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	<title>Comments on: PUB knew canal was not big enough but didn&#8217;t act?</title>
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		<link>http://geraldgiam.sg/2009/11/pub-knew-canal-was-not-big-enough-but-didnt-act/comment-page-1/#comment-5093</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:29:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: PG</title>
		<link>http://geraldgiam.sg/2009/11/pub-knew-canal-was-not-big-enough-but-didnt-act/comment-page-1/#comment-5083</link>
		<dc:creator>PG</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:43:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If development continues in Singapore like it has been doing , too much concrete and tarmac etc . Then floods will be inevitable , there has to be land for the rain to soak in and gradually be released into drains , rivers etc , not just dumped into canals etc , via drains .
Seems Singapore is incapable of learning from the errors made in other countries and improving on things .
Also I agree complacancy and idleness are to blame , also the lack of knowledge and lack of imagination . Officials have forgotten what has happened in the past in Singapore , how nature and soil react and the consequences of urbanisation. Should dtop employing so called &#039;talent , and get people with experience and ideas .</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If development continues in Singapore like it has been doing , too much concrete and tarmac etc . Then floods will be inevitable , there has to be land for the rain to soak in and gradually be released into drains , rivers etc , not just dumped into canals etc , via drains .<br />
Seems Singapore is incapable of learning from the errors made in other countries and improving on things .<br />
Also I agree complacancy and idleness are to blame , also the lack of knowledge and lack of imagination . Officials have forgotten what has happened in the past in Singapore , how nature and soil react and the consequences of urbanisation. Should dtop employing so called &#8216;talent , and get people with experience and ideas .</p>
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		<link>http://geraldgiam.sg/2009/11/pub-knew-canal-was-not-big-enough-but-didnt-act/comment-page-1/#comment-4969</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:23:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Jeff</title>
		<link>http://geraldgiam.sg/2009/11/pub-knew-canal-was-not-big-enough-but-didnt-act/comment-page-1/#comment-4866</link>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 04:49:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Once in 50 years, hence no need to prepare?

This makes no sense at all. 
How about calling complacency and laziness for that?
So much for a First World country.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Once in 50 years, hence no need to prepare?</p>
<p>This makes no sense at all.<br />
How about calling complacency and laziness for that?<br />
So much for a First World country.</p>
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		<title>By: Lim Chih-Yang</title>
		<link>http://geraldgiam.sg/2009/11/pub-knew-canal-was-not-big-enough-but-didnt-act/comment-page-1/#comment-4061</link>
		<dc:creator>Lim Chih-Yang</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:03:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>hahaha I agree....honestly, I did not even know Mr Brown had a post there or for that matter, Mr Brown had posted something about the flood....now thanks to their &quot;thin skin&quot;.... I know about it....

Seriously, these ministers must learn to take criticism and roll with it rather than be on the defensive all the time and appearing so small minded.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>hahaha I agree&#8230;.honestly, I did not even know Mr Brown had a post there or for that matter, Mr Brown had posted something about the flood&#8230;.now thanks to their &#8220;thin skin&#8221;&#8230;. I know about it&#8230;.</p>
<p>Seriously, these ministers must learn to take criticism and roll with it rather than be on the defensive all the time and appearing so small minded.</p>
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		<title>By: Gerald Giam</title>
		<link>http://geraldgiam.sg/2009/11/pub-knew-canal-was-not-big-enough-but-didnt-act/comment-page-1/#comment-4058</link>
		<dc:creator>Gerald Giam</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:53:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I wonder how many man-hours were spent by the civil servants in MEWR and MICA drafting out submission papers and emails and making phone calls to get the Insing post removed. All of it for nought, because the censorship produced even greater publicity for the blog post. I for one have never gone to the Insing website. Now thanks to MEWR/MICA, I don&#039;t even have to! Hahaha...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wonder how many man-hours were spent by the civil servants in MEWR and MICA drafting out submission papers and emails and making phone calls to get the Insing post removed. All of it for nought, because the censorship produced even greater publicity for the blog post. I for one have never gone to the Insing website. Now thanks to MEWR/MICA, I don&#8217;t even have to! Hahaha&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Lim Chih-Yang</title>
		<link>http://geraldgiam.sg/2009/11/pub-knew-canal-was-not-big-enough-but-didnt-act/comment-page-1/#comment-4054</link>
		<dc:creator>Lim Chih-Yang</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:42:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>http://forums.asiaone.com/showthread.php?t=25604&amp;page=2

