lustingfreeman: and then this happens:
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/blogs/singa...042025757.html
As for the IC thingy, it is to weed out pros, as once you get clocked, you come back after an hour with another guy, the hotel can refuse. Oh, the hotel may be asked to provide the IC / passport info, if there is some investigation, as I see from Crime-watch on Ch 5 !