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Car ownership philosophy per MM vs PM

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<TABLE id=msgUN cellSpacing=3 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD id=msgUNsubj vAlign=top>Coffee Shop Talk - Car ownership philosophy per MM vs PM </TD><TD id=msgunetc noWrap align=right>
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Subscribe </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE class=msgtable cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="96%"><TBODY><TR><TD class=msg vAlign=top><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgbfr1 width="1%"> </TD><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0><TBODY><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgF noWrap align=right width="1%">From: </TD><TD class=msgFname noWrap width="68%">otak69 <NOBR></NOBR> </TD><TD class=msgDate noWrap align=right width="30%">Sep-4 7:19 pm </TD></TR><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgT noWrap align=right width="1%" height=20>To: </TD><TD class=msgTname noWrap width="68%">ALL <NOBR></NOBR></TD><TD class=msgNum noWrap align=right> (1 of 9) </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgleft width="1%" rowSpan=4> </TD><TD class=wintiny noWrap align=right>1013.1 </TD></TR><TR><TD height=8></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgtxt>There is a good article entitled "COEs, ERP and the questions in between" by ST editor Han Fook Kwang on page 2 today.

Do read it if you have the hardcopy.


Extract of para 2 to para 6 :

Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong was at a dialogue with Marine Parade residents when he revealed an interesting divide over transport policy.

He said Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew was in favor of making car ownership very expensive so that fewer people would own cars hence leading to less congestion on the roads.

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, on the other hand, wanted more people to be able to own cars and to control congestion by applying more stringent usage measures like Electronic Road Pricing (ERP).

"The PM believes it's fairer if you can spread car ownership. Philosophically, the PM is right. In a practical sense, the MM is right," he said.

'But then the problem is, the middle class can't own cars, only the rich can. So the PM is right philosophically, and I think it's the fairer approach. But then, more road congestion, and so ERP."


<HR SIZE=1>Edited 9/4/2008 10:20 pm by otak69</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
 
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