- Joined
- Aug 19, 2008
- Messages
- 38,222
- Points
- 113
Who else will he outlive?
1) Prince Philip of the UK
2) Mandela?
3) Gorbachev
1) Prince Philip of the UK
2) Mandela?
3) Gorbachev
-
IP addresses are NOT logged in this forum so there's no point asking. Please note that this forum is full of homophobes, racists, lunatics, schizophrenics & absolute nut jobs with a smattering of geniuses, Chinese chauvinists, Moderate Muslims and last but not least a couple of "know-it-alls" constantly sprouting their dubious wisdom. If you believe that content generated by unsavory characters might cause you offense PLEASE LEAVE NOW! Sammyboy Admin and Staff are not responsible for your hurt feelings should you choose to read any of the content here. The OTHER forum is HERE so please stop asking.
Old main unable to balance
- Thread starter scroobal
- Start date
- Joined
- Oct 24, 2010
- Messages
- 32,792
- Points
- 113
4) Lee Hsien Loong
- Joined
- Aug 19, 2008
- Messages
- 38,222
- Points
- 113
You got to be joking
- Joined
- Oct 28, 2011
- Messages
- 1,411
- Points
- 0
- Joined
- Aug 10, 2008
- Messages
- 103,099
- Points
- 113
- Joined
- Feb 27, 2013
- Messages
- 2,101
- Points
- 63
6. Laksaboy
At last now, Mediacorp is calling a spade a spade (pardon the expression) by reporting him as former Prime Minister. Can you imagine all the terms Senior Minister, Emeritus Senior Minister, Minister Mentor were all invented so that he could still access cabinet papers and govt docs and gave him the excuse to stay around to put his son firmly in the chair? How sycophantic the SPH is. He could have just made his son bring them home to him! Like fetching his newspapers or his slippers.
Last edited:
You have testicles?
What is Singapore today may I ask? A Singapore where the young can't afford a house, a car, to fall sick and to marry? A Singapore where the foreigners are treated better than its own citizens? A Singapore where its MRT encounters one problem or another every day? What is it with Singapore today that we should accord our utmost respect to LKY?
- Joined
- Jul 17, 2011
- Messages
- 10,331
- Points
- 0
- Joined
- Jul 19, 2011
- Messages
- 27,848
- Points
- 113
PAP asked sinkees not to have more than two children. And if you are poor, not to have any. Then it made it so bloody expensive to live here ...how to afford children? Want to grow own food, also can not. How, like that how?
- Joined
- Nov 9, 2010
- Messages
- 12,839
- Points
- 63
Myo, please open your legs wide for tonychat, may be two of you can produce some children
:oIo::oIo::oIo:
- Joined
- Jul 10, 2008
- Messages
- 63,845
- Points
- 113
Rubbish! My nephews and nieces have all bought homes without any problems whatsoever. They studied hard. They've secured good jobs and they've started off in entry level 4 room HDB apartments.
It may not be a luxury apartment but it's a hell of a lot better than the options available in many other countries.
The young who can't afford homes are obviously the losers who have gone off the rails and they expect some sort of welfare system to bail them out without any effort on their part.
As for the MRT if you think the service is bad just wait till you've tried the London tube or the crappy half baked rail system that Auckland has.
Singaporeans should learn to count their blessings and not take their good fortune for granted.
- Joined
- Jun 21, 2010
- Messages
- 34,324
- Points
- 113
- Joined
- Aug 17, 2008
- Messages
- 4,436
- Points
- 83
You are comparing apples with oranges. How can you seriously compare a transit network which is 150 years old with one that is barely 25 years old?
If you want a meaningful comparison, I suggest you take a look at Hong Kong's MTR system or Taipei's Metro.
The service quality and efficiency of both these railway systems really puts our SMRT to shame.
- Joined
- Jul 10, 2008
- Messages
- 63,845
- Points
- 113
MRT Neihu Line experiences third system breakdown
INQUIRY DPP councilors accused the city and the MRT operator of banning reporters from the Neihu Depot and the operations center to hide the truth
By Mo Yan-Chih / STAFF REPORTER
Taipei City's MRT Muzha-Neihu Line experienced its third system breakdown yesterday, with transportation being halted for about two hours in the afternoon because of a circuit malfunction at Zhongxiao Fuxing Station.Taipei City Secretariat deputy director Tan Gwa-guang (譚國光), director of the Neihu-Muzha Line emergency response team, said lightning struck the circuit board at 2:19pm, preventing communication between the operations center and the trains.
