Comments on: SMRT: Guess what time was this picture taken 5

By: MRT Fibua

MRT Fibua — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:34:37 +0000

Public transport that you guys take everyday basically should be a government subsidized thing. Remember, this is PUBLIC TRANSPORT. By defination, public transport, is transport, provided by the government, fr the public and prices that the masses can afford. It should not be priced by market forces and sold to you for a profit.

By: pkchukiss

pkchukiss — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:06:02 +0000

Spot on! Profit is the main motive for corporations, and if they can reap the most benefit from their monopoly, they'll surely abuse it! It doesn't help that the PTC consists of people whom I think don't rely on public transport as a daily necessity. pkchukiss´s last blog post..If you are on SingNet, and webpages load slowly for you

By: dk

dk — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 04:51:12 +0000

MRT Fibua: Eeerrr…. I do agree with you on the “Our CPF is gone”. But I’m sure this is not the way they are using to recoup losses. *Cough*ERP*Cough*

Neo: SMRT privatized already. That why they can keep increasing their fares. They only care about profits.

By: neo

neo — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 02:44:57 +0000

I agree to DK. Profit is their constrain. SMRT is being listed as government believe in market forces such as competition (erm…is it happening in the public transport service?) to be more efficient.

By: MRT Fibua

MRT Fibua — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:43:23 +0000

Your CPF is gone. Hence they need to be ‘innovative’ and recoup losses.

By: DK

DK — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:33:26 +0000

Kenny: WOW. I didn’t notice that. It’s a bluetooth headset right? Chio.

And yes, its very ridiculous. And cycling is so difficult here. Maybe we should all just work from home.

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By: Kenny

Kenny — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:39:41 +0000

Can't help but notice the Nokia headphones..... On a more serious note, yeah, this is ridiculous. Public transport sucks and LTA is making things harder for car drivers to get around. At this rate, how will we even get about? Kenny´s last blog post..Recent Acquisitions: Hot Toys Machiko + Transformers Heikei Octane + Revoltech Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann + Ryu

By: dk

dk — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 05:31:13 +0000

Xizor: It’s always hard to break your own record.

By: xizor2000

xizor2000 — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 05:25:56 +0000

They are already making obscene profits. Record profits always every year! The only freaking constraint they really have - is beating the profits LAST year. Not just profits. xizor2000´s last blog post..Daily Discourse - Singapore Taxi Drivers

By: dk

dk — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 03:52:18 +0000

Yeap, they have their constraints. Profits.