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PhuaTeKor

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Look at the articles and the publish dates. :eek:


PUB explains flash floods
By Saifulbahri Ismail | Posted: 05 June 2011 1943 hrs

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SINGAPORE: The extent of the floods caused by heavy and intensive rainfall on Sunday morning caught the authorities by surprise, as it was something which national water agency PUB had not seen in the last 25 years.

PUB explained that the flash floods were caused by two bouts of heavy rainfall.

The first started slightly past 6am, and second downpour, which was more intense, occurred at about 10.30am.

About 65mm of rainfall was recorded within 30 minutes.

This was worse than the one on June 16 last year, which had 100mm of rainfall within two hours.

PUB held a news conference on Sunday afternoon, saying it had mobilised staff and contractors to the flooded sites once it received alerts of heavy rain.

PUB also deployed tankers to affected areas to pump out the water from carparks located in basements of buildings.

PUB chief executive Khoo Teng Chye said he is studying some possible solutions to prevent future occurrences.

"These include, possibly, building a big retention pond near where we can then trap some of the peak flows," Mr Khoo said.

"The other alternative is to really create a diversion canal from where this pond is to the Singapore River.

"But given Singapore's built-up situation, these are very, very expensive schemes."

Minister for the Environmental and Water Resources Vivian Balakrishnan inspected the flood areas at Tanglin Mall.

Speaking to reporters later, Dr Balakrishnan outlined five key areas he would focus on, to deal with the flood situation.

First is the presumption that weather patterns in Singapore has changed.

"Personally, I think our weather has changed. I'm actually psychologically prepared for it to get worse," Dr Balakrishnan said.

"You're reading with nature and you're dealing with the weather; you have to be prepared that there is a limit to human engineering and what we can deliver.

"But having said that, let us make sure we have done the best we can and within those limits, then cope with whatever else that nature throws at us."

Dr Balakrishnan said because of the changing weather conditions, his ministry will need to review planing norms, which includes designing of drainage systems.

He added his priority now is to maintain safety along drains and to ensure roads are passable even during heavy rainfall.

Dr Balakrishnan said he also intends to ensure buildings are better prepared to cope with the occurrence of floods.


Govt to review canals across S'pore as part of efforts to prevent floods
By Jeremy Koh | Posted: 19 June 2010 1636 hrs

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SINGAPORE : Following Wednesday's Orchard Road floods, the government will be reviewing all canals across Singapore to prevent a recurrence of the floods.

Environment and Water Resources Minister Yaacob Ibrahim said this on Saturday on the sidelines of a community event.

He added that it is a matter the government is taking "very seriously".

Dr Yaacob said the government will be reviewing all canals in Singapore to see what more can be done.

It will look at ways to improve maintenance.

For example, the cleaning contracts for canals will be extended from three to five years so that contractors can invest in new technologies to clean the canals.

"Every event is a new learning experience for us. This rainfall was totally unexpected, I can be very honest about it. If you look at rainfall patterns, we've never seen such a pattern," said Dr Yaacob.

"Having said that, it means there are new things happening, so the approach we should be taking is to learn from this, improve upon it, and assure Singaporeans that we'll do our best to prevent this as much as possible," he added.

"The Marina Barrage works because when the rainfall came, we opened up six gates and the water flowed out and there was no flooding downtown. So had there not been a blockage, it'll be a very good system as far as we're concerned," he said.

Dr Yaacob said early investigations showed that both sections of the Stamford Canal in Orchard Road could handle the storm surge, if not for the blockage in one of them.

So this is one area that agencies like PUB and the National Environment Agency (NEA) will be looking into to prevent a future occurrence.

"The ministries responsible will have to take it up. On my part, PUB and NEA will do their part to improve this, (and) if we have to work with NParks, we'll work with NParks. The PUB will be going around, looking at which buildings are susceptible to such rainfall and see what we can do with them," said Dr Yaacob.

The minister also said the response by PUB and other agencies has been commendable, as they did their best to help the businesses and people affected.

"The PUB will be going around, looking at which buildings are susceptible to such rainfall and see what we can do with them," said dr Yaacob.

Asked about compensation for the damage, Dr Yaacob said the government will assist those affected as much as possible.

