News In Brief
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MediaCock's
YESTERDAY Is The Most Believable Paper
GENTING
LANE,
SINGAPORE -- MediaCock's first newspaper venture,
YESTERDAY, has succeeded in establishing itself as
a credible newspaper. In a survey conducted by AC
& Nelson shows that YESTERDAY has gained a 50%
market-share in the newspaper market 2 weeks after its debut. Its
credibility score beat every other paper published
by its competitor too, such as the Ma-Piao Pao, Gazatte and the Yellow
Page. "Of course YESTERDAY is the best newspaper around. Where else
can you get free papers to wrap the fish that I'm selling?" said
Mr. Tan, a fishmonger at Tanjong Pager market. "I believe
YESTERDAY. All the news in Singapore are real, that's why we have a
Ministry for Art and Information, isn't it?" responded Mr. Henry
Lee, a semi-retiree.
New
Categories Of COE Starting This Year
MAXWELL
ROAD, SINGAPORE -- With the price of second-hand ex-Soviet fighter jets,
air-craft carriers and submarines falling to a record low, the LTA is
planning to create 2 new COE categories to accommodate these vehicles. "As
more and more Singaporeans enquired about the possibility of owing one
of these vehicles, LTA has decided to create 2 new COE categories to
meet these needs." said the LTA spoke-person. "It is important
that the authority takes appropriate actions to maintain the growth of
vehicles in Singapore at a desire rate." added the spoke-person. A
poll by CNC indicates 80% of the respondents are ready to get one of
these vehicles. However most of the respondents were very disappointed
with the new COE implementation. "I initially thought that I do not
need to pay the COE, road-tax and ERP if I acquire a MiG-29. At the
price of US$20,000 only, I would trade-in my BMW for one of these jets
and would have made some money in the transaction. But with the COE
implementation, I think I would have to reconsider." lamented Mr.
John Tan, a lawyer with Li & Li Partnership.
Changi Village
Retailers Want Better Public Transport
CHANGI
VILLAGE, SINGAPORE -- Changi Village
is in need of better public transport services to help inject more life
into the place. The Retailers Committee said business in the village
needed a boost. There are only three bus services serving the village,
so it wants not only more and frequent services, but also a new MRT
station serving the area. In addition, the Committee also call for a
helicopter landing pad and a mini runway to rival the nearby Changi
Airport. The Committee is also planning to approach IDA to install a
Virtual Reality transporting pad. "We are not crazy, Changi Village
has lag behind the rest of the country for 20 years. Now we are planning
to make Changi Village the renaissance village of Singapore, at least 20
years ahead of the rest of the island." said Mr. Dumbar Singh,
chairman of the Village Retailers Committee.
New Air
Emission Standards For Singaporean From This Month
DEPOT
ROAD, SINGAPORE -- The Environment Ministry will
revise air emission standards for industries from
1 January to help reduce air emissions and ensure that Singapore's air
quality remains good. The revised standards will be
listed in a new legislation known as the
Environmental Pollution Control (Air Impurities) Regulations
2001. It'll replace the standards in the existing Clean Air (Standards)
Regulations, in force since 1978. The new standard is much stricter
than before. The amount of man-made gas allowed per person will be
restricted to 2 cubic millimeter per day. Anyone found
violating this limit will be jailed for up to 20
years depending on the exceeded amount. "This is an
effort by the Government to ensure that Singapore will become a renaissance
city in the next couple of years", said the ministry spoke-person.
