Are u happy now ? U turn on Simply Go card. What a total waste of money. Trying to fix something that is not broken.

[bobby]

How much was spent on SimplyGo ?

Looks like another CPIB case again for MOT Minister

 

[laksaboy]

This is the problem when ownself checked ownself and then ownself approved ownself.

Check -> Approve -> Praise -> Deify

Nothing changes when hubris goes unchecked.

 

[glockman]

We are not paying them peanuts. Yet we keep getting monkeys. Pls lah, can vote them out or not?!

 

[Scrooball (clone)]

U think Chee Hong Tat so powerful? He probably begged LHL to give him chance and not be a clown who fucked LTA up. What’s 40 million? GST easily cover that and more!

 

[oliverlee]

40m ,fuck him lah cb system already there, cb ,smell rats

another collusion with ceca roaches gone wrong?

 

[Scrooball (clone)]

40 million is like a drop in the ocean please

 

[rushifa666]

Need Empress Ho to make noise then they take action. Perhaps HC should charge them consultation fees, LOL.

Very obvious this sithole is like ccp land. Everything state controlled

 

[mahjongking]

40,000,000 divided by 3,000,000 locals is $13.3 to have a good chicken chop or beef steak at hawker centre....
instead everybody waste their time on this IT crap

 

[sbfuncle]

She's more powerful than the pap and president! She's our Goddess of Mercy!

It sounds like a joke but it isn't a joke

 

[red amoeba]

its a ploy lah....wayang a bit and get to spend additional 40M. FY closing liao mah....money don't spend will be taken away.

 

[red amoeba]

how cum he never blame that fat ghee Iswaran?

 

[JohnTan]

SINGAPORE: Commuters will no longer be made to switch to the SimplyGo payment platform for public transport, as the Land Transport Authority (LTA) has reversed a decision to phase out the older ticketing system following complaints.

The government will spend an additional S$40 million so that commuters can continue to use EZ-Link cards and NETS FlashPay cards if they wish to, Transport Minister Chee Hong Tat announced on Monday (Jan 22).

Those who have upgraded to a SimplyGo EZ-Link card may exchange it for the previous EZ-Link card for free if they prefer to use the older ticketing system.

Announcing the decision on Monday, Mr Chee acknowledged the concerns of commuters who want to see their fare deductions and card balances when they tap out at fare gates and bus card readers. They are currently not able to do so using SimplyGo cards.

Explaining why this is the case, LTA said on Jan 12 that while it is "technically possible", it would take a "few seconds" for fare gates and bus readers to obtain and display the card balance and deduction information from the backend system. This would, in turn, slow down the entry and exit for commuters.

"I have discussed your feedback and concerns with MOT (Ministry of Transport) and LTA," Mr Chee said in a Facebook post.

"We have decided to extend the use of the current CBT (card-based ticketing) system for adult commuters, and not to sunset the system in 2024 as originally planned.

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/sin...d-lta-u-turn-free-exchange-40-million-4064446

 

[sbfuncle]

I think the 40m means they need to open tender for vendors to continue supporting it. But simply go also need pay for vendor support. So it just means some @JohnTan will stand to gain a new business contract. Old @JohnTan will need to fallout and change new guard.

 

[JohnTan]

I think the 40m means they need to open tender for vendors to continue supporting it. But simply go also need pay for vendor support. So it just means some @JohnTan will stand to gain a new business contract. Old @JohnTan will need to fallout and change new guard.

I'm in F&B, not gantry payment.

This shows PAP underdoing that wretched Iswaran's shitty ideas like the SimplyGo card system.

 

[sbfuncle]

I'm in F&B, not gantry payment.

This shows PAP underdoing that wretched Iswaran's shitty ideas like the SimplyGo card system.

For f&b not so easy to make multi millions from pap.
Gantry payment and any other gov portals is a very lucrative business to do with pap. Every 2 years or so they will open up tenders in millions of $ for every gov link projects and decom the older version. Pap is damn rich.

 

[bobby]

All projects must have the relevant sign-offs at the various stages starting from functional specifications to UAT

 

[Patriotmissile]

Bozos with a profound lack of self awareness.

This a Jozo which is a female bozo.

 

[laksaboy]

Explaining why this is the case, LTA said on Jan 12 that while it is "technically possible", it would take a "few seconds" for fare gates and bus readers to obtain and display the card balance and deduction information from the backend system. This would, in turn, slow down the entry and exit for commuters.

Takes a few seconds because nothing is stored natively, you have to retrieve everything from a remote database.

In other words, a shitty system designed by nincompoops. Or maybe that's part of the plan, tether everyone to the 'grid' so you can advance your 'smart nation' delusions.

 

[rotiprata]

suggest minster chee to consult our leongsam on how to manage a public transport system

 

[sTiCkY]

moi also bot a new card :(