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I’m guessing new Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan felt very Gung-ho when he was arrowed into this job. If he didn’t realise the challenges back then, perhaps he’s now beginning to appreciate the difficulties ...
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New Minister of Transport, Mr Khaw Boon Wan has a sticky problem on his hands. He might have been able to get by in Health and then in National Development with competent people there, but perhaps the situation in Transport ...
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A perennial problem in Singapore, you want a cab, but there are none coming by. You try to book a cab, and find that, still, none are available. Yet at the same time, an article in our Straits Times last week ponders about the ...
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My apologies to NSF folks and NSmen, if you find your next activation, call-up or open mobilisation related to a transportation screw-up, it may have something to do with me. You see, it seems someone at the LTA reads my blog, ...
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We used to say, if you don’t know the answer to an exam question, you smoke your way through and hope you can convince the examiner that you somewhat know what you’re saying. In the army, you also smoke, ...
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Before I get started, let me just state up front that this is a tongue-in-cheek post. I was thinking about some ways of improving the situation with our public transport, and this idea of militarisation came up. I know, it ...
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Like Transport Minister Mr Lui, I am extremely concerned. I am extremely concerned that mediocre engineering and management failures are accepted as the norm. These are how things are, and Singaporeans are expected to deal with ...
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SMRT has set a new record for massive train disruptions, besting their December 2011 incidents that saw disruptions on large portions of the North-South Line. Last night’s epic disruption saw the complete shutdown of all ...
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Five years ago, as Singapore hosted the inaugural Youth Olympic Games, I complained about how discourteous the organisers had portrayed themselves. First, it was about demanding that their buses be given the right-of-way, and ...
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I’m a reasonable person. I don’t go around asking people to commit suicide. But I think someone, or some people, should certainly take personal responsibility for all the transport screw ups we have been experiencing. ...
