This article is strange..
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http://straitstimes.asiaone.com/portal/site/STI/menuitem.70300a17785a04285f53bcd7d3a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e6e3d085ca46d010VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:e6e3d085ca46d010VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD
if u log onto the straitstime today, you will notice that the picture under "Record number of arrivals in July, thanks to GSS" is strange...
how come the face so bloody?
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Can't log on lar you n00bz!
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u mjust be a member..heheOriginally posted by ditzy:Can't log on lar you n00bz! -
u can link the bloody face image here or just SIC the article.
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Visitor numbers up in July
Friday • September 1, 2006
— Channel NewsAsia
The number of visitors to Singapore hit a record high in July.
Visitor arrivals jumped by 4 per cent, compared to a year ago, to hit 913,000 — the first time it has breached the 900,000 barrier.
It is also the highest visitor arrival figure ever recorded in a single month.
Visitors from Indonesia led the pack with 192,000, followed by China (113,000), Australia (66,000), India (53,000) and Japan (52,000).
They account for 52 per cent of total visitor arrivals for July.
Meanwhile, the average occupancy rates for hotels also hit a record high at 91 per cent as average room rates jumped 18.7 per cent from a year ago to $160.
The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) says the July figures were boosted by the school holidays and the Great Singapore Sale.
Singapore's gazetted hotels recorded $133.5 million in room revenue in July, which is an increase of 24 per cent over July 2005.
All in, for the first seven months of the year, tourist arrivals hit 4.7 million, up 11.8 per cent on-year.
The STB expects to meet its visitor arrivals target of 9.4 million for the full year. -
Sep 1, 2006
Changi set for record traffic
With new airlines and record numbers in July, 2006 figure likely to surpass last year's high of 32 million passengers
By Aviation Correspondent, Karamjit Kaur
CHANGI Airport is on track to break last year's passenger traffic record, despite the recent security scare in Britain.
In July, Changi handled 3.05 million passengers - a record for any single month and a 5.2 per cent increase from July last year.
It brings to almost 20 million the total number of passengers for the first seven months of the year, 8.5 per cent higher than the same period last year.
At this rate, and with new airlines coming in, the 2006 passenger figure should easily surpass last year's record 32 million.
Changi's Budget Terminal, for example, welcomed the maiden flight of its second airline tenant, Manila-based Cebu Pacific, just before midnight yesterday.
Both here and overseas, it looks like clear skies ahead for airlines and airports.
Barely a month after British authorities foiled a plot to blow up a number of transatlantic flights, the International Air Transport Association (Iata) has declared that the incident, which led to massive delays in the ensuing days, is not expected to cause the kind of slump that followed the Sept 11, 2001 attacks in the United States.
Iata, which represents 261 carriers, yesterday announced an improved revised forecast of a US$1.7 billion (S$2.68 billion) loss for airlines worldwide this year, compared to its earlier estimate of US$3 billion.
This improvement has come in spite of rising fuel costs and the fact that fuel now makes up an average 26 per cent of the total operating costs for airlines.
Last year, airlines worldwide spent a total of US$91 billion on fuel and suffered US$3.2 billion in losses.
Iata's director-general and chief executive officer Giovanni Bisignani said in a statement: 'We are still in the red, but what other industry could add US$24 billion to its second largest cost (fuel) in a year and still improve the bottom line?
'Efficiency, hard work and a strong revenue environment have all contributed to this amazing result.'
The industry which has been hit by one disaster after another, starting with the Sept 11 attacks, has spent the last few years reviewing operations and trimming excesses.
Efforts are paying off and the good show at Changi so far this year mirrors the industry's performance worldwide.
Between January and July, international passenger traffic grew 6.4 per cent over the same period last year.
More important for the bottom line is that airlines are filling more seats.
Between January and July, planes were an average 76 per cent full, while last month's average was an 'amazing' 80.8 per cent, Iata said in its statement.
Will the revival continue into next year?
Yes, according to Iata.
After losing money steadily since 2001, the industry should return to profit next year.
However, the association has revised that profit forecast downwards, from US$3.3 billion to US$1.9 billion.
Mr Bisignani said: 'Overall, the industry has never been so lean, mean and well poised to return to profitability.'
But wild cards remain.
The US economy is expected to slow down next year and the long-term impact of terrorism and instability in the Middle East has still to be calculated.
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Sep 1, 2006
Record number of arrivals in July, thanks to GSS
By Lim Wei Chean
JULY was a record-setting month for Singapore's tourism industry, which is now well on track to meet its targets for the year.
The Great Singapore Sale (GSS) was a big draw, pulling in 913,000 visitors - the largest number ever in a single month. This in turn pushed hotel occupancy levels to a record high of 91 per cent.
The GSS was good news for retailers like fashion brand Mumbai Se, whose cash registers rang in a 15 per cent increase in sales for July.
It was the best month yet, said a spokesman.
Another factor contributing to the spike was school holidays in countries like China and Europe, said the Singapore Tourism Board (STB).
In the first six months of this year, there were 4.7 million visitors - half the 9.4 million targeted for the full year. They spent about $5.5 billion, accounting for 45 per cent of the $12 billion tourism receipts set for the year.
These targets are part of the bigger plan for Singapore to double annual visitor arrivals to 17 million and triple tourism receipts to $30 billion a year by 2015.
STB chief executive and deputy chairman Lim Neo Chian summed up the half-year results as positive for the industry.
Singapore hotels also had cause to cheer as they recorded $133.5 million in revenue for July, a 24 per cent rise over the previous year.
The total half-year hotel revenue also posted a healthy 20.2 per cent increase over the previous period, at $691.4 million.
Pan Pacific Hotel's director of marketing, Mr Michael Schmitt, predicts it will be a good year for all.
He said: 'In July, our hotel registered an 83 per cent occupancy rate, our highest since the Sars outbreak in 2003.
'And with major events like the International Monetary Fund and World Bank meetings happening this month, results for September should be even better.'
STB's Mr Lim is confident Singapore is well on its way to meeting the year's targets.
He said: 'Much will depend on the second half of the year, which we expect will be better than the first half.'
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*cough* propoganda *cough*
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his shirt oso~Originally posted by hoganrock:[url] 
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maybe wrong pic in the wrong article at the wrong time and in the wrong link?Originally posted by ^tamago^:his shirt oso~ -
i think so, but i dunno print edition got kena not?Originally posted by hoganrock:maybe wrong pic in the wrong article at the wrong time and in the wrong link? -
Originally posted by ^tamago^:i think so, but i dunno print edition got kena not?
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In the print edition this picture is linked to some bombing in southern Thailand, IIRC.
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scary sia lol
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so the pic is wrong right?Originally posted by dakkon_blackblade:In the print edition this picture is linked to some bombing in southern Thailand, IIRC. -
Wah lao.
It's only a sale.
Why get so violent over a sale?
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yaOriginally posted by charlize:Wah lao.
It's only a sale.
Why get so violent over a sale? -
Yes, the picture is wrong. They should fire their IT personnel.Originally posted by hoganrock:so the pic is wrong right? -
Originally posted by dakkon_blackblade:Yes, the picture is wrong. They should fire their IT personnel.
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shopping paradise sia~Originally posted by charlize:Wah lao.
It's only a sale.
Why get so violent over a sale? -
heheOriginally posted by ^tamago^:shopping paradise sia~