today's PAP Times also reported on how easy is to get fake cert

in fact highlighted of 1 example... a 'nurse' who luckily got found out

Originally posted by deathwish:

Even volkswagen has diesel cars now and it's quite a good model too

tat goes to BMW and Mercedes as well

I think they still cannot believe how clean are diesel cars now  or refuse to change their thinking

Originally posted by hisoka:

that guy is still living in which era? diesel engines are not even cleaner than petrol.......

in fact reminds me... should I go itchy hands write something about lifting e diesel 400% road tax issue on cars citing being clean for newer gen of diesel engine

I think e issue gotta do w/ e 40c tax on fuel as diesel isn't taxed for biz cost issues right now

see how they're going to reply

tml 7th month last day le

I dunno... how our thoughts came in tis way

Someone wrote in PAP Times tat diesel cars exhaust is even more harmful than cig tar!  wouldn't roads in Europe be polluted since lots of car there uses diesel?

Originally posted by SevenEleven:

yes. and irregardless of how stupid the questions are.

 

even those who talk, no one would spot it LOL

@@ Forbes ranked HC no 1 powerful woman in Asia

mmm...

would Dr M be leaving bolehland?

Originally posted by maurizio13:

That's to let you know not all rides start with HKD 23.50, there are afew rides out of the thousand possible combination of rides that cost above HKD 20. But basing your averages on afew extremal events skews your analysis to extremes.

I know who the public bus service operators are, I was too lazy to source for the information, rather just link you something convenient to show you not all bus rides end up HKD 23.50.

There are actually 5 bus companies in Hong Kong.

 

do you know e majority of ppl are now living in NT which ends up paying all these HK$20+ fares? even from NT to Kowloon easily cost HK$10

That's where e New Towns are!

ohh yesh I forgot

In Hong Kong if you take KMB or NWFB (Incl CityBus) buses, you pay for e full fare regardless of boarding and alighting point

One example is Western Harbour Crossing Express 968 tat runs from Yuen Long in NT to Causeway Bay in HK Island. Full fare is HK$21.40...

Even if you board it at West Kowloon to crossover to Hong Kong Island, e fare is HK$21.40 as well, same as boarding it from Yuen Long

same as if you board from Yuen Long heading to West Kowloon, you still gotta pay HK$21.40 even if you are not alighting at Hong Kong Island

Originally posted by maurizio13:

 

http://www.mtr.com.hk/eng/lr_bus/bus_rf_index.html

 

Why are you giving me details of MTR's feeder bus services tat links from MTR stations to nearby Gardens (Estates they call it)? 

The main operators of public bus svs are KMB and CityBus  

Originally posted by maurizio13:

 

Distance the same?

 

you go take a look

starting fare and maximum fare as distance increase

In Hong Kong, short haul journey are like 70% of e price in Singapore, but long haul routes fare can be 200% difference

I've alrdy stated, it can cost for a New Town resident in NT HK$24 for 1 single bus ride from NT to Hong Kong Island

Originally posted by maurizio13:

The cheapest train ride in Hong Kong MTR is HKD 4.00, the current exchage rate is USD 1 = HKD 7.8, HKD 4 = USD 0.51.

 

 

http://www.mtr.com.hk/eng/whatsnew/images/single_journey_fare_eng.pdf

 

 

Cheapest... take e most ex

HK$23.50

Originally posted by stellazio:

u invited ar?

today alot of school students..

no... they flying around I can hear it

evening

tml going to hear aircraft sounds... Open Hse (for invited ppl)

Originally posted by kopiosatu:

crap, i wanna go open house to kachao my friends.

its not open to the public even for tomorrow!

Sat

today and tml is for invited guest

Originally posted by Master -_-:

nice meh the garlic chili at mac..i always find the chili overpowering..the whole office has been abuzz about the defunct garlic chili sauce..i do have some packets in my fridge albeit a year old  if they want

if not wrong it's packed by Sin Sin

Originally posted by littlestream:

take picture take picture.  i wanna see what u folks have.....

I see wat I can do

maybe later go out see mooncakes at Ngee Ann City's Taka Square

e fair at Taka Square is up liao

Originally posted by elindra:

My fav is the Cream of Chicken

I have this gross way ... well some people think it's gross

I like to not dissolve the soup properly and leave a few lumps of soup

Then when the soup have boiled, I'll pour it over a raw egg and nothing is more shoik than eating the lumps of soup with raw egg yolk :X

wah

it's a long time not been cooking campbell's soup

Originally posted by kilua:

<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--> <!-- more than 4 paragraphs --> TRANSPORT Minister Raymond Lim has dismissed the notion that a profit-driven public transport operator cannot provide cheaper, faster and affordable services.

His reasoning: The profit motive drives an operator to aim for improvements in efficiency and productivity so as to reduce costs.

He was responding to Ms Denise Phua (Jalan Besar GRC), who asked why the Singapore Mass Rapid Transit (SMRT) operated as a for-profit entity instead of a social enterprise with the goal of providing cheaper, faster and better public transport services.

But Mr Lim said that experiences elsewhere showed that public transport services run by state-owned enterprises - without the profit motive - tended to have higher costs.

The transport authorities in the Australian city of Adelaide, for example, said costs fell almost 20 per cent after public transport operations were privatised.

A 2006 study also showed that the SMRT had the lowest operating costs per passenger among nine other international rail operators - eight of which were state-owned operators, Mr Lim added.

In any case, the SMRT is prevented from over-charging by a strong regulatory price-control framework, and fare increases are capped by a formula administered by the Public Transport Council.

Service and quality standards which operators are expected to meet are in place and are reviewed regularly.

Among steps that the SMRT has taken to improve operations is the increase in the frequency of its trains, with its additional train trips during peak hours and lunchtime.

Such efforts have been recognised: The company recently won the Best Passenger Experience Award at the inaugural Metro Awards 2008, beating finalists such as Copenhagen Metro and MTR Corporation (Hong Kong), said Mr Lim.

 TAN WEIZHEN

Propaganda again..deliberately ommiting facts that Hong Kong won the best MTR in Asia. Our MRT is also the second most expensive in Asia after Japan

http://www.mrbrownshow.com/2008/04/14/the-mrbrown-show-best-passenger-experience-award/

 

US$1.27 in S'pore & US$0.72 in Hong Kong??? sure or not

one bus ride in HK from NT to HK Island can easily cost S$4 alrdy...

eh... if you guys go check, in tat same award e Best subway operator in Asia is Hong Kong's MTR..

tis dunno wat Best in Passenger Experience is just a side award

KPE's speed limit is 70kph

speed limit in tunnels is defintely lower