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inSing.com Editor
InSing.com - 3 hrs 3 mins ago
<CITE>Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew responds to the public uproar on the proposed fare hike. (Pic / Internet)</CITE>
Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew has responded to the recent uproar on the proposal to raise public transport fares.
In a recent post on his Facebook page, titled "Quality of Service is the Real Challenge", Minister Lui states that fares were in fact not raised for some of the past years, despite Public Transport Council's (PTC) formula allowing for it.
=> Why must the monopolistic transport companies be guaranteed regular fare hikes when they are making hundreds of millions of dollars every year? Why are Sporeans not guaranteed a job, not to mention regular salary increases?
He believes that the PTC looks out for commuters' interests, and wants to reassure the public that the PTC is "judicious" in approving fare increases.
This, he says, is evidenced by a chart stating the fare increases in the last five years – all equal or less than the increase allowed by the "fare adjustment formula"
On the proposed fare hike, the chairman of the Government Parliamentary Committee (GPC) for Transport, Cedric Foo, has recommended a review of the current fare adjustment formula.
In line with public sentiment, concerned members of the public have also sent letters to The Straits Time forum. In one letter, a reader, Kang Sing Fong, emphasises that the public has little choice in public transport, and that operators should exercise more social responsibility.
According to a recent survey on the Yahoo Singapore website, 94% of out of nearly 15,000 respondents are against the fare hike. The rest are either indifferent or felt that the hike is fair.
Following the uproar, the Worker's Party once again raised its suggestion for a nationlised transport system, an idea the opposition party raised during the campaign hustlings of the recent General Elections.
The suggestion was swiftly shot down by the transport minister.
Members of Parliament (MP) have also added their take on the issue. Both Moulmein-Kallang MP Denise Phua and former Joo Chiat MP Chan Soo Sen are wondering if a public transport system not run entirely by private operators might be better for Singapore.
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inSing.com Editor
InSing.com - 3 hrs 3 mins ago
Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew has responded to the recent uproar on the proposal to raise public transport fares.
In a recent post on his Facebook page, titled "Quality of Service is the Real Challenge", Minister Lui states that fares were in fact not raised for some of the past years, despite Public Transport Council's (PTC) formula allowing for it.
=> Why must the monopolistic transport companies be guaranteed regular fare hikes when they are making hundreds of millions of dollars every year? Why are Sporeans not guaranteed a job, not to mention regular salary increases?
He believes that the PTC looks out for commuters' interests, and wants to reassure the public that the PTC is "judicious" in approving fare increases.
This, he says, is evidenced by a chart stating the fare increases in the last five years – all equal or less than the increase allowed by the "fare adjustment formula"
On the proposed fare hike, the chairman of the Government Parliamentary Committee (GPC) for Transport, Cedric Foo, has recommended a review of the current fare adjustment formula.
In line with public sentiment, concerned members of the public have also sent letters to The Straits Time forum. In one letter, a reader, Kang Sing Fong, emphasises that the public has little choice in public transport, and that operators should exercise more social responsibility.
According to a recent survey on the Yahoo Singapore website, 94% of out of nearly 15,000 respondents are against the fare hike. The rest are either indifferent or felt that the hike is fair.
Following the uproar, the Worker's Party once again raised its suggestion for a nationlised transport system, an idea the opposition party raised during the campaign hustlings of the recent General Elections.
The suggestion was swiftly shot down by the transport minister.
Members of Parliament (MP) have also added their take on the issue. Both Moulmein-Kallang MP Denise Phua and former Joo Chiat MP Chan Soo Sen are wondering if a public transport system not run entirely by private operators might be better for Singapore.
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