tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post3536142977751489565..comments2024-03-28T17:31:22.152+08:00Comments on My Singapore News: SMRT – a pledge by then Transport Minister Yeo Ning Hong Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-21843865410695142492014-02-20T11:46:33.506+08:002014-02-20T11:46:33.506+08:00maybe live better without them (Pappies).
Apologie...maybe live better without them (Pappies).<br />Apologies. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-64479897267781494712014-02-20T11:44:01.648+08:002014-02-20T11:44:01.648+08:00It was just her ways of boasting her ego by showin...It was just her ways of boasting her ego by showing how capable she is that even money cannot match up to her calibre.<br />What she fails to understand is that even without the PAP Cabinet, Singaporeans will live and prosper, maybe live better with them (Pappies).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-9713827212679146642014-02-20T08:43:49.511+08:002014-02-20T08:43:49.511+08:00We upgraded from walking to cycling, then to car o...We upgraded from walking to cycling, then to car ownership. Today we have been conditioned to take public transport and now unconsciously have been programmed to think of bicycles as the right thing to do.<br /><br />We were laughing at the Chinese for being so poor that the whole cities were turned into a bicycle park. Now they are upgrading to own cars and we are going the other way, can only Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-21588745567312370002014-02-19T22:05:18.480+08:002014-02-19T22:05:18.480+08:00Bike lane is easy and cheap to build. Bike lane is easy and cheap to build. bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-24798833089354455442014-02-19T22:04:38.270+08:002014-02-19T22:04:38.270+08:00The best way is to build a country wide bicycle la...The best way is to build a country wide bicycle lane so people have another choice (step, skateboard, bikes, 4x4 bikes etc) and no need to depend on public transport that is just out to make a kill. Perhaps we can have our own tour de sg.bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-16169253473686127112014-02-19T22:01:19.847+08:002014-02-19T22:01:19.847+08:00All along people knows LKY is a traitor but still ...All along people knows LKY is a traitor but still voted for him believing that there is no one better than him. Such blind faith from the sinkies is hard to match.bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-91072044333472554222014-02-19T20:48:12.041+08:002014-02-19T20:48:12.041+08:00/// Workers Party's chivalry can and should be.../// Workers Party's chivalry can and should be noted, not only are they not using the funds from their TC, they are using their own money or source ///<br /><br />What about NEA?<br />Who is going to pay for their legal costs?<br />Where is the money going to come from?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-91930226010608361682014-02-19T20:15:58.087+08:002014-02-19T20:15:58.087+08:00RB
I think every intentions or cause started is o...RB<br /><br />I think every intentions or cause started is of good intentions, the Industrial Jurong panicle of Toh Cihn Chye, the SMRT and NKF to name a few, it's what transpire later that has provoke the changes is seriously worrisome, as the pot of gold grows bigger, and looking at it everyday, greed and thinking of oneself become ever more prominent, the raw intentions then will be soon Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-52775982264176363392014-02-19T18:08:58.980+08:002014-02-19T18:08:58.980+08:00It is better to have two trains to choose from.
Ra...It is better to have two trains to choose from.<br />Rather than just depend on the PAP train.<br />PAP trains drivers are getting overpaid, complacent and with a sense of entitlement mentality.<br />Just look at Grace Fu's sense of entitlement speech:<br /><br />"When I made the decision to join politics in 2006, pay was not a key factor. Loss of privacy, public scrutiny on myself and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-20656183379984013052014-02-19T15:30:38.431+08:002014-02-19T15:30:38.431+08:00If the strongest opposition party is not ready, th...If the strongest opposition party is not ready, then who is ready, you tell me lah? <br /> February 19, 2014 9:36 am <br /><br />Contrary to your assertion, the SDP appears quite ready to govern. They even have academic heavyweights - if you think such pple are needed for the job - in the party. <br /><br />It's just a matter of getting seats now, after the superslime job done on Chee by the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-14938924243219721532014-02-19T13:23:27.861+08:002014-02-19T13:23:27.861+08:00When Yeo Ning Hong said reasonable returns for sha...When Yeo Ning Hong said reasonable returns for shareholders, he did not foresee Temasek having to milk local companies to make up for the losses in their long term investments in those overseas financial companies.<br /><br />The long term investments are long gone and the old fart who said they were long term forgot one important investing maxim - In the long term, we will all be dead - and is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-34256655821181524872014-02-19T12:30:57.239+08:002014-02-19T12:30:57.239+08:00P.S. The Ministry of Transport has demonstrated qu...P.S. The Ministry of Transport has demonstrated quite clearly that government run entities are fucked up because they have no open market competition.<br /><br />SMRT fucks up, minister still has a job, SMRT remains in business. In the private sector, if you're responsible and fuck up, you get fired, and the business takes a solid financial whack -- sometimes one they cannot recover from, andⓂatilah $ingapura⚠️https://www.blogger.com/profile/02652498247201967379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-69758410478730375292014-02-19T12:25:41.117+08:002014-02-19T12:25:41.117+08:00SMRT has to be punished. In the free market, custo...SMRT has to be punished. In the free market, customers can punish errant enterprises by withdrawing their patronage. Sadly, can't do this effectively with SMRT.