pete_r Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 Living in Bangkok with 45-60 minutes commuting morning and evening (and that's relatively short I hear), I had a smile of envy reading about the difficult traffic conditions in Singapore (bold added). http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/sin.../416964/1/.html SINGAPORE: Residents in northeast residential estates can now drive to the city faster, with the opening of a S$33.9m road link. [...] "Last time when this road wasn't open, I have to bypass to Hougang Ave 7 and that's a two-lane traffic road. In the morning peak hours, (there) is heavy congestion over there. To reach KPE from my place, I probably need 10 minutes. Now, with this direct road link, I think 3 minutes I'll reach KPE." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OriginalPoster Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 (edited) Living in Bangkok with 45-60 minutes commuting morning and evening (and that's relatively short I hear), I had a smile of envy reading about the difficult traffic conditions in Singapore (bold added).http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/sin.../416964/1/.html SINGAPORE: Residents in northeast residential estates can now drive to the city faster, with the opening of a S$33.9m road link. [...] "Last time when this road wasn't open, I have to bypass to Hougang Ave 7 and that's a two-lane traffic road. In the morning peak hours, (there) is heavy congestion over there. To reach KPE from my place, I probably need 10 minutes. Now, with this direct road link, I think 3 minutes I'll reach KPE." Sometimes the traffic on the CTE backs up for 20 or 30 minutes at a time. If it wasn't for that Singapore would be quite a convenient place to live. There are other hardships in Singapore too. For instance, sometime on Saturday and Sunday mornings my internet connection slows down to less than 1 Mbps. Edited March 22, 2009 by OriginalPoster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaleBlue Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 There are other hardships in Singapore too. For instance, sometime on Saturday and Sunday mornings my internet connection slows down to less than 1 Mbps. You should see my connection in a 5 star hotel in Rangoon. I think snail mail could be faster. What the heck; 90% of the websites are block anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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