Chitchat Wed 8th Feb flash floods in Orchard Road

[johnny333]

How many blocked longkangs are there in Spore

It has only rained for a few hours & yet places like Orchard area are flooded. It used to be rare for Orchard Rd to be flooded but now it is vey common. There is a lot of construction that has been done in the area & is still going on. Is uncontrolled construction causing flooding & the dengue problem

Why has the PAP not looked into this?


http://www.straitstimes.com/singapo...d-central-areas-as-heavy-rains-blanket-island

Flash floods in Orchard Road, central areas as heavy rains blanket island

SINGAPORE - Flash floods were reported from various parts of Singapore including the Orchard Road area as heavy rains hit the island on Wednesday (Feb 8) evening.

Singapore's water agency PUB said on its Twitter page at about 6pm that there were flash floods at Orchard Boulevard towards Paterson Road, and at the junction of Hill Street and Stamford Road.

Traffic was passable, PUB said.

It also issued high flood risks for other areas including Veerasamy Road in Little India; Exeter Road and Somerset Road; and Chin Bee Avenue in Taman Jurong.

A large tree fell at Victoria Street during the downpour, blocking four lanes.

The Land Transport Authority on its Twitter page said at 6.28pm that there was an obstacle on Victoria Street towards Bras Basah Road.

PUB had earlier quoted the National Environment Agency's (NEA's) 5.04pm warning of heavy rain over many areas of Singapore from 5.25pm to 6.30pm.

Orchard Road was hit by a series of flash floods between 2010 and 2012, although the situation improved after major anti-flood measures including a diversion canal were carried out in the area.

 

[Cottonmouth]

Will Yakult Babi come out and look like an idiot again?

 

[bloodycock]

Thats why I sold my bungalow in Nassim Road. Its very inconvenient when it floods.

 

[eatshitndie]

Thats why I sold my bungalow in Nassim Road. Its very inconvenient when it floods.

and it cums with swimming pool on demand.

 

[kkbutterfly]

so this time round ..who will be the scapegoat to be blame

 

[po2wq]

if rain chooses 2 fall all @ once n coz flash floods, there's oso nutting ah loonz jingang can do ...

 

[EnBloc]

Must be that irresponsible Japanese contractor

 

[Ebolar8SG]

Worst Omen for Today's Ah Neh's annual Holly Thaipusam Walking. Rain Pissed Hindu Gods Liao.

I saw Hundreds of Ah Neh's walking towards Tank Road Temple, I think from Serangoon Little India.

 

[Bonut]

GPGT

 

[songsongjurong]

water water everywhere BUT price of water increase first in 17years

 

[eatshitndie]

water water everywhere BUT price of water increase first in 17years

removing fecal matter from so much water is what cost so much money. it's worth it. sinkies deserve to pay more.

 

[johnny333]

water water everywhere BUT price of water increase first in 17years

Have you ever wondered why the PAP has never increased the water prices for 17 years

It is because we have been over paying all this time & they are increasing the cost of water. Don't forget that households also have to pay a water tariff and a water conservancy charge and water a waterborne fee and a sanitary fee. Although the charge for water has remained fixed for 17 tears the other fees have not. The PAP has been increasing these other fees

In fact Spore's water costs 10 times of that of Hong Kong https://www.allsingaporestuff.com/article/water-prices-sg-cost-10-times-more-hk


WATER PRICES IN SG COST 10 TIMES MORE THAN IN HK!

