i believe this is my case...
Passports issued before October 26, 2005: Machine-Readable
Zones
Older, but still valid passports issued by Visa Waiver Program
countries before October 26, 2005, must have a machine-readable
zone. A machine-readable passport has two lines of text as letters,
numbers and chevrons (<<<) at the bottom of the personal
information page, along with the bearers picture. It looks like
the image at right.
If your passport does not have this feature, you have two
options:
* Get a qualifying, new passport if your country of nationality is
producing one, or
* Get a visa. Please see Getting a Visa below.
so i guess.. still fit for entry......?
but singapore news.. like contradicting?
2 Arising from this, ICA has checked with the US Embassy on the
visa requirements for entry into US. The US Embassy has now
notified that under the US VWP requirements, passports issued or
extended after 26 October 2006 are required to be biometric in
order for the holder to enjoy visa waiver entry into US. The US
Embassy has conveyed this requirement to all travel agencies and
airlines recently. All Singapore Passports (BioPass) issued from 15
August 2006 are biometric passports and holders can continue to
travel to the US under the VWP.
