Dear Rogue Trader
I can understand why you disagree with me. You may see things from a different perspective, view and angle. And if you don't take public transport on a daily basis, you may not realize that MRT, buses have always been crowded at peak periods (eg rushing to work, and rushing home after work).
For most Singaporeans, crowding in buses and mrts is not uncommon. However, the major breakdown of the MRT last year was one wake-up call. It exposed the failed notion of SMRT on the idea of having the same figure for maintenance costs for god-knows how many years, and would have continued doing so, had not such an incident happened.
Suddenly, ppl began to wonder why trains could breakdown when all along it had been fine.. and then.. a population figure of above 5million was delivered.. and ppl then asked, "maybe mrt trains not designed to hold and carry so many?"
And if you don't live in estates where malls are crowded day-in and day-out, namely (what I know) Tampines, you may not even feel that there is overcrowding. But, you may be different in that you are observant, or kept a close vigilant watch, I don't know.. but for most SG ppl.. it slowly cropped in.. and until the (unpopular) Pop White Paper came about to showcase a figure of 6.9million (whether it;s a target or worst case is irrelevant) for all to SEE, and HEAR. it got the (probably unwanted) attention of almost all SG ppl.
Take it from me, I have some friends, whose parents drive to work, and they drive their older folks in their cars.. and they don't even understand why I kept saying "overcrowding". To them, the ppl traffic in malls have not really changed, as they only go there on the weekends. Whereas, I go out sometimes no the weekdays, and the ppl numbers are horrendous. You can't move and walk around without brushing against other ppl's arms and shoulders.
I feel that the pappies have really not listened well with the ppl and tried to "pull a fast one" on this white paper. That is what I think is happening.
And the Chn 8 programme is so funny, cos the hosts faces were really "wood" when they saw teh resutls of the polls. In fact, I thought I heard a stammer from the lady host as she was reading the numbers of the poll, as if indicating a worry. And MP Fu's comments seemed to be a desperate attempt to play down the poll results. I think she knows the results doesn't say good things about how the ppl feel towards the white paper.. even after she had said so much, about the paper "for singaporeans" blah blah blah. She spoke alot, but to me, it was as if she only wanted to give a speech, and still didn't listen to the ppl.
I can understand why you disagree with me. You may see things from a different perspective, view and angle. And if you don't take public transport on a daily basis, you may not realize that MRT, buses have always been crowded at peak periods (eg rushing to work, and rushing home after work).
For most Singaporeans, crowding in buses and mrts is not uncommon. However, the major breakdown of the MRT last year was one wake-up call. It exposed the failed notion of SMRT on the idea of having the same figure for maintenance costs for god-knows how many years, and would have continued doing so, had not such an incident happened.
Suddenly, ppl began to wonder why trains could breakdown when all along it had been fine.. and then.. a population figure of above 5million was delivered.. and ppl then asked, "maybe mrt trains not designed to hold and carry so many?"
And if you don't live in estates where malls are crowded day-in and day-out, namely (what I know) Tampines, you may not even feel that there is overcrowding. But, you may be different in that you are observant, or kept a close vigilant watch, I don't know.. but for most SG ppl.. it slowly cropped in.. and until the (unpopular) Pop White Paper came about to showcase a figure of 6.9million (whether it;s a target or worst case is irrelevant) for all to SEE, and HEAR. it got the (probably unwanted) attention of almost all SG ppl.
Take it from me, I have some friends, whose parents drive to work, and they drive their older folks in their cars.. and they don't even understand why I kept saying "overcrowding". To them, the ppl traffic in malls have not really changed, as they only go there on the weekends. Whereas, I go out sometimes no the weekdays, and the ppl numbers are horrendous. You can't move and walk around without brushing against other ppl's arms and shoulders.
I feel that the pappies have really not listened well with the ppl and tried to "pull a fast one" on this white paper. That is what I think is happening.
And the Chn 8 programme is so funny, cos the hosts faces were really "wood" when they saw teh resutls of the polls. In fact, I thought I heard a stammer from the lady host as she was reading the numbers of the poll, as if indicating a worry. And MP Fu's comments seemed to be a desperate attempt to play down the poll results. I think she knows the results doesn't say good things about how the ppl feel towards the white paper.. even after she had said so much, about the paper "for singaporeans" blah blah blah. She spoke alot, but to me, it was as if she only wanted to give a speech, and still didn't listen to the ppl.
