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https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Technology/Japan-drone-maker-s-flying-motorcycle-to-hit-the-skies-next-year?utm_campaign=GL_asia_daily&utm_medium=email&utm_source=NA_newsletter&utm_content=article_link&del_type=1&pub_date=20211026190000&seq_num=17&si=44594 Japan drone maker's flying motorcycle to hit the skies next year A.L.I. Technologies starts taking orders for $682,000 Xturismo The Xturismo is the first 'hoverbike' to make its debut in Japan. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi) ERI SUGIURA, Nikkei staff writerOctober 26, 2021 16:16 JST OYAMA, Japan -- On a nearly empty racetrack in the foothills of Mt. Fuji, a Tokyo-based drone startup unveiled its vision for the future of transport: a flying motorcycle able to hit speeds of up to 100kph. In a scene straight out of a sci-fi film, the driver fired up the Xturismo, which rose several meters off the ground and cruised along the track for about a minute and a half. Reporters and guests -- all wearing earplugs against the deafening noise -- looked on. Developed by A.L.I. Technologies, the "hoverbike," as the company describes it, weighs 300 kg and is capable of carrying a single rider. According to the company, it can travel at its top speed for up to 40 minutes. A.L.I., which is backed by Kyocera and Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Venture Capital, started taking orders for the bike the same day it was unveiled and plans to deliver the limited-edition run of 200 vehicles to customers by the first half of next year. The price is set at 77.7 million yen ($682,000). Powered primarily by an internal combustion engine, Xturismo relies on two main propellers to stay aloft. The bike is equipped with the same altitude control technology A.L.I. uses in its drone products, allowing it to glide smoothly through the air. "We would like to propose a new lifestyle with this floating vehicle," CEO Daisuke Katano said at the unveiling ceremony. In addition to leisure, the bike could also be used to help rescue people from accidents on the water, said a member of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party who attended the ceremony. A.L.I.'s four-year achievement comes as the race to sell flying motorcycles heats up around the world. U.S.-based JetPack Aviation recently said it had succeeded in a flight test of a prototype of the Speeder, reportedly setting itself on course for a launch as early as 2023. Pre-orders start at $380,000. French startup Lazareth is also developing a flying motorcycle. 'We would like to propose a new lifestyle with this floating vehicle,' said Daisuke Katano, A.L.I. Technologies chief executive. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi) Investment has been pouring into flying cars, with Toyota Motor investing 43 billion yen in U.S.-based Jobby Aviation in January 2020. HT Aero, a flying car startup backed by Chinese electric vehicle company Xpeng, said last week it has raised over $500 million in its latest funding round. Honda Motor revealed last month that it has been developing a flying car as a part of its 5 trillion yen research and development over the next six years.

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I'm not a scholar or buddism expert and can only speak from knowledge I have come across. There are many buddhist sutras, some of them were written in later times and may include ideas to make them more relatable or to gain more followers. Several sutras mention non-human beings like gandharva, yaksha, asura, naga etc. Most of them are what people would consider celestial beings, nagaraja means dragon king. They are normally mentioned as part of the audience listening to whatever buddha is saying at that moment, and not actively doing stuff. I think the objective is to make you think "if the celestial beings are listening, I'd better pay attention." Ghosts are rarely mentioned but I know of a theravada sutra talking about them https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petavatthu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preta There is some info on Yama king of hell at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yama_(Buddhism) As I understand it, mahayana buddhism considers ghosts as delusions. There is no hell except when people make their own hell. It is difficult to reconcile because I have felt and seen things. Or maybe they were imaginations of my deluded mind. But mahayana is considered a later addition so the theravada sutras may be more accurate? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahayana#Arguments_for_authenticity People will believe what they want to believe and do what makes them feel safe or good. As to why the hell deities allow ghosts to wreak havoc, maybe they are like the police. They only act when people make a report. And then it take time for them to show up. They may even run away if they ghosts are too strong or too numerous, like at the Little India riot

i support this. one reason is to prevent those PR fuckers to jake up resale market price. another reason is to prevent chao sinkies from buying and sell for profit. HDB is to stay not for invest and make profit. want to invest and make profit go and buy private. period.

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thanks for your well wishes all

SMLJ is % and % of the % of the % of the ICU % KNN as usual cannot convince try to confuse????

