Why waste money on floating platform at Marina Bay ?

maggot SG

Maybe we change our island to that floating platform?

Then we just move around the world Laughing

FireIce SG

then are we still singaporeans?

maggot SG

Of course except that our island moves and will not sink Laughing

FireIce SG

if we float into other ppl's waters we'll get shot
if we float into open waters, we do not have nationality

dragg SG

our govt is always trying to elevate singapore to another level. once the IR starts our economy is going up another notch whether we like it or not.

maggot SG

Very true Rolling Eyes

fudgester SG

*slaps forehead*

Oh my goodness... the Padang is too boring for parade already is it? Rolling Eyes

Texcoco II SG

Good idea! Laughing

sbst275 SG

Worst..

March past how? Laughing

crazy monkey SG

to them its just peanuts Mad

sbst275 SG

Even Ikea uses the term peanuts in their ads liao

Kuali Baba SG

It's their own party, they can do whatever they want with our money. Rolling Eyes

crazy monkey SG

Observing the colorful 90-minute parade North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, son of North Korean founder Kim Il Sung, took the salute but did not make any statement.

Tuesday's celebration marked the proclamation of the Soviet-backed Democratic People's Republic of Korea on September 9, 1948 as the peninsula split into a communist and a capitalist division.

"The 55th anniversary is a major political celebration to majestically display our nation's invincibility," an editorial in North's official Rodong Sinmun newspaper, quoted by South Korea's Yonhap news agency, read.

Thousands of marchers, including civilians, took part in the parade, waving national flags and flowers, while some carried portraits honoring Kim and his father, North Korea's founding leader Kim Il Sung.

robertteh SG

It looks like ego is the root of all evils. As long as the project is egoistic millions or billions from hardearned surpluses will be spent to give some grandiose like the 7 wonders and big sea platform.

Big projects, express-way electronic boards, super-delux wall tiles and grand arches at entrances of estates, luxurious bus stops and satellite taxis are all spent without batting an eyelid.

Yet, when it comes to lowering the medical costs and waiver of land costs or some seed monies to turn empty lands and factories to better returns there will be many objections or excuses like pollutions etc. Only Small monies need to be spent to correct the sorry domestic sector of the economy, but nothing can be done as there will be endless debates on welfarism.

NKF will get all the go-ahead to splash on unnecessary luxurious building and golden tap spending but little help that people need to lower the patient treatment costs.

What an egoistic system - witholding actions and spending to create jobs and remake the economy only to be splashed on unproductive wastages and grandiose, durians and durains.

fudgester SG

In the first place, how the heck are they going to build that platform?!?!?

I wonder how it's going to stand up to the motion of a few thousand soldiers marching in and doing 'hentak kaki'. This is no joke... the resonance frequency of a contingent of marching soldiers have been known to destroy bridges. At the very least, it's going to be one really wobbly parade.

And don't tell me that it'll be silent drills all the way either.

Maybe some engineer here would like to toss in his S$0.02 on this?

hisoka SG

erm reasonance part i believe dampers can be installed prob not a big problem

wobbly wise i tend to agree i cant imagine if the platform was moving up and down and the soldiers had to stand there stil or do drills not to mention the other segments by soka or whatever.

Marco_Simone SG

Now my NDU regular friend has to do duty on N-day 2007... Wink

Kuali Baba SG

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FireIce SG

and i bet the president will go one round on a tongkang to wave to the crowd......

wakeboard is not a bad idea too

hisoka SG

imagine the president water ski around the platforrm Laughing

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