Singapore shaken after quakes in Indonesia

Posted: 06 March 2007 1538 hrs

SINGAPORE: Singaporeans felt two rounds of tremors in the space of two hours on Tuesday, following two earthquakes in Padang, Indonesia.

Singapore's Meteorological Services Division said the first tremors were felt at about 11.50am after an earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter Scale struck Padang on the island of Sumatra.

The epicentre was 50 kilometres north-northeast of Padang and some 430 kilometres south-west of Singapore.

The second round of tremors occurred around 1.50pm after another earthquake, measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale, struck Padang.

The tremors were felt in many parts of Singapore.

Callers to the MediaCorp News Hotline reported tremors in the downtown city area of Beach Road, Robinson Road and Shenton Way, as well as residential areas such as Ang Mo Kio, Toa Payoh, Chua Chu Kang and Woodlands.

Witnesses said several tall buildings in the central business district swayed slightly.

Several buildings, like the Concourse, Capital Square and Centennial Tower in the city, and even Ngee Ann Polytechnic in Clementi, were evacuated.

If you too felt the tremors, you can call our news hotline at 68222268.

You can also send pictures and videos to yournews@channelnewsasia.com

- CNA/ir

Coming home soon....

For those who read my blog often, I want to tell you all that I am going back Singapore soon.

Anyway no different from last time, I am going back for work, but hopefully I can meet up with as many people as possible...

Not only because it is Chinese New Year soon, but I am excited to go back this time is because I miss my Dear so much... Don't ask me who is that person, because that person will know who I am talking about.

Anyway, I also miss the rest of my buddies and friends too... so catch up with you all when I am back, ok...

Ha... Ha... still you may be wondering when exactly will I be back, right? It will be very soon... so be prepared to receive my call... hee... hee...

:)

Annual Meeting + Skiing

My parent company had an Annual Meeting last week and my company got to take part in it... although... the Annual Meeting was "non of our problem"...

But still, we got to attended it for the sake of attending it...

See that stupid banner? 清软英泰2006度something something...

What happened was only waiting and waiting...

Then there was a bit of stupid games...

Finally the food...

And then we have served our main unwanted purpose for that day...

Next was the "Highlight!"

Company outing... and since it is winter, we went skiing...

Since we took picture of everyone, I think it will be a good chance to introduce my beijing colleagues to everyone too...

Liang Xiaodong - Software Programmer

Shejun - Software Programmer

Cao Xinlin - Software Programmer

Yangyong - Software Programmer

Wanglei - Software Programmer cum Tester Leader

Feng Qiaolian - Software Tester and our one and only female colleague

Zhang Tongwei - Software Tester

Xue Manxin - Accountant

Myself

Group Photo - InfoTech Optimum (Beijing) Co. Ltd.

And of course, as all of us do not know how to ski, we fulfill our objective for the day:

"Stay alive while falling down..." So we all eventually make it through...

:p

SQ plane turns back, lands safely after fire alarm goes off

By Asha Popatlal, Channel NewsAsia Posted: 24 January 2007 1341 hrs

SINGAPORE: Singapore Airlines flight SQ811 from Beijing to Singapore turned back one hour and 40 minutes after take-off on Wednesday morning, when an alarm indicating fire in the right engine went off.

Responding to the alert, the flight crew of the Boeing 777-200 declared an emergency and returned to Beijing, landing safely at the airport at 10:40am local time.

The plane was carrying 227 passengers and 16 crew at the time.

Subsequent ground investigations, however, showed there was no fire or any elevated temperatures.

The airline, in a statement, said the false alarm might have been triggered off by some airflow disturbance to the heat insulation blanket.

Investigations are ongoing and the aircraft will remain on the ground in Beijing until they're completed.

Arrangements have been made to help affected passengers continue their journey and to provide accommodation to those who cannot be transferred by Wednesday. - CNA /so/dt


This is the English version of my previous post from CNA.

新加坡航空公司客机发动机起火 降落首都机场

新华社快讯：来自民航总局的消息：一架新加坡航空公司的客机发动机起火后，刚刚安全降落首都国际机场，人机平安。

　　空中成功灭火 227名旅客、17名机组人员平安

新加坡航空公司一架B777-200飞机，在执行北京-新加坡SIA811航班任务过程中，右侧发动机故障起火，北京首都国际机场接到机组通报后立即启动了应急预案。

10:32分，机组在空中成功实施灭火后在首都机场安全落地，机上227名旅客、17名机组人员平安。


(责任编辑：赵健)


Just when I am thinking of going back to Singapore for CNY, this kind of stupid things happened.