Flash flood everywhere now
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Jun 28, 2010
S'pore can't be flood-free
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the Nee Soon South Community Day 2010 - at the Lower Seletar Reservoir Park. -- ST PHOTO: NEO XIAOBIN
IT IS not realistic to expect Singapore to be completely flood-free given its tropical climate but the Government will continue to implement new drainage works to prevent widespread floods, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday.
In his first comments since the two flash floods this month, he said it would any attempt to wipe flood flooding her here would be very costly, requring huge spending and tracts of land.
'If you are going to do that, you will need huge tracts of land put aside for huge monsoon drains, which will be empty most of the time, (and) the infrastructure will cost a lot of money and it is not worth it,' he said at the opening of the new facilities at Lower Seletar Reservoir. (Minister salaries also cost alot of money and not very worth it either)
A more realistic objective, he added, is to prevent widespread and prolonged flooding, and limit the risk to lives and damage to property.
Assuring Singaporeans that the Government 'will continue to implement new drainage works, to improve the design of the drainage systems and deal with more intense storms', PM Lee said: 'But I don't think it is possible in Singapore to expect the place to be completely free of floods,' he said, as heavy downpours are very much part of the climate for an 'island in the tropics'.
He also stressed the need to have contingency plans for unusually heavy rain to ensure swift response in pinpointing the problem areas, dealing with them and 'putting them right', and ensuring that the massive floods of the scale that wreaked havoc in Orchard Road, Thomson Road, Bukit Timah and Tanjong Katong would not happen again.
'We have to learn from these episodes, do post-mortems, find out what happened, and upgrade our infrastructure and systems,' he said.
Home > Breaking News > Singapore > Story
Jun 28, 2010
S'pore can't be flood-free
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the Nee Soon South Community Day 2010 - at the Lower Seletar Reservoir Park. -- ST PHOTO: NEO XIAOBIN
IT IS not realistic to expect Singapore to be completely flood-free given its tropical climate but the Government will continue to implement new drainage works to prevent widespread floods, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday.
In his first comments since the two flash floods this month, he said it would any attempt to wipe flood flooding her here would be very costly, requring huge spending and tracts of land.
'If you are going to do that, you will need huge tracts of land put aside for huge monsoon drains, which will be empty most of the time, (and) the infrastructure will cost a lot of money and it is not worth it,' he said at the opening of the new facilities at Lower Seletar Reservoir. (Minister salaries also cost alot of money and not very worth it either)
A more realistic objective, he added, is to prevent widespread and prolonged flooding, and limit the risk to lives and damage to property.
Assuring Singaporeans that the Government 'will continue to implement new drainage works, to improve the design of the drainage systems and deal with more intense storms', PM Lee said: 'But I don't think it is possible in Singapore to expect the place to be completely free of floods,' he said, as heavy downpours are very much part of the climate for an 'island in the tropics'.
He also stressed the need to have contingency plans for unusually heavy rain to ensure swift response in pinpointing the problem areas, dealing with them and 'putting them right', and ensuring that the massive floods of the scale that wreaked havoc in Orchard Road, Thomson Road, Bukit Timah and Tanjong Katong would not happen again.
'We have to learn from these episodes, do post-mortems, find out what happened, and upgrade our infrastructure and systems,' he said.
Re: Flash flood everywhere now
Soon PML will say it is not realistic to expect all BMWs to be completely damage-free given its tropical climate but the agent will continue to implement new cost structures to prevent widespread abuse of their quality service..................
Soon PML will say it is not realistic to expect all BMWs to be completely damage-free given its tropical climate but the agent will continue to implement new cost structures to prevent widespread abuse of their quality service..................
Re: Flash flood everywhere now
I would most likely like to suggest to PML to change their name to ENL (Everything's Normal Limited). They dont deserve the P prefix which stands for Performance.
Shitstorm brewing.
kenntona;554928 said:
I would most likely like to suggest to PML to change their name to ENL (Everything's Normal Limited). They dont deserve the P prefix which stands for Performance.
Shitstorm brewing.
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axl
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Last para from tdy's ST frontpage article, rgd the PM commentating on the floods:
"...the litter will find its ways into the canals, into the drains, into the reservoirs, and pollute our water supply."
Isn't that misinformation?? Cos AFAIK, water from the drains are either channelled to sewerage to be treated or discharged into sea. It is NEVER re-used for human consumption!!
Last para from tdy's ST frontpage article, rgd the PM commentating on the floods:
"...the litter will find its ways into the canals, into the drains, into the reservoirs, and pollute our water supply."
Isn't that misinformation?? Cos AFAIK, water from the drains are either channelled to sewerage to be treated or discharged into sea. It is NEVER re-used for human consumption!!
Re: Flash flood everywhere now
Frankly speaking, it was NOT about the expectation of a flood-free situation.
But it WAS expected that people at the helm (read ivory towers) take a good look at remedies and NOT simply lament that
(1) it was a freak 50-year accident - SO YOU SUAY LOR
(2) it would be costly to wipe flood..... requring huge spending and tracts of land - SO YOU ARE NOT WORTH IT LOR
Frankly speaking, it was NOT about the expectation of a flood-free situation.
But it WAS expected that people at the helm (read ivory towers) take a good look at remedies and NOT simply lament that
(1) it was a freak 50-year accident - SO YOU SUAY LOR
(2) it would be costly to wipe flood..... requring huge spending and tracts of land - SO YOU ARE NOT WORTH IT LOR
Re: Flash flood everywhere now
Seems like everyone knows how to use this disclaimer..... FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke said on the eve of the England-Germany game: "We can talk about refereeing decisions which, when you looked at them after the game, you could say were perhaps not good decisions......"
"We didn't say you could have a zero-fault system in the World Cup."
Seems like everyone knows how to use this disclaimer..... FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke said on the eve of the England-Germany game: "We can talk about refereeing decisions which, when you looked at them after the game, you could say were perhaps not good decisions......"
"We didn't say you could have a zero-fault system in the World Cup."
steven32
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Re: Flash flood everywhere now
I have evidence that england goal did not cross the line .....
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I have evidence that england goal did not cross the line .....
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