Gay Loong says people frustrated by MRT breakdowns.. You think?

Pay this fucker million dollars salary to state the obvious and to cover that FT Penang Cow's backside.

People frustrated by incidents on public transport system: PM Lee
It will take time to improve the train system, and there will be more hurdles to clear along the way, said PM Lee.

SINGAPORE: There are lessons to be learned from the recent problems on the MRT network and the causes need to be established so that things can be put right.

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said this on Sunday (Nov 19) at the People's Action Party's convention, which was held at Big Box in Jurong.

"We have made progress, but there have been setbacks," said Mr Lee, pointing to the train collision last week at Joo Koon station which left 36 people injured, and October's flooding in a tunnel from Bishan to Braddell MRT stations which resulted in the suspension of services for about 20 hours.

People are frustrated and worried by such incidents and "understandably so", said Mr Lee.

He said that improving train reliability is a very complicated problem, but the organisations need to be strengthened to deliver consistent high performance.

Mr Lee said that Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan and his team in the Ministry of Transport and Land Transport Authority "are extremely disappointed with the recent incidents", which is a sentiment shared by the train operators and their workers on the ground.

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And while efforts to improve the train network are showing results, it does not feel like that to the public, said Mr Lee. A key reason for that is that major incidents hurt public confidence a lot.

In his speech, Mr Lee said that Mr Khaw has one of the toughest jobs in Cabinet: "I want Boon Wan and his team to know that they have our full support and confidence," he said, to applause from the PAP members.

It will take time to improve the train system, and there will be more hurdles to clear along the way. "The best thing we can do now is to give our transport team the time and space to fix the problems."

However, Mr Lee noted that he already considered Singapore's transport system a "first-class" one, even if it could be "even better".

He quoted an article naming the four top cities in terms of train system reliability: "Hong Kong, Taipei, Los Angeles, Singapore".

"We're not the best - Hong Kong is better, Taipei is better," said Mr Lee.

"We will get better. But we must see our problems in perspective and we must therefore encourage our team: 'Work at it. Get there. We are with you'."

"We're not the best - Hong Kong is better, Taipei is better," said Mr Lee.

If he is not the best, then why does he demand to be paid the best?

Hv this type of PM better he resign than blame the hardware failures.

Under LKY no one dares to eat snakes but under this lazy bum Pinky they supposedly screwed up the train to eat snakes.

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"We're not the best - Hong Kong is better, Taipei is better," said Mr Lee.

If he is not the best, then why does he demand to be paid the best?

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Joke;

One day, Transport Minister Penang Cow met with his Japanese and Hong Kong counterparts who were on a state visit to singapore.

"You know", said the Japanese Transport Minister, "in my country, if the train keeps breaking down all the time, we will ask someone to commit hara kiri to maintain honour and integrity, and accountability in the system"

"Yes,", said Penang Cow, "In our country, we also will repeatedly ask someone to commit hara kiri every time there is a train breakdown or disruption to maintain our honour and integrity"

"Really", said a very surprised Japanese Transport Minister, "I did not know u had the same thing. Since your train system has so many breakdowns, who have you asked to commit hara kiri?"

"Aiyah", said the Hong Kong Transport Minister, " that person is Low Thia Khiang lah. That's why he tulan until want to retire"

"Bingo!" says Penang Cow.

tanwahtiu said:

Hv this type of PM better he resign than blame the hardware failures.

Under LKY no one dares to eat snakes but under this lazy bum Pinky they supposedly screwed up the train to eat snakes.

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The Leegime under Old Fart Harry Lee Con you and now under the product of his loins Gay Loong have learned well from the British Colonial masters. In fact, Old Fart even when to the UK to learn from the masters of subjugation and enslavement, the Brits. Look at how well he has exploited and subjugated the singaporeans to his own whims and fancy. Even the British at the peak of their opium power in china did not exercise the same level of plunder, subjugation and addiction to the Leegime that Old Fart has mastered.

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Singapore's transport system a "first-class" one,

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first-class=breakdown almost everyday
own self clear own self AGAIN

PM is stating the bloody obvious and clearly spinning his mrt troubles away. He is simply telling the people not to blame Moo cow Quack and the smrt; notwithstanding all the recent fiascos. According to his spin, they are still doing a first-class job and mrt is still considered world-class by his own standard. However, all the media and the people are really only interested in is; when is he stepping down as PM ? Get real! In the meantime, the commuters are just waiting for the next track fault and delay! That's a certainty!

