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Source: TR EMERITUS (http://www.tremeritus.com/2014/08/28/2-pap-mps-defend-smrts-chartering-service/)
2 PAP MPs defend SMRT’s chartering service
August 28th, 2014 | Author: Editorial
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LG (NS) Desmond Kuek, SMRT President and CEO
In the midst of the SMRT train chartering saga, 2 PAP MPs have come out to defend the actions of SMRT of allowing ACS(I) to charter MRT trains for its private use during a sports event.
Shin Min reported today (28 Aug) that Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC MP Gan Thiam Poh and Mountbatten MP Lim Biow Chuan have both supported SMRT of allowing ACS(I) to charter MRT trains [Link (http://news.omy.sg/News/Local-News/story20140828-288326)].
Both MPs felt that as long as the public transport service is not affected, it’s alright for SMRT to provide private chartering services.
MP Lim Biow Chuan, who is a member of the Government Parliamentary Committee (GPC) for Transport, said:
“只要公共地铁服务仍能遵循时间表履行义务，不受专属地铁服务影响，我认为就没有问题。”
“As long as public MRT service still follows its timetable schedule, fulfilling their duties, and is not affected by the chartering service, I think there is no problem.”
Another GPC member for Transport, MP Gan Thiam Poh, said:
“只要是在不影响公众便利的前提下进行，这其实是个好点子。如果出发点和目的地都靠近地铁站，以 地铁取代巴 士确实很方便，也能促进公共交通的使用量。”
“As long as it does not affect the public convenience, it (providing chartering service) is actually a good idea. If the embarkation and destination points are near the MRT stations, it is really convenient to travel by MRT trains instead of buses. This can also help promote the usage of public transport.”
In a statement on Tuesday (26 Aug), LTA already censured SMRT for not obtaining permission from LTA first before deciding to let ACS(I) charter the MRT trains (‘LTA censures SMRT for private chartering of its trains (http://www.tremeritus.com/2014/08/27/lta-censures-smrt-for-private-chartering-of-its-trains/)‘).
LTA said, “Under the Circle Line licence, SMRT has to seek LTA’s prior approval for the provision of train services that are not open to the general commuting public. In this case, SMRT did not seek our approval before agreeing to provide the service. We are looking into the appropriate action to take.”
“We have also reminded SMRT that its primary focus must be to ensure good service delivery to the commuting public at large,” it added.
Hence, the crux of the issue is, under LTA’s licensing rules, SMRT must seek approval from LTA first before providing any private chartering service. SMRT has failed to do so and has broken LTA’s rules. Are the 2 PAP MPs suggesting that SMRT should continue to operate by breaking rules?
Even so, many netizens do not agree that SMRT should allow MRT trains to be privately chartered.
A TRE reader, Marky Sim, said, “LTA is right to investigate especially public monies from taxpayers have been used to ‘bailout’ or support public transport companies, especially with the recent injection of billions of dollars by the government.”
Another TRE reader, Muru, said, “SMRT received $1B of our taxpayers’ monies to survive… You take our money, then you’d better serve us first. If ACS(I) donate $1B to SMRT, they can charter the trains to have o**ies inside. I also don’t care.”
Both MPs have made statements which caused storms on the Net before.
At the height of the Jack Neo’s extramarital affair scandal in 2010, MP Lim Biow Chuan showed support for Neo saying, “Since he is remorseful over this incident, he should be forgiven. Actually, a man who has a good career development would find such scenarios unavoidable”. However, MP Lim later stated that he had been misquoted by the press.
In 2012, in an attempt to defend the high salary which PM Lee gets, MP Gan Thiam Poh said, “The Prime Minister is our leader. He has to be responsible for 3.5 million people. Thus, his salary can follow that of the population. One dollar per person would add up to 3.5 million dollars. The Prime Minister is already generous to give everyone a discount!”
Basically, MP Gan was saying that PM Lee is already generous to give everyone a discount because he is drawing an annual salary of $2.2 million instead of $3.5 million, as each citizen is deemed to be worth $1 per pax.
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Meanwhile, while replying to a commuter’s complaint on Facebook about a train fault which happened yesterday morning (27 Aug), SMRT accused commuters of having ‘sky high’ expectations:
“This (SMRT) page is a fine example of the sky high expectations our commuters have as the (overdue) system renewal is carried out.”
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End Of Article
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://sammyboy.com/showthread.php?188921-2-PAP-MPs-Defend-SMRT’s-Chartering-Service&goto=newpost).
