Aranho

Nice airport. But the runways are too short for an international airport. Runways at int. airports are usually 4 km or longer. And 4 km on SimCity 4 is as long as a large city size, or 250 tiles. You may have problem with building realistic runways though, like everyone else with realistic airport.

Nice region you got there. Hope that you're first update is fantastic.

Nice CJ I got to say. Although I've been following this CJ since I-Don't-Know-When, this is my first comment here. The way you planted the whole region (or most of it) with trees are just truly amazing. Good plot too.

Nice CJ I got to say. Although I've been following this CJ since I-Don't-Know-When, this is my first comment here. Nice transportation layout too. It really kept me glued to this CJ. One of my favourites too. And happy birthday to GTR!

Nice non-SC4 CJ there. First of a kind on this forum. Cool.

Hi and welcome to Raffore Islands, a place full of historical sites and culture. People from all around the world come and live in this wonderful country. Asia, Europe, Africa. Basically from every corner of the world. Raffore Islands had been very well known as of 2000s. Both Raffore Islands and Singapore also have bilateral ties with each other. In fact, both of the countries share the same currency, the Singapore Dollar, and many other items, both politically and economically, under the Separation of Singapore and Raffore Islands Agreement. For more information on Raffore Islands, go to this link. Flags and Coats of Arms of Raffore Islands Flag of Raffore Islands The Green Top Horizontal Strip and the Blue Bottom Horizontal Strip plus the green and blue stars signifies the the country's pledge to keep the country clean and green and to stop Global Warming. The marooned-colored diamond at the center with all ten stars pointing towards the diamond signifies the whole population, regardless of race, language or religion, trying to achieve the same goal of unity of the country. The three stars, colored in pink, beige and brown, aligned in a straight line on both the top and the bottom of the horizontal line signifies the three different races living on Raffore Islands, Caucasians and Americans, Asians and Africans. Raffore Islands Air Force Flag Raffore Islands Naval Flag Note that both the Air Force Flag and the Naval Flag are almost similar in design to the Singapore Air Force Flag and Singapore Naval Flag due to the long history of bilateral ties both Singapore and Raffore Islands has. Coats of Arms of Raffore Islands For those of you who have a very good knowledge of the Coats of Arms from around the world, this Coats of Arms is very similar to the Coats of Arms of Kosovo in terms of design. Other Flags used by the government during its History From left to right: State of Raffore Islands flag under the United States rule, the United States' Flag with Raffore Islands being the 51st state of the United States, People's Republic of Raffore Islands Flag under its "Communist" rule, State of Raffore Islands Flag during the merger of Singapore and Raffore Islands. Statistics and Infomation of Raffore Islands Motto: United in we stand Anthem: Unity to Rafforians Capital: Raffore City, also known as Raffore CBD Official Languages: English, Mandarin (Chinese), Japanese, Russian, French, Tamil, Portuguese Denonym: Rafforian Government: Parliamentary republic President: None Prime Minister: James Wee Hsien Koh (2005-current) Former Leader of Raffore Islands): Carlson McLewis (Governor of the State 1969-1970), David Gomez (as Governor of the State 1970), Li Heping (Leader of Raffore Island 1972-1974, Governor of the State 1974-1993, Prime Minister 1993-2005) Independence: Self-government under the United States: December 1969 Independence: Free Country: 1972-1974 Independence: People's Republic: 1974 Independence: Merger with Singapore: 28 June 1974 Independence: Declaration of Independence: 1 June 1993 Population (as on ????): ???? GDP (PPP): Total: ???? GDP (PPP): Per Capita: ???? GDP (Nominal): Total: ???? GDP (Nominal): Per Capita: ???? HDI: ???? Currency: Singapore Dollar Time Zone: Singapore Standard Time (UTC+ (DST not observed) Internet TLD: .rf Calling Code: +651 (Singapore change to +650) Maps and Plans of Raffore Islands Map of Raffore Islands I have downloaded this map, made by Mallow the Cloud, from here. Note that I have "deleted" off the Malaysian part and the Jurong Islands. Also, I change the size of some grids to accomodate huge towns and cities and airports. Plans of Raffore Islands Map of Raffore Islands with the major component to the country. The squares with the words "Ind" signifies that these areas will be industrian towns. The squares with the words "Port" signifies that these coast will be used by ports. The areas bounded by pink borders are nature reserves, or National Parks in American terms. The areas bounded by yellow borders are the two main cities of Raffore Islands: Raffore City and Tourist City. The area bounded by Orange borders is Resort Islands, something like Singapore's Sentosa. The circles on the map signifies the airports of Raffore Islands: Tourist City International Airport, Raffore City International Airport, Senoko Cargo International Airport (with the "C" in the circle), Ubin Private Airport (with the "P" in the circle) and Pierce Military Airport (with the "M" in the circle). Land Transportation Plan of Raffore Islands Map of Raffore Islands with the major expressways, or highways in American terms, and railways of Raffore Islands. The red line signifies the expressways of Singapore and the gray lines signifies the only railway, Raffore Industrial Railway, on Raffore Islands. 1 - Heping Expressway (HPE) 2 - East-West Expressway (EWE) 3 - Raffore Industrial Highway (RIH) 4 - Business District Expressway (BDE) 5 - Central Expressway (CTE) 6 - Pan-Island Expressway (PIE) 7 - North-Eastern Highway (NEH) 8 (unlabelled, Southern coast of Tourist City) - Tourist City Coastway (TCC) Sattelite Image of Raffore Islands And finally, a satellite image of the location of Raffore Islands. And yes! It's within the South East Asia region! Well, that's it for today. While I'm gone, here's a little teaser for you guys for the first update. Please support my CJ. It's my first attempt anyway. Also, if I seems to have violate anything, please inform me and I'll quickly correct any things that I have violated. Oh and, in addition, if you have notice or spotted any problems with my CJ, like you can't see the picture, please notify me as soon as possible so that I can rectify the problem as quickly as I can. Here are some programs that I use to edit my pictures since I don't have Photoshop: 1) Paint 2) Powerpoint And it here are some of the elements that I use for the game: 1) Money Park (give a huge amount of money within one game month if you plop it) 2) NAM 3) Radical Ordiance V2.0 4) Others

