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Originally Posted by Dietmar
Yes, had a nice week end and how did your christmas go ? The weather here is very humid and warm at the moment. Couldn't imagine working without an aircon in the office at the moment. I guess in Singapore its Aircon everywhere ???
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Oh yes, even at home. Most of our food centres and shopping centres are fully air-conned.
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By the way, some years ago I read somewhere that the Government was interested into introducing a plastic card for payments and remove coins and bank notes, did this actually get established ?
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Hmm, not sure exactly what you are referring to but we do have what we call "Cashcard", or are you talking about our "Nets"?
Cashcard is a card with monetary value that you can top-up at specific machines and many merchants can accept it for payment. But unlike credit card or debit card (which require your signature), it is dangerous to some extent as anyone can use the card if you misplace and lose it.
Our Nets is actually a card with which you can withdraw, deposit, check account balances, transfer funds etc. via ATM machines of the specific bank(s). Most merchants accept Nets, even to pay for taxi fares. It require you to input a personalized pin for any monetary transaction via a machine owned by any merchant. Same as Debit Card, it is linked directly to your bank account. As long as you have the funds in your account, you can use it.
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Originally Posted by Dietmar
And I also remember that a trader once, bought Barings for 1$ ? or something similar, or sold it for 1$, this must have made headlines in Singapore, you still remember that ?
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Oh yes, though I was still too young to comprehend the full story and consequences then. But this later became a case study during my studies.
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Originally Posted by Dietmar
That makes it a safe place to live  Well, here, for a lady, it wouldn't be safe to go walking around alone. It would actually be wierd as this is very uncommon. By they way, i thought you were a guy!  ...especially cause of the football! lol! |
Oh, my negligence. I thought "Eunice" is a common name internationally. Haha. I do find it hard to find ladies who love football as much as I do, so it is a common perception ya. Hee.
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How about cyclones or hurricanes, you get any of those ?
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As far as I remembered, due to our unique location, we do not have any natural disaster. It's so rare that any slight tremor, terrible storm or heavy fog would have made headlines in Singapore for weeks.
Welcome 2009!
Cheers
Eunice