TR EMERITUS

It saddens me that Singaporeans are an unforgiving lot. For instance they like to complain that nowadays buses seemed to be arriving late. They improperly attributed this to overcrowding. Investigations revealed that in fact buses were never late. They were too early. Take a typical bus schedule. The first bus is at 5:00am and... 

Like everyone of you all, I am very perturbed by the recent debate on the minister's salary in the parliament. At the end of the 3 days debate in Parliament, no concrete results are generated. The ruling party (PAP) adopts the committee review's proposal (or is it PAP's) & moves on as usual, case closed and buried deep down... 

I refer to the parliament speeches and debates by various ministers covering various issues. In addition to ministerial salaries, issues about transportation in Singapore were also raised by various MPs. It happened that issues with Taxis, Private Cars and Public Transport were raised. The recent increase in Taxi fares has generally...