Time to wake up...
 

and smell the Singapore Slings!

There's a prog on the telly right *now* featuring the world's busiest port -
Singapore. A quarter of all the world's cargo passes through it!!

Watching the scale of the operation and pace (enthusiasm and commitment) of
those involved confirms my suspicions that the slack-arsed, complacent West
has got a hell of a shock coming! They're docking ships the size of Wales at
the rate of one every 3 minutes and Singapore (4.5 million souls) is
'wealthier than most European countries'!!

There's a little bit of patronising opinion in here about the recent influx
of Far Eastern audio products like the phrase 'Made In Hong Kong' still only
applies to joke rubber dog**** and plastic trinkets found in Christmas
Crackers! (Strong with our antipodean comrades, unsurprisingly.... ;-)

Time to overcome our prejudices and take note methinks...

Time to wake up...
 

On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 19:42:06 +0100, Keith G wrote:

and smell the Singapore Slings!

There's a prog on the telly right *now* featuring the world's busiest port -
Singapore. A quarter of all the world's cargo passes through it!!

Watching the scale of the operation and pace (enthusiasm and commitment) of
those involved confirms my suspicions that the slack-arsed, complacent West
has got a hell of a shock coming! They're docking ships the size of Wales at
the rate of one every 3 minutes and Singapore (4.5 million souls) is
'wealthier than most European countries'!!

There's a little bit of patronising opinion in here about the recent influx
of Far Eastern audio products like the phrase 'Made In Hong Kong' still only
applies to joke rubber dog**** and plastic trinkets found in Christmas
Crackers! (Strong with our antipodean comrades, unsurprisingly.... ;-)

Time to overcome our prejudices and take note methinks...

The thing that worried me was that they said Singapore was the only port in
the world that could handle that huge container ship. What do you do? Book
your cargo onto it for a nice cruise, then take it all off again when the
ship gets home?

d

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"Keith G" wrote in message
...


and smell the Singapore Slings!

There's a prog on the telly right *now* featuring the world's busiest
port - Singapore. A quarter of all the world's cargo passes through it!!

Watching the scale of the operation and pace (enthusiasm and commitment)
of those involved confirms my suspicions that the slack-arsed, complacent
West has got a hell of a shock coming! They're docking ships the size of
Wales at the rate of one every 3 minutes and Singapore (4.5 million souls)
is 'wealthier than most European countries'!!

**Yeah, well, have you been there? A week and you've pretty much seen it
all. Food is ordinary (compared to hong Kong) and the place operates pretty
much under marshall law 24/7. Executions are on Fridays. Possession of
canabis is sufficient. The weather is unrelentingly hot and humid. Everyone
lives in an almost identical high rise apartment. The Jurong Bird Park was
mighty impressive, however. There's nothing else to do in Singapore, but
work your butt off.





There's a little bit of patronising opinion in here about the recent
influx of Far Eastern audio products like the phrase 'Made In Hong Kong'
still only applies to joke rubber dog**** and plastic trinkets found in
Christmas Crackers! (Strong with our antipodean comrades,
unsurprisingly.... ;-)

Time to overcome our prejudices and take note methinks...

**We'll see. Watch what happens when the current generation has all the
money and power. We're seeing already in China. Young people simply don't
want to work as hard as their parents did.


--
Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au

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On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 06:53:53 GMT, Trevor Wilson wrote:

"Keith G" wrote in message
...


and smell the Singapore Slings!

There's a prog on the telly right *now* featuring the world's busiest
port - Singapore. A quarter of all the world's cargo passes through it!!

Watching the scale of the operation and pace (enthusiasm and commitment)
of those involved confirms my suspicions that the slack-arsed, complacent
West has got a hell of a shock coming! They're docking ships the size of
Wales at the rate of one every 3 minutes and Singapore (4.5 million souls)
is 'wealthier than most European countries'!!

**Yeah, well, have you been there? A week and you've pretty much seen it
all. Food is ordinary (compared to hong Kong) and the place operates pretty
much under marshall law 24/7. Executions are on Fridays. Possession of
canabis is sufficient. The weather is unrelentingly hot and humid. Everyone
lives in an almost identical high rise apartment. The Jurong Bird Park was
mighty impressive, however. There's nothing else to do in Singapore, but
work your butt off.





There's a little bit of patronising opinion in here about the recent
influx of Far Eastern audio products like the phrase 'Made In Hong Kong'
still only applies to joke rubber dog**** and plastic trinkets found in
Christmas Crackers! (Strong with our antipodean comrades,
unsurprisingly.... ;-)

Time to overcome our prejudices and take note methinks...

**We'll see. Watch what happens when the current generation has all the
money and power. We're seeing already in China. Young people simply don't
want to work as hard as their parents did.

I was there a couple of years ago, and it appears to consist entirely of
Orchard Road, which is a shopping mall several miles long. I was only there
two days, but it seemed like more than enough.

d

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"Don Pearce" wrote in message
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On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 06:53:53 GMT, Trevor Wilson wrote:

"Keith G" wrote in message
...


and smell the Singapore Slings!

There's a prog on the telly right *now* featuring the world's busiest
port - Singapore. A quarter of all the world's cargo passes through it!!

