LTA knew about Circle Line danger long ago
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not too sure.Originally posted by MichelleChu:Does anyone knows if Singapore Technologies is anyway involve in this project?
It will be interesting to know. -
hi, i very much wld prefer to forget the whole incident & get on with life... & yes, i agree that we can't change anything, but if we don't LOOK at it & LEARN, things like this might juz happen again. And i personally feel that one can always learn from others' mistakes, well, apparently not in ur case as you've refused to, it seemed, from ur words.Originally posted by Nelstar:i rather close my eyes and forget about the occurence of such an event than to look at it .... becos we cant change anything. if lessons can be learnt, we're not the ones learning it anyway...
*puts on shades*
& no, the shades ain't cool at al...no offence here, i'm juz as straightforward as you are, cheers.
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I am no politician.
I am no engineer
I am also no LTA /SCDF officers
I am just an ordinary citizen, who for once in my life ashamed to be a Singaporean.
This man risked his life to save his colleagues. And now when his lifeless body is buried beneath those cold concretes and steels waiting to be discovered, this country decided to abandon him.
I know it is too risky, but Mr. Heng knew it too and yet he decided to return. For this he has my respect.
Flame me if you want, but the least we can do for his family now is to continue the search and retrieve his body for a proper Chinese funeral. -
they r gonna entomb him in concrete right?Originally posted by DeadPoet:I am no politician.
I am no engineer
I am also no LTA /SCDF officers
I am just an ordinary citizen, who for once in my life ashamed to be a Singaporean.
This man risked his life to save his colleagues. And now when his lifeless body is buried beneath those cold concretes and steels waiting to be discovered, this country decided to abandon him.
I know it is too risky, but Mr. Heng knew it too and yet he decided to return. For this he has my respect.
Flame me if you want, but the least we can do for his family now is to continue the search and retrieve his body for a proper Chinese funeral.
emtombing always gives me the creeps...
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let's create a new urban legend saying cars driving during 3 a.m. on nicoll highway will see a bloodied ghost of mr heng.... looking for his colleagues...Originally posted by HENG@:they r gonna entomb him in concrete right?
emtombing always gives me the creeps...
*shiver*
*slaps self*
why am i so evil?
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Why not just form an investigation team and "expose" the truth?
(Damn. It is at times like this I wish to work in a newsroom.) -
Yeah...you are evil. *me slap you*Originally posted by Nelstar:let's create a new urban legend saying cars driving during 3 a.m. on nicoll highway will see a bloodied ghost of mr heng.... looking for his colleagues...
*slaps self*
why am i so evil? 
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eeeeeeeee!Originally posted by Nelstar:let's create a new urban legend saying cars driving during 3 a.m. on nicoll highway will see a bloodied ghost of mr heng.... looking for his colleagues...
*slaps self*
why am i so evil?
*shiver*
so chilling....
i have a thought... what if he's still alive? wonder what he will think as he gets entombed alive....
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me tooOriginally posted by Parka: Why not just form an investigation team and "expose" the truth?
(Damn. It is at times like this I wish to work in a newsroom.) -
Stop stop stop....let me koon in peace.Originally posted by HENG@:eeeeeeeee!
*shiver*
so chilling....
i have a thought... what if he's still alive? wonder what he will think as he gets entombed alive....
*shiver*
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Knock knock....Originally posted by M©+square:Stop stop stop....let me koon in peace.
who's there?
Under the ground.
Under the ground, who?
Mr Heng... -
other people lost a dad,a husband,a son,... and you are having fun with the situation....Originally posted by Nelstar:let's create a new urban legend saying cars driving during 3 a.m. on nicoll highway will see a bloodied ghost of mr heng.... looking for his colleagues...
*slaps self*
why am i so evil? -
sorry, occupational inbuilt insensitivity...Originally posted by Xcert:other people lost a dad,a husband,a son,... and you are having fun with the situation....
been too nice recently and the urge to do evil is strong.. -
Aren't we assuming too much about this accident?? All of you have your points, but all these are of no doubt, juz assumptions. True, you can say that putting 2 and 2 together makes perfect sense. Maybe even common sense. but then again, common sense isn't so common nowadays, is it?
Hmmm... Wait till LTA come see this site and a)admit and defend their actions or b)deny and attack our assumptions before i decide on which side to stand.
Some say LTA cover up their "crimes" and "hoodwink" us citizens, but the thing is, is there any point in us sh*tting in our pants about it? I mean, maybe LTA has had their doubts before, and through NOT telling us, they were actually able to successfully complete the work in time and with the quality that was expected. Mayhaps through those experiences they know that the best way to go about these situations is to take things into their own hands, 'cuz telling us would cause fear which was probably unfounded and leaves us doing slipshod work because the workers want to get out of the site ASAP?
If that's the case, i think that the fact that they tried to stabilise the structure shows that they were not "heck care" about it. And say, any engineers around here? Maybe they can only stabilise the structure part by part and they went about it as they continued the construction? I don't know.. I'm just a kid..
No one wanted an accident like this or any other to happen. And i'm sure IF it was the govt.'s fault they're darn guilty about it now, but they can't do anything..
*SiGh* Too many factors are causing me to feel ambivalent about this accident.. -
Oh man...........the SCDF's DART Team has decided to call off the search for Mr. Heng due to unsafe site conditions.
Yes....search must be called off if it endangers the safety of the rescurers themselves. ...........BUT dun u all think tt they should say "search postponed" or "search temporary called-off" due to unsafe site conditions instead of telling the public tt they will stop the search altogether. -
think u KO liaoOriginally posted by M©+square:Stop stop stop....let me koon in peace. -
wah lau!Originally posted by Nelstar:Knock knock....
who's there?
