Flash floods hit Orchard, other parts of S'pore
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Lui no need do anything, he is well protected. Groomed by the former MM.
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I forgot he is ex regular.
Can do musical chair, no liability, no responsibility, no achievement, no contribution.
Just like the rest of his bro.
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seriously, it was out of ex MM's mouth he groomed him. He has protection la.
If he is responsible should volunteer to step down.
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If your payslip is like striking TOTO every month (pay + Bonus + AWS + more), who in the sane mind would step down ?
Not forgetting you get to eat wind, travel with protection and all expenses paid.
Only flaw is you have to burn some of your weekends with pesky sweaty commoners.
And to keep your eyes open and mouth shut during the one in the blue moon house gathering.
You are right about one point.
No one will say that the old man is wrong about his choice of elites.
His elites have led to the "isolated" incidents that we have experienced this year.
Now we dun have to go to RWS for the tranformer ride, every MRT ride is a unknown.
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It is not even seven month now. Cannot imagine what will happen in seventh month next yr.
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Originally posted by winsomeea:
It is not even seven month now. Cannot imagine what will happen in seventh month next yr.
Seventh month next yr burn paper money for him
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Originally posted by BanguIzai:
Seventh month next yr burn paper money for him
burn for who?
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Originally posted by winsomeea:
burn for who?
ministers
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Originally posted by BanguIzai:
ministers
chey, I not going waste money to burn for them.
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Originally posted by winsomeea:
chey, I not going waste money to burn for them.
waste lighter oso
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Originally posted by BanguIzai:
waste lighter oso
waste time, effort and money.
let them zi sheng zi miah
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Originally posted by winsomeea:
waste time, effort and money.
let them zi sheng zi miah
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Originally posted by mancha:
You think the Mayans are right?
*shrugs* Maybe, maybe not... Who knows?Then again, this thread is about flash flood and not train outage... tuck yew is ministar for transport, who is the ministar for water???
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YOG man - the guy who overspent 360 million with no accountability on how the budget was exceeded.
Another Band of Brothers under Dragon.
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It is disgusting to see a public and private agency squaring off against each other on the press.
The content is all about shifting the blame to each other.
What about looking into workable solution if the floodgate failed ?
Is there any benefit in arguing whether pump is sufficient or the canal is choked ?
Does it solved the flooding issue ? So what so great about being right ?
Can PUB wake up your idea and work WITH the public to resolve the flooding issue ?
Stop fooling yourself by classifying the flood as a pond ?
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Originally posted by Medicated Oil:
It is disgusting to see a public and private agency squaring off against each other on the press.
The content is all about shifting the blame to each other.
What about looking into workable solution if the floodgate failed ?
Is there any benefit in arguing whether pump is sufficient or the canal is choked ?
Does it solved the flooding issue ? So what so great about being right ?
Can PUB wake up your idea and work WITH the public to resolve the flooding issue ?
Stop fooling yourself by classifying the flood as a pond ?
well said~ -
Newspaper reporting all the fingerpointing for the liat tower flooding.
I lol when i read it.
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Originally posted by Medicated Oil:
It is disgusting to see a public and private agency squaring off against each other on the press.
The content is all about shifting the blame to each other.
What about looking into workable solution if the floodgate failed ?
Is there any benefit in arguing whether pump is sufficient or the canal is choked ?
Does it solved the flooding issue ? So what so great about being right ?
Can PUB wake up your idea and work WITH the public to resolve the flooding issue ?
Stop fooling yourself by classifying the flood as a pond ?
It's a pond if they say so.
They are the water experts.
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Originally posted by charlize:
It's a pond if they say so.
They are the water experts.
Water experts in getting more souls to join bedok reservoir
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If that is a pond, please ask starbucks and wendy to move out.
Get Jumbo and No Signboard to move in so that they can let the customer get fresh seafood from the pond.
Since the place will be flooded, make it a permanent pond and put some duck or swan for tourist to feed.
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Originally posted by Medicated Oil:
If that is a pond, please ask starbucks and wendy to move out.
Get Jumbo and No Signboard to move in so that they can let the customer get fresh seafood from the pond.
Since the place will be flooded, make it a permanent pond and put some duck or swan for tourist to feed.
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some pondering...
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Originally posted by Medicated Oil:
If that is a pond, please ask starbucks and wendy to move out.
Get Jumbo and No Signboard to move in so that they can let the customer get fresh seafood from the pond.
Since the place will be flooded, make it a permanent pond and put some duck or swan for tourist to feed.
This is what I call thinking out of the box.
You can be the next Steve Jobs.
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PUB provides updates on Orchard flash floods
Posted: 30 December 2011 1029 hrsSINGAPORE: Heavy afternoon rain over three hours in the Orchard Road area on December 23 caused flooding and hit places such as Thomson and Cambridge, as well as the basements of Liat Towers and Lucky Plaza.
National water agency PUB said on Friday that 152.8mm of rain fell from 2.20pm to 5.20pm.
This is about half of the average monthly total of 287.4mm for the entire month of December over 142 years.
PUB said it understands that the public is concerned about the adequacy of measures taken to date and takes its responsibility for flood management seriously.
While it's not possible to completely eliminate flash floods, it'll do everything feasible to prevent it, mitigate it and keep the public informed.
PUB said its officers have been working closely with the management of affected buildings to investigate the cause of the flooding and identify measures to prevent a recurrence.
Explaining why the flooding occurred on December 23, PUB said the prolonged and heavy rain caused some parts of Stamford Canal to flow full.
For Liat Towers, rainwater that drained off from the roof and the back area of the building overflowed into the basement area from an internal drain, as water could not flow out into the canal when it was full.
The pumping system at Liat Towers is able to pump out the water from the open basement area when the canal is not full.
But when the canal in front of Liat Towers reached 100 per cent, the pumps were not able to discharge that water in the basement into the Stamford Canal.
However, the pumps were still able to channel some water onto the pedestrian walkway.
At Lucky Plaza, rainwater drained into the basement via the steps.
Liat Towers has put in place the flood barriers to protect its premises since the June 2010 flood, which PUB said had effectively prevented water collected on the pedestrian walkway from flowing down into the basement plaza.
To increase flood protection for similar storm conditions, Liat Towers and PUB are looking into building a perimeter wall along their internal drain to prevent water from flowing back into the basement.
As for Lucky Plaza, in-principle approval has been obtained from the relevant agencies.
The management is in the process of putting in place the flood barriers.
PUB will work with it to ensure that an effective flood prevention system is implemented quickly.
The national water agency said that after the June 2010 flood in Orchard Road, it raised the road to increase flood protection for the area.
This was completed in June this year.
PUB said although the rain fall recorded on December 23 was higher than what was recorded in June 2010, Orchard Road remained passable to traffic.
With the constraints in expanding Stamford canal given the highly urbanised development in the area, PUB is studying the feasibility of building a detention pond and a diversion canal for the Stamford catchment for the longer term.
The study commenced in August 2011.
PUB will share the details when it completes the study by May 2012.
PUB added that it regrets the inconveniences caused by the floods to the public and businesses.- CNA
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Originally posted by Clivebenss:
PUB provides updates on Orchard flash floods
Posted: 30 December 2011 1029 hrs
But when the canal in front of Liat Towers reached 100 per cent, the pumps were not able to discharge that water in the basement into the Stamford Canal.
However, the pumps were still able to channel some water onto the pedestrian walkway.
Full already channel water onto the pedestrian walkway.