2013年12月26日星期四

Metro Expo Sale


2013年12月5日星期四

New app turns your smartphone into a top up machine for EZ-Link cards

New app turns your smartphone into a top up machine for EZ-Link cards

Land Transport Authority-owned EZ-Link has launched an app that turns your smartphone into a mobile machine that tops up the value of your EZ-link card.

Touted to be the world's first, the My EZ-Link Mobile app automates payment by charging to a user-designated Visa and MasterCard debit or credit card. Users must first enter personal and payment details into the app before they can tap their EZ-Link card on the smartphone to top up.

The app works only on smartphones that are near field communications (NFC) enabled. NFC is a wireless transmission technology that allows mobile payment.

With this, commuters need not visit ATMs or EZ-Link machines anymore. The smartphone payment option adds to existing fuss-free Giro and automatic stored-value reload options tied to the POSB ATM card and most credit cards.

~News courtesy of Straits Times~

Open house of stage one of DTL

Open house of stage one of the Downtown Line on Saturday

Members of the public can get a sneak preview of stage one of the Downtown Line (DTL) during an open house on Saturday from 10am to 6pm.

The 4.3km-long DTL1 will open on Dec 22 with six stations - Chinatown, Telok Ayer, Downtown, Bayfront, Promenade and Bugis. During the open house, visitors can take unlimited free rides along the line to view artworks at each station, and enjoy other activities and entertainment planned at four stations - Chinatown, Telok Ayer, Downtown, and Bugis.

The theme for the open house is "Music through the years". For instance, music videos from the eighties and nineties will be played at the Downtown station, while classic tunes from the sixties will be played at Chinatown. Grassroots organisations from the Moulmein-Kallang and Tanjong Pagar GRCs will also put up performances like samba drumming.

~News courtesy of Straits Times~

2013年12月2日星期一

明年8长周末 本地掀出国热

明年8长周末 本地掀出国热

明年出现8个长周末,国人掀起出国热,而旅游业者也磨拳擦掌准备推出优惠配套“抢滩”。

人力部日前公布2014年公共假期,明年的11个公共假日当中,4天恰逢周末前后。另外4天则恰巧碰上周二或周四,国人只需请一天假,就能享有四天长周末。

公众李小姐(24岁)就认为,这么多个长周末让她可以省下不少年假,和家人出国共享天伦乐。

叶小姐(27岁,活动策划员)也十分期待地表示,繁忙的工作让她无法好好休息,打算规划明年8个长周末,出国充电。

春节恰逢长周末,多个行程已订满。

《新明日报》