Under the ground.
Under the ground, who?
Mr Heng...
damn bad la u.
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maybe in the past they also work with a lack of safety, but their luck held and nothing happened? that what u mean?Originally posted by GermZ:Aren't we assuming too much about this accident?? All of you have your points, but all these are of no doubt, juz assumptions. True, you can say that putting 2 and 2 together makes perfect sense. Maybe even common sense. but then again, common sense isn't so common nowadays, is it?
Hmmm... Wait till LTA come see this site and a)admit and defend their actions or b)deny and attack our assumptions before i decide on which side to stand.
Some say LTA cover up their "crimes" and "hoodwink" us citizens, but the thing is, is there any point in us sh*tting in our pants about it? I mean, maybe LTA has had their doubts before, and through NOT telling us, they were actually able to successfully complete the work in time and with the quality that was expected. Mayhaps through those experiences they know that the best way to go about these situations is to take things into their own hands, 'cuz telling us would cause fear which was probably unfounded and leaves us doing slipshod work because the workers want to get out of the site ASAP?
If that's the case, i think that the fact that they tried to stabilise the structure shows that they were not "heck care" about it. And say, any engineers around here? Maybe they can only stabilise the structure part by part and they went about it as they continued the construction? I don't know.. I'm just a kid..
No one wanted an accident like this or any other to happen. And i'm sure IF it was the govt.'s fault they're darn guilty about it now, but they can't do anything..
*SiGh* Too many factors are causing me to feel ambivalent about this accident..
boy... u do not leave this sort of thing to chance and luck. no. not EVER. u do not hope u luck out and nothing happens. that is so NOT the way to work. its like saying that u have a 2 pin plug to go into a 3 pin socket and u just insert it in using a metal screw driver while the electricity is on, not getting electrocuted and thinking that since it worked, the next time u will do it again and hope your luck holds. IF thats the way u think about this... i can tell u... u best stick to a paperwork only job, because trust me, anything else and u are going to kill yourself, and maybe some other people besides.
i think u do not understand about the construction industry. U do not complete your work and get out ASAP just because u fear for your life. instead, u stop work immediately, make an assesment, remedy the problem, THEN go back to work ONLY when its safe to do so, and do a quality job. your saying that shoody work might result because they declare worksite unsafe, workers finish their work so as to leave the worksite ASAP, only makes me laugh.
Oh i din say they heck care. but the thing is while they were concerned, they also were depending too much on their luck to hold. Thats not the way to go about, esp in such a difficult and high risk category of construction work. once again, i will say, while they were reinforcing the structure, the truth is they didn't care ENOUGH to order a halt in work. Either they underestimated the extent and seriousness of the problem, or they were just depending a tad too much on good fortune to smile upon them.
common sense is not so common nowadays... and no thanks to the way our youngsters are educated nowadays...
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no LTA have doubts to the site~ but they didn't stop..
because they never thought something like this will become so serious.. its too late.. when they wants to take action.. they cause lives -
it seems some people are talking about how a halt in work would be actually based on unfounded fears about the danger.
Whatever happened to the thinking "Leave nothing to chance"?
Is it acceptable nowadays to do things dangerously, then blame fate when something bad happens?
This is the exact same Shit that caused the death of my friend in Combat Survival Course. To do risky things as n when u feel like it, and hope nothing goes wrong.
Why let fate play such a big hand when it can be controlled? Why leave it to chance???
Whats wrong with u people?
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wei i where got?!Originally posted by HENG@:it seems some people are talking about how a halt in work would be actually based on unfounded fears about the danger.
Whatever happened to the thinking "Leave nothing to chance"?
Is it acceptable nowadays to do things dangerously, then blame fate when something bad happens?
This is the exact same Shit that caused the death of my friend in Combat Survival Course. To do risky things as n when u feel like it, and hope nothing goes wrong.
Why let fate play such a big hand when it can be controlled? Why leave it to chance???
Whats wrong with u people?
okay, i understand how you feel, instead i'm there when the incident happened, the feeling is so strong that my parents too always talk about this with me (they were there with me)
some things are really beyond our control, we can't blame ourselves right?
when theres something which we can control, we choose to delay and delay~ cos deep in our believe, nothing harmful will happen~
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I quite agree with you. don't take safety to chance. Remember LTA and NE-line has similar calls before. have heard that the NE-line software is not entirely bug free and safe. that is why the many delays..engineers what to be safe, but politicians wants it running.... lucky nothing has happened yet.Originally posted by HENG@:it seems some people are talking about how a halt in work would be actually based on unfounded fears about the danger.
Whatever happened to the thinking "Leave nothing to chance"?
Is it acceptable nowadays to do things dangerously, then blame fate when something bad happens?
This is the exact same Shit that caused the death of my friend in Combat Survival Course. To do risky things as n when u feel like it, and hope nothing goes wrong.
Why let fate play such a big hand when it can be controlled? Why leave it to chance???
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in this situation, i don't see theres a need in the delay. quite many excuses of them~
wrong is wrong~ they couldn't avoid their guilty conscience forever~
the soils already loosen, they knew it.
what they did is delay and delay till something happened and finding excuses~
theres many problems in the site.. this is serious. they know~
aiyah.. but it had happened~ so now my saying is already useless -
wei.. those tok abt ghost.... beware hor~
anfuni's belief is always : wat goes ard, comes ard....
those who tok abt ghost better dont take CCL in the future.... lolx...
who noes u will meet who.. esp when last train?
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shuo de hao~~Originally posted by anfuni:wei.. those tok abt ghost.... beware hor~
anfuni's belief is always : wat goes ard, comes ard....
those who tok abt ghost better dont take CCL in the future.... lolx...
who noes u will meet who.. esp when last train?