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[Hurricane88]

Originally Posted by snipeshot08

Errrmm not migrants lah wrong terminology imported goods

Cheerios......SS08 ^_^

imported goods or migrant or simi sai...still not keen...

[Hurricane88]

Originally Posted by snipeshot08

Wow I am impressed.........

So you must increase to 19 styles ok so that more than the "Xiang Long Shi Ba Zhang"

Cheerios......SS08 ^_^

u simi sai also can think off...

[Hurricane88]

Originally Posted by snipeshot08

Eh??? Wrong lah.......

SS08 means "Stupid Silly Old Fart"

Cheerios........SS08 ^_^

Welcome SGm to give yourself another title...

[Hurricane88]

Originally Posted by snipeshot08

Wah this one I really catch no balls what is meant by "indon tiitik and very big...pedas lah"

Cheerios......SS08 ^_^

u need bahasa indon to un der stand...

[Hurricane88]

sama sama...wish you too Happy New Year...

Originally Posted by snipeshot08

Just in case I dun catch you guys.................

2017 HUAT AH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy New Year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cheerios.......SS08 ^_^

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Hanoi bus rapid transit off to slow start

TUOI TRE NEWS
UPDATED : 12/30/2016 10:54 GMT + 7

Two dozen BRT buses involved in a loaded test run in Hanoi on Thursday found themselves inching through a sea of motorbikes and cars seemingly oblivious to the lane dividers on the city’s streets.

After several unloaded and technical tests, the Hanoi transport department chose to launch one final test using volunteer passengers before the BRT system’s official launch, scheduled for December 31, 2016.

Twenty-four of the fleet’s 35 buses took part in the morning and late afternoon rush hour test runs between Yen Nghia bus station in the outer district of Ha Dong and Kim Ma station in Dong Da.

The morning and afternoon journeys took 54 and 56 minutes, respectively, falling short of the designed travel time of 45 minutes for the 14.7 km route.

All streets along the Kim Ma-Yen Nghia route are currently divided to provide an exclusive lane for the BRT next to the median, in theory allowing the modern buses to move quickly along the route.

Even with these measures, the buses’ failure to meet the designed schedule is no surprise.

Throughout the course of the projects, heavy doubts have circulated that poor Vietnamese driving habits will amend themselves and drivers will avoid crossing into the restricted lanes.

These doubts were confirmed during Thursday’s test run, when BRT buses were besieged by motorbikes and cars during the after-work rush hour, as if the BRT lane divider was nonexistent.

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Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – December 30

TUOI TRE NEWS
UPDATED : 12/30/2016 08:45 GMT + 7

Good morning from Vietnam!

Politics

-- Vietnam and Cambodia’s military forces on Thursday jointly inaugurated a medical center at the countries’ border in Bien Gioi Commune, Chau Thanh District in southern Vietnam’s Tay Ninh Province.


Society

-- The first loaded test run of Hanoi’s first line of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) on Thursday was challenged with heavy traffic congestion and reckless drivers who ‘invaded’ BRT-only street lanes, preventing the buses from moving as rapidly as expected.

-- Cool weather of between 20 and 22 degrees Celsius is forecast to persist in southern Vietnam through New Year’s Day, with little chances of rain in the next few days, according to the Southern Hydro-Meteorological Station.

-- Construction began Thursday on a VND194 billion (US$8.66 million) project to build a branch connecting Vo Van Kiet Boulevard with Nguyen Tri Phuong Bridge, which connects District 5 and District 8 in Ho Chi Minh City.

-- An affordable apartment project with 1,700 units, priced from VND100 million ($4,500), was Thursday inaugurated in southern Vietnam’s Binh Duong Province by the provincial administration and state-owned construction corporation Becamex IDC.

-- The administration of Ho Chi Minh City has decided to reboot a plan to impose different working and studying hours for different groups of citizens in an effort to ease traffic congestion during rush hours.


Business

-- Ho Chi Minh City will put aside over VND39 trillion ($1.74 billion) in 2017 to invest in 80 transportation infrastructure projects, the municipal Department of Transport has said, adding the money will come from government budget, the city’s budget, and public-private partnership (PPP).

-- Fifty kilograms of rhino horns originated from the Kenyan city of Nairobi were Thursday confiscated by Vietnamese customs officers at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi after they inspected a suspicious package with no receiver’s name on it.

-- The Vietnamese government is eyeing the expansion of its southern hub Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City to combat chronic overcrowding and delays as the airport is handling nearly 1.5 times its design capacity.

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Ho Chi Minh City to arrange different hours for each commuter group in bid to curb congestion

TUOI TRE NEWS
UPDATED : 12/30/2016 16:02 GMT + 7

The Ho Chi Minh City administration has ordered the arrangement of exclusive scheduling for certain commuter groups, a plan previously rejected by local authorities to ease the city’s congestion.

The increase in personal vehicles and risk of traffic gridlock in the southern metropolis is leading many to call for effective measures to curb the aching problem, including one proposal to create specific time windows for different commuter groups, according to delegates at a meeting chaired by the municipal People’s Committee.

According to Colonel Tran Duc Tai, deputy director of the city’s Department of Police, about 1,000 new vehicles are registered in the city each day while the total number of vehicles hitting the streets daily is approximately 10 million.