Taipei Rapid Transit Corp (TRTC) suspended the line's operation immediately and staff manually drove three of 22 trains stuck between stations to the nearest platforms, Tan said.
The 340 passengers in the three trains were evacuated by 2:57pm. Service was resumed at 4:10pm after the system was fixed and a trial run.
It was the third system breakdown since the Neihu stretch of the line began operations on July 4. The line experienced its first shutdown on July 10 after a power outage in the afternoon and service did not resume until the following day.
The second system breakdown occurred on Thursday last week. Service was suspended for more than four hours because of a network system malfunction.
Tan said the TRTC would give the broken circuit board to the system builder, Bombardier, for further analysis, adding that the Taipei City Government would ask the contractor to strengthen the system's resistance to lightning strikes.
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Taipei City councilors lashed out at Tan and the TRTC for refusing to allow the press to join their inspection of the Neihu Depot and operations center.
DPP Taipei City Councilor Lee Chien-chang (李建昌) and eight other councilors were at the depot and operations center to check on the cause behind the frequent system breakdowns. However, the TRTC refused to let reporters in, saying the areas were restricted.
“The TRTC is apparently afraid of a public inspection of the system, and the city government is unable to face the problem. Trying to cover up the truth will only make things worse,” Lee said.
The councilors and the media were kept outside of the depot for about 20 minutes before Tan showed up and insisted that reporters could not enter the restricted areas.
DPP Taipei City Councilor Hsu Chia-ching (徐佳青) challenged the city government and the TRTC for allowing Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Taipei City councilors and a CTi-TV Station staffer to enter the depot and operations center earlier this month.
Tan said he had only learned that a CTi reporter had entered the depot yesterday morning and would look into who was responsible for letting the reporter in.
Lee said the caucus would initiate a signature drive to hold a provisional session at the Taipei City Council and demand Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-bin (郝龍斌) report to the council on the Muzha-Neihu Line and two other problematic municipal projects — the Maokong Gondola system and the Xinsheng Overpass.
- Joined
- Jul 10, 2008
- Messages
- 63,845
- Points
- 113
http://www.scmp.com/article/430290/10000-held-mtr-rush-hour-breakdown
Joseph Lo
About 10,000 rush-hour commuters were held up for about half an hour along parts of the MTR's Kwun Tong line yesterday morning after a train malfunctioned at Shek Kip Mei station.
The delay started around 8.20am and continued until almost 9am after a train stalled at Shekkipmei.
A Mass Transit Railway spokeswoman said both the front and rear engines of the train could not be restarted.
'We will need to take the train back to the service depot for a detailed inspection to identify what went wrong,' she said.
The affected train was moved to a side track near the Yau Ma Tei station to allow normal service to resume.
The disruption affected morning commuters between Choi Hung to Yau Ma Tei on the Kwun Tong line, which is one of the busiest sections of the rail network during rush hours.
Other sections of the MTR network were not affected by the delay although the waiting time between trains was slightly extended along the eastern end of the Kwun Tong line.
The company estimates that nearly 10,000 commuters were affected by the incident.
When the initial train malfunctioned, passengers were asked to alight from a second train so that the two could be coupled together. The second train pushed the stalled train in front to a side track.
Some commuters complained there was a lack of shuttle buses and alternative means of getting to work.
A spokesman for the Transport Department said it was informed of the incident at 8.36am and the department contacted public transport operators such as Kowloon Motor Bus to increase the frequency of their services.
MTR said the time lag in reporting the incident was due to attempts by the driver to restart the stalled train.
'We understand the passengers' concerns ... [and] we are sorry about the inconvenience. We did not arrange alternative shuttle buses because we knew the delay would not take long to overcome,' the MTR spokeswoman said.
'It takes time to despatch shuttle buses to the affected areas, in any case. We also made public announcements on platforms informing passengers that they could still get across the harbour along the Eastern Harbour Crossing route.'
However, a caller on a radio programme insisted the MTR was 'incompetent' for not organising alternative transport 'quickly enough'.
'The delay was not long,' the MTR spokeswoman said.
