Comments on: Student group proposes new formula for student’s transportation fares

By: tiredsingaporean

tiredsingaporean — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 03:10:30 +0000

19) Jargee on February 6th, 2009 3.11 pm I like this partition because it is the showcase of “real leadership” and “unity” in the SG Students Community.

However, why you guys still propose the different ranges of fares for different group of students??? All students are same.. so, they should pay same fare.. right?

This present proposal of tpt fare hikes are just one of the tactic used prior any election, and they are only temporary until they managed to renew another term, then you guys will be pluck further, this pattern has never change from any past election, in fact they got worse now.

By: The unreported hero

The unreported hero — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 02:54:29 +0000

Did the MSM mention a word about the transport fare petition by our Poly students? they started the petition at least 3-4 months ago till now.

Have I missed anything? Were the poly students efforts mentioned?

2 cents? what effect does it have? Why just 2 cents?

By: Jargee

Jargee — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 07:11:36 +0000

I like this partition because it is the showcase of “real leadership” and “unity” in the SG Students Community.

However, why you guys still propose the different ranges of fares for different group of students??? All students are same.. so, they should pay same fare.. right?

By: Follower

Follower — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 03:59:42 +0000

Bravo! bravo! bravo!.
Finally! our education system may be producing the leaders that this country REALLY need in the future.
I suspect that you guys do not come from well-heeled families.
Most others that are born with silver spoons in their mouths that try to land scholarships to put silver stars on their shoulders—and learning “parachuting” skills—end up as our present kind of “leaders”.
They get from silver spoon via silver star to diamond ricebowl.
That is why,these type of leadership get sneered at; especially if they attend cooking classes in France.
For JUSTICE and “FARENESS”!

By: angry_one

angry_one — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 03:55:56 +0000

Did the students apply for a permit to assemble and gather signatures on that day???

By: Where's Pinkie?

Where's Pinkie? — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 03:30:21 +0000

I URGE / Call for / hope
HIGHLY profitable companies like Transport companies
pass on the Job Credits they shall receive to
Tertiary Students for them to use as
transport credits.

Sorry, I can only urge, call for and hope for. there is no guarantee that having said these and used these words I can help anyone. Afterall, talking is easy.

yours truly
pinkie mee siam lurver

By: KKK

KKK — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:12:53 +0000

Best is to increase the GST to 20% or 30%, then the ministers can have more pay and bonuses to “help the poor”.

By: Ashraf

Ashraf — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:33:05 +0000

The organisers can be contacted at petition4fairtransport@gmail.com

By: Bernard Chen

Bernard Chen — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:25:28 +0000

Feb 4, 2009
More choose poly over JC
By Jane Ng
A RECORD number of school leavers fresh off the O-level boat have made it to the polytechnics this year.

And, continuing a trend that began a few years ago, many of these poly students did well enough in the O levels to have gone to a junior college (JC), but chose a poly education instead.

About 20,640 of these school leavers have been posted to the five polytechnics, where they will earn diplomas in three years. The intake is 800 more than last year.

Read the full report in Thursday’s edition of The Straits Times.

By: Small ears

Small ears — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:38:00 +0000

Hi, I would like to contact the organiser of this petition…..

Does anyone know how I can contact them?

Thanks.

By: sicktothebones

sicktothebones — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 10:36:52 +0000

somehow i know it will fall on deaf ears again and lip service rhetoric answers given – like? if we lower fares for the poly students then the full paying ones will cross-subsidise them. Not that they will dip into their profits but must rob peter to pay paul and don’t touch our profit margins.
so what’s the point? the end result is the same.
pent-up frustration and anger are dangerous.

By: Bernard Chen

Bernard Chen — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 15:52:14 +0000

Hi everyone!

For students and Singaporeans who are interested to know more about us, I would like to invite you to join our newly set-up Facebook Group (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=46290634542&ref=mf)

Thank you.

By: Mohamad Hamim

Mohamad Hamim — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 08:21:22 +0000

All right student group,
you are in the right lane.
As parent i support your move.
Other wise the gov will always increase and increase and increase.
The burden will at the parent like me.
I have three school children,
One at ‘N’ level,
Two at ITE.
Good luck to you guys.

By: kenna stooomped

kenna stooomped — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 07:45:39 +0000

Fulltime students are what the name implies – they are not working fulltime.
a student is a student is a student.
no income means no income.
donche influence them to find income when they are supposed to focus on their studies. But if cost of living is high for them, some who are not born like some kids with silver spoon, may need to find some money somehow to live and study here.

Let All Students be treated fairly. Somemore, tertiary students need to pay and pay more fees than younger students.
Some tertiary students who are adults of say age 30 and above can be asked to pay and pay standard price if no choice.

but i think students should fight for this right themselves as no one owes u a living and i do not expect goodies to fall from the sky. students, if you really want fairness, you need to fight for it. maybe TOC can help them?

By: loop

loop — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 04:54:37 +0000

The main issue here is ppl are more concerned about joblessness. If your parents cannot afford to pay for your transport fares why do they even bother to give birth to u in the 1st place?

By: Spirit-centred

Spirit-centred — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 02:47:07 +0000

Students are student whether they are primary, secondary or tertiary. They should be treated the same as long as they do not work, so they should enjoy the same concession. In fact, tertiary students’ cost of education is even higher, so no reason not to give them same concession.

By: Quality of Life

Quality of Life — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 02:01:53 +0000

While Standard of Living is high,
Quality of Life is more meaningful and important.

By: truth is...

truth is... — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 01:32:07 +0000

study hard, earn and save up for migration as soon as you can. Its been proven that in Sg, you’ll have to work till 65 (if you are lucky to be employed) to see your retirement age and CPF be delayed to age 70, and subsequently to 75, 80, 82, …

in other word, you work till you die in Sg.

By: inconvenient truth

inconvenient truth — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:41:47 +0000

kids, my humble advice to you is, just stomach it and study – your tertiary tuition is a fraction of what it would cost you overseas. But please dont work in S’pore (unless you plan to run your own business or for govt) if you want a standard of living better than your parents.

By: redbean

redbean — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:36:13 +0000

should hike now. then got more money to help the poor.