Must draw lan cheow line woh!
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->WE REFER to the Forum Online letter, "Concession fares - NUS, NTU, SMU, SIM we are all students but..." by Mr Charles You (Aug 14).
To be eligible for the tertiary student concession card, students should be full-time, matriculated undergraduates or diploma students from an approved government-aided tertiary institution. The applicant should neither be sponsored by nor receiving an allowance from an organisation.
Students from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and LaSalle College of the Arts are eligible for the concession card as these institutions are government-aided; whereas students from the Singapore Institute of Management (SIM) are not eligible for the concession card, as SIM is a private institution, operating as a commercial entity.
We would like to take this opportunity to share that in Singapore, public bus and train services are provided on a commercial basis. All concessionary fares are effectively cross-subsidised by full-fare paying commuters. Thus, we have to exercise prudence in granting further travel concession beyond the present eligible groups.
However, as rightly pointed out by Mr You, there are alternative options for frequent commuters such as the SBS season pass or the ez-link season pass. These schemes are specially designed for commuters who travel frequently on public transport but are not eligible for concession passes.
We thank Mr You for his feedback and the opportunity to clarify the matter.
Corrine Ng (Ms)
Corporate Communications Manager
Transit Link Pte Ltd
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->WE REFER to the Forum Online letter, "Concession fares - NUS, NTU, SMU, SIM we are all students but..." by Mr Charles You (Aug 14).
To be eligible for the tertiary student concession card, students should be full-time, matriculated undergraduates or diploma students from an approved government-aided tertiary institution. The applicant should neither be sponsored by nor receiving an allowance from an organisation.
Students from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and LaSalle College of the Arts are eligible for the concession card as these institutions are government-aided; whereas students from the Singapore Institute of Management (SIM) are not eligible for the concession card, as SIM is a private institution, operating as a commercial entity.
We would like to take this opportunity to share that in Singapore, public bus and train services are provided on a commercial basis. All concessionary fares are effectively cross-subsidised by full-fare paying commuters. Thus, we have to exercise prudence in granting further travel concession beyond the present eligible groups.
However, as rightly pointed out by Mr You, there are alternative options for frequent commuters such as the SBS season pass or the ez-link season pass. These schemes are specially designed for commuters who travel frequently on public transport but are not eligible for concession passes.
We thank Mr You for his feedback and the opportunity to clarify the matter.
Corrine Ng (Ms)
Corporate Communications Manager
Transit Link Pte Ltd
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