Comments on: Analysis of PTC’s news release on fare increase

By: scb

scb — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 13:17:30 +0000

Dear readers, I have to make another correction to my first post(Post Number 2) as I ralised that passenger paying cash for bus fares are not affected by the increase from the first of October 2007. My sincere apologies to the bus operators and readers.

By: Ace

Ace — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 03:25:58 +0000

Ai yah….what else is new?? The problem is the people above the PTC, NWC and whatever the organisation is…. Dun matter.

Keep voting the way you have voted, then you deserve to be screwed this way….

Let’s aim for a 100% PAP victory the next election and see IU units drilled into your heads and pay ERP for walking around…..

Beautiful country this is…

By: James Chia

James Chia — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 14:25:54 +0000

Buses and MRTs are getting more and more packed. They would earn even more profits in FY 2008 with or without the hike. Why then does the PTC approve it?

By: scb

scb — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 14:19:37 +0000

Correction to Post Number 2 by me; scb. Fare increases should read one to two cents(per trip) instead of one to three cents as entered in Post Two here, my apology.

By: Keith

Keith — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:16:38 +0000

Mr Leong,

You have indeed analyzed the impact of the hike very well. Maybe this article should be sent to the ST and Today forums so that the public are aware of it. It would be interesting to see how the PTC defends its decision when the shortcomings of their decision are exposed.

By: tc

tc — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 11:58:00 +0000

there must be an audit -

1) at the end of 12 months – how much of the vouchers were used? 10%? 20% of the amount budgeted?

2) How much paperwork to do to get the $30 vouchers?

3) Who are the main shareholders of SBS?

By: scb

scb — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 10:20:29 +0000

It has now become an annual ritual like the ‘Seventh Moon Ghost Festival’ when the hungry ghosts are offered all the material goodness. But the allurements of our ESSENTIAL GOODS AND SERVICES PROVIDERS are demanding Annual Increases in the prices of their goods and services. Their love and greed for money is on top and above good profits every year for their lucrative businesses.

Those businesses they are doing, be reminded, are ESSENTIAL, NOTE ESSENTIAL GOODS AND SERVICES; which means goods and services that most cannot do without. And we know most of these enterprises are monopolistic, state-owned, cartel having exclusive rights.

The latest increase of one to three cents in bus fares is very tactical for it appears to be minimal. But many do not use stored value card and with the uselessness of low value coins, passengers are unlikely to carry one and five cents coins. Of course it is not the fault of the bus operators and passengers unlikely to blame them(operators). However, a substantial amount(of cash) would have accrued over time when passengers paid five or ten cents instead of the increase of one to three cents.

Other than this Sin Island, I have not heard of any other country implementing annual increases of goods and services. Going by the histories of most other democracies, such implementation in other countries could result in much bloodletting. The local sheep are fast becoming mutton.

By: Pui Yee

Pui Yee — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 07:48:30 +0000

stinko! mega con job!

and i don’t see why the pappies want to use that gerard ee as their hatchet man. why should the public have any good opinion of him? justice has not been served in the nkf scam at all. it was just been “wrapped up” and “repackaged” under ee’s interim management.

pls, instead of using a lackey, let us see the face of the pap minister who is really responsible for this.