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This is a collection of past polls featured in Singapore Seen. Your views, your feedback and your voices.
What kind of year will 2012 be?
It will be a better year than 2011
23.69%
23.69%
More economic gloom and doom
26.69%
26.69%
Love will be dominating feature
6.42%
6.42%
A year of financial success
5.42%
5.42%
Family life will improve and blossom
5.34%
5.34%
Expect more lethal natural disasters
26.44%
26.44%
'Occupy' movement will gain momentum and spread worldwide
6.01%
6.01%
Taxi fares and surcharges will go up
It's an excuse for taxi companies to raise rental charges
37.21%
37.21%
Commuters will switch to buses and MRT, thus increasing the strain on these services
12.90%
12.90%
Cost of living will go up as some people have no choice but to use taxis
6.48%
6.48%
Taxi operators should improve services first before upping fares and surcharges
16.87%
16.87%
Compared to some major cities like New York, the cost of travelling by taxis is lower in Singapore
2.98%
2.98%
Commuters should show their unhappiness by boycotting taxis
16.37%
16.37%
Give taxi drivers a break; there has not been a fare increase for some years now
7.19%
7.19%
The incidence of minors misbehaving on facebook is becoming rife
Parental intervention is urgent or the situation will get out of hand
16.30%
16.30%
Schools must implement regular lessons on cyber do's and dont's
4.14%
4.14%
Unless it involves the posting of revealing photos, there's nothing wrong in some misbehaviour
14.92%
14.92%
Facebook must have tight control in filtering out the posting of offensive material by minors
12.41%
12.41%
Minors who post offensive content about themselves and others must be disciplined by parents or schools
22.22%
22.22%
If you bar them from facebook, they will definitely go to other social media websites
30.01%
30.01%
There have been five deaths at Bedok Reservoir in the past 5 months.
Nothing to be alarmed about; it's just a coincidence
5.82%
5.82%
Fengshui masters should be hired to find out how to avoid suicides and mishaps there
9.68%
9.68%
The area should be fenced off to ensure our drinking water is not contaminated
28.12%
28.12%
A govt agency should study the previous deaths to find out the underlying causes of the suicides
31.26%
31.26%
Just do nothing; if a person wants to die, he or she will find the means to do it
25.11%
25.11%
What's your reaction to the name of SIA's new budget airline, Scoot?
A terrible name that doesn't reflect the nature of the business
24.88%
24.88%
An original name that would be accepted in no time
12.96%
12.96%
Only an FT would come up with such an awful name
23.84%
23.84%
Shouldn't we have a name that has a Singaporean or Asian feel to it?
19.56%
19.56%
There should be a contest to let Singaporeans name the airline
18.75%
18.75%
Would you buy the iPhone 4S?
Yes, yes, yes.
24.39%
24.39%
No, I will wait for the iPhone 5
38.72%
38.72%
I am giving up on the iPhone because the new HTC and Samsung smartphones are much better
36.89%
36.89%
What are the things that you, males and females, are likely to spend on?
Electronics gadgets and devices
25.35%
25.35%
Clothes and fashion accessories, like watches
19.78%
19.78%
Cars
4.55%
4.55%
Entertainment, such as clubbing, KTV, drinking at pubs and other social activities
12.09%
12.09%
Food, including gourmet dining, buffet lunches and dinners
19.15%
19.15%
Gambling, both informally and at casinos
4.32%
4.32%
Handbags
0.94%
0.94%
Spa treatments
0.94%
0.94%
Overseas vacations
10.36%
10.36%
Books
2.51%
2.51%
Drivers in Singapore are reckless and impatient, a recent road safety survey shows. Why?
They like to show off their expensive fast cars.
16.33%
16.33%
They are generally irresponsible people.
37.03%
37.03%
Driving tests here are too lenient.
5.25%
5.25%
Traffic conditions here are not conducive to safe driving.
8.35%
8.35%
The bad drivers are usually female.
15.37%
15.37%
Drivers who are reckless are young and inexperienced.
17.66%
17.66%
Should we learn and speak American English because of the prevalence of US media and the dominance of its economy?
Yes, since US culture -- music, movies and books -- is so pervasive.
9.92%
9.92%
Only the Queen's English please, because American English is a corrupt version.
20.40%
20.40%
We should promote Singlish as our own unique brand of English.
15.58%
15.58%
We should have a Singaporeanised form of English that's not Singlish but understood by everyone.