Submitted by farhan on Wed, 08/02/2017 - 11:01am

- More at AllSingaporeStuff.com https://www.allsingaporestuff.com/article/water-prices-sg-cost-10-times-more-hk
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Dear A.S.S. Editor

I refer to the articles “Price of water will go up to ensure sustainable supply” and “Water users worried but see need to curb wastage” (Straits Times, Feb 8). Cost 10 times more than Hong Kong! According to the table in the latter article – the cost of 15 cubic m of water a month (S$) is $17.55 in Singapore, compared to $2.28 and $3.43 in Hong Kong and Taiwan’s, respectively. However, since the figures exclude “variable taxes like GST, water conservation and maintenance taxes” – does it mean that the cost in Singapore after including the 30 per cent water conservation tax and seven per cent GST is about $24.04 ($17.55 x 137%)? If so, the cost in Singapore is about 10 times ($24.04 divided by $2.28) Hong Kong’s and seven times ($24.04 divided by $3.43) Taiwan’s.

As to the former article’s “The cost of producing and supplying water has increased, because of reliable but more expensive methods such as desalination and the need to renew ageing infrastructure like old production plants and pipes. Why no revenue and expenditure to justify the increase? “In many countries where it is not priced properly, the water ministry is not able to recoup cost enough to build new assets to replace old assets, and sometimes, assets are just left in disrepair to the extent that even though they may have water, the water cannot get to where it is needed,” said Mr Masagos” – why are there no figures in the media reports? What is the revenue from water and the operating and developing expenditure now and over the years?

Reduce consumption? With regard to “Experts have long called for the relatively inexpensive water prices to be raised in Singapore, as this would encourage people to reduce consumption.… there should also be yearly increments according to the inflation rate, to encourage people to reduce consumption” – don’t you find it somewhat ironic that despite costing about 10 times more than Hong Kong – our per capita consumption, at 151 litres per day is only about 30 per cent less than Hong Kong’s 220 litres? In other words, arguably, no matter how many more times we may make water more expensive – – there may be a limit as to how much lower consumption can be squeezed from users.

Budget on 20 Feb to help people or increase prices some more? In respect of “Restaurant Association of Singapore president adviser Andrew Tjioe said he hopes the Government will factor in the present economic climate when deciding on the price increase. “We have other things to take care of like operation costs, which are very high,” he said” – don’t you think that it may be very bad timing to announce the increase now, as we are in a severe economic downturn?

Moreover, there have already been a slew of recent increases in parking, childcare fees, electricity, gas, etc.

Leong Sze Hian

 

[mojito]

Of course we must increase. Otherwise what for have 6.9 or 10 million if not more wealth to be extracted?

 

[cocobobo]

I think there is walking on hot coal at the end of their walk. What happens if its underwater?

 

[SgGoneWrong]

removing fecal matter from so much water is what cost so much money. it's worth it. sinkies deserve to pay more.

Indeed. Sinkies are a rich bunch who spends time to kpkb whereas people in other countries are busy working their asses off just to make a living and pay bills and no spare time to kpkb.

 

[johnny333]

Read that some Sporeans are going to get subsidised milk powder. With the increasing cost of water they will probably also need subsidised water.

Is it no wonder that there are so few new sinkies being produced & that they need to import more foreigners as replacements. However with many new foreigners in Spore having babies, how long before they realise that they can't support their family with their low pay & expensive costs in Spore

 

[halsey02]

Read that some Sporeans are going to get subsidised milk powder. With the increasing cost of water they will probably also need subsidised water.

Is it no wonder that there are so few new sinkies being produced & that they need to import more foreigners as replacements. However with many new foreigners in Spore having babies, how long before they realise that they can't support their family with their low pay & expensive costs in Spore

What?....subsidised milk powder?...was browsing through Facebook...came across this woman who gave birth & breast feeding...complaining that, she produced so much milk....pictures of fridge overflowing with bottles of them..& she have to take pills to stop the production, for baby & husband can't consume so much...

The point is.....are we that poor that we can't afford milk powders?...are we going back to the 1950's or 1960's..where poor families children were raised on condensed milk in the F&N bottle, with the feeding teats bought from the corner mamak shop or the old time provision shop for 10 cents....then hole are just snipped with a pair of scissors.

Why do we need the vouchers?...they could start a MILK bank..from over producing sow, can contribute their milk to the bank...& share!