The MTR said that work to push the train out of the way began at 8.40am and services were back to normal at 8.57am.
The Transport Department said it would ask the MTRC to file a 'detailed report about the incident, as soon as possible'.
'We normally expect to receive [a report] in about two to three days,' the department spokesman said.
Joseph Lo
About 10,000 rush-hour commuters were held up for about half an hour along parts of the MTR's Kwun Tong line yesterday morning after a train malfunctioned at Shek Kip Mei station.
The delay started around 8.20am and continued until almost 9am after a train stalled at Shekkipmei.
A Mass Transit Railway spokeswoman said both the front and rear engines of the train could not be restarted.
'We will need to take the train back to the service depot for a detailed inspection to identify what went wrong,' she said.
The affected train was moved to a side track near the Yau Ma Tei station to allow normal service to resume.
The disruption affected morning commuters between Choi Hung to Yau Ma Tei on the Kwun Tong line, which is one of the busiest sections of the rail network during rush hours.
Other sections of the MTR network were not affected by the delay although the waiting time between trains was slightly extended along the eastern end of the Kwun Tong line.
The company estimates that nearly 10,000 commuters were affected by the incident.
When the initial train malfunctioned, passengers were asked to alight from a second train so that the two could be coupled together. The second train pushed the stalled train in front to a side track.
Some commuters complained there was a lack of shuttle buses and alternative means of getting to work.
A spokesman for the Transport Department said it was informed of the incident at 8.36am and the department contacted public transport operators such as Kowloon Motor Bus to increase the frequency of their services.
MTR said the time lag in reporting the incident was due to attempts by the driver to restart the stalled train.
'We understand the passengers' concerns ... [and] we are sorry about the inconvenience. We did not arrange alternative shuttle buses because we knew the delay would not take long to overcome,' the MTR spokeswoman said.
'It takes time to despatch shuttle buses to the affected areas, in any case. We also made public announcements on platforms informing passengers that they could still get across the harbour along the Eastern Harbour Crossing route.'
However, a caller on a radio programme insisted the MTR was 'incompetent' for not organising alternative transport 'quickly enough'.
'The delay was not long,' the MTR spokeswoman said.
The MTR said that work to push the train out of the way began at 8.40am and services were back to normal at 8.57am.
The Transport Department said it would ask the MTRC to file a 'detailed report about the incident, as soon as possible'.
'We normally expect to receive [a report] in about two to three days,' the department spokesman said.
- Joined
- Jul 10, 2008
- Messages
- 63,845
- Points
- 113
Retaining public trust in MTR system is of vital importance
BY HONG LIANG
Published: Nov 16 2011 10:26
Since it was built in the late 1970s, the Mass Transit Railway (MTR) has always been a source of pride for Hong Kong people. I rode the system for the first time in 1982 on a visit to Hong Kong from Singapore where I was then working. Walking through the cavernous Central station, lined with wine-colored paneling, made me feel immensely proud of my home town.
Indeed, Mass Transit Railway Corp, which has the monopoly to build and operate the railway system in Hong Kong, is much more than just a business concern. It is an institution, like the civil service, the judiciary and HSBC – all of which form a bedrock of confidence in the city. (I thought about including the well-loved Peninsula Hotel in the list. But that was too much of a personal preference.)
For that reason, I believe that many Hong Kong people, like me, feel badly let down by the frequent disruptions to our MTR service during the past several months.
We have been repeatedly assured by transport officials of the government, which owns a controlling stake in the corporation, that there never was any threat to the safety of passengers. But that was not sufficient to allay our concerns about the possible deterioration of the standard of service we have come to take for granted.
TODAY IN HONG KONG
Confidence in our institutions is of much greater importance now than ever before. This is because public trust in the government has been undermined by its perceived lack of vision in addressing various social and economic issues, which are widely seen to be manifested in growing income disparity that has created much tension between the minority rich and the majority poor. This has led many Hong Kong people to believe that if one or more of their trusted institutions fail them, then they have nothing to fall back on.
I am one of those Hong Kong people who believe that our established institutions in the public as well as private sectors play a greater role in holding the society together during trying times than the government in our city's rather unique political and economic system. The government's responsibility is to ensure, within its scope of power and influence, that the integrity of those institutions is not compromised by bad management or greed.
