TR EMERITUS

The government has announced an increase in public transport fares, citing the recent increase in operating costs. Many people complained about this further increase in the cost of living. The decision makers and their supporters pointed out that the public transport fares in Singapore are lower than the fares in the major cities... 

The Education minister Ong Ye Kung says educational institutions must not be "misused for partisan politics"; and he has made a huge song and dance about it in Parliament. But in 2015, the PAP itself made use of a facility which should not be used for partisan politics - a nursing home in Sembawang to hold its press conference... 

I refer to the news that bus and train fares will go up by 9 cents per trip from 28 Dec 2019. 9 cents per trip more to an individual passenger isn’t a lot of money but when taken together, 9 cents multiply by the millions of bus and train passenger trips each day will translate into hundreds of thousands or even millions...