Desmond Kuek must go. 3 month old Trainees dying is not acceptable

[GoldenDragon]

Good Post !!!

yours is better, imho. Terrific post!

 

[RichOil]

Two weeks ago, while boarding a train @Outram, the announcement came on air to say that due to a track fault at Eunos Station, train service will be slowed down from Paya Lebar.
Throughout the journey, the same announcement was repeated over and over again till it reached Paya Lebar.
Then the train was reduced to snail pace until it approached Eunos Station.
Many commuters were showing sign of frustration until they saw what was happening on the track.
There were several maintenance staff working on the track and they were only inches away from the trains.
After passing thru' Eunos Station, every anguish expressions were gone.
So, was this adopted on Tuesday?
Obviously some thing must be wrong with the SOP.

 

[GoldenDragon]

From a Malay letter writer to TRE ...


http://www.tremeritus.com/2016/03/23/lee-kuan-yew-would-have-sacked-incompetent-smrt-ceo/

Lee Kuan Yew would have sacked the incompetent SMRT CEO

March 23rd, 2016


Today is Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s one year death anniversary.

Most Singaporeans respect Mr Lee for everything he sacrificed and did for Singapore. One important trait Mr Lee possessed was his disdain for imperfection and incompetence. SMRT’s latest tragedy where two young technicians died after a train crashed into them while they were repairing the tracks is total incompetence.

If Mr Lee Kuan Yew was still alive, he would have sacked SMRT CEO Desmond Kuek after this latest fiasco. This current leaders of Singapore are simply weak and too soft on their non-performing subordinates.

When Mr Lee was in charge, anything he took charge would be tested to perfection before being released to the public. Now, everything is tested by the public and Singaporeans are made to suffer incompetence and inefficiencies.

Desmond Kuek has been given so much time to turn things around but till today, track faults and delays are the norm and worse now safety was compromised, two young lives gone. Lee Kuan Yew would have fired his sorry ass for not turning the situation around but made things worse.

Sometimes I think Singapore really miss Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s no nonsense approach to governance. He is firm, he is harsh, but he will force the people to make things work. No excuses, no apologies, he would have solved the problem no matter how difficult it was.

The current batch of Ministers need to learn from the late Mr Lee and use this steel to get things done. Stop using words to smoke Singaporean, stop talking and start delivering on results.

Rizad Said

Not sure if LKY is 100% free from favouring his kakis. Imo, he is way, way smarter than his gay son. LKY knows where the safe seats are and will not expose his incompetent kakis
to 'red zone' seats.

 

[Thick Face Black Heart]

Not sure if LKY is 100% free from favouring his kakis. Imo, he is way, way smarter than his gay son. LKY knows where the safe seats are and will not expose his incompetent kakis
to 'red zone' seats.

The son is only good in math and computer programming. Other than that, not sure if he's good at anything else. Maybe good at taiji

 

[GoldenDragon]

The son is only good in math and computer programming. Other than that, not sure if he's good at anything else. Maybe good at taiji

I can think of one - obeying commands from lau char bors like his mum and ho ching. Double first for sure!

 

[Papsmearer]

hahaha.....typical opportunist at work....
without knowing head or tail, straightaway blah, blah, blah like an empty vessel....
In this particular case, SOP was not followed, so heads will roll for sure...

Anybody with half a brain will know that in any large organisation, there will always be operational/line staff taking risks/short cuts and trying their luck....
if everytime operational SOPs are not followed on the ground and the CEO has to go, then it doesn't matter who is the CEO (he may be the most experienced and competent person running the best MTR in the world), it is matter of luck because he has no way to do the ground supervision....that is the job of the foremen, section heads/managers, department managers; etc....
As usual Scroobal is trying to exploit this unfortunate incident to score brownie points.....truly pathetic..

