SINGAPORE, March 4 (fd) - The month of April is the Singapore's Water Conservation month. Starting April 1, Singapore Water Conservation Initiative will go into effect. Everyone will be allocated 4 litres of water a day with each purchase of COEW, or certificate of entitlement for water. The bidding of COEW will start at S$4. The government projects the price of COEW will double in a year thus bring in more revenue to start water conservation project, such as recycling industrial waste water directly into pure drinking water.
In a related news, any offense that conflicts with this new rule will have the fine reduced in half. For example, people who forget to flush the toilet, instead of the previous fine of S$500, they will be fined S$250 because they are within the guideline of the SWCI. Another example is the fine for spitting in to the Singapore River will cost much less than spitting on to Orchard Road.
SINGAPORE, October 10 (grep) - The IT2000 initiative has been rename IT3000 in response to the recent debate in the parliament. The MPs have agreed that Singaporeans are not ready for IT. Instead of hooking up every households in Singapore to the internet by the year 2000, the government will instead hooking up internet to every S'porean household by the year 3000. The Ministry of Communication hope to sway the opinions of the internet to pro-Singapore within the next century.
SINGAPORE, February 29 (lint) - An eight-year old "arrested" his parents for littering into the Singapore River yesterday. Ever since the Environment Ministry empowered responsible residents to help police against litterbugs, the rate of arrest has dramatically increased. All residents are now living in fear now that they could get arrested for littering even by their close family members. According to the Straits Times, the results are cleaner streets and sacking of more than half of the Singapore cleaning force.
The eight-year old, Wu Poh Chi, was given citation for being a good model Singapore citizen. He boldly stated that "for the good of my country, I am willing to sacrifice my parents, or even my life for Singapore." The parents will receive 3 canes each for their offense. They swear to take revenge at home.