The Lycan Times 狼人時報

I found the following letter to the ST Forum while going through this forum thread on ION Orchard: Preserve open space at Orchard MRT station 25 Aug 05 In his National Day Rally speech, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong spoke at length about ... Read the article » »

Our Prime Mini$ter, Baby Lee said any attempt to eradicate flooding in Singapore would require plenty of money and land. "If you are going to do that, you will need huge tracts of land put aside for huge monsoon drains, which ... Read the article » »

It was quite shocking when I saw this on Saturday's evening tabloids. It's not the reporter who got handcuffed that got my attention (though I'll get back to that in awhile) but the so-called freak floods that happens every fifty ... Read the article » »

The failure of DBS Bank's electronic banking services reminds me of an incident that is rarely known by the public but told to me by a friend who is a UNIX administrator. It was a classic example of outsourcing went ... Read the article » »

I personally really have no clue how the Public Transport Council [PTC] conclude that 2/3 of commuters will see their transport fare goes down while the remaining 1/3 will see an increase in their fares. I noticed in Twitter and Facebook ... Read the article » »

"People can board the train – it's whether they choose to" - CEO and President of SMRT, Saw Phaik Hwa Dear Mdm Saw, The above statement gives me the impression that if you can legally do it, you would have us all pushed ... Read the article » »

This is an interesting World Cup where both the World Cup Champion and runner-up were eliminated in the first round amidst much controversy. While I was certain that France will be (and should be) eliminated, I wasn't so sure that ... Read the article » »

I think that Raymond Domenech is the worst coach in French football since Louis XVI. - Eric Cantona It is yet another GLORIOUS defeat for France... and I thought I will only hear that in Age of Empires II - Joan ... Read the article » »

The photo on the left shows the state of one of my neighbour's gate, and it reminds me just how irked I am with fliers being distributed in this manner. As most letter boxes now come with a locking feature ... Read the article » »

"Yesterday's event, I was told by the PUB, occurs once every 50 years. It could be tomorrow. But we have to plan accordingly. Most importantly, we have to have a proper drainage system... (that is) being continually upgraded, and a ... Read the article » »

Even before the investigations are concluded, a clear line has been drawn. On one side, there is a group which is convinced that there is some fraud being committed. They are convinced that the Pastor Kong Hee is the chief ... Read the article » »

Early in March, when the news broke that the Commissioner of Charities (COC) has questioned City Harvest Church (CHC) about its $310 million stake in Suntec Singapore, I said that it is high time to do a full audit of ... Read the article » »

1989 年 6 月 4 日，离我 18 岁生日刚好 17 天。当时连入世未深也算不上，因为还在工艺学院求学。当日发生的事我当时并不是很明白，也不能理解中国政府为何干了这么残忍的事。虽然不太了解，但我只记得隔天晚上我还是哭了。有人问："你不是中国人，为了什么哭？" 虽然我不是中国公民，但从小我父母教导我不能忘记我永远是黄皮肤的华裔，而我的祖先是在中国衰弱时无奈的离开了他们的祖国。我当时不懂什么民主，也不理解人治和法治的分别，但我还能理解我自己的民族在自相残杀。所以，看着自己的民族在痛苦挣扎，也是一个炎黄子孙的我哭了。 21 年后的今天，中国的迅速发展虽然让人骄傲，但是这并不能将六四事件合理化。虽然中国的综合国力和国际地位不断的提高，但是声誉在国际上却是毁誉参半。我不会对中国的外交政策指指点点，但是从毒水饺到毒奶粉，每一样都是骇人听闻的。连随我一起长大的一些中国品牌的食物，如我喜欢吃的梅林罐头午餐肉等也让我和父母失去了信心。 这些事虽然和六四的诉求毫无关系，而且中国政府也可能认为微不足道，但是也因此让人难以信任中国的产品，甚至让人无法相信中国的政府。这让人觉得中国是一个毫无法纪的国家，也给外国提供了批评中国的话柄。不但如此，国际社会也怀疑中国政府的诚信度，而属下的机关和部门就连自己的国民也对其缺乏信心。 既然中国政府认为 (违反) 人权是个敏感词，那让我撇开谈论以下的事件的人权问题，先谈一下中国政府机关和部门的诚信 和作风问题 (the issue of credibility and way of doing things)。我举例一些令人哗然的例子 严晓玲事件 【事发日期: 2008年 2月 11日 地点：福建省闽清县】 事件简介：福建闽清少女严晓玲被当地多名青年轮奸致死。该案随后却被福州警方草率地认定为严晓玲因 "宫外孕" 而死。原本与严晓玲案无涉，但是帮助严晓玲的母亲林秀英申诉冤情的数位网友相继以涉嫌 "诽谤" 被刑事拘留。随后涉嫌罪名由 "诽谤" 改为了 "诬告陷害"。三位网友都被判刑，但提供内容的林秀英却安然无恙。 瓮安事件 (也称: "俯卧撑" 事件) 【事发日期: ... Read the article » »

Several conversations I had recently revolve around mobile phones. It is inevitable that some of it revolves around the iPhone iCrap. I was never impressed with the iCrap and I despised the unethical way Apple does business. The iFreaks (aka Apple ... Read the article » »

I still have a few more days of leave to go after coming back from Phuket and it's no good cooping up at home. So I head down to town in the late afternoon of a rainy Tuesday to the ... Read the article » »

