Need to wait another 3 years woh! Talk cock lah! Just admit purposely delay to cut cost!
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR>Not easy to install MRT screen doors
</TR><!-- headline one : end --><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Maria Almenoar
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->TWO recent deaths at above-ground MRT stations prompted a concerned Dr Lim Wee Kiak (Sembawang GRC) to ask if the construction of platform screen doors could be accelerated.
A 59-year-old man fell forward and hit his head on the side of an approaching train in February, and last month, a 71-year-old woman who fainted and fell onto the tracks was hit by a train.
Responding, Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Transport) Teo Ser Luck said the Land Transport Authority (LTA) was trying to speed up installation but construction on existing platforms was a difficult task.
LTA has promised 1.5m-high platform screen doors at all above-ground MRT stations by 2012. Underground stations already have doors to prevent passengers from going on the tracks.
Mr Teo said the difficulty in installing doors stems from the limited hours when work can be done - typically between 1.30am and 4am. For the safety of workers and passengers, construction work can be done only when trains are not in service and the electricity on the track is switched off.
'We have to do a comprehensive and complete job because if the screen door is implemented in a rush, I think you'll endanger more lives,' Mr Teo said. Noting that 2012 was some time away, Dr Lim had asked if increasing the distance between the yellow safety line and the platform edge could help prevent more accidents. To this, Mr Teo said the authorities would consider its feasibility and whether it would affect the volume of traffic flow of commuters.
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR>Not easy to install MRT screen doors
</TR><!-- headline one : end --><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Maria Almenoar
</TD></TR><!-- show image if available --></TBODY></TABLE>
<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->TWO recent deaths at above-ground MRT stations prompted a concerned Dr Lim Wee Kiak (Sembawang GRC) to ask if the construction of platform screen doors could be accelerated.
A 59-year-old man fell forward and hit his head on the side of an approaching train in February, and last month, a 71-year-old woman who fainted and fell onto the tracks was hit by a train.
Responding, Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Transport) Teo Ser Luck said the Land Transport Authority (LTA) was trying to speed up installation but construction on existing platforms was a difficult task.
LTA has promised 1.5m-high platform screen doors at all above-ground MRT stations by 2012. Underground stations already have doors to prevent passengers from going on the tracks.
Mr Teo said the difficulty in installing doors stems from the limited hours when work can be done - typically between 1.30am and 4am. For the safety of workers and passengers, construction work can be done only when trains are not in service and the electricity on the track is switched off.
'We have to do a comprehensive and complete job because if the screen door is implemented in a rush, I think you'll endanger more lives,' Mr Teo said. Noting that 2012 was some time away, Dr Lim had asked if increasing the distance between the yellow safety line and the platform edge could help prevent more accidents. To this, Mr Teo said the authorities would consider its feasibility and whether it would affect the volume of traffic flow of commuters.