The future

The bird like not a single fuck was given

nb, the health minister never hear of comorbidities meh???? if a person with comorbidities tio wuhan-19, the person vaxxed or unvaxxed will still uplorry depending on his/her health conditions. most studies released b4 aug stated that vaccination prevent deaths but the study was using data b4 jul when vaccination rate were still low and most r using overall statistics instead of segregating by age and health conditions. a more accurate study will be segregating by age, health conditions and by events per 100k population to obtain a more accurate outcome. i still waiting for someone to do a real professional analysis.

A Minister in the Singapore government has suggested the creation of an internet kill switch that would prevent minors from reading questionable material online – perhaps using ratings of content created in real time by crowdsourced contributors. "The post-COVID world will bring new challenges globally, including to us in the security arena," said Minister for Defence Dr Ng Eng Hen at a Tuesday ceremony to award the city-state's 2021 Defense Technology Prize. "For operations, the SAF (Singapore Armed Force) has to expand its capabilities in the digital domain. Whether for administrative or operational purposes, I think that we will need to leverage technology to the maximum," he declared. Among his ideas for better use of tech were self-cleaning buildings, the ability to handle classified work nearer to home, and improved remote teaching. The broad-ranging speech also included some ideas on how to deal with misinformation distributed online. "We need a tool to grade any piece of information on the net in real time," he opined. "It could be crowdsourced like Wikipedia, for its accuracy." His next idea was "real-time guidance for minors who are very impressionable as they surf the net." The Minister envisioned "a warning alarm or kill switch" that would be invoked when minors are detected reading dodgy content. "So you read about the recent example. Someone radicalised on the net, bought weapons on the net, all by himself," the Minister explained. "If you have a tool where you have a ‘blinking light' that this is in-force and if he is searching for a tool for weapons on the net, a kill switch." The Minister rated the chances of such a kill switch being built as low. "But of course, commercial companies are struggling with it and part of the sensationalism and echo chambers drive profits and they have to make that decision between profit and social responsibility," he lamented. He's also not keen on requirements for repeated authentication – like basically everybody else. "I wish my devices and screens do not black out so often and I have to repeat giving my password. They should be able to recognise me instantly or weed out imposters," he said. The Minister's suggestions were not policy prescriptions. He described them as "we need and if onlys" – the kind of maybe-impractical idea that sparks innovation. Singapore has, however, taken recent steps that address some of the issues addressed in the speech. Earlier this month parliament passed the Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Act 2021 (FICA). The Act gives the Minister for Home Affairs the authority to investigate individuals suspected of being foreign agents engaged in "hostile information campaigns". Through FICA, third parties like online platforms, ISPs and websites may be compelled to block certain accounts or content in Singapore if they express political positions felt to represent opposition to the nation's policies. The law also allows the government to name people as "Politically Significant Persons" if they conduct activities felt to have a political purpose. Being named as such a person brings with it obligations to disclose any donations received or eligibility for migration to another country. Critics of the law have claimed the language used in FICA is too broad and lacks judicial oversight. However, it does not feature a kill switch. https://www.theregister.com/2021/10/27/ng_eng_hen_speech/

I am on vpn now Leave our kids alone

Who determine what is questionable material? PAP? no thanks. Moreover why ask an old fark who dun even know WTF is the modern technology? if you ask someone from govtech, maybe i can believe than an old guy 1 leg in coffin liao. its just like asking Mark Zuckerberg how to cook bak chor mee. KNN

Fuck, now I have to turn on my VPN all the time.

I believe in education and not suppression. This kill switch idea will just incite more curiosity or worst still a rebellious nature and they will just find other ways to access the content

Lowly paid ministers are "weak", only highly paid ministers can open door! Poopies No scared, got many excuses in the bag! Pattern more then badminton!

U taking photo from Blk 118A jln Membina in front is Jalan Bt Merah towards Cantonment

knn... so dry how to eat? the auntie didnt offer u to lum zhup? KGK jiu shi KGK...

