"Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."-- Benjamin Franklin.

Thursday, June 30, 2011

Jetstar Magazine and the compensation payable on intellectual property violations.

Quote:
He posted picture on Flickr and it turned up in a magazine ...
01:05 AM Jun 30, 2011
by Ng Jing Yng

Re: 30 cops, dogs in 6-hour hunt for... parking offender

Moral of story:
  1. 'AETOS' is a premier security company because if anything goes wrong, its subsidiaries, SPF and perhaps SAF are always at their immediate disposal.
  2. AETOS is so powerful, that it can order its subsidiary companies (SPF, whatever) will do everything possible to recover even a pair of missing handcuffs misplaced by 2 bungling AETOS auxiliaries on a slippery parking offender.
  3. The Minister of Home Affairs (SG) is possibly a puppet of the CEO of AETOS security too.

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Beef up credit card security

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Jun 13, 2011
Beef up credit card security
TRANSACTIONS involving the physical use of credit cards with merchants continue to be prone to fraud.
Banks must implement a personal identification number (PIN) system for all credit cards, where the customer inserts the card into the terminal, either at the sales counter or at his table in a dining establishment, and validates it with his PIN.

Pedestrian fined for causing hurt to cyclist

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Jun 13, 2011
Pedestrian fined for causing hurt to cyclist
By Elena Chong
A teenager, who stepped onto the road without looking and caused a cyclist to crash into her and die, was fined $1,500 yesterday.

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Urine and effluent will feed the world

TODAY: Behind the Headlines
Urine and effluent will feed the world
by Esther Ng
Published on April 6, 2011
Urine is liquid gold, said Dr James Barnard, this year’s recipient of the Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize.
Half the world’s population cannot afford fertilizer, so it makes sense to use urine, said the 75-year-old, drawing laughter from a room of journalists who had gathered for the press conference.

Sunday, June 5, 2011

Delink political affiliations of grassroots bodies

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Jun 4, 2011
Delink political affiliations of grassroots bodies
I REFER to Monday's report ('PM: Unfair to criticise grassroots activists'). Being a grassroots volunteer myself, I could not help but feel that debating whether the grassroots activists are telling MPs the truth is just barking up the wrong tree.

Saturday, June 4, 2011

Rules of prudence: Serving in a new era

Rules of prudence: Serving in a new era
04:47 AM May 28, 2011
THIS letter by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong was circulated to all People's Action Party MPs and released to the media yesterday.

Our Party has won 81 out of 87 seats in the just concluded General Election. The opposition contested 82 seats, of which the PAP won 76, with 60.1 per cent of the votes.