Whenever the MRT breaks down, all else fail too. Just take a look at Workers’ Party’s NMP Gerald Giam’s experience who was charged $49 for an Uber ride during the MRT breakdown that occurred yesterday. Any of you experienced exorbitant…
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“Raise fares to improve train service”, says the title of the letter to the Straits Times forum page on Wednesday. Mr Jonathan Toh Joo Khai, the writer, pointed at the Public Transport Council (PTC), which regulates public transport fares, as…
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In an opinion piece in the Straits Times on Thursday, 09 July, the newspaper’s Senior Transport Correspondent, Christopher Tan, says “apologies from the operator, regulator or the Government” over Tuesday’s island-wide MRT shut-down “are beginning to sound glib and hollow.”…
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We were having family dinner when my dad received notification that he is activated. Without further ado, he put down his dinner and report within 30 minutes to the assigned station. He did not grumble about how he had to…
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I was caught in the massive breakdown of the North-South and East-West Line (NSEWL) of the MRT yesterday evening as I was heading to a meeting at the WP HQ in Jalan Besar. When I reached Dover station at about…
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