Two questions needing unequivocal answers from the Government and SMRT

[Confuseous]

We expect clear guidance from SMRT and the SPF on handling these tricky situations. Are your Attorney-General, on the instigation/complaint of SMRT presumably, going to “FIX” anyone for doing so of a vandalism charge when the passing of critical minutes and seconds hang hundreds of lives in the balance in difficult judgment decision.

Of course the other begging question needing unequivocal answer is – who has the legal liability and thus fiduciary responsibility of affording commuters’ safety?

The physical infrastructure is built, owned, and maintained by LTA using taxpayer dollars but the transport carriages of passenger is the business of SMRT leasing this infrastructure but deploying its mobile assets. Any major accident involving fatalities and serious injuries can be caused by failures of performance of either party or combination of both parties as supplier(s) of rail transport services. Who shall stand as the lawful defendant(s) in any proceedings of negligence

The Honourable Minister Teo Chee Hean added, ”Criticism is one thing, but what you do about it is another matter.”

How prophetic of future direction going forward!

- http://www.tremeritus.com/2011/12/2...uivocal-answers-from-the-government-and-smrt/

 

[Hans168]

What are The Factors Responsible for Sudden Breakdowns in SMRT??

From technical angle:

Nobody understand that in that biz, maintenance is super critical... daily wear n tear needs to be systematically taken care off but it is relegated to cheap n dirty backyard garage operations when the entire function must be accorded highest priority and recognition = the top person there shud be deputy CEO in rank rather than an ordinary VP.

So much daily grind, wear n tear means there must be a super program to address and normalise the loss of metal and the ability of the related assemblies to perform the functions they were designed or intended to perform. The program must be structured to take place for different purposes: hourly, daily, weekly, fortnightly, monthly, quarterly and yearly instead of what were done previously in past ten years wherein the ignorance of top mgmt dictated that it was milking time. Squeeze more n more profits from 56 mil to 146 mil to be rewarded with bigger bonuses. The focus obviously was in areas like DFS of more rental n yields with maintenance being last to be bothered.

I like to know what percentage is maintenance expenses as part of total biz costs n how it compares to other better run MRT biz in the world. Be prepared for another shock. It shud be a cent to the dollar revenue.

Daily rain is a factor too but those idiots are too shallow to understand how it causes the problems....

Woe to sg for hiring a nut to the job. We won't hire Bill Gates if he did not know about softwares IT or Steve Jobs if he cannot conceptualise gadget designs..............why the hell put a biochemist with retailing experience on the job where metal losses due to every second grinding is not even understood or taken care off adequately? It cud be another PAP backfire as Saw PH understood that her bosses only eanted profits n more profits dun care what............ honest mistake? They make serious mistakes, we pay for it in sweat n blood. They take home millions, we pay more n more for uncomfort. Another reason to teach these greedy idiots a lesson in next GE.

Pay peanuts you get monkey, pay coconuts you get gorilla or orang utan.

 

[Hans168]

The Honourable Minister Teo Chee Hean added, ”Criticism is one thing, but what you do about it is another matter.”

How prophetic of future direction going forward!

U are paid millions, go do your job

- http://www.tremeritus.com/2011/12/2...uivocal-answers-from-the-government-and-smrt/[/QUOTE]

 

[red amoeba]

what is the point of holding BOI whenever incidents happen? And thereafter, nothing gets done / rectified?

BOI was convened when depot got broken into, BOI convened when MRT breakdown...way way ahead, there was once a massive breakdown of LRT - render a few days of inactivity - any BOIs? Any lesson drawn back then that could have been replicated for this SMRT case?

Obviously and nakedly, SMRT did not learn, like a recalcitrant kid.