Can the moderatos or admins please close this topic? Thanks.

Can the moderatos or admins please close this topic? Thanks.

Ca the moderatos or admins please close this topic? Thanks.

This topic is now close as promotional topic for the New Raffore Islands CJ is now out!

Thanks for all of your comments guys. Remember, you still can apply for an embassy on Raffore Islands (is anyone interested?)

Does anyone want an embassy on Raffore Islands? Then fill in the Embassy Application Form available in a previous few posts.

The Final Update: Embassy on Raffore Islands Hi. I'm back from the 4 - 5 months absense from Simtropolis. Sorry for not updating my CJ for a very long time as I am busy with real-life and something new... the all - new Raffore Islands! Yup. For these 4 - 5 months, I have been planning for a new version of Raffore Islands. And I will promise you that the new version will be better that the old one. For now, here's a video of some final unreleased pictures of the Old Raffore Islands: [There seems to be some problems making YouTube videos appear on this post. So, for now, please go to this link ( ) to watch the video.] Right now, back to business. To prepare for the new Raffore Islands, all of you will have a chance to have an embassy on Raffore Islands. Here are some thing to take note: 1) You are required to fully complete the Embassy Application Form (EAF) (available below) in order to have a chance to have an embassy on Raffore Islands. A n/a reply is required for those questions you are unable to answer. 2) All Confederacy of Free Regions (COFR) members who have submitted their EAF early do not need to re-submit the EAF again. 3) Those COFR members who have not sumbitted their EAF early may choose to submit it here. However, your EAF may not get a chance to be accepted due to lack of available land to build your embassy design of your choice. So here's the Embassy Application Form: Name of country - Year of creation/independence/etc. - Current leader and designation - Country's capital - Time Zone - Continent - Union (if any) - Preferred embassy design (optional) - Flag (optional but recommended) - Details of embassy form: Name of country: The name of your country/CJ of course Year of creation/independence/etc.: When was your country formed? When did it became independent? Current leader and designation: Full name of the current leader and its designation (Prime Minister/President/Leader) Country's capital: Name of the country's capital Time Zone: Tell me your CJ's time zone or location of your CJ on the Earth Map if you don't know your CJ's time zone Continent: The continent your CJ is located Union (if any): State the full name your the union your CJ is currently under. Please don't insert United Nations. Preferred embassy design (optional): If you refer your own embassy design, please post a link to the BAT so that I can download it (e.g. https://www.simtropolis.com/stex/details.cfm?id=20560&v=1). This is optional though. Flag (optional but recommended): Post a picture of your CJ's flag. This is optional. The last date you can submit the embassy form is 7 December 2008 Singapore Standard Time (UTC +8:00). After which, I will look through all the embassy forms. Due to limited space, it is based on the first-come, first-serve basis.

Update 8: Plans for Busiest Airport on Raffore Islands Yup. The update is now available. Presenting the plans for the busiest airport on Raffore Islands, Tourist City International Airport, or TOCIA (pronounced as Tock-e-ah) for short Some info about the airport: IATA code: RTC ICAO code: WTTC Located just outside the boundary of Tourist City Here's how it works for the Runway - Taxiway Layout Plan: Let's say a plane has touched down entering from the south side of the runway at one of the Western runway. Prior to that, any plane scheduled to take off must travel to the Taxiway Waiting Area located at the south (marked "A") and stay there until the plane is given the "go" signal to move onto its designated runway. The plane that touched down must then travel to the north Taxiway Waiting Area (marked "B") to exit the runways. This system it to reduce plane traffic congestion on the tarmac. Here's the draft layout of the different zones under the Terminal Layout Plan: the Orange Zones is obviously designated for shops and F&B outlets, while the Purple Zone is solely for car parks and hotels, with some area designated for commercial businesses. Both the Red and Blue Zones are for air travel purposes.