you will be interested to know that the ministry is getting so paranoid that they had censored Mr Brown&#039;s satirical article on the flooding... I guess its hard to admit one&#039;s mistake, even harder to tolerate people who criticise your mistake.</description>
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<p>you will be interested to know that the ministry is getting so paranoid that they had censored Mr Brown&#8217;s satirical article on the flooding&#8230; I guess its hard to admit one&#8217;s mistake, even harder to tolerate people who criticise your mistake.</p>
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		<title>By: PhotoVigor</title>
		<link>http://geraldgiam.sg/2009/11/pub-knew-canal-was-not-big-enough-but-didnt-act/comment-page-1/#comment-4022</link>
		<dc:creator>PhotoVigor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:37:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Anderson</title>
		<link>http://geraldgiam.sg/2009/11/pub-knew-canal-was-not-big-enough-but-didnt-act/comment-page-1/#comment-4020</link>
		<dc:creator>Anderson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:56:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;First you gotta think about WHO are the residents in that area. I believe. If we get down to thinking at our most cynical, would the party not take action about fixing infrastructure in the area where Tony Tan, SM Goh, and probably many other prominent local businessmen and lawyers have homes, and that features some of the country’s best schools?&quot;

Which is what I say that to this gov that they will not do anything to help lesser mortal until they and their expensive elites get hit themselves. Now, this &#039;freak event&#039; occurs, and suddenly this Yaacob, as Gerald highlights, has the wisdom to enlarge the canal when the echelon&#039;s home get affected by the flood ? 

First, this minister tell you that &quot;If we design for the largest rainfall or highest tide, then we are going to have huge canals in Singapore.”. But now, this very minister tell you that it is possible to fix the canal when his own master and colleagues&#039;s home get hit by flood. So in other words, the elite must get hit before they can measure accurately the magnitude of the flood ? So perhaps it is God&#039;s punishment that the place be flooded so that the expensive clowns start doing something on global climate change.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;First you gotta think about WHO are the residents in that area. I believe. If we get down to thinking at our most cynical, would the party not take action about fixing infrastructure in the area where Tony Tan, SM Goh, and probably many other prominent local businessmen and lawyers have homes, and that features some of the country’s best schools?&#8221;</p>
<p>Which is what I say that to this gov that they will not do anything to help lesser mortal until they and their expensive elites get hit themselves. Now, this &#8216;freak event&#8217; occurs, and suddenly this Yaacob, as Gerald highlights, has the wisdom to enlarge the canal when the echelon&#8217;s home get affected by the flood ? </p>
<p>First, this minister tell you that &#8220;If we design for the largest rainfall or highest tide, then we are going to have huge canals in Singapore.”. But now, this very minister tell you that it is possible to fix the canal when his own master and colleagues&#8217;s home get hit by flood. So in other words, the elite must get hit before they can measure accurately the magnitude of the flood ? So perhaps it is God&#8217;s punishment that the place be flooded so that the expensive clowns start doing something on global climate change.</p>
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		<title>By: hnming</title>
		<link>http://geraldgiam.sg/2009/11/pub-knew-canal-was-not-big-enough-but-didnt-act/comment-page-1/#comment-4019</link>
		<dc:creator>hnming</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:19:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>First you gotta think about WHO are the residents in that area. I believe. If we get down to thinking at our most cynical, would the party not take action about fixing infrastructure in the area where Tony Tan, SM Goh, and probably many other prominent local businessmen and lawyers have homes, and that features some of the country&#039;s best schools?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>First you gotta think about WHO are the residents in that area. I believe. If we get down to thinking at our most cynical, would the party not take action about fixing infrastructure in the area where Tony Tan, SM Goh, and probably many other prominent local businessmen and lawyers have homes, and that features some of the country&#8217;s best schools?</p>
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