A new record was set yesterday when local stocks
fell to rock-bottom levels
Recording a 19.25-point decline
this plunge is the most drastic in five years
leading to massive blue-chip sell-offs
Given yesterday's dismal turn in the market
a rockier road for the economy is expected ahead
Why turn it on when you know it's going to be $5.80?
Traffic's heavy today
It's going to be $6.6O
Yeah, right
Ah Huat
Miss Tan said my shoes are too old
She said it's time to change them
They are still new
Still new?
I've worn these for over a year already
When I was young, my shoes lasted me five years
Five years?
In five days
these shoes are going to turn into slippers
You tell your teacher
we don't own a bank
If she's unhappy with your shoes
tell her to give you money to buy new ones
She should just mind her own business
Why the hell are you honking?
What's your problem?
So what if you drive a big car?
You think you own the road?
If you get out of the car, it's going to be $12.4O
What's your problem?
So what if you drive a big car?
What is it?
You really forgot
What have I forgotten?
It's my birthday today
Oh, no
It slipped my mind completely
Ten years old and still so gullible
How are you going to become rich in the future?
I promised to take you
to the arcade after school today, didn't I?
I'll pick you up later
Now, get out of my car
before it gets rusty from stopping too long
What a slowpoke
Mr Lim
Do you have enough money?
Excuse me
Hello?
I'm calling from Tse and Wong Law Partnership
Is this Mr Lim Seng Huat?
Yes
What is this about?
Hurry up
Miss Tan is coming soon
I'm almost done
Write properly
If the handwriting is different from mine
I'll deduct two dollars
I'm almost done
There
Class stand
Mr Lim
According to Madam Lim's affidavit
you were married in 1997
Two years later, in 1999,
you had a son, Lim Wei Siang
In 2000, you were retrenched
During your six months of unemployment
your marriage suffered
In 2002,
my client filed for divorce
In 2004,
she wrote to you numerous times
requesting for...
the custody of Lim Wei Siang
However, you never replied to her letters
She also tried calling you long-distance
on several occasions
However, you refused to take her calls
Why should I take her call?
The one who abandoned the family was - her!
Calm down, Mr Lim
This is a law firm
not a market
Today, I come to you sincerely
I know that
I'm partly to blame
for the break-up of our family
That's why I want to make amends
especially towards Wei Siang
Mr Tse has examined my financial records
He is very certain that
the judge will award custody of Wei Siang to me
However, I hope we can avoid going to court
I know you love Wei Siang very much
and you want the best for him
Please let him live with me in Australia
There are very good schooIs there
During vacations, he can always come back
to stay with you for a few months
What do you say?
You can divide a sweet into two
But not a son
What are you up to?
My dad's coming to get me
We are going to the arcade
Your dad's not here yet
How about I go to the arcade with you?
Yes, that's right
So now she wants to go to court
What are my chances?
Hey! You just passed Clementi Avenue Six
You are a lamer. How can you not know?
You've got to have some idea
whether I will win or lose, right?
Hey! You're going the wrong way!
Hire you first?
But how can I hire you
when you cannot even tell me if I will win or lose?
You think I'm a sucker?
Hey!
What is it?
Look
I'll call you back
You should use a hands-free kit while driving
Give me a break, officer
Please, this is my rice bowl
Sorry, I can't help you
The law is the law
I swear
I won't do it again
Ever
Hello?
Where are you, Ah Huat?
I'm too busy to pick you up right now
Aren't we going to the arcade?
I'm tied up right now
We'll go tomorrow, okay?
You go home on your own
I'll be back late
I'm going out with my friend, Yao Long
Up to you
That's settled then
Officer
Both of us earn our living on the road
We're paddling the same canoe
We're practically colleagues
Take your hands off me
Zak, take us to City Mall
City Mall?
l can't do that
Your mother's booked a restaurant for lunch
and she's waiting for you
We'll just be haIf an hour
I said no
I don't want to be scolded by your mother
That woman will scold you even more
If I tell her you were smoking in the car
Fine
Just haIf an hour
Acting like a king even at such a young age
Let's play this game
Let me help you
You just had a throat operation last year
You shouldn't be eating so much
I'm full, mummy
Don't eat anymore then
Go play
They charge forty over dollars per head here
She ate so little. What a waste of money
Hello?