Watching the scale of the operation and pace (enthusiasm and commitment)
of those involved confirms my suspicions that the slack-arsed,
complacent
West has got a hell of a shock coming! They're docking ships the size of
Wales at the rate of one every 3 minutes and Singapore (4.5 million
souls)
is 'wealthier than most European countries'!!

**Yeah, well, have you been there? A week and you've pretty much seen it
all. Food is ordinary (compared to hong Kong) and the place operates
pretty
much under marshall law 24/7. Executions are on Fridays. Possession of
canabis is sufficient. The weather is unrelentingly hot and humid.
Everyone
lives in an almost identical high rise apartment. The Jurong Bird Park
was
mighty impressive, however. There's nothing else to do in Singapore, but
work your butt off.





There's a little bit of patronising opinion in here about the recent
influx of Far Eastern audio products like the phrase 'Made In Hong Kong'
still only applies to joke rubber dog**** and plastic trinkets found in
Christmas Crackers! (Strong with our antipodean comrades,
unsurprisingly.... ;-)

Time to overcome our prejudices and take note methinks...

**We'll see. Watch what happens when the current generation has all the
money and power. We're seeing already in China. Young people simply don't
want to work as hard as their parents did.

I was there a couple of years ago, and it appears to consist entirely of
Orchard Road, which is a shopping mall several miles long. I was only
there
two days, but it seemed like more than enough.

d

Used to go frequently to Singapore from 1960's onward but my last visit 4
years ago the old attractions of Singapore have gone...anyone remember
Change Alley?? Is Bugis street and Kai Tais still around? Commerce now in
glass towers rather than the street :-( I couldn't wait to get out...

-=Mike=-

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"Trevor Wilson" wrote in message
...

**We'll see. Watch what happens when the current generation has all the
money and power. We're seeing already in China. Young people simply don't
want to work as hard as their parents did.

There you are then. We can still export something to the far east.

Roy.

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"Don Pearce" wrote


The thing that worried me was that they said Singapore was the only port
in
the world that could handle that huge container ship. What do you do? Book
your cargo onto it for a nice cruise, then take it all off again when the
ship gets home?



Jeez, see what you mean - I hope my new 300B amp (pre-named the
'Glitterbug') ain't on it....!!!

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"Trevor Wilson" wrote in message
...

"Keith G" wrote in message
...


and smell the Singapore Slings!

There's a prog on the telly right *now* featuring the world's busiest
port - Singapore. A quarter of all the world's cargo passes through it!!

Watching the scale of the operation and pace (enthusiasm and commitment)
of those involved confirms my suspicions that the slack-arsed, complacent
West has got a hell of a shock coming! They're docking ships the size of
Wales at the rate of one every 3 minutes and Singapore (4.5 million
souls) is 'wealthier than most European countries'!!

**Yeah, well, have you been there?


Noop.


A week and you've pretty much seen it all.


Feck me, I should say so! (I reckon you could do Horse Trailer in a couple
of days.... ;-)


Food is ordinary (compared to hong Kong) and the place operates pretty
much under marshall law 24/7. Executions are on Fridays.


OK, I'd make it a weekend trip then...


Possession of canabis is sufficient. The weather is unrelentingly hot and
humid. Everyone lives in an almost identical high rise apartment. The
Jurong Bird Park was mighty impressive, however. There's nothing else to
do in Singapore, but work your butt off.


Time to overcome our prejudices and take note methinks...

**We'll see. Watch what happens when the current generation has all the
money and power. We're seeing already in China. Young people simply don't
want to work as hard as their parents did.


Make yer mind up - above, they're 'working their butts off'...!!??

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"Keith G" wrote in message
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and smell the Singapore Slings!

My wife, accustomed to Swedish "Absolut" and Finlandia Vodka, thought
the Singapore Sling was a disgusting concoction. but it was interesting to
stay at Raffles.

There's a prog on the telly right *now* featuring the world's busiest
port - Singapore. A quarter of all the world's cargo passes through it!!

It really has to be seen to be believed. I thought also of London docks and
Liverpool. Quite a contrast

Everything in Singapore seemed to work as it should -transport etc.
Food was good, (better in Hong Kong, I agree) and hotel and restaurant
service first class. According to a recent article in "Hufvudstadtsbladet"
education in Singapore is of a higher standard than most western countries,
and even exceeds the Scandinavian levels in mathematics.
People are certainly used to working hard, and enjoy a high living
standard as a result.

Property was more expensive than in central London. We saw no
beggars - London is full of them:-(( When I was looking for the
post office, and asked two small children about ten years old,
the way, I said: "Excuse me,do you speak English?" One smiled
and replied "All civilised people speak English" I was impressed:-)

Nice to visit.
I could not live there (few trees, no lakes, no wolves, no bears:-)

Iain

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Don Pearce wrote:

The thing that worried me was that they said Singapore was the only port in
the world that could handle that huge container ship. What do you do? Book
your cargo onto it for a nice cruise, then take it all off again when the
ship gets home?

They will extend a harbour somewhere else before it gets there.

Damnit I must have seen the same programme, National Geographic was is not?

I liked that there were some footage from a danish place where the make big ships :)

Mikkel