Orchard rd flooded 16-6-2010

[halsey02]

Can they SUE Public Utilities Board, or whichever Minitsry is in charge? If the Culvert was managed by any of the opposition parties, you can bet your $1, that they will be sued till they are blue...

 

[Watchman]

You can sue with such inconsistency only with Lee 's kangaroo court !

It's a world fact . Everyone knows .

 

[johnny333]

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Also, many people are not aware of the definition of wealth. Wealth is the ablility of someone to stop working, and enjoy their lifestyle until a certain timeframe. Therefore if you spend 60K a year and have 600K in cash/assests, you can live for approx 9 years without working, and that is your true measure of wealth.

Somebody better explain that to the old man

 

[Yue Ying]

PUB's work under scrutiny


PUB's work under scrutiny

MEMBERS of Parliament and experts yesterday questioned if a lack of maintenance was behind the flooding of Orchard Road on Wednesday. Pointing to PUB's decision yesterday to conduct monthly checks of drains from now on, rather than the three to six months previously, they said the national water body should carry out a more detailed study and put measures in place that would prevent a recurrence.

Part of the drain behind the Tanglin shopping Centre that leads to Stamford Canal. -- ST PHOTO: AZIZ HUSSIN

Part of the drain behind the Tanglin shopping Centre that leads to Stamford Canal. -- ST PHOTO: AZIZ HUSSIN

Part of the drain behind the Tanglin shopping Centre that leads to Stamford Canal. -- ST PHOTO: AZIZ HUSSIN

Part of the drain behind the Tanglin shopping Centre that leads to Stamford Canal and the choked drain somewhere underneath at Delfi Orchard. -- ST PHOTO: AZIZ HUSSIN

Part of the drain that leading to Stamford canal behind the Tanglin shopping centre, where the chokes is somewhere underneath at Delfi Orchards.
-- ST PHOTO: AZIZ HUSSIN

The choke drains underneath the Delfhi building in Orchard Road.
-- ST PHOTO: AZIZ HUSSIN
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[Yue Ying]

Workers at Starbucks located at Liat Tower's basement cleaning up the place that was strewn with leaves, branches and covered with m&d.
-- ST PHOTO: NEO XIAOBIN

Restoration works going on in the interior of Hermes located at Liat Tower. The shop was boarded up soon after. -- ST PHOTO: NEO XIAOBIN

Workers clearing out the furniture at the Starbucks outlet located at Liat Tower. -- ST PHOTO: NEO XIAOBIN

Sales assistant Randy Tan of Scorpia Xtreme Gaming located at basement one of Lucky Plaza,
using newspapers to soak up the remaining water from the flooding yesterday. -- ST PHOTO: NEO XIAOBIN

Wendy's at Liat Towers: workers were busy clearing up the mess left behind. -- ST PHOTO: HOE PEI SHAN

Aftermath of the heavy flood at Wendy's. -- ST PHOTO: HOE PEI SHAN


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[Yue Ying]

A worker from Purechem Veolia Environmental Services cleaning the walkway along Orchard Road outside Takashimaya. -- ST PHOTO: NEO XIAOBIN

A worker removes the wooden flooring at a shop selling electronic gadgets opposite Bossini located at Lucky Plaza. -- ST PHOTO: NEO XIAOBIN

A cleaner from the nearby flooded outlets walking past the boarded up Massimo Dutti. -- ST PHOTO: NEO XIAOBIN

PUB works going on at Delphi Orchard - the carpark at basement three was still flooded and water was being pumped out. -- ST PHOTO: NEO XIAOBIN

Workers at the Lucky Plaza Sinma boutique fixing the shutters that were broken when the water rushed through on Wednesday.
-- ST PHOTO: HOE PEI SHAN

The Bossini outlet at Lucky Plaza was severly hit by the floods on Wednesday, destroying almost all fixtures and merchandise amounting to 'more than $10,000' according to the tenants. -- ST PHOTO: HOE PEI SHAN


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[Rogue Trader]

think about the electronics shops at the lucky plaza. all their inventory jip zhui! total write off!

 

[Yue Ying]

Lucky Plaza shops not insured


Jun 19, 2010
Lucky Plaza shops not insured

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A man, known only as Mr Soh, helping his friend to dry shoes at a shop in the basement of Lucky Plaza. -- ST PHOTO: MALCOLM KOH

<!-- story content : start --> OPERATORS of most of the waterlogged shops at Lucky Plaza will be digging into their own pockets to pay for the damage caused by Wednesday's flash flood. This is because they are either not covered for flood damage or because they are not insured in the first place. Others who do have insurance coverage are choosing not to make claims for fear of increased premiums.