Listen carefully, Mr Sng
I have your son
You have thirty-six hours
to prepare a million dollars
If you call the police
I'll kill your son
Okay, sure
Go right ahead
Who was that?
The caller said he's kidnapped Yao Long
and wanted a million bucks
Does he think I'm a fool?
Dad
Go get some food
Remember to take more
Seafood fried rice and beef with broccoli
That will be $12.4O
What is your father's phone number?
Hello?
It's me
Ah Zhen
Is Wei Siang with you?
Can I speak to him?
He's still in school
It's so late and he's still in school?
Did you forget to pick him up again?
Can you be a bit more responsible?
What kind of a father are you?
I'm warning you
If anything happens to my son
I'll bring this up in court as yet another example...
Officer
My son is missing
Please take a seat
When was the last time you saw him?
This morning, around seven
I sent him to school
Was he acting differently?
I'm sorry, give me a minute
Hello?
Ah Huat!
I have your son
You have thirty-six hours
to prepare a million dollars
Call the police
and I'll kill your son
Let's continue
I'm warning you
If anything happens to my son
I'll bring this up in court as yet another example...
My son...
He's...
He's returned home
Mister!
I'll be back late
I'm going out with my friend, Yao Long
Up to you
That's settled then
Sng Yao Long
33 Holland Road
I'm sorry, Mr Lim
I've already told you
Yao Long has a fever and is asleep already
I just need to talk to him for a few minutes
Please, Mrs Sng
Yao Long was the last person who saw my son
I'm really sorry
Yao Long is really ill
I don't want to disturb his rest
I'll ask him about it when he wakes up tomorrow
This can't wait till tomorrow
Just let me speak to him for five minutes
Just five minutes
I'm begging you
Please, Mr Sng
Mr Lim
pardon me for being curious
but why don't you call the police?
How about this?
How about I lend you the million dollars?
You want to lend me a million dollars?
Or let's make this even easier
How about I give you the million dollars?
You want to give me a million dollars?
Someone called me this afternoon
saying he had kidnapped my son
You got a call too?
You can stop pretending, Mr Lim
The person who called - that was you, wasn't it?
Me?
Mr Sng
my son has really been kidnapped
All I want is to talk to your son for a few minutes
to find out what happened
Mr Lim
God knows how many people you've conned
But you're not fooling me
You'd better leave
before I help you make that call to the police
Mr Sng
Hui Xian
call the cops
Hey, pal
Your son left his bag in the car
Where did the boys go this afternoon?
City Mall
Hey, we're closed
Give me two minutes
Ah Huat
Why aren't you answering my call?
My husband is at home
Is that so?
I don't see his car
I've done what you asked me to
You forced me to help you kidnap my step-son, I helped
It's you who grabbed the wrong kid
I don't owe you anything anymore
After eight years in jail
all I want is just some money
Once I get the million dollars
you will never hear from me again
Where is that boy's father going to get that money?
He's just a taxi-driver
If he can't cough up the dough
I'll kill his son
and then ty my luck with your step-son again
The next time your phone rings
answer it
It's basic courtesy
Nothing
There's nothing wrong with the house at all
If not for his financial problems
the owner won't be selling at all
That's great
Deal!
Three hundred thousand
So little?
The bank valuation is at least three hundred and fifty
I've already told you
the price will not be ideal
if you want the money that fast
By the way
my commission is fifty thousand
Why don't you go rob a bank?
So, are you selling or not?
I'll sell
Of course we'll be happy to give you a loan
In fact, this is the perfect time to apply for an overdraft
as the interest rate is at a five-year low
So, Mr Lim
are you going to put up your house as collateral?
You own an apartment, don't you?
I just sold it this morning
Do you own any other property?
Forget it
I want to empty my account
Yours is a current account
If your balance drops below three thousand
our bank will charge an administrative fee
I'll just close my account
Close it now
In that case
please take a number outside
Our counter staff will help you
Fifty thousand dollars
You have to pay the money back in five weeks
The interest is twenty-eight percent each week
The frog is not living in this well
You've got some guts
coming in here and giving me a fake address
Get him out of here
You really want cash?
