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Singapore " Noose" -
Gambler busts 5 credit cards to pay S$200k debt
29 March 2011, SingaporeScene
Just what have casinos done to Singaporeans?
In yet another case of a gambler out of control, a 29-year-old engineer not only busted five credit cards to pay off his gambling debts, but he also borrowed from nine credit companies to fulfill his payments, reported AsiaOne.
And that wasn’t all — his aunts had to chip in to help him pay off debts that amounted up to S$100,000, according to Shin Min Daily. He also lost a girlfriend of 10 years as a result of his gambling addiction.
Still, the man did not learn his lesson. His father, Foo, soon found his son back at his costly routine again. When his aunts refused to help a second time, the man threatened to commit suicide.
The distressed father is now forking out money to clear his son’s debts in hopes of the son applying for a self-exclusion order from the casino authorities. Foo is also questioning why the banks did not cancel his son’s credit card after they realised he was unable to fulfill his payments.
His son still owes credit card companies S$20,000
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The new rule of government :
If you want to become PR of singapore,or want to own that pink I/C, you ought to be a NON - SMOKER.
If found guilty, your flat will be seiged.
pharoah88 ( Date: 14-Apr-2011 11:16) Posted:
sO tIred of hearIng AGAIN and AGAIN from HEROES proclaiming making TOUGH POLICIES to RIGHT the UNrightable WRONGs ? ? ? ?
As Singapore has grown passed the 40-year WISDOM AGE [Confucius], i am still conituously being hurtfully molested by selfish lawless smokers in public places, like a nighmare and phoebia ?？ ?？
Ｊ ｕ ｓ ｔ ｗ ｏ ｎ ｄ ｅ ｒ ｉ ｎ ｇ ？ ?？ ?
Is the Smoking legislation lawfully smoking the public too ? ? ? ?
WHY there is nO HERo tO BAN SMOKING in PUBLIC ? ? ? ?
WHY there is nO HERo tO legislate cigarettes as Prescribed DRUG like OPIUM ? ? ? ?
SMOKING kills mOre peOple EVERY YEAR than GAMBLING and AIDS ? ? ? ?
WHERE is that HERO to make UNPOPULAR and DIFFICULT POLICY to RIGHT the Unrightable WRONGS of PUBLIC SMOKING ? ? ? ? |
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The future advertisement will go like this :
Non-smoking 5 rooms flat on sale : S$1,000,000.00
pharoah88 ( Date: 14-Apr-2011 10:58) Posted:
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Is there a right place to light-up?
Smoke-free HDB blocks
Letter from Joseph Eng
I would like to add on the letter from Lim Teck Koon, “A smoke-free plea” (April 13).
I urge the HDB to set aside smoke-free blocks.
As a HDB dweller, my family of non-smokers has to constantly put up with second-hand smoke from my neighbours. I am especially concerned for the health of my child who has suffered from this situation which is beyond our control — we cannot control the wind direction.
I am not against smokers lighting up in their homes as long as their puffs of smoke do not enter my premises. As it would be far-fetched to asked for a blanket ban on smoking at home, I urge the authorities to take alternative action on handling second-hand smoke.
Will there be ‘smokers’ paths’?
Letter from Jason Tan
Mr LIM Teck Koon is suggesting we prohibit smoking at traffic and pedestrian crossings, and he also mentions smokers lighting up along footpaths shared with non-smokers.
Right now, areas such as bus stops, taxi stands and within 5m of a building entrance are already off-limits to smokers.
If smoking is also banned on all footpaths, then where do smokers have to walk if they are heading to the MRT station or bus stop?
It seems that Mr Lim is a health-conscious person, which is a good thing.
May I ask if he wears a mask when he leaves home since, while waiting at the traffic junction, there are other harmful pollutants like carbon monoxide emitted by vehicles? |
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Most of married young singaporeans are residing in areas like, ponggol, sengkang, woodland etc.(but their parents are staying put in queenstown, bishan where flat prices are very expensive.)
