My husband and I were travelling to Kuala Kumpur by coach about a month ago, Upon alighting, my husband dropped his handphone in the bus. Our attempts to retrieve it met with failure when our calls to the phone were unanswered. My husband bought a new phone and we almost forgot about the incident until about two weeks later when I received a call. The person...

On Mar 2, my family boarded a Premier Taxi from Punggol for Changi Airport. Upon boarding, we noticed that the driver had his seat pushed all the way back almost to the point that his legs were straight while he was in the driving position. My wife requested for him to push his seat a bit forward so that an adult could seat comfortably behind him. He refused...

I take the train from Pioneer station to Raffles station from Monday to Friday during peak hours. It disturbs me that though I am able to get a seat at Pioneer station, many people at subsequent stations are not even able to get on the train. At Jurong East Interchange station in particular, many people are left stranded at the platform. The trains only come...

WHEN I read the headlines about the Jack Neo scandal, my first thought was: Oh, great, here we go again. Just as the Li Jiawei-Ronald Susilo breakup was magnified to Brangelina proportions, somehow, Jack Neo has been made to look worse than Roman Polanski. Haven't we heard it all before at a reunion dinner table? Look, it isn't that new or interesting. Of...

SINGAPORE will host the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in August. The event will attract a lot of attention since it is the first time it is being held, and expectations are high because of the association with the Olympics. No doubt Singapore, reputed for its...

The Government can and should do much more to help residents affected by extensive road closures for the purposes of marathon and cycling events. As a resident in the Fort Road/Tanjong Rhu area, my means of transport to the city is severed around five times a year during sports events such as the Nike Human Race, Adidas Sundown and Standard Chartered...

The first phase of the makeover programme of MacRitchie Reservoir Park was finished last year with the completion of the waiting area and a multi-storey car park. The second phase was scheduled to commence in the fourth quarter of 2009. It is almost six months and I notice that there have not been much activities or upgrading to the rest of the park. The...

I REFER to the report ''One body to coordinate Singapore's climate change policies'' (March 13-14). The administration is moving in the right direction, but more has to be done to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the measures significantly. Regardless of the world's progress towards an international consensus and agreement, Singapore must remain...

WE WOULD like to thank Mr Dash Sia for his feedback (''Home-made losing its flavour'', March 11). The STTA believes in the holistic development of our local and foreign sporting talents in table tennis. The STTA has a comprehensive system in place to nurture local sporting talents from the grassroots to elite level. Working with the PCF Kindergartens in 15...

IN RESPONSE to UOB's decision to enforce the instalment repayments by Wellness Village Spa customers (''Bank asks customers to pay up instalments'', March 12), the Consumer Association of Singapore (Case) has surprised me with its appeal to the bank to ''review its policies and follow other banks' decision to waive outstanding payments''. When a consumer...