He also said that new buildings and construction in the area are not a contributing factor to the floods, contrary to what some believe. - CNA /ls



Thursday's floods an event that occurs once every 50 years

By Asha Popatlal, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 20 November 2009 1933 hrs

SINGAPORE: A big clean-up is underway on Friday in many areas across Singapore which were flooded due to the heavy rainfall on Thursday.

Environment and Water Resources Minister Yaacob Ibrahim said that work is ongoing to improve the structure of the drains to cope better with such events.

The wet season, due to the northeast monsoon, could well spill over into January. Authorities here said they are planning to upgrade some facilities in phases.

Dr Yaacob said: "I hope the public will have more patience with us because it will take us some time to enlarge those drains. But having said that, it is not possible for us to plan for every event.

"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 proper response system."

The damage in affected areas, such as an underground carpark at Sixth Avenue Centre, is still being calculated. Residents told MediaCorp that workers toiled through most of the night to pump out the flood waters, which apparently came up to about 2 metres.

Workers were still pumping out debris that had swept into the drainage areas on Friday. Some residents said they were still in shock after seeing their cars float away from their lots.

At Eng Neo Avenue, the Zhang residence looks none the worse for wear. But that was after a massive clean-up into the night as flood waters had caused the pond to overflow and damage the wooden floors.

Myrna Morales, a domestic worker, said the flooding was so bad that carpets had to be removed to mop up the water.

Amidst the clean-up, car workshops have reported increased business for repair works that range from drying out cars to repairing engines, costing over S$10,000.
 

hairylee

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In PAP terms, $600 000 = one peanuts and 1 year = approx. 25 years.
So it has nothing to do with short memory.
We peasants count differently that's all.
 

Cestbon

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In PAP terms, $600 000 = one peanuts and 1 year = approx. 25 years.
So it has nothing to do with short memory.
We peasants count differently that's all.

Waoh inflation so hight that we count money by peanut. Ha ha..
Year now counted like month.......
 

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PAP dog using fake statistics to smoke us. What more intense flood??? How can use 2 hour time frame and 30 minute time frame to measure rainfall and then say this time is more jialat? KNN, scholar style always to do this type of tactics. See this CCB's profile below. Another Gahmen scholar

Mr Khoo Teng Chye is the Chief Executive and a Board Member of the Public Utilities Board since December 2003.

He served in the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) from 1976 to 1996. He was seconded to the Ministry of National Development as the Director of Strategic Planning Division from 1987 to 1989, an appointment he held concurrently with his other duties in the URA. He then returned to the URA from 1989 to 1996, where he held the posts of Deputy Chief Executive Officer, and became its Chief Executive Officer/Chief Planner in October 1992. Over a 20-year career span in URA, he helped transform Singapore's urban planning and regulatory regime into a more open, transparent and responsive one through a number of initiatives e.g. review of the Singapore Concept Plan, the country's strategic land use plan that allocates land use and standards and introduced Development Guide Plans that ensured greater transparency in development control.

He was with the Singapore Administrative Service between 1995 and 1998. In May 1996, he was posted to the then Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) and is Group President, PSA Corporation. He was first Chief Executive Officer, PSA (1996) and subsequently Group President, PSA Corporation when it was corporatised. For six years, he led and managed the growth and development of PSA Corporation from a strong, operationally efficient statutory board to a customer-focused, business-oriented group with an increasingly international orientation that had to meet competitive international challenges.

In May 2002, he became the President/Chief Executive Officer of Mapletree Investments, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Temasek Holdings which is the Government of Singapore's holding company for many of its investments under the Ministry of Finance. He was appointed the Managing Director of Temasek Holdings in June 2003. His key contribution was to help the government through Temasek to promote the Business and Financial Centre project in Singapore's new downtown at Marina Bay.

Mr Khoo has served on the Boards of the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore, Land Transport Authority, Singapore Tourist Promotion Board, National Arts Council, Preservation of Monuments Board, Indeco Engineers Pte Ltd, the Urban Redevelopment Authority, PSA Corporation, Changi International Airport Services Private Limited, Singapore Dalian Port Investment Pte Ltd, Keppel Corporation and Sentosa Development Corporation.

