How to Scrap your car in Singapore

UPDATE: you will also get cash on the spot, if you go through the scrap brokers (quotz). The LTA scrapyard process will net you a cheque a few weeks later.

Singapore cars are only allowed to have a 10 years COE, after which, LTA would allow you to extend 5 more years, for a pro-rated price, or you have to scrap the car.

Given that COE prices are now astronomical, probably double or triple of the original car costs... not many singaporeans would ever choose to extend the COE. Unless your car is super emo.... 

(Come to think of that, the government earns more selling that piece of paper than the car manufacturer selling a fully functional car)

When your 10 year COE is up, LTA will send you a transaction pin and allow you a few options to de-register your car.

Good news is you can get a few bucks from de-registering your car.

If you are trading in your car to an Authorised Dealer, chances are You can TRADE IN your car.
If you are not going to buy a new car, or has to deal with a Parallel Importer, you may have to DIY to deregister to scrap your car.

You can

a) scrapping your vehicle on your own with LTA

or b) sell to a broker to export your vehicle out.

Keep the transactional pin that LTA will mail you early.

• Obtain a Transaction Pin.* Please click here for more information on Transaction PIN.
• Submit an online application to authorise a submitter to de-register your vehicle at the scrap yard;
• Send the vehicle to one of the Appointed Scrap Yard Operators within 5 calendar days of your online application. Otherwise, the application will lapse and you will have to re-apply. Please note that your vehicle will remain registered until it is de-registered at the scrap yard; and
• Bring along the following:
•  (i) Duly completed de-registration application form;
• (ii) Original NRIC (Singaporean, Singapore PRs & Malaysian) or Passport (foreigner other than Malaysian) of the submitter authorised by you to de-register the car at the scrap yard; or
• (iii) Original Identification Document(s) of the vehicle owner (Click here for the list of identification documents required) if no authorised submitter is appointed online; and
• (iv) Road Tax Fees (if the road tax is outstanding at the point of vehicle de-registration).
• Land Transport Authority (LTA) will notify the last registered owner of the vehicle's de- registration, the details of any PARF/COE rebate(s) and/or arrears of road tax/late renewal fee(s), if applicable.

List Of Appointed Scrap Yard Operators

Company/Address	Contact No	Operating Hours
Hup Lee Leong Hardware Pte Ltd 26 Sungei Kadut St 3 Singapore 729153	Tel: 6363 5055 / 6367 0019	Monday to Friday: 8.30am - 5.30pm Saturday: 8.30am - 4.30pm
Kim Hock Corporation Pte Ltd 10 Benoi Road Singapore 629885	Tel: 6862 3883 / 6862 1881	Monday to Friday: 9am - 6pm Saturday : 9am - 5pm
Sky Metal Pte Ltd 7 Gul Road Singapore 629364	Tel: 6862 9109	Monday to Friday: 9.00am - 5.30pm Saturday: 9.00am - 12.30pm

For Option B, it is potentially more rewarding.

Do not wait till the last few days to export your car, the lesser days, the more rush for the secondhand dealer, and he will not offer a better price.

I used Option B, and to save troubles, I googled a lot and found
http://www.quotz.com.sg/how/scrap.php

Just key in your information, they will find the best export company that wants to take your car, Within a day, a lady from Quotz called me and quoted me a price that is higher than the LTA deregister values. From what I know, it is the best possible price.
I accepted and the dealer will call me directly.
The dealer did and I agreed to a date to send the car. However on the actual day, due to work, I did not drive to the company in the end.

And I learnt that really cannot wait till last minute. I waited till left 4-5 calendar days, and called up the dealer again. This time he refuse to take the car as it was too rushed.
Thankfully the Quotz customer service called me and offered me at another dealer, which quoted me a slightly lower price due to the rush job, and I just agreed to it...

For the new dealer, instead of driving to his company, he asked me to just drive to the open carpark opposite LTA (10 Sin Ming Drive, Singapore 575701).

When you are there, you can go LTA directly to obtain a transactional pin, on the spot, (if you forgotten yours) and with the transactional pin, you
After all, it is still a better price than LTA deregister at DIY.

So there.... happy scrapping!

http://www.quotz.com.sg/how/scrap.php

"Healthy" food contains more harmful sugar than you think - Best film ever

Sugar is the real villain.
It is so harmful to your body, but yet has escaped public attention for the past few decades. In fact, there are countries that provide subsidies to the production (for example, USA) and consumption (for example, Malaysia) of sugar.

And the interesting thing is, I have been eating healthier food, low-sugar, low salt, low fat products, especially those labelled as "HEALTHIER" choice.


And this guy, Damon Gameau, from the famed Super Size Me, the film that brought  Mcdonalds to attention, has a new film, where he eats all the "healthier" food.
And guess what?

The healthier food, makes him SICK.

