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  • Defects On SMRT Trains ‘Not Safety-Critical’, To Be Repaired By Manufacturer: LTA

    Defects On SMRT Trains ‘Not Safety-Critical’, To Be Repaired By Manufacturer: LTA

    A total of 26 of 35 trains delivered to SMRT in 2013 were found to have cracks, the public transport operator said on Tuesday (Jul 5). The cracks are in the structure of the trains connecting the car and the bogie (the framework carrying wheels), it added.

    The defective trains, which are still under warranty, will be repaired by the manufacturer by 2023, managing director of SMRT Trains Lee Ling Wee said in response to media queries about a report by Hong Kong-based investigative news portal FactWire.

    The Land Transport Authority (LTA) said in a separate statement that the defects “are not safety-critical and do not affect the train’s systems or performance”, adding that it has been working closely with the manufacturer Kawasaki Heavy Industries and CSR Sifang after defects were found on the trains purchased under C151A.

    “The train manufacturer will be required to make good the defects as part of their warranty,” LTA stated.

    Mr Lee said its engineers discovered the cracks and since then, it has worked closely with the Land Transport Authority (LTA) and the manufacturer to rectify this issue.

    “To ensure that the trains are safe for passenger service at all times, we have been monitoring the defects closely. A monthly safety assessment is also conducted by the LTA and manufacturer before the train is put into service,” Mr Lee said.

    “Trains on the rail network are extensively tested to ensure the safety and reliability of the train. Every train also undergoes a comprehensive regime of static and dynamic testing as well as interface testing to ensure its structural and operational integrity.  After the testing is completed, the trains are delivered to Singapore for further testing before they are placed for passenger service,” LTA said.

    DETAILS OF RECALLS “KEPT SECRET”: HK REPORT

    FactWire had reported on Tuesday that China-made trains in Singapore showed “cracks in their car bodies and key structural components”. As a result, 35 trains were shipped to their manufacturer for Qingdao for replacement.

    FactWire claimed the details of the defects and recalls were “kept secret in both Singapore and China”, and that the defective trains were stored at SMRT’s Bishan Depot. According to the FactWire report, two train cars wrapped in green covers were moved out of the depot early on Jun 12, and arrived at CSR Sifang’s factory in Qingdao, China on Jun 25. The report also alleged that “serious malfunctions on the SMRT’s North South Line, which the SMRT suspected were caused by C151A trains” occurred in December 2011.

    The news portal also uploaded a video on its Facebook page, purportedly showing the defective trains being transported to Jurong Port to be shipped overseas.

    In 2009, LTA awarded a S$368 million contract to Kawasaki Heavy Industries and CSR Sifang for 22 trains. The trains were to have been delivered between 2011 and 2012, and run on the North-South and East-West Lines.

    The manufacturer has also built trains for the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link (XLR) and Mass Transit Railway Corporation’s (MTR Corporation).

    Last year, LTA signed a S$137 million deal for 12 more new trains from the consortium, to run on the North-South and East-West Lines as well.

    7 YEARS “EXTREMELY LONG” FOR REPAIRS: ANALYST

    Dr Park Byung Joon, a senior lecturer at SIM University, told Channel NewsAsia that the seven-year period needed to repair the train’s defects “seems extremely long”.

    “Even if we need to replace the entire train, it could take probably a couple months … (at) maximum. If something is going to take seven years to (be) repaired, it means that there are some critical, technical issues that they don’t even have a solution to yet,” Dr Park said.

    The recall of 26 trains comes as Singapore works to rapidly expand its rail network. Authorities want to double the rail network to 360km in the next 15 years, with a new line or MRT extension opening almost every year until 2021.

    Dr Park said having the defective trains out of service might not have a significant impact on the train system itself, but could still affect public confidence.

    “We have had some massive disruptions before, and now (they) are slowly gaining back some confidence – and now this business pops up. This is going to have a very bad impact on customer confidence,” said Dr Park.

    SMRT declined to comment on how this latest development would affect current operations and its long-term plans to improve rail reliability.

     

    Source: ChannelNewsAsia

  • Damanhuri Abas: Be Those Who Champion For The Weak And Oppressed

    Damanhuri Abas: Be Those Who Champion For The Weak And Oppressed

    In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Dispenser of Grace.