It was most disturbing to read suggestions in the local press that some of the breakdowns in the MTR service in recent months may be attributed to cost cutting by outsourcing part of the maintenance work to outside contractors, who won with the lowest bids in highly competitive tenders. We can understand the need for cost controls, and the fact that our mass rapid transit rail system is among the few in the world that can produce a profit year after year reaffirms our confidence in its competence.
But when management is seen to have gone too far in maximizing profitability at the expense of quality, the government must step in to set things right. So far, transport officials have said that any action the government might take must be based on an operational review by the corporation. We hope that the government, as the controlling shareholder, is well represented in the investigation team.
The author is a staff writer.
BY HONG LIANG
Published: Nov 16 2011 10:26
Since it was built in the late 1970s, the Mass Transit Railway (MTR) has always been a source of pride for Hong Kong people. I rode the system for the first time in 1982 on a visit to Hong Kong from Singapore where I was then working. Walking through the cavernous Central station, lined with wine-colored paneling, made me feel immensely proud of my home town.
Indeed, Mass Transit Railway Corp, which has the monopoly to build and operate the railway system in Hong Kong, is much more than just a business concern. It is an institution, like the civil service, the judiciary and HSBC – all of which form a bedrock of confidence in the city. (I thought about including the well-loved Peninsula Hotel in the list. But that was too much of a personal preference.)
For that reason, I believe that many Hong Kong people, like me, feel badly let down by the frequent disruptions to our MTR service during the past several months.
We have been repeatedly assured by transport officials of the government, which owns a controlling stake in the corporation, that there never was any threat to the safety of passengers. But that was not sufficient to allay our concerns about the possible deterioration of the standard of service we have come to take for granted.
TODAY IN HONG KONG
- Regina Ip leaves the door open to contest CE race
- Toned-down plan set out for Govt Hill
- Watchdog urges scrutiny over diesel price hikes
Confidence in our institutions is of much greater importance now than ever before. This is because public trust in the government has been undermined by its perceived lack of vision in addressing various social and economic issues, which are widely seen to be manifested in growing income disparity that has created much tension between the minority rich and the majority poor. This has led many Hong Kong people to believe that if one or more of their trusted institutions fail them, then they have nothing to fall back on.
I am one of those Hong Kong people who believe that our established institutions in the public as well as private sectors play a greater role in holding the society together during trying times than the government in our city's rather unique political and economic system. The government's responsibility is to ensure, within its scope of power and influence, that the integrity of those institutions is not compromised by bad management or greed.
It was most disturbing to read suggestions in the local press that some of the breakdowns in the MTR service in recent months may be attributed to cost cutting by outsourcing part of the maintenance work to outside contractors, who won with the lowest bids in highly competitive tenders. We can understand the need for cost controls, and the fact that our mass rapid transit rail system is among the few in the world that can produce a profit year after year reaffirms our confidence in its competence.
But when management is seen to have gone too far in maximizing profitability at the expense of quality, the government must step in to set things right. So far, transport officials have said that any action the government might take must be based on an operational review by the corporation. We hope that the government, as the controlling shareholder, is well represented in the investigation team.
The author is a staff writer.
- Joined
- Jun 21, 2010
- Messages
- 34,324
- Points
- 113
SMRT CEO's salary and bonuses vs MTR and TRTC counterparts.
Sinkieland's transport ministerS, PS salaries vs HK and ROC counterparts
Sinkieland's transport ministerS, PS salaries vs HK and ROC counterparts
- Joined
- Aug 12, 2008
- Messages
- 37,364
- Points
- 113
The people of SINgapore back then, responded to the call of their leader not to have so many children so that, they could have a better life & future. Not only that, they were punished by law & fined & even fees at hospitals are raised if they have more furthermore heir third or fuorth child, may not even be allowed to go to school But one segment of the population, to their dismay, responded by having one or none at all, this was not their intention, while one segment continued to reproduce like before.
How can a government blame the people for responding so well to their policies?? They were like the 'rats' who will follow, each time the 'piper of Hamlin' blows his tunes, & after many decades the 60% still hear that call.
The shortage of children to replace an aging population & low fertility & fallen birthrates...are SELF INFLICTED. This is what you get for working with one...you get blamed..60% wake up!
Last edited:
Similar threads
