The BIG Breakdown or Meltdown
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Not sure is it just me... Just now took train, when it stopped in between stations, I am wondering will the same happen to me - stuck in the train due to disruption. :shock: Thankfully, after few seconds the train move on.
Then again, another few stations, stopped again...
Again move on. :faint: After the couple of stopping in between the train move on. Husband ask why I make so much noise just for the few minutes stopping in the middle of station... -
I’m curious to see what headlines ST will have tomorrow…
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Insider,
Singapore has lots to learn from her neighbours esp. how to cater to her people's needs. I was shocked when I took the bus in Taiwan cos it was quite empty. It seems that taking a bus there is the last resort. Most of them travel by motorcycles. Taking the bus in Japan is also a breeze cos the bus operates within a short range with ample information and yes, the announcement of the next stop. It's like taking feeder bus - short and comfortable ride. The only country that doesn't seem to depend on buses is Malaysia. Maybe cos it seems that everybody can afford a car. Correct me if I'm wrong, they seem to take cab more than bus.
OT, Taiwan has a system whereby all citizens are issued a health card which allows them to a limited number of free medical visits (I think 10 per year) to any public clinic. Once the quota is met, the patient has to pay. Honestly, to save on medical bills (the last time I visited a private doctor, the bill was about $30 which was years ago) and to avoid the long queue at poly clinics, I don't visit the doctor if I have a flu or fever. I usually self-medicate. Even DS3 rather go to school then see a doctor at the poly clinic. By the time he got to see the doctor and got a MC, it would be about 3 hours. He would rather go to school and ask for permission to go home when he felt the need to.
Singapore is too expensive for the common people. Everything increases and increases except our income. We pay world class prices but don't get world class service. :gloomy: :stompfeet: -
I still say the same thing: I believe in a country, there should be public funding for basic infrastructure and these should not be privatised for the benefit of all citizens (including the lower income group). Basic infrastructure should include healthcare, transportation, utilities, education, etc. Once privatised, these will become profit making commercial entities over time and there will be rising cost of living which can make it out-of-reach for the lower income group.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOeopY9cSi8
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http://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/-Train-disruptions-yahoofinancesgwp-4224888186.html?x=0
Salary so high.
What's the salary of other train service CEO in other city/country?
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It’s easy to make Saw the scapegoat. She is only doing what she needs to do to turn in a PROFIT. Her remuneration is not computed against citizen satisfaction. It is computed against PROFITS. This stimulates many decisions and behaviors to MAXIMISE PROFITS.
The real issue is that transport SHOULD NOT BE profit-making. It should be a cost-recovery model. -
Chenonceau:
Very true. And when emphasis is on profits, cost cutting takes place. So they get untrained staff and worse, lack of staff. In a panic situation, the last thing you want to encounter is brash SMRT staff. The staff should be caring, reassuring and friendly.It's easy to make Saw the scapegoat. She is only doing what she needs to do to turn in a PROFIT. Her remuneration is not computed against citizen satisfaction. It is computed against PROFITS. This stimulates many decisions and behaviors to MAXIMISE PROFITS.
The real issue is that transport SHOULD NOT BE profit-making. It should be a cost-recovery model.
With the unhappiness over crowded MRTs, the trains have to increase frequency thus overwork the trains w/o proper stress testing. Too crowded with no planning and coordination of public transport, housing and infrastructure, leading to social problems, overworked trains, high cost of living etc. -
Snow Crystal:
:hi5:
Very true. And when emphasis is on profits, cost cutting takes place. So they get untrained staff and worse, lack of staff. In a panic situation, the last thing you want to encounter is brash SMRT staff. The staff should be caring, reassuring and friendly.Chenonceau:
It's easy to make Saw the scapegoat. She is only doing what she needs to do to turn in a PROFIT. Her remuneration is not computed against citizen satisfaction. It is computed against PROFITS. This stimulates many decisions and behaviors to MAXIMISE PROFITS.
The real issue is that transport SHOULD NOT BE profit-making. It should be a cost-recovery model.
With the unhappiness over crowded MRTs, the trains have to increase frequency thus overwork the trains w/o proper stress testing. Too crowded with no planning and coordination of public transport, housing and infrastructure, leading to social problems, overworked trains, high cost of living etc. -
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