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by sundaymorningstaple » Tue, 19 Apr 2011 5:14 pm
Hey MS, you owe me a beer!
I was pretty damned close!
sundaymorningstaple wrote:Nope.
Try June or July. I reckon the election will be before the end of May. PAP hasn't introduced enough of the new guys so it would be a little tight for April.
Mad Scientist wrote:I will add to this when I was here these past two weeks. People I talk to said while they accept applications, if has been sift through twice for every application. No one knows for sure until the election has been conducted.
I know SMS said it will be mid year period, I am weighing more towards after Aug-Nov period.
BTW there will be alot of tweaking on the immigration laws.
SOME PEOPLE TRY TO TURN BACK THEIR ODOMETERS. NOT ME. I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW WHY I LOOK THIS WAY. I'VE TRAVELED A LONG WAY, AND SOME OF THE ROADS WEREN'T PAVED. ~ Will Rogers
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by nakatago » Tue, 19 Apr 2011 5:21 pm
Finally.
So we could get things done and over with.

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by FaeLLe » Tue, 19 Apr 2011 5:24 pm
Please win PAP.... the opposition will just complicate stuff up and mess about quite a lot.
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by JR8 » Tue, 19 Apr 2011 6:14 pm
FaeLLe wrote:Please win PAP.... the opposition will just complicate stuff up and mess about quite a lot.
Is there any doubt about who'll win?
They've even re-drawn all the constituency boundaries, and showered citizens in 'rebates' (of their own money), just to ensure that everything is completely fair

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by Saint » Tue, 19 Apr 2011 6:27 pm
I like how they saw the 7th May will also be a public holiday, it's a Saturday!!
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by sundaymorningstaple » Tue, 19 Apr 2011 8:51 pm
I reckon I must not work in Singapore then. I work a 5.5 day week every week.

So I get a Saturday off. So what happens? I get drafted to help with the GE by the RC!

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by JR8 » Tue, 19 Apr 2011 8:59 pm
sundaymorningstaple wrote:I reckon I must not work in Singapore then. I work a 5.5 day week every week.

So I get a Saturday off. So what happens? I get drafted to help with the GE by the RC!

Wah liao, SMS is a PAPbot hor

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by DimWit Kid » Tue, 19 Apr 2011 8:59 pm
Back here again after two and half year, and glad to see SMS still actively quipping (politically)...
Cheers!

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by sundaymorningstaple » Tue, 19 Apr 2011 9:28 pm
Hey DWK! Welcome back! Where you been hiding? You ain't been in the slammer have you? No internet connection where you were? Antarctica?
Cheers mate!
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by nakatago » Tue, 19 Apr 2011 9:35 pm
sundaymorningstaple wrote:Hey DWK! Welcome back! Where you been hiding? You ain't been in the slammer have you? No internet connection where you were? Antarctica?
Cheers mate!
There's internet access in Antarctica. Heck; there's internet access in low-earth orbit.
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by DimWit Kid » Tue, 19 Apr 2011 10:07 pm
sundaymorningstaple wrote:Hey DWK! Welcome back! Where you been hiding? You ain't been in the slammer have you? No internet connection where you were? Antarctica?
Cheers mate!
China, SMS, China... Can that count as a place without internet connection? Am really warned not to do a lot of internet chat or message board by my company
Had enough but haven't found a way to be in sunny sg again for long... hope soon lah!
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by sundaymorningstaple » Tue, 19 Apr 2011 10:23 pm
Aaahhhhh! Say no more! Well, enjoy your freedom while it lasts!

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by Mad Scientist » Wed, 20 Apr 2011 5:06 am
sundaymorningstaple wrote:Hey MS, you owe me a beer!
I was pretty damned close!
sundaymorningstaple wrote:Nope.
Try June or July. I reckon the election will be before the end of May. PAP hasn't introduced enough of the new guys so it would be a little tight for April.
Mad Scientist wrote:I will add to this when I was here these past two weeks. People I talk to said while they accept applications, if has been sift through twice for every application. No one knows for sure until the election has been conducted.
I know SMS said it will be mid year period, I am weighing more towards after Aug-Nov period.
BTW there will be alot of tweaking on the immigration laws.
I gracefully accept my defeat. I am still in Christchurch helping out my mates here, if you wanna drop an e-mail , I will post you and SE a bottle of Chardonnay or Shiraz each as I still have quite abit of job to do here
The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.Yahoo !!!
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