Joining the Public Utilities Board as its Chief Executive in December, 2003. As Chief Executive, he has led PUB to embark on major corporate changes that include a reorganization that will make the statutory board to operate more like a business entity through a 'Price-Minus' change management programme.

Mr Khoo studied at Raffles Institution. A President-cum-Colombo Plan Scholar, he studied Civil Engineering at Monash University in Australia graduating top of his class with a First Class Honours degree in 1975. He also holds a Master of Science degree in Construction Engineering (1979) and a Master of Business Administration degree (1984) from the National University of Singapore. He attended Harvard University's Advanced Management Programme in 1992. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers in Singapore, a registered Professional Engineer (Singapore), a Chartered Engineer (UK) and a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers (UK) and the Institution of Engineers, Australia.
 

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Every rainfall, every thunder, every lightning ( except PAP) will be a surprised to them. It is always nature, that never inform them. They should have a hotline to the skies, to inform them , when the rain is going to be how many mm, the wind, what speed & the lightning what velocity. They need to be told.!, but please remember to pay those in charge well.:p
 
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SINgaporean

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How come no one sues the government in Singapore for mistake like this? Remember how they sue us? Pay them millions to keep making mistake like these
 

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gahmen now want peasants 2 grow older @ a slower pace ...

instead of evrytime it rains, peasants grow older by 50 yrs, now peasants grow older by 25 yrs oni ... :o
 

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Will they give rebate to water consumption instead of tax for helping solve too much water problem?
OR they will stick to the guns as water tax is good money to miss???????????
 

Hans168

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YOU want to sue? Davinder Singh will beat the daylight out of you! Remember TT Durai?
 

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Opposition MPs please get ready. At the next Parliament hearing, when LSL ask you if someone needs to be fired, please say "YES" quickly.
 

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hi there


1. can sheepishland's multi-dollar salaried elites and sheep ever get it right?
2. is it 50 or 25 years?
3. similar to broken record, forecasting is not that accurate!
 

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Is there a screw-up award for S'pore top civil servant? Shouldn't there be one with nomination and voting by the public annually to keep these top civil servants on their toes? :biggrin:

Why Tanglin Mall didn't get flood alerts
By Wayne Chan | Posted: 06 June 2011 2240 hrs
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SINGAPORE: National water agency PUB has responded to concerns raised by the Orchard Road Business Association (ORBA) that building owners did not receive flood alerts on Sunday and were caught off guard.

PUB said building owners along Orchard Road such as Tong Building, Delfi, Lucky Plaza and Supreme Hotel had received the alerts.

The only exceptions were Tanglin Mall and St Regis.

It said this was due to a problem with the system software which will be immediately rectified.

PUB also responded to the association's concerns about the effect that its road-raising works had on the flood situation in Orchard Road.

PUB said the Orchard Road road-raising project did not contribute to the floods on Sunday.

It said without the raising, the situation would have been worse, given the higher intensity of rainfall.

It explained the junction of Cuscaden Road and Tomlinson Road is currently being raised and the works are expected to be completed by the end of this month.

Water along Cuscaden Road is designed to flow towards Orchard Road.

PUB added the flooding in the affected buildings were due to a combination of an excessive amounts of rain which fell directly into the basements and the inability of the buildings' internal drainage pumps to cope.

It said Sunday's rainfall was more intense than that of June last year, with about 65mm recorded within 30mins, compared to the 100mm within two hours on June 16, 2010.

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'We're disappointed with PUB'
By Wayne Chan | Posted: 06 June 2011 1732 hr

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SINGAPORE: The Orchard Road Business Association (ORBA) has said it is disappointed with Singapore's national water agency PUB over floods on Sunday, which hit businesses in some areas on Orchard Road.

ORBA represents 52 stakeholders in the shopping belt.

Tanglin Mall was the worst hit, with some shops suffering a drop in business of up to 80 per cent.

Shop owners there said they are hoping for some help.

Home-Fix retail executive Ricky Soo said: "All of us do hope that as tenants,... out of good will, something (would be done).

"Obviously there's something wrong with the building -- that's why... all the water (gushed) in".