Source: TR EMERITUS (http://www.tremeritus.com/2014/08/28/2-pap-mps-defend-smrts-chartering-service/)
2 PAP MPs defend SMRT’s chartering service
August 28th, 2014 | Author: Editorial
http://www.tremeritus.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/desmondkuek.jpg?b2e4f4
LG (NS) Desmond Kuek, SMRT President and CEO
In the midst of the SMRT train chartering saga, 2 PAP MPs have come out to defend the actions of SMRT of allowing ACS(I) to charter MRT trains for its private use during a sports event.
Shin Min reported today (28 Aug) that Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC MP Gan Thiam Poh and Mountbatten MP Lim Biow Chuan have both supported SMRT of allowing ACS(I) to charter MRT trains [Link (http://news.omy.sg/News/Local-News/story20140828-288326)].
Both MPs felt that as long as the public transport service is not affected, it’s alright for SMRT to provide private chartering services.
MP Lim Biow Chuan, who is a member of the Government Parliamentary Committee (GPC) for Transport, said:
“只要公共地铁服务仍能遵循时间表履行义务，不受专属地铁服务影响，我认为就没有问题。”
“As long as public MRT service still follows its timetable schedule, fulfilling their duties, and is not affected by the chartering service, I think there is no problem.”
Another GPC member for Transport, MP Gan Thiam Poh, said:
“只要是在不影响公众便利的前提下进行，这其实是个好点子。如果出发点和目的地都靠近地铁站，以 地铁取代巴 士确实很方便，也能促进公共交通的使用量。”
“As long as it does not affect the public convenience, it (providing chartering service) is actually a good idea. If the embarkation and destination points are near the MRT stations, it is really convenient to travel by MRT trains instead of buses. This can also help promote the usage of public transport.”
In a statement on Tuesday (26 Aug), LTA already censured SMRT for not obtaining permission from LTA first before deciding to let ACS(I) charter the MRT trains (‘LTA censures SMRT for private chartering of its trains (http://www.tremeritus.com/2014/08/27/lta-censures-smrt-for-private-chartering-of-its-trains/)‘).
LTA said, “Under the Circle Line licence, SMRT has to seek LTA’s prior approval for the provision of train services that are not open to the general commuting public. In this case, SMRT did not seek our approval before agreeing to provide the service. We are looking into the appropriate action to take.”
“We have also reminded SMRT that its primary focus must be to ensure good service delivery to the commuting public at large,” it added.
Hence, the crux of the issue is, under LTA’s licensing rules, SMRT must seek approval from LTA first before providing any private chartering service. SMRT has failed to do so and has broken LTA’s rules. Are the 2 PAP MPs suggesting that SMRT should continue to operate by breaking rules?
Even so, many netizens do not agree that SMRT should allow MRT trains to be privately chartered.
A TRE reader, Marky Sim, said, “LTA is right to investigate especially public monies from taxpayers have been used to ‘bailout’ or support public transport companies, especially with the recent injection of billions of dollars by the government.”
Another TRE reader, Muru, said, “SMRT received $1B of our taxpayers’ monies to survive… You take our money, then you’d better serve us first. If ACS(I) donate $1B to SMRT, they can charter the trains to have o**ies inside. I also don’t care.”
Both MPs have made statements which caused storms on the Net before.
At the height of the Jack Neo’s extramarital affair scandal in 2010, MP Lim Biow Chuan showed support for Neo saying, “Since he is remorseful over this incident, he should be forgiven. Actually, a man who has a good career development would find such scenarios unavoidable”. However, MP Lim later stated that he had been misquoted by the press.
In 2012, in an attempt to defend the high salary which PM Lee gets, MP Gan Thiam Poh said, “The Prime Minister is our leader. He has to be responsible for 3.5 million people. Thus, his salary can follow that of the population. One dollar per person would add up to 3.5 million dollars. The Prime Minister is already generous to give everyone a discount!”
Basically, MP Gan was saying that PM Lee is already generous to give everyone a discount because he is drawing an annual salary of $2.2 million instead of $3.5 million, as each citizen is deemed to be worth $1 per pax.
http://www.tremeritus.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/gan-thiam-poh-fail.jpg?b2e4f4
Meanwhile, while replying to a commuter’s complaint on Facebook about a train fault which happened yesterday morning (27 Aug), SMRT accused commuters of having ‘sky high’ expectations:
“This (SMRT) page is a fine example of the sky high expectations our commuters have as the (overdue) system renewal is carried out.”
http://www.tremeritus.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Capture22-544x480.jpg?b2e4f4
End Of Article
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://sammyboy.com/showthread.php?188921-2-PAP-MPs-Defend-SMRT’s-Chartering-Service&goto=newpost).