tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497420390276831059.post4117588026446204109..comments2023-09-12T12:59:21.207+00:00Comments on Not that Sane: Singapore: great service, poor building codesLakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16177723973206020679noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497420390276831059.post-78731916796545790632012-05-01T13:29:34.763+00:002012-05-01T13:29:34.763+00:00Building codes and interior design are 2 different...Building codes and interior design are 2 different things, at least to me. Since when was a step considered to be under building codes?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497420390276831059.post-15471433865568709592011-09-05T06:00:32.361+00:002011-09-05T06:00:32.361+00:00I have worked and lived in the U.S. for a time, an...I have worked and lived in the U.S. for a time, and believe me, the standard of their buildings, highways etc. are pretty abismal, dirty and shoddy I can tell you. (bed bugs in N.Y. another instant). I now live in singapore and am convinced that the standards here (being based on the British Standards Institute) are superior to those of the U.S.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497420390276831059.post-59440589291753610932011-06-02T00:45:05.677+00:002011-06-02T00:45:05.677+00:00If singapore were a 3rd world country, US would no...If singapore were a 3rd world country, US would not be a first world either... look at our average living standards and look at yours... look at ur poorest living standards and look at ours than do a comparison... unless of course ur definition of third world country like Anonymous said is the condition of the floor of the hotel roomkanzie88https://www.blogger.com/profile/13724167558751362157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497420390276831059.post-56241046815741644992009-04-20T02:18:00.000+00:002009-04-20T02:18:00.000+00:00hahaha the Anonymous person writing about others ...hahaha the Anonymous person writing about others concluding Singapore is a third world country based on their hotel room and other building designs is quite right!<br /><br />how ridiculous these observations are, if only... if only they knew what the definition of a third world country really was...dictionary anyone?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497420390276831059.post-8972034018144031092009-03-23T22:52:00.000+00:002009-03-23T22:52:00.000+00:00A FRIEND OF MINE IN THE MILITARY TOLD ME THIS STOR...A FRIEND OF MINE IN THE MILITARY TOLD ME THIS STORY . HE GOT SHORE LEAVE AND GOT A HOTEL ROOM . IT WAS NICE HE TOLD ME . THEN HE TOLD ME ABOUT WOMEN THAT WERE PROSTITUTES FOR THE HOTEL HE WAS AT . THEY WERE THE HOTEL WOMEN THAT WERE FORCED TO SATISFY ITS CUSTOMERS . ACCORDING TO HIM IT WAS A GREAT HOTEL . HE COULD CHOSE THE WOMAN OR WOMEN HE WANTED TO SPEND THE NIGHT WITH HIM .IT IS THE SAME IN MANY PLACES IN SINGAPORE . YES ITS SAFE THERE . BUT MAYBE NOT FOR WOMEN . ITS A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY .<BR/> THANK YOU ,<BR/> KEVIN MC INTYRE .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497420390276831059.post-69165277923898317242009-01-12T21:20:00.000+00:002009-01-12T21:20:00.000+00:00What does this have to do with building codes? It'...What does this have to do with building codes? It's just the design of the interior.<BR/><BR/>Don't make a conclusion that Singapore is a third world country based off the floor design of your hotel room...........Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6497420390276831059.post-91928141201044394152008-10-20T15:54:00.000+00:002008-10-20T15:54:00.000+00:00more: very often buildings have emergency exit doo...more:<BR/><BR/> very often buildings have emergency exit doors opening towards the inside<BR/> or emergency exit door locked with chains<BR/><BR/> there are no standards for sound absorption level (or if there are, they are either not checked, or at extremely high level)<BR/><BR/> Highways with buildings next to them have no sound bouncing walls<BR/><BR/> Still developing....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com