<br /><br />So I propose: 1. de-list from stock exchange.<br />2. Break up the business into taxi, buses and trains all as separate entities.<br /><br />3. Sell the train business (MRT) to Hong Kong's MTR Corporation -- who do an Ⓜatilah $ingapura⚠️https://www.blogger.com/profile/02652498247201967379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-43653875988261203022014-02-19T11:53:14.380+08:002014-02-19T11:53:14.380+08:00Aiyah! The only way to ensure honesty, accountabil...Aiyah! The only way to ensure honesty, accountability and transparency is to have a strong Opposition party in parliament. To double confirm all the "koyok" that the PAP is selling to us.<br /><br />60% mandate so what?<br />Are you saying that it gives you the right to lock people up for 30 years without trial?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-38257591346995811262014-02-19T11:13:53.576+08:002014-02-19T11:13:53.576+08:00/// The moral of the story - Don't Trust Polit.../// The moral of the story - Don't Trust Politicians. ///<br /><br />PAP Ministers are politicians.<br />So are you saying don't trust PAP Ministers?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-80994585888690273262014-02-19T10:54:44.604+08:002014-02-19T10:54:44.604+08:00The moral of the story - Don't Trust Politicia...The moral of the story - Don't Trust Politicians. They always paint you a rosy picture, mkae you feel high then scew you later.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-7119827341576839862014-02-19T10:25:56.253+08:002014-02-19T10:25:56.253+08:00You can easily become a womaniser because you are ...You can easily become a womaniser because you are a male and have lots of money.<br /><br />But that doesn't mean you are a womaniser because you are a male and have lots of money.<br /><br />Get it?<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-79238422159395912522014-02-19T10:18:55.675+08:002014-02-19T10:18:55.675+08:00/// I did not accuse them of being so but they can.../// I did not accuse them of being so but they can be so because of the mandate. ///<br /><br />Nonsense.<br />Unless you are a Nazi sympathizer.<br />Hitler had more than 60% mandate.<br />Does that mean Hitler can suka, suka kill 6 million Jews?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-60371359422810862032014-02-19T10:10:58.544+08:002014-02-19T10:10:58.544+08:00"Are you accusing the PAP government of lacki..."Are you accusing the PAP government of lacking in honesty, transparency and accountability because it has a 60% mandate?"<br />Anon 10:00 am<br /><br />I did not accuse them of being so but they can be so because of the mandate.<br /><br />Even if WP want to be so or not so, they cannot because they don't have the mandate.<br /><br />Get it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-14314943175067105192014-02-19T10:00:29.155+08:002014-02-19T10:00:29.155+08:00/// They have the strong 60% mandate to ignore or .../// They have the strong 60% mandate to ignore or not, make it valid or not, make it matter or not, or whatever lah. ///<br /><br />This is not a question of 60% mandate.<br />This is a question of honesty, transparency and accountability of a government to the citizens over its policies.<br /><br />Are you saying PAP government got 60% mandate;<br />- so no need to be honest?<br />- no need to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-74504918602026034142014-02-19T09:36:44.780+08:002014-02-19T09:36:44.780+08:00If the strongest opposition party is not ready, th...If the strongest opposition party is not ready, then who is ready, you tell me lah?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-61373196954137314992014-02-19T09:35:10.006+08:002014-02-19T09:35:10.006+08:00They have the strong 60% mandate to ignore or not,...They have the strong 60% mandate to ignore or not, make it valid or not, make it matter or not, or whatever lah.<br /><br />So please be ready to win the mandate lah, if you want your way and not the PAP way. <br /><br />Because there is no other way, least of all the kpkb way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-45760450360629436552014-02-19T09:34:50.258+08:002014-02-19T09:34:50.258+08:00/// I used to work for MNC before my forced retire.../// I used to work for MNC before my forced retirement kena replaced by FT, also same lar. Everytime new boss, it's new in everything lor ///<br /><br />We are not talking about MNC policy.<br />We are talking about the continuity of PAP government policy.<br /> <br />Also, if the PAP government wants to change its policy, isn't it the decent and correct thing to do;<br />To be honest Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-49383328889812613412014-02-19T09:17:51.559+08:002014-02-19T09:17:51.559+08:00RB, when the minister is gone whatever he said not...RB, when the minister is gone whatever he said not valid lar. Is like capitaland ex boss said they will not build pigeon condo but after he gone, they launched pigeon hole.<br /><br />I used to work for MNC before my forced retirement kena replaced by FT, also same lar. Everytime new boss, it's new in everything lorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-78133020969219982432014-02-19T09:02:08.071+08:002014-02-19T09:02:08.071+08:00How trustworthy are promises made by a PAP governm...How trustworthy are promises made by a PAP government?<br /><br />PAP government promises ... guarantee for how many years ah?<br /> <br />When the PAP government does a 180 degree U-turn on its policies, can we trust them to tell us?<br /><br />Just like we have consumer watchdogs to protect consumers from untrustworthy sellers.<br />We must also have politician watchdogs to protect us Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com