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Joke;

One day, Transport Minister Penang Cow met with his Japanese and Hong Kong counterparts who were on a state visit to singapore.

"You know", said the Japanese Transport Minister, "in my country, if the train keeps breaking down all the time, we will ask someone to commit hara kiri to maintain honour and integrity, and accountability in the system"

"Yes,", said Penang Cow, "In our country, we also will repeatedly ask someone to commit hara kiri every time there is a train breakdown or disruption to maintain our honour and integrity"

"Really", said a very surprised Japanese Transport Minister, "I did not know u had the same thing. Since your train system has so many breakdowns, who have to asked to commit hara kiri?"

"Aiyah", said the Hong Kong Transport Minister, " that person is Low Thia Khiang lah. That's why he tulan until want to retire"

"Bingo!" says Penang Cow.

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aiyah, this should qualify as joke of the month, if not the year. bingo! :(

tanwahtiu said:

Hv this type of PM better he resign than blame the hardware failures.

Under LKY no one dares to eat snakes but under this lazy bum Pinky they supposedly screwed up the train to eat snakes.

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The late LKY will skewer the snakes & make a BBQ out of them...this overpaid PM, will breed more snakes & employ people who eat snakes...& people in parliament, who are lotus eaters.

L kygel delivered his promise to give you a bad dose of goverance so b grateful and do bad, do together

No shit. Need to thank the PM for stating the obvious.

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L kygel delivered his promise to give you a bad dose of goverance so b grateful and do bad, do together

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That is why they install a puppet president who is paid so high, to pass anything the want to pass, without any objections or interventions. For the president is only doing good, doing together with the government. You all, can die your business.

He quoted an article naming the four top cities in terms of train system reliability: "Hong Kong, Taipei, Los Angeles, Singapore".

U see how this asshole PeeM taichi the blame away. He quotes an article naming MRT as one of the top train system reliability. But in his own country, there are so many FB posts, social commentaries, etc. about how bad the system is. He chooses to ignore these, but wants to quote a foreign article insisting MRT is very reliable? This asshole will not listen to his own people, but will believe some article writer? What the fuck. This is serious. Businesses and companies are negatively impacted by this. I went for a dental appointment recently and it was cancelled because the staff could not come in due to the train stoppage caused by the collision. In fact, the office told me they cancelled the whole morning and were trying to send a car around to pick up their staff to send them to the office and salvage some appts. This is causing financial hardship on people. If they cannot get to work, they don't get paid. But in the meantime, SMRT CEO still collecting bonus and multi million $ salary. .

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"We're not the best - Hong Kong is better, Taipei is better," said Mr Lee.

If he is not the best, then why does he demand to be paid the best?

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Self over-estimation and thus overpaying himself. Now, he realised he is not the best but salary still remain high.

Look at his stupid face lying at the obvious...

Merely frustrated???

I AM FUCKING RAGING BULL STARK MAD.

tanwahtiu said:

Look at his stupid face lying at the obvious...

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I must say his face looks very smug kuailan and bochap! Lying through his teeth and looking hard to be honest! He should try to appoint himself as MOT and prove his critics wrong but then he is known to be a sissy fighting his own siblings over Oxleygate! Bwahahaha!

70% assholes voted for these kinds of performance.

It was a face saving act.

What do you expect ? A full apology from the PM and a harahiri from KBW ?

The repercussion of a apology will be far reaching . It will be a open admission of negligence and bad leadership. Rather than risk it, it is better to say that the problems with SMRT are so complicated that it takes time to solve them. KBW and his team are doing their very best and they deserves our full support.

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He quoted an article naming the four top cities in terms of train system reliability: "Hong Kong, Taipei, Los Angeles, Singapore".

U see how this asshole PeeM taichi the blame away. He quotes an article naming MRT as one of the top train system reliability. But in his own country, there are so many FB posts, social commentaries, etc. about how bad the system is. He chooses to ignore these, but wants to quote a foreign article insisting MRT is very reliable? This asshole will not listen to his own people, but will believe some article writer? What the fuck. This is serious. Businesses and companies are negatively impacted by this. I went for a dental appointment recently and it was cancelled because the staff could not come in due to the train stoppage caused by the collision. In fact, the office told me they cancelled the whole morning and were trying to send a car around to pick up their staff to send them to the office and salvage some appts. This is causing financial hardship on people. If they cannot get to work, they don't get paid. But in the meantime, SMRT CEO still collecting bonus and multi million $ salary. .

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that's a one off, i faced with daily late attendance from staff n suffering long term losses, yet they have no shame to ask for more hikes and GST