    Neo-Khawarij… an Islamic historical reality undead and simmering. A chronic parasite unleashed by the invasion of Iraq. Less we forget, an invasion that opened the pandora box and killed thousands of Iraqi citizens on a lie to stop Sadam’s non-existent weapons of mass destruction.

    In truth the invasion and the war on terror are crafty invocation of a perpetual threat designed to allow for a methodical and systematic destruction of the Islamic middle east for the black gold it has.

    A massive energy grab now fully underway with a full checklist after Iraq; Libya, Yemen, Syria, and eventually the Gulf States, Iran and Saudi Arabia. All scripted by the new great game for the middle east that began in the modern era.

    Collateral damages are small prices to pay in Iraqi, Palestinian, Libyan, Yemeni, Syrian, Iranian, Saudi, and the occasional western blood to sustained the self-serving blood-lust imagery. The compliant media will continue spewing the scripted deception and exhaust the Islamic blame-game. Focusing on symptoms but never the cure for the disease.

    Isis or more accurately known as Daesh is good currency for now, the latest priceless premium brand that encapsulate the ultimate fear invoking terror bogeyman, ever-ready to brutally kill under self-proclaimed divine order texted and received from their social media savvy gods on Instagram, Facebook and Tweeter to the tune of their pay-master.

    The Afghan Mujahideen, the Taliban, Sadam, Daesh aka Isis and their lookalikes or wannabes world over are mere black pieces, while the Bushes, the Blairs and their present heirs are the white pieces in the grand chessboard of the neo-colonial project for full economic control of world resources that began in the modern era.

    The endgame has only begun for full spectrum dominance and control of energy and world economy by the powerfully rich, the same group that brought millions of death upon death in the 2 world wars not too long ago. The same preachers with blood still dripping from their hands and now owners of nuclear weapons that can destroy the world many times over, are preaching their lies and fooling mankind again.

    Humanity is now ever polarized and poised to pit themselves against each other to their total and ultimate destruction. An ordained everlasting cycle of battles between the good that wishes to care, partake and share equally from God’s earth, loosing to an evil wanting to wrest and hoard the temporary riches from the Maker of the world only for themselves and Satan, their vindictive Master. A narrative scripted since times of old found in all books of ancient wisdom, sadly much lost in contemporary translation by the mainstream media through misleading labels and superficial journalism.

    Patient is a virtue in this time of spell-binding deception. Institutionalized religion has all but abandoned the Prophetic driven project of action for mankind and sadly outsourced their relevance to melodious rhythms for self delectable pleasure sold for mere pittance. A leader to exit mankind from their impending doom must be at hand. The Word of God will return to fulfill and complete his Divinely disrupted mission. A missing earthly piece to be Divinely returned seeking justice and championing the oppressed on earth.

    The Messiah will unite mankind in a new peace to reign again on earth albeit for a moment before another cycle repeats itself and will end with the final destruction. The book mentioned of our beautiful earth to one day mirror the parched desolation of Mars. A testimony of abandoned past Divine theaters with the show long ago ended. The scripts were Divinely written and the inks are all exhausted. The actors and audiences are judged and resides forever justly in their deserved eternal abode. A lesson for mankind today that seemed long forgotten.

    God is the Greatest. I am a mortal witness. Let me be among those who will walk in life in the ranks of the champions for the weak, the powerless, the oppressed and the down-trodden. May God have mercy on us all.

    End Ramadan Self-Reflection
    30 Ramadan 1437H

     

    Source: Damanhuri Bin Abas

  • Noor Mastura: Solidarity Of Humankind Required As ISIS Attacks On Muslims Dampens Ramadan

    Noor Mastura: Solidarity Of Humankind Required As ISIS Attacks On Muslims Dampens Ramadan

    ISIS/Radicals Ramadan ‘worship’ checklist (update -)
    Destroy :
    Istanbul
    Bangladesh
    Iraq
    Medina
    …Basically make Muslims all over the world mourn in our holiest month

    This is the worst Ramadan ever. With all the attacks from not only ISIS but raging Islamophobia in the west shooting random Muslims down and hitting them black and blue in the streets. Eid this year is going to be Muslims all over the world mourning the tragic loss of lives and burying their loved ones.