Go see a doctor!
Let's go
Two hundred and fifty thousand
I'll be giving you general anaesthetic
You will be out for twelve hours
I must be awake within six hours
If you wake up too fast from a kidney-removal operation
you will be in a lot of pain
Six hours
Hello?
Do you have the money?
Yes
Let me speak to my son
Upper Pierce Reservoir
Thirty minutes
You'd better not call the cops
I'll be watching you
Hello?
Get out of my way!
Hey
The boss wanted to know
why this week's rent is late
He also wanted to know
why you changed the lock without informing him
Hello?
Change of location
Market Street Car Park
Thirty minutes
Hello
Where are you?
Change of location
The derelict apartments in Jurong
Block 105, rooftop
Thirty minutes
Where are you?
Put the bag down
Put the bag down!
Open the bag
Pour all the money out
Hello
Leave the money behind
Go downstairs
and get into your car
What?
Hello?
You must be exhausted
Go back up to the roof
What?
Put the money back inside the bag
See the lock on the ground?
Use it to lock the bag
Take the bag and go downstairs
Hey!
Where is my son?
Airport
Thirty minutes
Wait!
Don't hang up!
Fifteen minutes
Give me fifteen more minutes
I'm in Jurong and there's no way
I can get to the airport within thirty minutes
Fifteen minutes
Give me fifteen more minutes
Please don't hurt my son
In fifteen minutes,
you can have a meal
or you can take a bath
In fifteen minutes,
your life can also change completely
Mister, I can't take you!
Get out!
Where is my son?
Give him back to me
Hello?
Why is there only five hundred thousand here?
Where is the other five hundred thousand?
That's all I can raise
I beg you
Please let my son go
Please, I beg you
Upper Boon Keng Hawker Centre
The public toilet - the last cubicle
Let me through
Mr Lim!
Where is my son?
Where is he?
Let's start anew
If you want your son back
prepare another five hundred thousand dollars
Each day I don't get the money
I'll send you another bottle of your son's blood
Five hundred thousand...
Do you have the money?
Yes
Let me speak to my son
You can stop here
$12.40
Don't move!
You'd better not move
That's my money!
How dare you touch my money!
You cannot touch that money!
That money is not for you!
It's for saving my son!
I'm going to save my son!
My son!
That money is for saving my son!
My son will be coming home soon
Please help me
I am at my wits' end
I'm begging you
I really need that money
You're a class act
Dressing up like that
and even getting down on your knees
I still have the same piece of advice for you
If your son is really kidnapped
call the police
Mr Sng!
Help me
Please help me
I really need that money
I don't know what to do
What will convince you to release the boy?
You have a daughter
Seven months after you went to jail
I gave birth to Jia Wei
I didn't let you know
because I told my husband
that Jia Wei's father was dead
You are a parent too
just like that taxi-driver
If your child was kidnapped
how would you feel?
Let the boy go
Our daughter is outside right now
Do you want to see her?
Isn't your daughter's father already dead?
Let's go
The game's not over
I'm not dead yet
Stop playing
I'm not dead yet
I want to continue playing
If you want to go home
you'd better do as I say
Tell your dad to pay me that five hundred thousand dollars
Do you have the money?
Yes
Let me speak to my son
Hello?
Mr Lim?
Mr Lim!
Talk to me, Mr Lim
He says if I want to go home
you have to
you have to pay him
$5.60!
$5.60?
What do you mean by $5.60, Mr Lim?
What's $5.60?
Hello
Mr Lim!
Five hundred thousand
If I don't get the money
your son dies
$5.60
What's $5.60?
Traffic's heavy today
It's going to be $6.60
If you get out of the car, it's going to be $12.40
$2.80
$3.00
The flag-down fare is $2.80
$5.60 minus $2.80
is $2.80
It was after school
so there was no peak-hour surcharge
Every 385 meters is twenty cents
So, $2.80.. .
So, $2.80 divided by twenty cents is...
fourteen
Fourteen times an average of 385 meters
is roughly 4 kilometers and 900 meters
4 kilometers and 900 meters
City Mall
Geylang
Mr Lim
You're the smartest!