SINGAPORE - Future Housing Board (HDB) flats built in prime, central locations will be subjected to a 10-year minimum occupation period (MOP) and additional subsidies will be clawed back by the Government upon their resale. These are among the key measures under a new prime location public housing (PLH) model, aimed at keeping prime HDB flats affordable and inclusive, announced by National Development Minister Desmond Lee on Tuesday (Oct 26). The first Build-to-Order (BTO) project under this model will be located in Rochor and launched next month. The pool of resale buyers of these prime HDB flats will also be limited to households who earn not more than $14,000 a month and at least one applicant must be a Singapore citizen. Under the PLH model, fewer flats may be set aside under HDB's Married Child Priority Scheme, which gives priority to applicants whose parents or children live in the same area. Currently, up to 30 per cent of new flats are set aside under this scheme for families buying a flat for the first time. At a media briefing on Tuesday, Mr Lee said the new model is to keep public housing in prime locations affordable, accessible and inclusive for Singaporeans, both at the initial purchase and at subsequent resales on the open market. The PLH model will apply only to future public housing in prime locations and not to existing flat owners. There will be at least one prime location public housing project launched each year, but the exact proportions will differ year on year, as it depends on site availability and the overall supply of flats across all towns, said Mr Lee. In order for HDB to launch these prime flats at affordable prices at the BTO stage, it has to provide additional subsidies on top of the those provided for all BTO flats, said Mr Lee. All subsidies are factored into flat prices when they are launched as BTO flats. "But the concern is whether this would lead to the lottery effect, excessive windfall gains and whether it would be fair to BTO buyers in other parts of Singapore, who would not get these additional subsidies," he said. A record number of HDB flats have changed hands for at least $1 million this year. In the first nine months of this year, there were 174 million-dollar HDB flats, compared with 82 for the whole of last year, which raised eyebrows and set off concerns about home affordability. They came on the back of a buoyant HDB resale market, in which resale flat prices also hit a record high in the third quarter of this year. To address these concerns, the Government will claw back additional subsidies provided to PLH flats. Flat owners will pay a percentage of the resale price to HDB when they resell their home on the open market for the first time, he said. This will apply only to those who bought the flat from HDB and not to subsequent resale transactions. The exact percentage will be announced at the launch of the Rochor BTO project next month, which is the first site under the PLH model, and may be adjusted for other projects in the future, he said. Other prime locations for public housing include the future Greater Southern Waterfront. However, buyers who want one of these flats on the resale market will have to meet the prevailing eligibility conditions for buying a flat directly from the HDB . These include having at least one applicant who is a Singapore citizen, meeting the household income ceiling of $14,000 and not holding a private property or sold any in the last 30 months. Singles above 35 years old will not be allowed to buy these PLH flats. This is in contrast to current rules that do not place limitations on singles above the age of 35 buying resale flats. "Without such restrictions, the resale prices of these homes in prime locations may rise beyond the reach of many Singaporeans over time," said Mr Lee. The first BTO project under the PLH model will be located in Rochor and launched in November. PHOTO: HDB These conditions on the resale pool will also act as safeguards to prevent sellers from adding the subsidy recovery to their asking price in the hopes of trying to maximise gains, he added. “Buyers will be a circumscribed group of people who meet BTO eligibility requirements, so that means not anyone can buy. And buyers will also have to bear in mind the impositions on subsequent resale on him or her,” he said. “So that will ensure that the moderated market for the prime location public housing flats is functional.” To ensure buyers are genuinely buying the flat to live in, instead of hoping to flip it for a windfall, the MOP for prime location HDB flats will be extended to 10 years, up from the current five. Owners will also not be allowed to rent out their whole flat at any point in time, even after the MOP is over. These conditions will apply to all flat owners who purchase BTO and resale flats under the PLH model. The resale restrictions will be in place for at least half of the 99-year lease of each prime location HDB flat before the Government considers whether to review them, Mr Lee said. "These policies will help to strengthen the owner-occupation intent of public housing and also seek to deter speculative demand and moderate resale prices," he added. However, HDB housing grants will still be available for eligible buyers and the prevailing ethnic quota under HDB's Ethnic Integration Policy will apply. When asked what constitutes a prime location, Mr Lee said it refers to the city centre in central Singapore and the future Greater Southern Waterfront. Some of the HDB towns and estates immediately surrounding the city centre may qualify, depending on the attributes of the sites within those areas, he said. "I think let’s keep it tight for now to these central prime locations. Because there are constraints on the buyers of these homes and we have a clear social objective to achieve by injecting these flats in areas which, under today’s context, would normally be for private housing." Public rental flats will also be included at these sites where feasible, said Mr Lee. He added that the new PLH model, which comes after almost a year of public consultations, strives to balance the many considerations and trade-offs, while fulfilling the key social objectives of public housing. "As with all our policies, the new PLH model is not cast in stone. It is very new and we will continue to review the parameters over time, based on our experience from the projects that are launched along the way," he said.

