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There are many family-oriented condos that fit your requirements. However, due to personal preferences being all different, it's the best for you to look at few options with the help of a good agent. Based on your budget, there can be many choices, but some good condos on the paper and on the intern...

There are good places to live in both East and West sides of Singapore. It's more important to figure out where you will spend the most of your family's time and choose based on that. For me, it was considering the location of my kids' school, my office and my church. I picked a place right in the m...

Are expats who have moved to Singapore happy with their decision? - Yes, we are (my family and I, that is). Are you glad you moved there? - Yes, we are glad to have moved here instead of Hong Kong, Shanghai or any other major city in Asia. Do you think you will stay there permanently, or at some poi...

I have been wanting to go to Tioman for a while but keep missing the right time to visit. When can I travel to Tioman during the year? March through September, for example? i went on tioman for a week end (minang cove). we went there using Berjaya Air, flight duration 30mn. more expensive than the b...

Katathani Phuket Beach Resort is a very good place for a family to simply relax at the resort, without being totally isolated from some outside activities. If you want a totallly secluded peaceful resort, Mariott in the north of Phuket is a great choice. If you want easy access to the busy area with...

Guys, there is a posting on HDTV on the next page with lots of information on LCD and Plasma TVs. So much misconception out there about the Plasma TVs. LCD TVs are getting better, but for now, the Plasma TVs are better for your money. My recommendation: Buy either a Pioneer or a Panasonic plasma TV ...

Does anyone know where I can get the piano tuning service for a Steinway piano in Singapore? I tried searching the internet without much success. Help!

Bremen, H1 and S2 are both very good cameras. That slight edge in performance is quite negligible, and I prefer using SD cards, rather than Sony's memory stick card. I also like the longer battery life of Canon cameras. I even prefer picture quality of Canon cameras in general to Sony's, but that's ...

I have used the Canon S2 IS with 12X optical zoom for the past few months. The photo quality is simply outstanding on this camera. It's a fantastic camera with a neat VGA motion picture recording capability at 30 frames/sec, and therefore, acting as a good video camcorder at the same time. (I use 1G...

Posted on Sun, Nov. 13, 2005 JONATHAN TAKIFF TECHNOLOGY A clearer picture of plasma TVs 1/83/8 The gizmo Old rumors die hard, and there are lots of 'em floating around about plasma televisions. Let's clear up some of the misconceptions about these sleek, flat-panel, hang-on-the-wall screens. All fla...

Bremen, The issue of dimming or half-life of plasma panels is a non-issue for most people. With my Pioneer TV rated for 60,000 hours before its brightness or contrast reduces to the half level that you metioned, it will take f you watch the TV for 4 hours a day, it will take at least 16 years even i...

Genesis, Originally, I was leaning toward LCD TV due to much less glare on screen and higher display resolution for potential PC use. You will find out, however, the large units don't support PC with the same high resolution as they are capable of displaying DVD/TV signal. Unless you get a 65" LCD w...

I have used this TV now for several days, and I really like it. FYI, I have PDP-436HDG with two side-mounted optional speakers and a Pioneer XV-DV333 home theatre-in-a-box system, connected via component cables, for much better sound experience. Although the side-mounted speakers provide fairly nice...

Until it switches to HDTV broadcasting sometime within next two years, I hope sooner than later, you will not get high quality TV programs through Starhub digital cable. Since your TV is larger than most CRT TVs, you will see the noise much more so than on your CRT TVs. It's better that you enable h...

Tax Reliefs are given as deductions against the individual's assessable (taxable) income and are available only to individuals who are tax residents in Singapore. Since you will likely to be in Singapore for more than 183 days within next calendar year (assuming you are not traveling more than six m...