Idiotic of SMRT to only add station name announcements in Chinese
Recently, SMRT has started making English and Chinese announcements on the trains. Before every station, English and Chinese (Mandarin) announcements are made. Other announcements like no eating on the trains, security alert etc are still made randomly in four official languages. Until recently, the station announcements...
Vehicle carbon emission tax – subsidising the elites while penalising the poor S’poreans
Stated by Straits Times 17th Nov 2012: "The amendment to the Road Traffic Act will allow the Land Transport Authority to tax or give rebates to vehicles whose carbon emissions reach specified levels. The scheme which take effect on Jan 1, will apply to all new cars, taxis and newly imported used cars. It specifies that owners...
Taxis: Drive till you drop?
I refer to the article “Benchmarks set for taxis to meet demand” (Straits Times, Nov 24). It states that “From January, they must ensure that at least 70 per cent of their fleets are on the road during the peak hours of 7 am to 11 am 5 pm to 11 pm. The level will go up t0 80 per cent in 2014 and 85 per cent in 2015.” What...
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