cannot prevent transmission yes, hospitalisation not known, they still adopt zero covid policy unlike us

Sinovac n sinopharm cannot handle delta also

Ppl sure will find way profit

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SINGAPORE - The police have arrested three men aged between 30 and 45 for their suspected involvement in selling counterfeit goods online. One of them is also being investigated for unlawful remote gambling activities, the police said in a statement on Wednesday (Oct 27). The police conducted raids in Jalan Sultan, Woodlands Circle and Bedok Reservoir Road on Monday (Oct 25) and seized computers, mobile phones and more than 600 pieces of counterfeit apparel, bags and accessories. These items are estimated to be worth more than $170,000 in street value. Investigations are ongoing, the police said. Under the Trade Marks Act, anyone found guilty of selling or distributing goods with falsely applied trademarks can be fined up to $100,000, face a jail term which may extend to five years, or both. Under the Remote Gambling Act, anyone who provides a Singapore-based remote gambling service can be fined between $20,000 and up to $500,000, jail of up to seven years, or both.

Ya key is comfort.. and wif the virus not going away anytime soon, need a good chair for WFH

In sinkieland sure all hell break loose... Plenty of self entitled+ selfish sinkies.... PMD and bicycle already cannot control this one will break the system

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I am just glad it's not cholesterol related cos i dont wanna change my diet etc. just do a check, get peace of mind.

Hanging in there... More opening will mean mega surge

GG... Tink we will surpass Thailand and kimchiland

SG opening up to India liao!!!!!!

SINGAPORE — The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) has suspended the food business operations of Proofer Bakery after an inspection on Tuesday (Oct 26) found “massive pest infestation" at the food preparation areas of its MacPherson premises and in both its food delivery trucks. It has also been directed by the authorities to recall its food products that have been sent to its 16 retail outlets, SFA said in a statement on Tuesday evening. The suspension is with effect from Tuesday until further notice. SFA said that “live cockroaches, rodent activity and dead rodents” were observed during an inspection of Proofer Bakery’s unit at KA Foodlink, a six-storey commercial building housing food businesses. The building is located at 171 Kampong Ampat off MacPherson Road. TODAY understands that this is the address of the bakery’s central kitchen. In addition, SFA said that it found “several lapses relating to the poor maintenance of the premises”. “In the interest of public health, SFA directed the licensee of Proofer Bakery to rectify the lapses and take necessary measures to improve the food safety practices and the cleanliness of its premises. “As a precautionary measure, SFA has also directed the company to recall the various food products at Proofer’s retail outlets.” In a post at 6.19pm on its Facebook page named "Proofer Boulangerie", the bakery said on the same day that it is closed for the day’s operation to facilitate an “area cleaning process”. “Business shall resume tomorrow,” the bakery said, without mentioning the suspension. In its statement, SFA said that food safety is a “joint responsibility” and that it continues to be vigilant and works to ensure that “regulatory measures are in place and properly enforced”. It stressed that all food operators should ensure that their premises are clean and well-maintained, and that workers are properly trained on proper food safety management. It will take enforcement action against food operators who do not adhere to regulations or comply with food safety requirements. “Offenders are liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding S$10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both,” it added. Members of the public who come across poor hygiene practices in food establishments are advised not to patronise them. They may also provide feedback via SFA’s online feedback form. Read more at https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/sfa-finds-massive-pest-infestation-proofer-bakery-orders-business-suspended-and-recall

Should get them to eat durian

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moh really pcc to the max to feel good. nb, using ratio of community cases doesnt reflect how wide-spread the infections r. rather, it only shows whether the speed of infections r increasing or decreasing. expecting moh to pcc when the ratio is at 0.9 really trying all sort of methodologies to blur the picture.

SP dosage much stronger iirc

hope u feeling better. hard to say as aorta clogging has no symptoms. thats why limpeh me thinking of going for aorta electric cardio graph end yr when not too busy. i worry i may have irregular heartbeat.

huh? u young and active also kena? work too stressful

Ah Jack food is keyi... chiur daddy didnt bring u jack's place before? parkway parade got 1 outlet, very long already.

Take care and rest well.