Where are the future kids get to stay next time? JB and other parts of malaysia? or some Industrial areas of the far end of singapore , or those unexplored islands? becos, simply, they cant afford sengkang, ponggol and woodland when the price are skyrocketting.
pharoah88 ( Date: 14-Apr-2011 10:54) Posted:
Republic back on top 10 list of priciest office locations
BAD for business ? ? ? ?
BAD for tenants ? ? ? ?
BAD for consumers ? ? ? ?
BAD for citizens ? ? ? ?
BAD for COST of LIVING ? ? ? ?
JUST BAD
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Amazing, still never heard (so far) Casino issue never been mentioned by opposition.
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Can see quite a number of PRs and also our bangladashi fiends (spelling correct??) go casino... hope they can tahan the loss on their monthly salary, may be they are very rich.?
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hmm.....Unless those are big sellers.
Its good to have people's attention in this counter, i am glad you are still very active here. LOL!
Isolator ( Date: 13-Apr-2011 23:39) Posted:
| Only sellers can bring down the prices....Shorties just helping.... lol |
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Uncle Bon must meditate first to get the qi to flow thru the whole body before his conclusion.
US debt issue sufacing again, they owe their own US$ and if they cant do anything, no one can help them for which, they might trigger their own serious inflation.
rotijai ( Date: 14-Apr-2011 09:37) Posted:
uncle bon..
forgot to predict sti today ? :P
Bon3260 ( Date: 13-Apr-2011 17:44) Posted:
virgoan,
As said, STI green / red actually it isn't a matter.
When a Counter got gd news & BBs r still inside.
They'll push e Counter.
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Some penny already moved and this one is still lagging for quite some time.
AnthonyTan ( Date: 13-Apr-2011 16:58) Posted:
$0.105 coming again? When? Next wk, next mth, next yr?
U talk oni, hahaha.
saverman8 ( Date: 13-Apr-2011 16:47) Posted:
See what i mean... sure can buy back cheaper one la... RELAX...
0.105 coming again... haha... if P-Lim can beliff, pigs can fly. |
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do you think this time round can test $3.55 - 3.60?
bishan22 ( Date: 13-Apr-2011 14:41) Posted:
Marching back to 3.50 again. Short target???  |
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Hongkong friends are truely , deeply, madly GOOD!! hahahah!
cathylmg ( Date: 13-Apr-2011 15:30) Posted:
Looks like I gotta spend money to look for a chinese character reader lah....Ah Bon, can post in English or not? Aunty trying to understand your posting leh....
Bon3260 ( Date: 13-Apr-2011 15:27) Posted:
香 港 的 朋 友 真 是 没 得 顶 !
| Index |
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| STI |
3177.12 |
39.12 |
1.25% |
3179.17 |
3133.86 |
15:19:53 |
| Hangseng |
24182.48 |
206.11 |
0.86% |
24200.32 |
23842.29 |
15:19:47 |
| Nikkei225 |
9641.18 |
85.92 |
0.9% |
9655.83 |
9516.50 |
15:00:04 |
| SSE |
3049.93 |
28.56 |
0.95% |
3050.40 |
2994.47 |
15:00:12 |
| KLCI |
1538.78 |
12.86 |
0.84% |
1539.70 |
1517.84 |
15:20:00 |
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yeah, i thinnk compare to others, this a bit ex, but,, the platform not much problem
Hulumas ( Date: 13-Apr-2011 15:03) Posted:
That is more expensive, I am afraid.
niuyear ( Date: 13-Apr-2011 15:01) Posted:
Not sure if cheapre cos i dont use poem
dbs v
per trade 0.28% or $25 flat rate for trade below $50,000
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Citibank now got good offer, go visit their website. I hv yet to try, but, this one no broker assisting, purely trading on your own and can only trade whatever cash you have in the bank account...