Why are you withdrawing so much money, Mummy?
What do you want to buy?
Yes
Let me speak to my son
Do you have the money?
Yes
Let me speak to my son
Of course we'll be happy to give you a loan
In fact, this is the perfect time to apply for an overdraft
as the interest rate is at a five-year low
Upper Pierce Reservoir
Thirty minutes
Upper Pierce Reservoir
Thirty minutes
Upper Pierce Reservoir
Thirty minutes
Upper Pierce Reservoir
Thirty minutes
Anybody there?
Is anybody there?
I'm sorry, Mrs Sng
If you want to put up your property as collateral
You must get your husband to come down to the bank
as the house is jointly owned by the both of you
Please!
Please save me!
Save me!
Please!
I'm begging you
Save me!
Run!
Ah Huat!
Give me some time, Ah Hu
I'll find a way to get you that five hundred thousand
Don't hurt the boy
Get out of the taxi!
Ah Huat!
You know where my son is
Where is he?
Mummy!
Jia Wei!
Mummy!
Jia Wei!
Mummy!
Jia Wei!
Mummy!
Shut up!
I'm telling you to keep quiet
Stop screaming
Shut up!
You still dare to scream?
I said stop screaming
Have you seen him before?
He's called Lim Wei Siang
He's my son
He's been missing for five days
Your mother can help me find him
Tell me
what is your mother's phone number?
Tell me your mother's phone number!
What is her phone number?
What's your mother's phone number?
Yes, Bangkok
It was a last-minute thing
They said there's a private sale
and the jewelry on offer is all heavily discounted
They are all going
and they wanted me to tag along
Mrs Fang said she'll sponsor me and Jia Wei
That's right
she has always been that generous
Okay
We're almost at the airport
I've got to go
See you the day after
When are you going to call that taxi-driver?
If you won't call, I will!
You won't find his number
It's in here
Get my daughter back
Get Jia Wei back!
She's your daughter too!
Don't you know that she's your daughter?
She's your daughter!
Your daughter
has nothing to do with me
Two pork porridge
One with egg
$12.40
Here, eat some
If you don't eat, you will fall sick
Alright
After you've finished eating
I'll take you home
If you don't eat, I'll throw you into the ocean!
You naughty girl
I told you not to run around
What if you fall down and hurt yourself
Did you see that?
You mustn't be naughty like that little girl
running around so late at night
It's so dangerous
Shut up!
Shut up or I won't let you out of the boot
Have you been drinking?
No
Why are your eyes so red?
I've been driving the whole day
Switch off the engine and step out of the vehicle
Exhale into this pipe
Once more
Okay, you're fine
Thank you for your cooperation
Wait a minute
Open the boot
We need to keep the line moving
There are many more cars behind
Alright
You can go
Drive carefully
Trying to mess with me,
Mr Kidnapper?
The public toilet at Seletar Reservoir
The last cubicle
Nurse!
Please help her!
Quickly!
We have a little girl who's having a severe asthma attack
She requires immediate resuscitation
Where are you going?
To the toilet
May I?
There's a private sale
and the jewelry on offer is all heavily discounted
They are all going
and they wanted me to tag along
What's her name?
What is your son's name?
Wei Siang
Okay
Tomorrow, I'll take a pair of scissors,
cut her hair short
and call her Wei Siang
If you want the money
get my daughter back
A child who loses his parents
is called an orphan
There is no word, however, to describe
a parent who loses his child
He does not deserve to have a name
because he has failed
to protect his own flesh and blood
I am that person
Right now, all I am living for
is the day I'll find you
and exact vengeance on you for my son
Ah Huat!
Wei Siang!
Ah Huat
Don't be frightened
I'm coming to take you home
I don't want to go home
You promised
You promised to take me to the arcade
Okay
I'll take you to the arcade
Don't be frightened
I promise I'll take you to the arcade
That's enough
Listen carefully
No! You listen carefully!
City Mall
Twelve noon
If you want the girl,
bring my son
A girl in a dress
and carrying a red doll has been reported missing
Her name is Jia Wei
If you see this little girl
kindly bring her to the information counter
Her father is waiting for her
A girl in a dress
and carrying a red doll has been reported missing
Isn't that the missing girl?