. Update 7.5: Teaser for new plans Well, good thing that I'm back. But, for now, I have decided to shift my focus which has lead to the delay of the Update for the Civil Unrest on Raffore Islands. But don't worry. I will try to get the update done. In the meantime, while on the long break, I have focus my attention to one of the busiest airport on Raffore Islands: Tourist City International Airport. For now, I can't reveal much about it, but I'm gonna show you all the plans for this airport which will be shown on my 8th update. Stay tune for the next update!

daryl, just asking, the plane livery i requested (the RIA) is under "777 livery - current request", right?

Nice airport! Love it that you create them using two different cities. Good job. Very innovative and creative! (Hey, just to tell you, you've spelled Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia wrongly. This is your spelling "Signapore, Thailan, Mylasia".)

hey sbah, nice CJ you having there, although it didn't replicate Singapore totally. still, it's going great. tell me if you really want to replicate Singapore and I will try to help you. if not, keep up the good work.

. NEWS UPDATE . Due to the dropping of my academic grades across all subjects, I, Aran Ho, the creator of Raffore Islands, declare of the temporary closure of this CJ until further notice. For all of you supporters who kept on supporting my CJ, I thank you all of having such a great time reading and viewing my CJ. I may come back once in a while just to relieve some academic stress I may encounter, but I may not be around for most of the time. But, in any case, please do not lock this CJ. While I'm gone, please enjoy the updates of Raffore Islands currently posted on this CJ. And sorry for the increase suspense of the Raffore Civil Riots and Raffore War. Thank you all for being a great supporter of my CJ.

Any replies? Anyone?

News Update Raffore Islands now have an entry on this Wiki! http://editthis.info/confederacy/Raffore_Islands Please do check it out and tell me what you think of it.

Sky Guy: Glad you like it! un1: Glad that you like it! Sorry about the grid though. I've forgotten to turn it off. n-m-2k8-yeah: Thanks for the coment! Glad that you like it! jacqulina: Glad that you like it!

. Update 7: Woodlands Expanded . We're now back at Woodlands! It's been only about 2 year since it's been completed. A lot of things have been changed. MNCs are beginning to build their factories in Woodlands. McDonald's second outlet has been completed. And let's check Woodlands out now! Clockwise from top left: Park Trail @ French Coastal Strip; CityPoint, Raffore Islands first habitable skyscraper; Woodlands Mall & Golf Course; Woodlands Hotel, Raffore Islands first hotel From left: Church of the Holy Trinity; Woodlands Art Exhibition Hall The poster on the Art Exhibition Hall is Maroon 5's single "If I Never See Your Face Again" I know that the single didn't exist in the 1970s but I just put it there for fun Woodlands Mall, Raffore Islands first Megamall (304 m x 224 m, 68096 m2) Woodlands Golf Course (Main Area and Overview) Construction stages of Woodlands' McDonald's Outlet, the second McDonald's outlet on Raffore Islands Rafwood and Raffore Seaflowers, Raffore Islands' very own species Raffore Seaflowers can be grown both on land and in water The first batch of Raffore Seaflowers can be found on an Raffore's offshore island called Ubin Island The island will be transform into a partial nature reserve called Ubin Nature Serve (Ubin Nature Reserve will be shown in future updates) Overview of Woodlands These shots were taken before the Woodlands Slum Community were built Slums became common after the Raffore Racial Riot and the Raffore War Raffore Racial Riot and Raffore War to be shown in Update 8, the next update Other Slum Community to be shown in future updates Satellite shot of Woodlands Woodlands Slums Community Commute Graph about 5 in-game years after the Slum Community was built Well, that's it for today Hope you enjoy my CJ! See you on the next update! In the mean time, here's an update for the next Update Watch and find out what caused the Raffore Racial Riot And find out who will win the Raffore War The US vs Communism (US, UK, UN) (USSR, China) Obviously, everyone will know that the Communism will win Just check back at the last few updates and you'll know what I mean

Sbah: Is it you can't find any HDB in STEX or can't find them in Singapore?

Ok. The picture link posted ( ) is not even in Singapore. In fact, it's in the neighbouring country's town called Johor Bahru. Also, Sembawang in real Singapore (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sembawang) is mostly bungalows and quite a few commercial buildings. In fact, the most common housing in Singapore is called the HDB Apartment Flats (more commonly known as HDB) where 90% of Singaporeans live in these HDBs. But more Asian buildings are located near and/or in the city (or known as CBD in Singapore). Just wait til Sbah move towards the city. And Shab, Sembawang is turning out great! Keep up the good work. Maybe you could take an overall view so that I can tell you what can you improve on so that your CJ will look more like Singapore! After all, I'm a Singaporean. Check out these links for more info on Singapore: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Singapore