U are such a stupid cunt. Of course the CEO is at fault. Its all about the corporate culture. In most cases, the CEO dictates or influence the corporate culture. SMRT obviously does not have a safety first or strive for perfection type of corporate culture. It has a culture where corners can be cut, where incompetent and inexperienced people can be hires while experience people fired, just to save a few bucks. when you are in the business of transporting people, their safety has to be of paramount importance. If you don't believe this, just check out the corporate culture of any Indonesian Airline, versus say Qantas, SIA, BA, etc. You will see a big difference because these airlines have a higher expectation, and a superior corporate culture then those Indonesian airlines. And it comes from the top.

 

[Papsmearer]

Not sure if LKY is 100% free from favouring his kakis. Imo, he is way, way smarter than his gay son. LKY knows where the safe seats are and will not expose his incompetent kakis
to 'red zone' seats.

The fucking incompetent Gay Loong was DPM for donkey years under his father. After all those years, he still has learned nothing and still does not have the presence and force of character that his father has. It really shows you he was never passionate about politics and he was just forced into that position because his mother told him to take over from PApa.

 

[scroobal]

The son is not even a shadow of his father. You could sense the father in every ministry. The civil service without old man's knowledge kept a forward diary of his public events and will send a team days ahead of the event to fix road potholes, trim hedges, etc. The then PWD had a special team just for him and he had no idea. They were dead scared of him.

One day he was travelling along Bras Basah road and noticed that the newly re-turfed SJI school field was not even. He made PWD to go check the field. Though it was paid for by the Catholic Church, the contractor was made to dig up everything and start from scratch. PWD took over the supervision.

 

[scroobal]

I think GCT was much better than the son.

The fucking incompetent Gay Loong was DPM for donkey years under his father. After all those years, he still has learned nothing and still does not have the presence and force of character that his father has. It really shows you he was never passionate about politics and he was just forced into that position because his mother told him to take over from PApa.

 

[kukubird59]

U are such a stupid cunt. Of course the CEO is at fault. Its all about the corporate culture. In most cases, the CEO dictates or influence the corporate culture. SMRT obviously does not have a safety first or strive for perfection type of corporate culture. It has a culture where corners can be cut, where incompetent and inexperienced people can be hires while experience people fired, just to save a few bucks. when you are in the business of transporting people, their safety has to be of paramount importance. If you don't believe this, just check out the corporate culture of any Indonesian Airline, versus say Qantas, SIA, BA, etc. You will see a big difference because these airlines have a higher expectation, and a superior corporate culture then those Indonesian airlines. And it comes from the top.

hahaha....of course all roads lead to the CEO.....
u are another blah, blah, blah but got nothing between the ears....
good u use airline CEO.....there are many aircraft accidents....how many CEO had to step down because of such accidents where hundreds of lives are lost????
when u have people, u can have the best safety system (Rules and Regulations, RA and SOPs, Enforcement etc....) but people on the ground always took risk and short cuts....
In the the marine industry, there are accidents resulting in fatalities every year...
take Keppel OM as example, a well organised set-up making tons of money each year for Keppel Corp, they also have accidents resulting in fatalities each year...
if CEO is responsible each time, there would have run out of CEO....
but I can tell u Safety is a KPI for the CEO meaning for each major accidents or fatality, his bonus will be adversely affected....

how many fatalities have SMRT suffered for u to conclude that they do not have safety first???

 

[Papsmearer]

I think GCT was much better than the son.

That is because GCT actually successfully ran a major shipping player NOL in a free market and highly competitive industry. Also GCT was not born with a silver spoon and worked his way up from Projects manager and was protege of Muhammed Sayeed. He earned every promotion he had. He is many times better then Gay Loong but still not the best we could have had.

 

[GoldenDragon]

U are such a stupid cunt. Of course the CEO is at fault. Its all about the corporate culture. In most cases, the CEO dictates or influence the corporate culture. SMRT obviously does not have a safety first or strive for perfection type of corporate culture. It has a culture where corners can be cut, where incompetent and inexperienced people can be hires while experience people fired, just to save a few bucks. when you are in the business of transporting people, their safety has to be of paramount importance. If you don't believe this, just check out the corporate culture of any Indonesian Airline, versus say Qantas, SIA, BA, etc. You will see a big difference because these airlines have a higher expectation, and a superior corporate culture then those Indonesian airlines. And it comes from the top.

pardon kuku. he is only a schoolkid trying his best to make his presence felt in a forum meant for adults. best that he confines himself to just one thread on his si kong and i will remind him to sleep early.

