
More room for the masses
The message sent out at 7:58pm on Thursday Dec 15 2011 read, "Income opportunity. Dear partners, there is a breakdown in our MRT train services from Bishan MRT to Marina Bay MRT stretch of stations." SMRT scrambled to apologise for the message alert that asked its own affiliate taxis to take advantage of the massive train breakdown:...

Part-time security guards scheme: No takers?
Leong Sze Hian I refer to the article “Security guard scheme yet to draw more retirees, housewives” (Straits Times, Jul 15). Retirees & housewives aren’t biting? It states that “Retirees and housewives are spurning a government scheme to woo them to work as security guards. Launched a year ago, the programme that...

Blame Faulty Memory
The porcine politicians in George Orwell's "Animal Farm" started off by forswearing the imbibing of alcoholic beverages. Later they made some tweaks to accommodate the true state of their lily white convictions. One day their subject animals woke up to discover that the commandment reading “No animal shall drink alcohol”...
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