    Lord knows the worst part about this is there are millions of people who actually think we deserve it.
    I cant even begin to express anger, the anguish and the pain of an entire community of 1.6 billion people in the world who are slammed and attacked and targeted on BOTH sides.

    Keep fighting the good fight? We are tired, tortured, drowning and fighting a never ending uphill battle.
    Lord help us.. because we are not giving up. We cant. Not even when it burns our soul and rips our hearts. We wont.

    And to the world that’s watching – WE ONLY HAVE EACH OTHER. Humanity is literally being torn apart. Stop fighting your factions. Stop labelling yourselves. Stop dividing your brethren. Shias, Sunnis, Sufis, Salafis, Christians, Jews, Sikhs, Athiests, Buddhists- I dont really care. We need each other more than ever.

     

    Source: Noor Mastura

  • Walid J. Abdullah: Condemnation Underpinned By Islamophobia Won’t Stop Terrorism

    Walid J. Abdullah: Condemnation Underpinned By Islamophobia Won’t Stop Terrorism

    No amount of vociferous condemnations of terrorist acts, and statuses that highlight ‘our thoughts and prayers’ will help solve terrorism.

    Not that we should not do them, but understand why we do. We condemn terrorism because it is the right thing to do, because that is what every decent human being would do, not because it would magically eliminate terrorism.

    After our condemnations, we should then discuss the multiple paths to radicalization, and try as far as possible to address those issues. If we stop at condemnations, without ever seriously discussing the complex factors surrounding extremism – of which religious misguidance is undoubtedly (but) one – i wonder what we are truly trying to achieve.

    And for those who somehow still feel Muslims should ‘own’ the problem or be apologetic, in spite of the dastardly acts in Bangladesh, Iraq, Turkey and Saudi, where victims are mostly Muslims, please stop masking your Islamophobia.

     

    Source: Walid J. Abdullah

  • Terrorist Launched Suicide Bomb Attack At Nabawi Mosque

    Terrorist Launched Suicide Bomb Attack At Nabawi Mosque

    A suicide bomber has killed four security officers and injured five others near one of Islam’s holiest sites in the Saudi city of Medina, according to the interior ministry.

    The bomber detonated his explosives after being stopped outside the Prophet’s Mosque, a statement said.

    The mosque is the burial place of the Prophet Muhammad and Medina the second-holiest city in Islam after Mecca.

    Blasts also struck two other Saudi cities on Monday.

    That the attack happened in Medina at such a place is likely to leave Muslims around the world aghast, BBC World Service’s Middle East editor, Alan Johnston, says.

    Suspicion is likely to fall on so-called Islamic State (IS), he adds.

    Bomb blast site in Medina, 4 July

    Al-Arabiya gave a different account of the incident, saying the bomber had targeted the security officers by pretending he wanted to break his Ramadan fast with them.

    Qari Ziyaad Patel, 36, from South Africa, who was in the mosque, told the Associated Press news agency people had at first thought it was the sound of the cannon fire that marks the breaking of fast.

    The ground shook, he said, adding: “The vibrations were very strong. It sounded like a building imploded.”

    Smoke rises behind the Prophet's Mosque in Medina

    Earlier, at least one explosion rocked Qatif, an eastern city which is home to many minority Shia Muslims.

    The blast appeared to target a Shia mosque. The attacker was killed but no other casualties were reported.

    A suspected suicide bomber also died after detonating a device near the US consulate in the city of Jeddah. Two security officers were slightly injured as they tackled the man, but no-one else was hurt.

    No-one has yet said they were behind any of the attacks.

    They come with the holy month of Ramadan drawing to a close and ahead of the Eid al-Fitr holiday.

    Saudi Arabia has been the target of attacks by IS over the past two years.

    In June, the interior ministry said there had been 26 “terror attacks” in the kingdom in that time.

    Map of Saudi Arabia

    A series of deadly attacks worldwide were either claimed by, or blamed on, IS over the past week:

     

    Source: www.bbc.com

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