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2011-08-28, 05:32 | Link #16143 | |
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All joking aside, the scale of the project described in the article makes it wishful thinking at best, just imagine the shear number of political bodies whose blessing for such a project are absolutely necessary, not to mention these political bodies are constantly changing. Besides, who is going to ride a train to cross the continent when he can just hop on a plane? I only have some hope that the projects in southeast Asia go through. People are entitled to interpret them in whatever way they like. But imho, countries like Laos or Cambodia need the infrastructures to help their economy, while these rails will also give a nice boost to the relative backward provinces such as Yunnan in southwest of China. |
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2011-08-28, 05:35 | Link #16144 | ||
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On the other news : Tony Tan wins Singapore Presidential Election 2011 by narrow margin Quote:
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2011-08-28, 06:25 | Link #16145 | ||
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Dr Tony Tan is a former deputy prime minister, and had also served as the minister for education and defence, two of the most important portfolios in Cabinet. He had also served as chairman for OCBC Bank (one of the three surviving Singapore banks, the other two being DBS Bank and United Overseas Bank) and Singapore Press Holdings (the near-monopoly media company that owns all but one of the country's newspapers). In other words, Dr Tan is perceived by many to be among the Singapore elite, leading some to doubt whether he could stand up to the government if need be (actually, that is a moot concern; constitutionally, the president can act only on the prime minister's advice on almost all matters; still, that won't stop die-hard opposition supporters from fuming that Dr Tan would just be a government puppet at best). |
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2011-08-28, 06:43 | Link #16146 | |
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Color me confused; no wait, color me tan!
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2011-08-28, 06:54 | Link #16147 | ||
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2011-08-28, 06:55 | Link #16148 | |
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This just in from Daegu, South Korea: Usain Bolt disqualified from the World Championships 100m final due to a false start. Compatriot Yohan Blake wins the blue-ribbon race instead.
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This applies to Chinese outside Singapore as well. For example, Mr Donald Tsang Yam Kuen, the current Chief Executive of Hong Kong and Mr Ma Ying-jeou, the President of Taiwan. Last edited by TinyRedLeaf; 2011-08-28 at 07:18. Reason: Reuters story on Blake's 100m story added. |
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2011-08-28, 08:54 | Link #16149 | |
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(In case you're wondering, Winston Churchill has a quote that goes: There is no finer investment for any community than putting milk into babies.)
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2011-08-28, 09:04 | Link #16150 | ||||
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Consequently, we should just ease up on our human rights legislation and start a cloning project to make up for the aging population; if we are to mature 16,500* babies at once we can easily make up for the loss in working population. * - For those who don't get what the number means, read Aldous Huxley's works. Quote:
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Also, there has been a constant haranguing for a "first world parliament" - e.g a two-party system in the parliament by many of the opposition. I wonder if they are all idiots, retards, or Alzhiemic to suggest using US as a model - they practically screwed themselves up with the GOP and the Democrats at each other throat, playing political games instead of addressing socioeconomic concerns. What is more, the propensity for one or another party to be bought out my members of Big Corp are apparent - Murdoch made a "political donation" to secure GOP's win in the Congress and perpetually screwing up the entire government as they constantly try to undermine funding for social projects and capital infrastructure in favour of more funding for Big Corp. Between a ruling party who does the bare minimum and an opposition that make erratic claims, it casts a shadow of doubt that Singapore actually has smart heads in the cabinet - I made a running joke to my friends that the few hundred dollars are to pay for our air-ticket out of here should someone incompetent take the seat of the PM. Well, when in doubt or at a loss, vote for the person who gave you money. *sarcastic* Quote:
Though I agree with her, my reasons might be a little more different than just the surnames.
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2011-08-28, 09:28 | Link #16154 |
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In both the US and the UK, there have been candidates who have changed their names to match those of better-known contenders. Voters generally aren't fooled by these manipulations, though. I believe someone became "Edward Heath" to run against the former Tory Prime Minister in his constituency.
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2011-08-28, 09:36 | Link #16155 |
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Has anyone ever considered a tunnel from Japan to South Korea? It would seem a bit more feasible than a Bering Strait tunnel. Of course...North Korea kinda stands in the way between the rest of the Eurasian rail network and Japan and the South.
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2011-08-28, 10:07 | Link #16156 | |
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Though I do know there may be a possibility of one party that might heavily lobby against or even buy up the sites for the entry/exit points for the tunnels : shipping companies. They lose alot of revenue in small/medium packet shipments when people send curios across the East China Sea. Also, earthquakes are pretty common in that area, so the tunnel may be actually a bad idea.
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2011-08-28, 10:14 | Link #16157 | |
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2011-08-28, 10:48 | Link #16158 |
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Army fights defectors near Damascus: residents
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/...77P12M20110828 Again, battle in Syria, again.
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2011-08-28, 12:37 | Link #16160 | |
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And the earthquakes didn't deter the Japanese from digging a tunnel between Honshu and Hokkaido. BTW, the Korea-Japan tunnel is an idea almost 100 years old, and since 2009 is being examined again in commitee.
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