Buy Christmas Island back.
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Just realised that those nasty red crabs are not edible.
Oh why.
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Originally posted by Summer hill:
Just realised that those nasty red crabs are not edible.
Oh why.
but the robber/coconut crabs are most delicious.
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Originally posted by Summer hill:
Yes, we should get Christmas Island back. It is such a national shame that we sold our own territory back then in 1958. The island has many potentials and we can fight for oil in the Indian ocean and earn lots of money.....why not? Plus have a lot of delicious red crabs leh....I can go there for fun and food.
It wasn't sold. It was transferred by the british that still ruled Singapore, and a compensation given for the loss.
And if you noticed, it was 1958, Singapore wasn't a sovereign state yet, so it technically wasn't ours to begin with.
Fight for oil in the indian ocean, wah you say it like a kid sia.
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govt buy back and make that island a paradise for their beloved ah neh from India.,
Pinky, do you want buy it for your beloved ah neh from India?
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an island for the indian rapists :lol:
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Originally posted by ditzy:
It wasn't sold. It was transferred by the british that still ruled Singapore, and a compensation given for the loss.
And if you noticed, it was 1958, Singapore wasn't a sovereign state yet, so it technically wasn't ours to begin with.
Fight for oil in the indian ocean, wah you say it like a kid sia.
Right again. Nobody could do anything about it being transfered to Australia back then. Ok, that was back than. The Island is nothing now. No more phospate. The former mayor has even now suggested it sold to Indonesia. Let us take this opportunity to get it back...cheaply. Yes...let us shout the Singapore war cry out loud. Cheap Cheap Cheap.
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let's build crab farms and luncheon meat factory there
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crab farms.
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Originally posted by spidey3:
Right again. Nobody could do anything about it being transfered to Australia back then. Ok, that was back than. The Island is nothing now. No more phospate. The former mayor has even now suggested it sold to Indonesia. Let us take this opportunity to get it back...cheaply. Yes...let us shout the Singapore war cry out loud. Cheap Cheap Cheap.
That island is the ideal landing point for asylum seekers getting into Oz, if it becomes Singapore's, it becomes Singapore's problems.
Then a whole talking point would erupt whether getting the island back was a good idea or not.
I don't deny that there might be plenty of unexplored oil reserves in that area, however it's geography makes it a challenge that it is not profitably viable.
Oil reserves are currently being explored, and exploited off the northen coast of western australia, and if you use google maps you can see the difference in water depth from there to christmas island, and indonesia.
Just slightly west of Barrow's island australia, its already 5km deep, quite a challenge for today's modern drillships, and semi subs. I would know because I've been to most of the rigs in that area the past 2 years, and believe me they are not cheap to drill.
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Originally posted by Clivebenss:
but the robber/coconut crabs are most delicious.
Wah, eh sai jiak bo???
ho jiak bo???
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Singapore should Take Back Christmas Island http://sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/85462
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If Christmas Island is still under Singapore colony.....wow...it would really be good for mainland Singapore expansion since space is a problem in the mainland. It was a big mistake I guess for selling that Island. If the American can colonized Hawaii and developed it and Britain still watch over the Falkland near Argentina coastline, I see Singapore could have benefited from that island too. However, I guess if there was a referendum done for the natives of Christmas Island whether to remain as a colony with Singapore or integrate with Australia, I think they would have chosen Australia because its near and a country of Liberty almost like U.S.A.
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Originally posted by ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~:
Wah, eh sai jiak bo???
ho jiak bo???
ho jiak.
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:lol:
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Develop it into a hippos' paradise.
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shit, invasion of the hippos :lol:
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Originally posted by ILikeHippo:
Develop it into a hippos’ paradise.
hippos will not survive the hard reef island.
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hip hip hippo :lol:
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Originally posted by Clivebenss:
ho jiak.
Why everyone knows abt this crab thingy ah?
Singapore also have these type of crabs izzit? or maybe nearby indo or msia?
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jiak liao �消化
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Originally posted by ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~:
Why everyone knows abt this crab thingy ah?
Singapore also have these type of crabs izzit? or maybe nearby indo or msia?
Not found in Sg or msia, nearest will be Philippines and eastern part of Indonesia. It's a big crab with large pincers and the body is like lobster, good for 2 but I think good for acid one meal. Most countries dun sell them now they are under the endangered species but still they are plentiful on hard reef islands.
Best cooked in coconut milk.
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Originally posted by Clivebenss:
Not found in Sg or msia, nearest will be Philippines and eastern part of Indonesia. It's a big crab with large pincers and the body is like lobster, good for 2 but I think good for acid one meal. Most countries dun sell them now they are under the endangered species but still they are plentiful on hard reef islands.
Best cooked in coconut milk.
Cooked in coconut milk...
wah, sibei tempting sia...
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Originally posted by Clivebenss:
Not found in Sg or msia, nearest will be Philippines and eastern part of Indonesia. It's a big crab with large pincers and the body is like lobster, good for 2 but I think good for acid one meal. Most countries dun sell them now they are under the endangered species but still they are plentiful on hard reef islands.
Best cooked in coconut milk.
Yeap, in the Philippines they will cook the craps in coconut milk. Malays will cook the crap in coconut milk too mix with tumeric, serai and add slices of pineapples for the gravy...its like the lontong gravy but lontong gravy no pineapples. I prefer prawns rather than craps because prawns have more flesh and easier to eat. -
I prefer crab maybe messy but taste sweeter than prawn, also less allergic for me than prawns.