 

[GoldenDragon]

hahaha....of course all roads lead to the CEO.....
u are another blah, blah, blah but got nothing between the ears....
good u use airline CEO.....there are many aircraft accidents....how many CEO had to step down because of such accidents where hundreds of lives are lost????
when u have people, u can have the best safety system (Rules and Regulations, RA and SOPs, Enforcement etc....) but people on the ground always took risk and short cuts....
In the the marine industry, there are accidents resulting in fatalities every year...
take Keppel OM as example, a well organised set-up making tons of money each year for Keppel Corp, they also have accidents resulting in fatalities each year...
if CEO is responsible each time, there would have run out of CEO....
but I can tell u Safety is a KPI for the CEO meaning for each major accidents or fatality, his bonus will be adversely affected....

how many fatalities have SMRT suffered for u to conclude that they do not have safety first???

bed time kuku! school bus coming at 6am tomorrow. finish your homework before calling it a day. your mum is worried.

 

[Papsmearer]

pardon kuku. he is only a schoolkid trying his best to make his presence felt in a forum meant for adults. best that he confines himself to just one thread on his si kong and i will remind him to sleep early.

kuku is grandfather with a grandson that I pity for having inherited his genes.

 

[GoldenDragon]

kuku is grandfather with a grandson that I pity for having inherited his genes.

spot on! he will be replying soon. same nonsense ..... nothing new from kukujiao.

 

[Papsmearer]

spot on! he will be replying soon. same nonsense ..... nothing new from kukujiao.

He always starts his post with hahahahahahha. What kind of fucking retard laughs to himself.

 

[GoldenDragon]

He always starts his post with hahahahahahha. What kind of fucking retard laughs to himself.

just checked and yes, he starts his posts that way. i never read his posts. i just tell him to sleep early so missed out on his hahahahaha starts.

 

[Charlie99]

That is because GCT actually successfully ran a major shipping player NOL in a free market and highly competitive industry. Also GCT was not born with a silver spoon and worked his way up from Projects manager and was protege of Muhammed Sayeed. He earned every promotion he had. He is many times better then Gay Loong but still not the best we could have had.

Who would have been the Best? and did not become or wish to become the Prime Minister?

 

[winnipegjets]

Who would have been the Best? and did not become or wish to become the Prime Minister?

JB Jeyaratnam!

 

[winnipegjets]

hahaha....of course all roads lead to the CEO.....
u are another blah, blah, blah but got nothing between the ears....
good u use airline CEO.....there are many aircraft accidents....how many CEO had to step down because of such accidents where hundreds of lives are lost????
when u have people, u can have the best safety system (Rules and Regulations, RA and SOPs, Enforcement etc....) but people on the ground always took risk and short cuts....
In the the marine industry, there are accidents resulting in fatalities every year...
take Keppel OM as example, a well organised set-up making tons of money each year for Keppel Corp, they also have accidents resulting in fatalities each year...
if CEO is responsible each time, there would have run out of CEO....
but I can tell u Safety is a KPI for the CEO meaning for each major accidents or fatality, his bonus will be adversely affected....

how many fatalities have SMRT suffered for u to conclude that they do not have safety first???

Alamak ...Desmond in incompetent and yet earning so much more than his counterpart. Since he came on board, breakdowns continue and the worst one happened under his watch. But he was not held accountable ...why? Because he has someone in government looking after him. They brought in a team of experts to find out about the breakdown ...as if this was an unusual event. Everyone knew that the cost-cutting to boost profits led to poor maintenance and thus the frequent breakdowns. No, only PAP government so dumb to see the obvious. Hiring of foreign experts was just to cover up.
This unnecessary death is the final fiasco. If a string of failures does not lead to his ouster, what else is needed to get him out? An explosion?