Whoooa.

Taken from: http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/damon-gameau-goes-super-size-on-the-sweet-stuff-in-shocking-sugar-experiment/story-fneuzkvr-1227127957935

Damon Gameau goes Super Size on the sweet stuff in shocking sugar experiment

IT’S been 10 years since Morgan Spurlock existed on just McDonald’s for a month in the groundbreaking film, Super Size Me.

Now our waistlines face a new threat, and another guinea pig has undergone some risky self-experimentation to try to make sense of it.
Australian TV actor and filmmaker Damon Gameau stars in That Sugar Film which will air in Australian cinemas in early 2015, in which he exists on “healthy” low-fat food with a high sugar content for 60 days.

The results are more shocking than anyone could have expected.

Within three weeks, the previously healthy Damon was feeling terrible all the time, lethargic and snapping at the slightest thing.
A visit to the doctor confirmed the worst — he had the beginnings of fatty liver disease.

Damon Gameau features in That Sugar Film. Source: Supplied

“I had no soft drink, chocolate, ice cream or confectionery,” Damon told Sunrise this week. “All the sugars that I was eating were found in perceived healthy foods, so low-fat yoghurts and muesli bars and cereals and fruit juices, sports drinks ... these kind of things that often parents would give their kids thinking they’re doing the right thing.”

Instead, the Underbelly actor reveals, these hidden sugars had a remarkably damaging effect on his physical and mental health.

Damon consumed 40 teaspoons a day, just slightly more than the average teenager. Source: Supplied

The father-to-be put on 10cm of visceral fat around his waist, and was informed that he was on the fast-track to obesity. He was also told his mental functioning was “unstable”.

Damon had increased his intake to 40 teaspoons of sugar a day, just slightly more than that of the average teenager worldwide. Recommended daily intake is a maximum of nine teaspoons a day, or six for women.

He now believes labelling is deliberately ambiguous, and that we need to be conscious that every four grams of sugar equals a teaspoon of sugar.

Despite keeping his calories the same, Damon said he never seemed to feel full.

Within three weeks, he had developed early signs of fatty liver disease. Source: Supplied

For breakfast, he would have low-fat yoghurt, cereal and apple juice. That contained 20 teaspoons of sugar.

“We’re not being dogmatic and saying people having to quit sugar, it’s just being aware,” he said. “Sugar’s now in 80 per cent of the processed food we’re eating. If we can remove that, that’s the first step towards making a change.”

The movie features cameos from Stephen Fry, Isabel Lucas and Brenton Thwaites, and king of food campaigners Jamie Oliver has called the film a “definite must-see”.

But will it convince people to change their habits?

Damon put on 10cm of visceral fat, but said the worst affects were on his mental health. Source: Supplied

There are now nearly six million Australians with fatty liver disease and only 6000 of those are caused by alcohol.

Type 2 diabetes is killing someone every six seconds worldwide, and Damon believes we’ve reached a point where we need to do something.

Damon with his family. Source: Supplie

The creators of That Sugar Film have secured funding to create a educational program around the movie.

Its website offers tips, recipes and a study guide for kids, and will later grow into a larger hub, where people can take part in challenges such as cutting out sugar for 10 days.

The filmmaker said he felt lethargic and bad-tempered on the diet. Source: Supplied

Damon’s final meal was a full 40 teaspoons of sugar that could be found in an ordinary child’s school lunchbox. “Sadly, it was very easy to do and fitted comfortably into the small plastic container,” he wrote on his blog documenting his experiment.

“The last meal was for all the people out there, especially parents, who are led to believe they are doing the right and healthy thing for their children. They are making an effort yet are horribly let down by the lack of integrity in marketing and packaging strategies.”


THE LAST MEAL


One apple and blackcurrant Organic Sunraysia juice (6 teaspoons)
One packet of Sesame Snaps (3 teaspoons)
Two tiny Woolworths ‘Fruit Bars’ with 4 in each (8 teaspoons)
One box of Macro Organic Sultanas (5 teaspoons)
One Kelloggs Twist Bar (4 teaspoons)
One Packet of ‘Fruit Salad Bites’ (like apricot pieces but mixed fruits, coated in sugar. (5 teaspoons)
One Apple Fruit Jelly pack (5 teaspoons)
One Jam sandwich (4 teaspoons)


SOME OF OUR WORST SUGAR OFFENDERS ... according to Gameau

Raisin toast (4 teaspoons per slice)
250ml popular liquid breakfast drink (4 teaspoons)
250ml bottle of multi-vitamin juice (6 teaspoons)
Iced tea (8 teaspoons)
Powerade (8 teaspoons of sugar)
400ml apple juice (10 teaspoons)
A serve of low fat yoghurt (11 teaspoons)
A low-fat strawberry standard size smoothie (18 teaspoons)