This my second visit to Phuket. Before the trip, I have been repeatedly asked by many kind people why I am still going to Thailand in spite of the chaos. Even my parents are worried. Either way, I confirmed with friend ... Read the article » »

【新明日報 五月十日報導】 為了三元附加費，德士紛湧向 IR，商場德士短缺。 俺一向來都認為附加費這個爛制度一直都給了德士司機 “柿子選軟的捏” 的方便，而結果卻是搭客任其宰割。附加費一直的加而且種類越來越多，多到眼花繚亂但是問題解決了嗎？情況何時有改善過？現在德士司機更是變本加厲，讓人實在忍無可忍！是已經到了應該徹底廢除德士附加費 (機場和半夜過後附加費除外) 這個怪胎的時候了。 這世界上只有在新加坡德士這門買賣是告訴了他顧客在哪，他還理直氣壯的給你一籮筐的理由和藉口來拒絕。甚至政府規定了顧客要給付 “小費”，他還似乎有點老大不願意去做的呢。德士附加費儼然已經變成了德士司機的一種變相的 “福利制度”！在咱們這一直都要求國民勤勉和自力更生的偉大國家裡，德士司機竟然像某種特權階級似的得到如此的優待和保護！政策基本上一直都是反對任何形式的福利的新加坡，不但容忍德士附加費如此違反國家核心價值的弊端存在，似乎還是立法允許的！這到底是哪門的狗屁道理？最近好像有某電台的主播拿了他們和妓女來比較還令到他們暴跳如雷。但俺覺得妓女比他們可憐多了，至少俺可從來沒說聽過有什麼時間去芽蘢 “叫雞” 是要給什麼附加費的。 德士司機老申訴錢難賺，但是有多少人的錢是容易賺的？既然大多數人賺錢都不容易，那麼他們憑什麼要求咱們讓他們更方便的賺錢？難道他們不知道什麼時候哪裡有搭客？倘若開德士真的賺錢如此困難，為何咱們不時見到路旁的搭客無助和拼命的招手，但德士卻寧願空車的開在公路的中間車道卻又死都不肯開到路邊接載乘客？為何很多地方的德士站裡的人大排長龍而德士卻渺無影踪？為何乘客要到了忍無可忍的電召德士才好不容易的召來一輛？為何德士人均比例比香港還高的新加坡，一輛德士就那麼難等？為何，俺香港來的同事來了兩天就向俺申訴新加坡的德士服務是如何的糟糕？咱們的德士服務已經徹底的影響了... 不，應該說是毀壞了咱們國家身為一個國際都市的優良形象！ 咱們廣東人有句話說：畫公仔唔使畫出腸。問題是在哪一看就明白。廢除附加費制度是勢在必行的！廢除了它就猶如 “摟草打兔子”，順便也把德士司機裡的那些害群之馬給逼出來。這樣那些濫用這可惡制度而且通常也是態度最惡劣的敗類從此就無所遁形再也不能不勞而獲了！ 就讓德士的起車價上漲來徹底取代這雜亂無章的附加費制度吧！既然公路收費制都把德士和私人用車相提並論了，顧慮是不是有人會搭不起根本就是多餘的。搭德士的費用基本上就應該和擁車持平。況且，如果更多人用地鐵或者巴士那不是更環保嗎？ 【注】俺是一個時常搭德士的人，以上的文章對俺是無利可圖的。建議德士起車價上漲來平衡被取消的附加費對所有的搭客未必是件有利的事。但是俺認為這一面倒而且單方面只照顧德士司機 (而間接是德士公司) 的利益的制度是必須馬上廢除的。要多快廢除？最好是朝令夕改！但請避免朝三暮四！ Read the article » »

It's been more than 2 years after this accident. Now that the verdict has been reached, I could freely talk about this. First of all, I had wasted a fair bit of time on this, having to turn up at a ... Read the article » »

I have written something about these comments before: Lao Lee said voters must be "daft" if they found fault with the government's gahmen's housing policies, and cautioned Singaporeans not to cast a protest vote against the ruling party over this. ... He also ... Read the article » »

This came out on Yahoo news on Monday (Apr 26, 2010). Aliens may exist but mankind should avoid contact with them as the consequences could be devastating, British scientist Stephen Hawking has warned. "If aliens visit us, the outcome would be much ... Read the article » »

I have given up reading theStraits Stooge Times Forum for quite some time, because of the immense idiocy displayed by some of the writers, not to mention the perception that certain writers are favored and their letters are always posted. ... Read the article » »

I came on from work on Good Friday (Apr 2) to discover from my parents that the circuit breaker has tripped after a loud bang of thunder. They tried to reset it to restore power to the flat but failed. ... Read the article » »

Sometime ago, I was having a chat with Nicole about filing tax returns. Even though my tax returns are automatically filed, I decided to log into 'myTaxPortal' on the IRAS site to confirm that. As I did so, I noticed ... Read the article » »

Not too long ago, I was accused by someone of finding every little opportunity to bash the gahmen or criticise its policies because of what he called my 'intense hatred of the government gahmen'. It doesn't matter that I have ... Read the article » »

The local media has certainly made a mountain out of a mole hill over Jack Neo's Affair. More ink and paper have been wasted in reporting this utterly insignificant affair instead of matters of more importance, such as the proposed ... Read the article » »