? When your PAP MP put up a “wayang” house visit to your home in the next few months before the election and pretend to “listen” to you, don’t forget this gentle reminder from Lim Swee Say: “We are DEAF to all criticisms!”

BTW, this MP. No one like him. His eye looking at the sky one. I think he is the one that say sth which offend the temple at his area. Until don't know is ah Goh or Ah Lee come and settle for him. This news only appear in chinese zaobao. Strait time, no news no report at all

my side confirm + crop + crop got opposition come. Hope this round their % goes up better than 2006 GE. Best take over. This round, my side 2 MP retired. The one who say [every time I look at my CPF statement, I feel I'm rich] took over the seat. I will make sure he know I don't feel rich when I look at my CPF statement.

Not of what I know. If take HDB loan, HDB will want you to take HPS either thru' HDB or private insurance company. If take bank loan, I'm not too sure on this. Mortgage loan is different from CPF HPS. This one I quite sure

WOW forgotten. We share the same mind Which son? That Dear Uncle Teo?

making way for 3rd Generation of FamiLEE

What is your offer and what does the seller heard?

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/blogs/singaporesc...231901-526.html ‘PM Lee, I don’t get upgrading, can I pay less tax?’ An engineering student living in Hougang Single-Member Constituency (SMC) ward posed a candid question to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on whether he could pay less tax since the opposition-held ward does not enjoy upgrading programmes. At the Kent Ridge Ministerial Forum organised by the National University of Singapore (NUS) Students' Political Association on Tuesday, fourth-year engineering student Seah Yin Hwa, 25, asked PM Lee why residents living in Hougang SMC are penalised for picking "a 'Teochew nang' (dialect for Teochew person) who doesn't wear a white uniform." When asked by PM Lee on how he was penalised, Seah said, "When it comes to upgrading, what is being told to us is that we don't have the funds to actually go ahead with lift upgrading, as well as shelters to the bus stops. When I look across the road to Aljunied GRC, they have everything." Paraphrasing the question posed, PM Lee said that what Mr Seah meant is why the opposition wards are not treated at least as good, or maybe even better than the PAP wards. PM Lee added, "And the answer is that there has to be a distinction. Because the PAP wards supported the Government and the policies which delivered these good things." He said that while the basic goods such roads, transportation, housing, healthcare and defence apply to Singaporeans, the extras — which come down to the upgrading programmes — is a national programme. "Between the people who voted and supported the programme and the government, and the people who didn't, I think if we went and put yours before the PAP constituencies, it would be an injustice," PM Lee told the 1,200 students at the forum. In response to PM Lee, Seah cheekily asked if he could pay less tax and maybe "take one or two years off my NS?", which drew laughter and applause from the audience. But PM Lee said that this is not possible because the SAF, defence, taxes and all the facilities which have been provided, are enjoyed by every Singaporean. Rounding off his reply, PM Lee said, "But you can do something about it, you know. You don't have to keep voting for people not in white-on-white." PM Lee explains ministerial salaries The contentious issue on ministerial salaries was also discussed at the forum after a Nanyang Technological University (NTU) accountancy student brought it up, comparing the salaries of leaders from Singapore and the United States. "The US president is actually paid less than a Cabinet minister in Singapore. I'm sure we agree his job is a lot tougher than our Cabinet ministers," said the student. In his response, PM Lee said that US President Barack Obama may be earning less than a Singaporean minister, but the American system is not without its flaws. For example, he highlighted that the US had different ways of rewarding its presidents and that the low salary of the president had suppressed salaries down the line, reported The Straits Times. Explaining his first point, PM Lee said that former US presidents are involved in money-spinning book and lecture tours which are almost a tradition for them. "Retired US presidents go on book tours, they write books, they are paid US$10 million (S$13 million) advance, they get somebody to help them write a tome and they make a lecture tour…Every lecture (by former president) Bill Clinton: US$100,000 to US$200,000 for half an hour. "That's the system. I think that's not a good system for us. We don't want ministers to retire and go on lecture tours." Touching on his second point, PM Lee discussed the impact that the low salary of US presidents had on the rest of the civil service. "Because the president's pay being set at a level which is not quite right, all the rest of the civil service and government pay in the US system has to take dressing from there and come down…and come down," he said. PM Lee also stressed that Singapore's ministerial pay system was one that works. But when asked if salaries should still be pegged to the private sector given the many candidates taken from the civil service and unions, he replied, "The reason I can get good people from the Government and the unions is that I have a pay system which is working properly. "People do not enter politics to get rich but neither will they enter politics and as a result, they and their family will become poor." He added, "It is something which is not easy to accept emotionally but is the right thing for Singapore. If you want the system to work for the long term, you must be honest about it. What do I pay for? I pay for the importance of the job and how difficult it is to do…"

I move some post about GE to http://www.renotalk.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=39680 Since it is not related to miap topic. OT liao

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/blogs/singaporesc...BHRlc3QD;_ylv=3 PAP not out of touch: Foreign Minister George Yeo Foreign Minister George Yeo has rejected claims the ruling People's Action Party is out of touch as "completely untrue". Speaking to Yahoo! Singapore in a frank and honest one-on-one interview, the 56-year-old Minister said, "I know what I do as an MP and what my colleagues do. We spend a lot of time just working with ordinary people... We can't solve all problems but we do what we can." He added, "So I would say we are more in touch than those who criticise us for being out of touch." Even as the Singapore economy shot out of the blocks from the 2008 financial crisis to a record 15% growth in 2010, concerns about the rising cost of living, competition with foreign workers and housing issues have dominated discussions both online and in coffee shops around Singapore. The year 2010 was also dominated by headlines surrounding the escape of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terror leader Mas Selamat and recurring flash floods around several areas of Singapore. Asked about what kind of report card he would give the PAP for its performance over the last few years, Minister Yeo said it was not fair for him to assess he and his own PAP colleagues. "It's hard, I mean here you are putting me in a position of a student and I cannot be writing a report card on myself. But if you take a step back, and compare Singapore to other countries... in every country, what sets their success or failure in the end is politics," he said. But the Member of Parliament for Aljunied GRC encouraged voters to look at the big picture ahead of the impending General Election. "If you are to rank countries, Singapore comes right near the top. And people marvel, you have nothing, just a little speck of land, but out of it, just harnessing the ability, the energy of individuals we are able to accomplish so much," he said. During the hour-long interview at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs headquarters in Tanglin, he also addressed those who were frequently critical of the PAP. "Even those who are anti-PAP, who are critical, when they travel they feel so proud of being Singaporeans... When they come home, the moment they get the SIA boarding pass, there's a flutter in their hearts...yes, I'm on my way home." For more on Minister Yeo's interview with Yahoo! Singapore, listen here. In the next part of our interview with the Minister, he talks about social media and the effect it will have on the Election. ============ I think we OT too much liao

yeah, Mrs Chiam look lost when the host ask her what is her party opinion on a topic.

Snowy RUN!

senior elite even say must let the youngest had a chance. Wah liao. simi chance. This is country la. not a monopoly game.

I thought for the 2nd appointment 6 - 8 wks is depend on the seller. Buyer has no say. If the seller want 8 wk but buyer want 6 wk. HDB office will take in seller request 8 wk.