20.77%
20.77%
English version or American version, it doesn't matter.
33.33%
33.33%
What is the most urgent issue in Singapore that must be attended to?
Cost of living
48.03%
48.03%
Transport system
5.32%
5.32%
Public housing
5.87%
5.87%
Influx of foreign workers
27.34%
27.34%
Jobs
3.99%
3.99%
Education
4.66%
4.66%
Public health
1.51%
1.51%
Public services
1.21%
1.21%
Environment
2.06%
2.06%
With curry in the news, what's your favourite version?
Fish head curry
40.25%
40.25%
Japanese curry
16.89%
16.89%
Malay-style red curry chicken
18.15%
18.15%
Tikka masala
4.61%
4.61%
Thai curries -- panang, red, yellow, green and Massaman
8.33%
8.33%
Devil's curry
3.27%
3.27%
Filipino kare-kare
2.98%
2.98%
Karahi curry
0.07%
0.07%
German currywurst
0.60%
0.60%
Madras curry
3.12%
3.12%
Curry vindaloo
1.71%
1.71%
If you see a couple openly engaged in embarrassingly intimate public display of affection on the MRT or on the bus, what would you do?
Do nothing as it is none of my business.
50.94%
50.94%
Ask them to stop what they are doing as it is offensive.
2.50%
2.50%
Treat it as public entertainment and watch them.
37.86%
37.86%
Move away as far as possible from the couple.
5.46%
5.46%
Alert an MRT or bus official.
1.46%
1.46%
Rope in fellow commuters to tell the couple to stop what they are doing.
1.77%
1.77%
Which of these food courts or chains in Singapore would you rate as Number One?
Food Republic
7.14%
7.14%
Tekka Centre
3.80%
3.80%
Takashimaya Food Court
3.46%
3.46%
Koufu
3.84%
3.84%
Newton Circus
5.02%
5.02%
Long Beach
2.36%
2.36%
Kopitiam
9.54%
9.54%
Banquet
6.88%
6.88%
Food Junction
3.19%
3.19%
Tiong Bahru Market
7.14%
7.14%
Golden Mile Food Centre
4.75%
4.75%
China Square food court
0.46%
0.46%
Lau Pa Sat
10.71%
10.71%
Marina Square food court
0.91%
0.91%
Changi Village
8.81%
8.81%
Maxwell Road food centre
8.02%
8.02%
East Lagoon Food Village
5.40%
5.40%
Changi Coast Seafood Centre
1.63%
1.63%
Geylang Serai Market
6.23%
6.23%
Marina South Food Centre
0.72%
0.72%
Singapore's public transport operators have applied to the Public Transport Council for a fare increase that, if approved, will be the single biggest fare hike to hit commuters in recent years.
If we want our public transport system to continue to be efficient, with a wide network, we have to pay the price for it.
3.49%
3.49%
Such a huge hike is unjustified, considering the poor level of public transport service now.
54.94%
54.94%
S'poreans complain too much; they should see the appalling condition of public transport even in developed countries like Japan.
4.97%
4.97%
If there's a hike, it should be lower for the poor and the elderly.
5.36%
5.36%
The operators should use some of their profits to subsidise any increase in fares; SMRT’s after-tax profit was S$161 million for the financial year 2011.
31.25%
31.25%
The SAF is distributing over 8,000 iPads to its soldiers
A luxury, not a necessity. What a waste of taxpayers' money!
58.44%
58.44%
Angry Birds will make better soldiers out of our NS men.
14.33%
14.33%
Important to keep our soldiers up to speed in technology.
8.12%
8.12%
iPad has dual use: it can also be armour plating.
4.28%
4.28%
Why the 10-inch cumbersome iPad and not the 7-inch Galaxy Tab?
2.71%
2.71%
The SAF should make the soldiers pay, maybe at a discounted rate.
4.83%
4.83%
iPad means no more boring wait for firing range time or transport.
7.29%
7.29%
Do we deserve such infamy? A survey by Lion City Life, a blog frequented by Chinese nationals, says Singaporeans are the most disgusting and irritating people
China nationals are worse than Singaporeans in their behaviour.
35.64%
35.64%
Yes, we deserve such criticism because of our anti-social behaviour in daily life.
9.97%
9.97%
China nationals who think we are disgusting should return to their country and not live or study here.
42.65%
42.65%
China nationals show no gratitude by biting the hand that feeds them.
9.24%
9.24%
Other nationals are worse in their behaviour.
2.49%
2.49%
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