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knn...wat emergency button for? eating in the train consider as emergency meh? 
:oIo: oi smrt ceo malaysian bitch, is dis ur new policy? see ppl eat or drink just press emergency button? STUPID CRAP FROM THIS MALAYSIAN TRASH AND STILL DARE TO ASK FOR FARE HIKE!!! :oIo::oIo::oIo::oIo::oIo:
If you see someone eating in the MRT train, will you press the emergency button to report it?
This is exactly what SMRT is telling passengers to do.
A member of the public recently asked in a Straits Times forum letter, how the public can report on people eating in MRT trains. SMRT has replied that the public can press the Emergency Communication Buttons in the trains to inform the train driver.
According to SMRT's reply, the station staff will board the train at the next station to advise offenders against eating in the train. SMRT staff has the power to issue fines in the trains. Passengers can be fined up to $500 by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) for eating in the train.
According to SMRT's Emergency Q&A for the public, after pressing the Emergency Communication Button (ECB), "the train will not move off" if it is at a platform. Pressing the ECB between stations will cause the train to "come to a stop at the next station".
The Q&A also warns that "indiscriminate use will result in unnecessary delay of train services".
Contrary to this, an SMRT spokesman says that pressing the emergency button will not affect the passenger's journey.
There is also the fine to worry about – there is a fine for "indiscriminate use" of the ECB.
Additionally, the concerned letter-writer has suggested for SMRT to set up a hotline for the public to report on incidents in the train.
To this, the SMRT spokesperson says that if such a hotline is set up, the station staff will only be able to record the incident but will not be able to board the train in time to manage any incidents.
inSing editors can't help but wonder, is SMRT contradicting itself in the use of the Emergency Communication Button? We are seeing a rising trend of misbehavior in trains, fighting, smoking, eating and even peeing. We feel that a hotline would go a long way to controlling such incidents. Combined with a quick response system, SMRT could conceivably respond to incidents in time.
:oIo: oi smrt ceo malaysian bitch, is dis ur new policy? see ppl eat or drink just press emergency button? STUPID CRAP FROM THIS MALAYSIAN TRASH AND STILL DARE TO ASK FOR FARE HIKE!!! :oIo::oIo::oIo::oIo::oIo:
If you see someone eating in the MRT train, will you press the emergency button to report it?
This is exactly what SMRT is telling passengers to do.
A member of the public recently asked in a Straits Times forum letter, how the public can report on people eating in MRT trains. SMRT has replied that the public can press the Emergency Communication Buttons in the trains to inform the train driver.
According to SMRT's reply, the station staff will board the train at the next station to advise offenders against eating in the train. SMRT staff has the power to issue fines in the trains. Passengers can be fined up to $500 by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) for eating in the train.
According to SMRT's Emergency Q&A for the public, after pressing the Emergency Communication Button (ECB), "the train will not move off" if it is at a platform. Pressing the ECB between stations will cause the train to "come to a stop at the next station".
The Q&A also warns that "indiscriminate use will result in unnecessary delay of train services".
Contrary to this, an SMRT spokesman says that pressing the emergency button will not affect the passenger's journey.
There is also the fine to worry about – there is a fine for "indiscriminate use" of the ECB.
Additionally, the concerned letter-writer has suggested for SMRT to set up a hotline for the public to report on incidents in the train.
To this, the SMRT spokesperson says that if such a hotline is set up, the station staff will only be able to record the incident but will not be able to board the train in time to manage any incidents.
inSing editors can't help but wonder, is SMRT contradicting itself in the use of the Emergency Communication Button? We are seeing a rising trend of misbehavior in trains, fighting, smoking, eating and even peeing. We feel that a hotline would go a long way to controlling such incidents. Combined with a quick response system, SMRT could conceivably respond to incidents in time.
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