cathylmg ( Date: 13-Apr-2011 14:55) Posted:
Can consider. Is their rate cheaper then POEM?
niuyear ( Date: 13-Apr-2011 14:51) Posted:
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Not sure if cheapre cos i dont use poem
dbs v
per trade 0.28% or $25 flat rate for trade below $50,000
cathylmg ( Date: 13-Apr-2011 14:55) Posted:
Can consider. Is their rate cheaper then POEM?
niuyear ( Date: 13-Apr-2011 14:51) Posted:
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Use DBS V .
cathylmg ( Date: 13-Apr-2011 14:38) Posted:
Yeah. Agreed. Am thinking of changing. Which one r u using?
pharoah88 ( Date: 13-Apr-2011 14:36) Posted:
high brokerage tOO
And very calcUlatIve In cUstOmer servIce
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Some singaporeans still cant afford buy a HDB flat....they are on rental all the while...
If they got some form of help earlier say 20 years earlier, they cld have owned a flat at much much cheaper rate and has a roof call their own.
Laulan ( Date: 13-Apr-2011 09:57) Posted:
Never forget that for some, it is Home becoming HOMELESS, serious. Housing is no longer what it was 15 years back or 3 to 4 elections away. Beyond the reach of the lower income and jobless and those who shifted from one place to another. Sometimes the average may also not be able to own their own homes because they become ineligible for bank loans and the state also ignore their plights.
pharoah88 ( Date: 13-Apr-2011 09:50) Posted:
PRICE Of 1st wOrld G R O W T H ? ? ? ?
frOm FRESH pOrk > > > > FROZEN pOrk ? ? ? ?
frOm BRANDED rIce > > > > NTUC nO frIlls rIce ? ? ? ?
frOm 4-rOOm HDB > > > > 3-rOOm HDB ? ? ? ? |
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LKY said during his interview, he thinks US will still be the leader in the market in the next 10 years,though he had said in the past interview that China will rule. I guess he has come to realise that China is sitll not up to the expectation to be called " 老 大 “ ?
Talking about US debt, he warned that US people is owning their own US$ in their own country and this resulted in too much US$ floating in the market which could bring forth serious Inflation in US in years to come..
Salute ( Date: 13-Apr-2011 10:58) Posted:
now HK still in red, STI in green. could it be the impact of bloomberg's LKY interview and the upcoming election.........wild guess only.
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It goes like this:
Friends of Hongkong, kindly extend your helping hands. STI will be doomed if HSI is not up by 200 points today.
cathylmg ( Date: 13-Apr-2011 11:02) Posted:
I wish my laptop can decode the words you type.
Bon3260 ( Date: 13-Apr-2011 10:56) Posted:
香 港 的 朋 友 , 麻 烦 你 帮 帮 手 .
恒 生 银 行 今 天 一 定 要 上 200点 .
如 果 不 是 , 我 们 可 能 会 bye bye… : (
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Singapore island - a slaughtered field by Foreign talents..?
The slaughter, long and painful...
niuyear ( Date: 13-Apr-2011 10:50) Posted:
SAD story!!
20 millions can build a GOOD university for all true blue singaporeans !!!!! Just a university, mainly for only Singaporeans plse...
junction ( Date: 09-Apr-2011 09:34) Posted:
Are we seeing a repeat of bringing in 'foreign talents' and pay them huge salaries and then saw these 'talents' bring down NOL, SGX, Chartered Semiconductor, etc into Red ink before being rescued by local 'second class talents'. DBS is also a victim of foreign talent and is still paying the price of taking over Dao Heng Bank at way above market price - just as SGX bending over backwards to take over ASX - as well as structured ( structured against its clients) products started by another foreign 'talent'.
Now SGX has wasted a projected $20 million on a 'merger' nobody wants - $7.5 milliion this quater alone. Lessons not learnt |
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Yes sir, you are spot on
ozone2002 ( Date: 13-Apr-2011 10:54) Posted:
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