Her name is Jia Wei
If you see this little girl
kindly bring her to the information counter
Her father is waiting for her
Are you having fun,
Mr Kidnapper?
Hey, Mister!
What about your daughter?
The Singapore Flyer
Thirty minutes
Remember this place?
You used to be a waitress here
Remember me telling you
I was nanny before becoming a waitress?
That was a lie
I was a nightclub hostess
Remember me telling you
Jia Wei's father
died in a car accident?
That was a lie too
Actually, he was in jail
He was released recently
He threatened
to expose my past to you
He forced me
to help him kidnap Yao Long
I'm very sorry
These are the house keys
Whatever happened in the past remains in the past
I know you're in some kind of trouble
It's fine if you don't want to tell me your problem
But we're still family
Let us through!
Tickets for an adult and a child
Please queue up, Mister
We're in a hurry
I'm sorry but you still need to queue
Are you deaf?
We're in a hurry
Be careful
Open the door!
What are you going to do?
Return my son to me!
Open the door
Let me out
Let her go
Give my son back to me!
Return him to me!
Don't hurt my son!
Stop, don't go
Come back!
Return my son to me!
You haven't spent
all of my money, have you?
Is Jia Wei with you?
Don't you trust me?
Jia Wei!
Mummy!
Are you okay, Jia Wei?
I want to go home, Mummy!
Okay
Mummy's coming to get you
If you want your daughter
bring the money to last night's location
Hello?
Jia Wei!
Taking the goods
when you haven't paid?
I got your daughter back
Now, give me the money
You didn't let the taxi-driver's son go
I think you won't be letting me and Jia Wei go either
I guessed right, didn't I?
Hello?
Mrs Sng
You are a rich man's wife
I am just a taxi-driver
But we are both parents
When our children laugh
we laugh
When our children cry
We cry
I know you feel the same way as I do
We are the same
Will you, as a mother,
help this father out?
Your son is with Ah Hu
So is my daughter
I am going to try to get the both of them back
If I fail
I want you to do something
In thirty minutes' time,
be at the derelict apartments in Jurong
Block 105
You only have a pair of hands
and there are two children here
Will you choose money?
Or will you choose your daughter?
I give up
Get out of here with your daughter
You only have a pair of hands
Will you choose money?
Or will you choose your daughter?
Hello
The end of Tuas Road
If I don't see my son
you won't get the money
Mr Lim!
Ah Huat!
Ah Huat
Mr Lim
Don't be scared
Ah Huat
We're going home
It's going to be okay
It's over
We're going home at last
Home?
Who is going home?
Run!
Quick!
Get out of here!
Go!
Let my son go
Please let my son go
You can do whatever you want to me
You can kill me
Just let my son go!
I want you to watch your son die before your eyes
Ah Huat
What is it?
I haven't showered in days
Me neither
Did Miss Tan call?
No
She's going to kill me
I haven't done my homework
I'll help you do it later
No, thanks
You always get the answers wrong
Piracy attacks in the Straits of Malacca
account for 56% of pirate activities worldwide
Traffic's so heavy today
It's going to be $22.80
How do you know that when you've never been to the airport before?
Want to bet?
No way
Be serious
Got your passport?
Yes
Extra socks and underwear?
Yes
What about that sweater I got you?
Ah Huat
Why are you so long-winded?
I'm warning you
You must be careful when you get to Melbourne
Your mother is richer than us
So, she will definitely try to bribe you
You mustn't fall for her tricks
Yes
She may have dropped the custody suit
but that doesn't mean she is a saint
If you are so scared of her
why did you agree to let me
spend my birthday with her every year?
I'm not scared of her
I pity her, that's all
Also, when you get to Melbourne
remember not to go around on your own
If a stranger approaches you
Ah Huat
If you're so worried
why don't you come with me?
If I go to Melbourne for a month
who is going to drive this taxi?
We'd better take another road
or we're going to be late
If you get out of the car
it's going to be $28.60
Do you know how to drive?
Get out of the car now
Are you sure you know how to drive?
Get out!