No need to wait for the next time it already happened a good example is the nicole highway incident.
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UNCONFIRMED - SMRT had prior knowledge of what caused the breakdown
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No need to wait for the next time it already happened a good example is the nicole highway incident.
the 3rd rail which carries high voltage was brought to every forumer's attention some years ago in this forum when we were discussing why sinkies were allowed to walk between tracks. pic of sinkies walking between tracks was included. i pointed out that anyone who touched the 3rd rail by accident would be fried like goreng pisang. 
Not likely. She is more like TT Durai, unable to understand or accept that she has been excommunicated and on the way out.
Protocol wise, she has spoken out of turn. When the Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and Prime Minister speaks to the nation, PM Lee should be accorded the respect of having the last word.
A lowly CEO of a GLC should not be calling a press con and trying to have the last word. What's worse is if what you have to say is self serving, enrages Singaporeans and makes the political damage even worse.
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hi there
1. it is all about bottomline thing!
2. you die your biz, according to ah saw.
This disease permeates the entire Singapore when everyone from PAP ministers to kopi tiam bosses say "hire foreign talent because they are cheaper". Cost is the only factor they ever consider, shoving quality, honesty, reliability and credibility aside.
hi there
1. aiyoh!
2. such organizations and establishments are all state-owned and controlled.
3. left pocket out right pocket in mah!
4. all-in-one-familee.
Are you sure or not? LOL!
SMRT engaged the Hong Kong consultants, not the British. Don't anyhow smoke lah! I happen to know one of the Hong Kong consultant they have engaged!
Goh Meng Seng
SMRT engaged the Hong Kong consultants, not the British. Don't anyhow smoke lah! I happen to know one of the Hong Kong consultant they have engaged!
Goh Meng Seng
hi there
1. ah batman!
2. there is also the 4th choice leh.
3. seconded as some senior advisor to temasek holdings mah.
Goh Meng Seng said:
Of course it is true. I happened to be involved in some tender bids on signalling, turnpikes and carriages and their key consultant is an British Ang Mo guy. Any HK guys could be his underlings whom we do not see at key meetings. I do not write off the possibility that some Hong Kongers were employed as staff. But I did not see a consultant.
The earliest MRT system (N-S line) was built with the help of HK consultants. There is no doubt about that. Dunno what you are smoking early in the morning.
Goh Meng Seng
Goh Meng Seng
Consultants?There were many.English,French,Germans and what not.Each specializing in their own field.Japanese figured in the equation too.Their specialty more on construction than others.LTA spared no effort on engaging consultants of various nationalities .....but it was LTA that is the ultimate decision maker which can override an excellent consultancy in favor of the cheapest.Besides,if things goes wrong LTA can always blame the consultants as scapegoats.
Anyway,there is 1 thing every consultant unanimously agreed upon.That is LTA can never recover it's capital cost sunk......But PAP wanted to outsmart all consultants by taking the away capital cost from the balance sheet.And create SMRT only with daily expenditures and income...so profits can be shown.
But any accountant worth his salt knows that all machinery and fixtures has a depreciating value and that the maintenance cost of these structures goes to profit and loss account.
The root of the problem lies with LKY insistence that all institutions must remain individually profitable ---leading to privatization.Bur who actually benefits in privatization of public state assets is quite obvious.Obviously those with the capital and most importantly the expertise.Now do you folks realize why Lee's family positioned themselves in telecoms (Singtel) and Temasek Holdings?
Anyway,there is 1 thing every consultant unanimously agreed upon.That is LTA can never recover it's capital cost sunk......But PAP wanted to outsmart all consultants by taking the away capital cost from the balance sheet.And create SMRT only with daily expenditures and income...so profits can be shown.
But any accountant worth his salt knows that all machinery and fixtures has a depreciating value and that the maintenance cost of these structures goes to profit and loss account.
The root of the problem lies with LKY insistence that all institutions must remain individually profitable ---leading to privatization.Bur who actually benefits in privatization of public state assets is quite obvious.Obviously those with the capital and most importantly the expertise.Now do you folks realize why Lee's family positioned themselves in telecoms (Singtel) and Temasek Holdings?
GMS posted this on FB:
[h=6]I'm not an engineering student but hearing from a friend who's a consultant for one of the firms contracted by SMRT. He said this...
SMRT contracted some firms as their advisor on the engineering problems.. machiam like outsource. then they get their own people to fix. apprarently, the advisors tell them must change the whole third rail use new material, but one of the ah tiong in house engineer of SMRT say like that not cost efficient so they use some screws and bolts to "fix" the droppping thing instead of doing an actual repair.. that's why not screwed up cos temp fix drop again.. KNN fark that ah tiong engineer.[/h]
The problem all along is that she has never seen herself as being lowly or being in the business of service to the public.
Her lack of focus and direction is there for everyone to see. Look at the sgx announcement page for smrt for this year. It is full of resignations, new appointments and promotions, compared to other listed companies. Don't know if that was the cause or effect, but her poor leadership is apparent. If u asked her to assess her performance before this incident, she would probably tell u that the retail shops and advertising space are all occupied and sales of perfumes and bubble tea have never been higher.
Someone should tell her that if there is another catastrophic incident which tragically results in fatalities, she is the one with blood on her hands.
This issue is so serious, it's not just about public transport prices or delayed trains or over-crowding anymore.
Perhaps Lui should be the one to tell her this. Now the pressure has to go on him.
Of course there will be mass resignation because it is everybody else's fault & not hers & she will bring in DFS retail specialist to fill up the vacancy!
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