Excerpts from Channel NewsAsia:
SINGAPORE – Most bus and train journeys except those for children, students and national servicemen, will see fare changes from 1 October 2008.
The Public Transport Council (PTC) has given the green light for an overall net fare adjustment that will result in fare changes that will range from a 7-cent reduction to a 4-cent increase per journey.
Adult EZ-Link fares on buses and trains and the senior citizen concession EZ-Link fare, will see a flat increase of 4 cents per ride.
However, this will be offset by the 15-cent increase in transfer rebate from the current 25 cents to 40 cents.
Visit Channel NewsAsia for the full report.
The PTC’s press release can be viewed here.
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Dear tiredSingaporean.
Just to share, we all have a choice right now. The internet has brought us all together and the awareness is starting to enlighten Singaporeans on how their country is being managed, with issues like the aging population, retirement, Medical costs and minimum wages still ongoing with no balance or end in sight,
I can say we can do 2 things.
1)Exercise your vote wisely, nothing will change if we don’t make the difference
2) Share the TOC website with your friends and family.
Am not a balls carrier, but TOC will be a good starting point for alternative news to enable Singaporeans to make informed decisions.
The PAP’s solution to almost everything is to PAY and PAY, and the infamous quote for it’s citizens are
1) GST to help the poor
2) People are homeless by Choice
3) We made cards affordable, so now to regulate traffic we need more ERP
4)No one is left behind
5) Dont think of retirement
6) Your wifes and sisters will be maids in other countries
7)Pay more to prevent corruption
By the way is our transport system (the bus and MRT) classified as public or private or is it a hybrid ?? I always thought it was PUBLIC and under that classification it would be a non profit organization.
Would anyone be able to ascertain this, Forgive me I might be ancient in thought.
If its private, they should share their business objectives and business priorites, or then again its PRIVATE.
As in most business, we want to maximise profit and minimise costs. it would be good to know the yearly financial targets versus actual performance.
SAFETY ASPECT
Also with regards to safety, how do we ensure a certain cabin is not overpacked ?
Like in the clubs, they only are allowed to accept a certain number of people in, to prevent overcrowding, as this is a safety concern.
Is that such a measure in place ? or they are going to form a commitee later on when something happens to study, how they can improve and move on.
Eh, Busman, Kudos to you! I really like reading your postings here. Thanks, very thought-provoking, intelligent and refreshing. This is the calibre of contributors TOC would be better off having instead of some here who seemingly keep on asking: “Mommy, you really don’t how to make babies meh?” “Mommy, let me teach you how to make babies.”
Look forward to seeing more of your contributions.
Donaldson Tan (#50) : Points noted. Thanks again for teaching me how to suck eggs. In case you’re not aware the bookworld is totally diffrent from the Real or the online world. You’ll know soon enough. Real Life experience seems to be the best teacher, not books. Some times I ask myself : “This PAP MP is quite intelligent what, why am I so pissed with him/her?” Get that answer and you hit the jackpot.
Oppss…sorry, must go tog wt books lah. I just hope Singapore does not produce o’seas scholars or super smart pple who return here to just distribute leaflets at Mrt stations.
$$ ~ 51) Busman on September 17th, 2008 6.01 am ~ $$
Eh Busman, u forgot THEE most important one:
*Every citizen counts*
My tagline: Money speaks louder than anything on earth …….and yes even hell!
Cheers
can still remember the 2008 national day rally speeches of how our kind government is actually trying to help singaporean to cope with rising costs by helding back some of the increases on service and conveyance charges.
They still have the intention to increase service and conveyance charges despite with so much town council funds on hand.