Mr Soo said he expects his business to suffer losses for another two to three days as the cleaning up and repairs to areas damaged by the flood continue.

Another shopping mall which was flooded was the basement of Forum Shopping Mall.

California Pizza Kitchen, located at the basement of the mall, suffered losses of up to 75 per cent.

It is now trying to dry the lower level of its two-storey restaurant, which can seat about 200 customers. Its dining area upstairs can take 60 customers.

ORBA executive director Steven Goh said the flooding on Sunday felt like a repeat of last June's floods.

"It's kind of like an anniversary for us," Mr Goh said.

"It happened last year on 16th of June, almost (around) the same time. And the PUB road raising works has almost been completed.

"This has caused a big concern because it seems like... the problem (had) been transferred from the downstream of Orchard Road to the upstream of Orchard Road, where Tanglin Mall and Forum are located."

Mr Goh also said a communication break down made things worse.

"The flood alarm system is not working. I mean, the stakeholders have not been informed of this flood and at least, there must be some form of communication to alert stakeholders that such a flood was coming."

ORBA said it wold be meet PUB on Thursday to discuss what needs to be done to prevent the flooding of Orchard Road, an area which it said is the pride of Singapore.

-CNA/wk

Philippine President climbs 20 flights of stairs on first visit to S’pore
By Elena Torrijos | What’s buzzing? – Thu, Mar 10, 2011

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An uncomfortable first state visit for Philippine President Benigno Aquino III (File photo: AP)

Philippine President Benigno Aquino III had to take 20 flights of stairs up a water treatment plant in the first day of his state visit to Singapore after the building's only lift broke down.

Executives of Singapore's national water agency PUB were touring the 51-year-old head of state and his delegation around the Changi Water Reclamation Plant yesterday.

As the group prepared to head back up after looking at some used water pumps 60 metres underground, the only lift broke down — the first time since the plant opened more than two years ago.

The group waited for technicians to get the lift working again, but after 20 minutes, Mr Aquino removed his jacket, loosened his tie and started climbing the stairs, The Straits Times reported.

Accompanied by Singapore Minister Lim Swee Sway of the Prime Minister's Office, Aquino remained in good spirits, taking short breaks along the way.

Members of the delegation kept the mood buoyant. One Philippine Cabinet secretary quipped: "We're okay, Mr President, we'll follow you anywhere you go."

Upon reaching the top after a 10-minute climb, Mr Aquino received a towel, some water and apologies from Mr Lim and PUB executives.

"No problem at all," the Filipino replied.

Mr Aquino is scheduled to have lunch with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong today and attend a state dinner hosted by President S R Nathan.

The visiting leader will also have an orchid named after him tomorrow, and will be speaking at an event organised by the Signapore Business Federation and the Singapore Management University.
 

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One year after the flood has the PUB boss come up with viable plan? Nothing seem to have happened and he is incompetent. He should be fired. And please not resign from PUB and move to Temasek or GIC or ST. Just fired and leave.

This is very simple situation. I would have gotten 2 independent international engineering with specialty in flood control to give me report in 90 days. I would release the report to the public. If the report ask for major drainage works, just determine how long to implement and share plan with public and inform them that until the drainage project is complete there is possibility of floods. Then implement the plan.

This is obviously a systemic problem. You cannot just raised the road in Orchard. That will just cause water to back up up stream - exactly what happened. You have to look at source of water feeding into system.
 

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I suspect that Marina Barrage has something to do with the floods. Think about it - why did the designers put in these huge pumps? Why the need to pump out water fast. Does Seletar Res have such pumps? NO.

Reason is because designers know that the higher water levels of the Barrage will cause floods up stream in heavy rain - hence the need for these huge pumps to lower the water level quickly when it rains.

So there you have it Barrage will cause a flood if water is not pumped out quickly enough. Evidently the pumps cannot pump out the water fast enough during heavy rainfall hence the floods. They obviously failed to calculate the vol of water flowing into the drainage system as a result of the numerous construction projects all over Singapore.
 

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Singapore was prided to be built on forecast planning. Waiting for things to happen is unbecoming of million dollar MPs and civil servants.
 
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