The rot started with Saw Phaik Hwa

[Narong Wongwan]

The Rot started when pap opened floodgates to foreigners and the infrastructure couldn't cope

 

[frenchbriefs]

smrt is obviously a terrible blue chip to own,its liabilities and the hundreds of millions of dollars of taxpayers money needed to maintain and expand its fleet and operations obviously far outweighs any possible profits smrt can squeeze out after countless fare hikes......public transportation was always going to be a losing business model no matter what.saw phiak haw took us somewhat in the right direction by expanding into the fnb business,but it was not adequate,we should be following hong kong's mtr model where nearby mrt land estate is developed into malls and stations directing heavy traffic next to these malls,and profits from malls used to fund mrt's train and bus operations.mrt's profit is a measely 100m despite having to deal with a massive 2 billion ridership a year......if some of that traffic could be directed to MRT owned malls,they will be rich beyond belief.

 

[blueRad]

Another perfect illustration of how some people just deserve to have their lives snuffed out.

Once again the cavalier attitude and poor work ethic of the the lower levels of organisations has resulted in massive inconvenience and heartache for the top echelons of management.

I truly feel for Desmond. He has ended up stressed and distraught through no fault of his own. I'm sure it has affected his family too.

If I adopt the same attitude as those trying to crucify Desmond, I would like to counter propose that the maintenance team who caused all this disruption should be severely disciplined. Post humus convictions should not be ruled out and the families of the deceased should be made to pay some sort of compensation to all those affected.

I don't really think that it is due to poor work ethnic. It is just simply the risk that blue collar workers face everyday. It is no difference from all the death from the SAF. We need to come to accept that people will die when working in such high risk environment. It is not rocket size that a machine operator face higher risk of accident than a white collar worker doing clicking and typing all day long in an office environment. Blue collar workers are bound to get killed in some sort of accident one way to another. It is more of a matter or minimizing the death toll to the best using safety management.

The media will hype up any deaths that occurred and all the social justice warriors will demand so and so to step down and take responsibility.

 

[scroobal]

Time to do something about essential service being under the Temasek. I am not sure what Goh Keng Swee and Hon Sui Sen will think when they peer from their graves and see the current conduct of Temasek when compared to what they gave birth to as Sheng-Li Holdings. They probably glad they left this world.

In plain language, the bigger Temasek gets with the corresponding increase in dividends, Ho Ching gets bigger bonuses and shares which I am sure as a Chinese Jew will politely and magnanimously decline.

 

[frenchbriefs]

Time to do something about essential service being under the Temasek. I am not sure what Goh Keng Swee and Hon Sui Sen will think when they peer from their graves and see the current conduct of Temasek when compared to what they gave birth to as Sheng-Li Holdings. They probably glad they left this world.

man can only look forward and not backwards.if goh keng swee was here today to witness singapore's transformation from fishing village to first class city he would approve too.

 

[Thick Face Black Heart]

You do have a point. She has no background in engineering and therefore no appreciation of maintenance and as the years added on the neglect became worse. The fact that the retail front made impressive gains does show where the focus was. She might be the immediate cause but the blame then has to be on the the folks that appointed her. GLC Boards are typically sinecures. Key appointments, targets and direction are typically set by the Holding company, in this case Temasek or the Govt.

I found it odd that the Minister of Transport is now setting the targets, bringing in people that are overseeing its delivery and the current point person. In the scheme things this is not good governance. With the PM's wife being the beneficial owner of this enterprise, no sure if the environment is right in the first place.

Key issues in my opinion is lack of independent safeguards and controls. Basically if you distill the essence of it, it boils down to an ownself check ownself structure that has pervades the entire system.

I sense rigour in the whole system is diminishing and nothing is being done to stop it. Where is the strictness in protocols where lives are at stake? This is a hazardous working environment we are talking about. We're not at a playground fixing a broken swing

 

[Thick Face Black Heart]

The Rot started when pap opened floodgates to foreigners and the infrastructure couldn't cope

Opening the floodgates undoubtedly accelerated the whole rot due to the sudden immense strain the whole infrastructure has to deal with.

It's like a lift for eight people now having to accommodate 12 people

 

[Jah_rastafar_I]

the 2 dead being m&ds surely elicited greater responses of sympathy from the public. Were they to be Chinese there would be less sympathy.

 

[GoldenDragon]

the 2 dead being m&ds surely elicited greater responses of sympathy from the public. Were they to be Chinese there would be less sympathy.

hey ching chong nigger, trying to contribute something?

 

[Leckmichamarsch]

man can only look forward and not backwards.if goh keng swee was here today to witness singapore's transformation from fishing village to first class city he would approve too.

LSE wud rescind his PhD..........

 

[johnny333]

Opening the floodgates undoubtedly accelerated the whole rot due to the sudden immense strain the whole infrastructure has to deal with.

It's like a lift for eight people now having to accommodate 12 people

If you look at the past at those responsible for building Spore, they were like us, just simple "lesser mortals".

Nowadays we have a class system in Spore, at one end we have the supreme elites that lead a privileged life. On the other hand we have the "lesser mortals". These are the people that are sharing the lift with 11 others.

The privileged do not feel the stresses that the common man faces, because they have isolated themselves in ivory towers. They have also "fixed" the system & are not afraid of losing their privilege status.

Those able have left for greener pastures. The cycle will repeat itself but I doubt it will continue forever because many of the newer Sporeans are ambitious & they will eventually rock the status quo.