Several shop owners who spoke to The Straits Times said getting insurance policies was not worth it, as premiums are high and their stores are small. An electronics store owner who wished to be known only as Mr Lee had not bought insurance as he did not expect his shop to get hit by floods so badly. He claims his losses could go up to $30,000 including the value of the damaged goods and the cost of replacing shelves and flooring.

Read the full story in Saturday's edition of The Straits Times.

 

[fengshuisifu]

Re: Choked drains caused massive flooding in Orchard Rd: PUB

Can anyone tell me whether there is any MPs or Minister in sight to show concern & go down on thr ground to see what happen on that day???

Not mine! My job is to collect $Million Pay Cheque and donch rock the boat. *hee*hee*

Not mine too! Can't you see I am bz with my $50k per pax French cooking class? *hee*hee*​

 

[Yue Ying]

PUB chief executive says water agency caught off guard in Orchard Rd flood


PUB chief executive says water agency caught off guard in Orchard Rd flood
By Claire Huang | Posted: 18 June 2010 1747 hrs
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SINGAPORE : The Chief Executive of Singapore's national water agency, PUB, has acknowledged that his agency was caught off guard by the Orchard Road flood on Wednesday.

Khoo Teng Chye told a media conference on Friday that PUB takes a "serious view" of the incident. During the downpour on June 16, one of the hotspots PUB was monitoring closely was the Bukit Timah area, which experienced massive flooding in November last year.

But PUB did not realise there were problems at Stamford Canal. A culvert that was heavily blocked by debris then triggered the flooding of Orchard Road. It has now declared the area a new flood hotspot. PUB said it takes a serious view of the floods, especially in the Orchard Road area.

"The impact on people, businesses and traffic is something that we view as not acceptable. We've done our initial investigations; it was due to a combination of very unusually intense double-peaked rainstorms that were aggravated by the flow of debris that partially obstructed the culvert," said Khoo.

Asked if a lack of maintenance could have contributed to the clogged drains, Khoo believes there was a combination of factors. "Even if we have very well-maintained drains... given the amount of rain that fell on that day - as I said, it's 60 Olympic-sized pools - I think it would have washed down into the culverts huge amounts of debris," said Khoo.

PUB said over the last 30 years, it has invested S$2 billion to upgrade Singapore's drainage infrastructure. This has helped to reduce the country's flood-prone areas from 3,200 hectares to some 66 hectares currently. It added that it will invest S$150 million each year for the next five years on upgrading works.

Khoo said: "On the maintenance front, we've doubled our expenditure in the last three years to S$23 million a year. We put our contractors on a performance-based system. We extended their contract from three years to five years, encouraging them to invest in new technology.

"In fact, everyday, we have about 400 staff from the contractors and from PUB making sure that all our drains are well-maintained." PUB said it will continue to investigate and improve the current system to prevent similar flooding. And it's doing its best to review what had happened. - CNA /ls

 

[Received_by_Kings]

Re: Lucky Plaza shops not insured

Others who do have insurance coverage are choosing not to make claims for fear of increased premiums.

Landlords are kings and bullies yay :p

 

[goldenmonkey]

Re: Lucky Plaza shops not insured

Someone up there were caught off-guard.
Down here, car-owners worry about whether their car insurance will cover the repair cost. Shop owners who are insured do not dare to claim fearing rising premium against their small operation. Shop owners who are not insured will surely have to bear the blunt cost of the damage, and looking at the pictures of the goods, would any sane customers go to shop there in a hurry?

And still, that someone up there will have no reprecussion whatsoever (at least not known), and probably will get the mid-year bonus which was announced in over-tone not so long ago. Justice?

 

[hairylee]

Re: Choked drains caused massive flooding in Orchard Rd: PUB

Can anyone tell me whether there is any MPs or Minister in sight to show concern & go down on thr ground to see what happen on that day???

wong kan seng flew to Krabi and Aceh to look at the Tsunami destruction, which is no business of his, lets see if he will go down the longkang to look at the chokage.

 

[besotted]

Nobody drowned

The flood waters also not very high

Some businesses affected, a few luxury cars soaked

Everything back to normal now

Why peopl complain so much

 

[Leckmichamarsch]

They can n shud be sued........... let us hope gahmen shows its ugly side by defending this suit which will be defended by Davinder Singh n Shanmugam

 

[fengshuisifu]

Re: Choked drains caused massive flooding in Orchard Rd: PUB

Not even a single soul of MPs or Ministers....come to see what happen, with the exception of STOMPERS..busy taking pics & post in in youtube & stomp.com.sg..

Can anybody confirmed this?-that is no Mps or Ministers in sight?

wong kan seng flew to Krabi and Aceh to look at the Tsunami destruction, which is no business of his, lets see if he will go down the longkang to look at the chokage.