According to a Department of Transport report, about 37 congestion hotspots exist across the southern hub and the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs should arrange different working hours for different groups of workers and students to alleviate these issues.

The proposition is aimed at reducing the number of vehicles travelling at any one time on the city’s street.

Accordingly, class times should start at 8:00 am while office workers will begin their day at 8:30 am; local supermarkets can then open at 9:00 am, the transport department listed the examples.

The plan will certainly be met with criticism, though it will have some benefits tolocal residents, Le Van Khoa, vice-chairman of the city’s administration said before adding that it still needed to be subjected to thorough discussion.

Khoa ordered the labor department to pilot the scheme with certain groups before expanding it to a larger scale.

Meanwhile, Cao Thanh Binh, deputy head of the Economics and Budget Committee under the municipal People’s Council, worried that the changes would impact the daily routine of citizens.

The plan was previously rejected by the council as there was not sufficient evaluation of its effect on society.

“In order to execute the scheme, careful assessment of its impact on society, local economy, and lives of citizens must be conducted,” the official stated.

Applicable on students

Thus far, the plan has been applied to the school hours of students in the city in order to curb traffic jams, an official from the municipal Department of Education and Training said at the gathering.

High school students are currently scheduled to start class at 7:00 am while elementary pupils begin half an hour later.

Local kindergartens are set to receive kids at between 7:30 and 8:00 am.

The department will continue to review solutions aimed at establishing different hours for schools busy streets, the education official said, proposing that more school buses be provided to limit personal vehicles at school entrances.

According to Bui Xuan Cuong, director of the transport department, the Traffic Safety Committee will work with the labor department to evaluate the proposition before reporting to the People’s Committee.

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Vietnam to allow screening of 18+ movies from 2017

TUOI TRE NEWS
UPDATED : 12/31/2016 11:02 GMT + 7

A new film-rating system is slated to take effect on January 1, 2017, allowing for the first time the screening of adult movies not suitable for viewers under 18 years of age in Vietnam.

According to the new ratings by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, movies will be labeled based on four age restrictions before reaching theaters across Vietnam.

The classifications include films that are suitable to general audience, with all ages admitted, and movies that are only allowed for viewers of at least 13, 16 and 18 years of age, respectively.

The respective labels for the four categories are P, 13+, 16+ and 18+.

The rating system is quite different from that of the Motion Picture Association of America, which includes such ratings as G (General audience), PG (Parental Guidance Suggested), PG-13 (may be inappropriate for children under 13), R (Restricted - under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian) and NC-17 (Adults Only).

The 18+ rating applied in Vietnam is similar to the NC-17, which is worded as “no one 17 and under admitted.”

According to the culture ministry, the ratings are based on such parameters as the film theme, topic, language, content and the level of untidy, sexual and violent scenes, as well as the use of drugs.

Until today, the companies that release adult films in Vietnam usually have to cut all explicit scenes to be allowed to screen the works as 16+ movies.

The new rating system, which finally allows films intended for adult viewers to be screened, is therefore hugely welcomed by Vietnam’s film industry.

Local filmmakers said they will no longer have to worry if their works are banned from screening for explicit content, while releasing firms can now sigh a breath of relief as they will no longer have to show cut movies to fans at the expense of their complaints.

A recent flick released late 2016, Chay Di Roi Tinh, was in an ironic situation when it was forced to be labeled as 16+ because Vietnam was then yet to have the 13+ rating. Consequently, a young actor of the film was not allowed to watch his own movie as he is under 16 years old.

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A year in photos: 2016 through Tuoi Tre lens

TUOI TRE NEWS
UPDATED : 12/31/2016 11:22 GMT + 7

http://tuoitrenews.vn/society/38818/...-tuoi-tre-lens

[Summerhillt]

Hi all Bros, will be my first time going hcm. Any things to lookout for? Oh ya wanted to ask all Bros here.. I wanna change 1k sgd to vnd.. which place in sg offers best exchange rates ah? Thank you! If you in hcm in first week jan, treat u beer!

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Originally Posted by Summerhillt

Hi all Bros, will be my first time going hcm. Any things to lookout for? Oh ya wanted to ask all Bros here.. I wanna change 1k sgd to vnd.. which place in sg offers best exchange rates ah? Thank you! If you in hcm in first week jan, treat u beer!

read my spoiler...

the questions you asked still valid in FAQ and Advice Tab...

[sw33tm4n]

Originally Posted by Summerhillt

Hi all Bros, will be my first time going hcm. Any things to lookout for? Oh ya wanted to ask all Bros here.. I wanna change 1k sgd to vnd.. which place in sg offers best exchange rates ah? Thank you! If you in hcm in first week jan, treat u beer!

quick answer short.

exchange some $100 in sgd. there's no good rates besides arcade.

Go hcmc d1 Bến Thành market. nearby has jewellery shops. they offer great exchange rates.

[snipeshot08]

Originally Posted by smallplayer

wah so early huat huat ah!!
enjoy your long long weekend yeah? hahaha
I will be spending my virgin new year in a new place...will see fate

No more new place liao ma you have been there already few months liao but then that place really cannot make it in such eng-mo festivities

Cheerios......SS08 ^_^

[snipeshot08]

Originally Posted by Hurricane88

imported goods or migrant or simi sai...still not keen...

Discussion nia nia, not asking you to marry them......

Cheerios......SS08 ^_^