tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post7812029396363352542..comments2024-03-29T22:11:27.145+08:00Comments on My Singapore News: Is SMRT a private or public company? Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-25702939159319427142014-04-30T00:07:31.561+08:002014-04-30T00:07:31.561+08:00SMRT is a public company when it comes to buying o...SMRT is a public company when it comes to buying of trains, which means commuters/taxpayers' foot the bill. It is a private company when it comes to raising fares, which mean commuters/taxpayers' also have to foot the bill. <br /><br />Heads they win, tails you lose. You can never win and argument with people in power, who have two mouths. One for talking shit and one for letting go of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-56579865379196696902014-04-29T10:12:53.543+08:002014-04-29T10:12:53.543+08:00When it is making profits, it is a private company...When it is making profits, it is a private company. When it is making losses, it is a pubic, oops, public company.<br /><br />In other words, privatization of profits and socialization of losses.<br /><br />In other other words, either way the public is screwed.Thehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02941744057903049051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-50290243627776280922014-04-29T07:47:17.817+08:002014-04-29T07:47:17.817+08:00wanna the fucking answer
check with fox mulder .....wanna the fucking answer<br /><br />check with fox mulder ...<br /><br />knnccb .... long live kuan yew, long enuff to c the outcum of your descedantAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-45610396268241406482014-04-28T22:53:18.146+08:002014-04-28T22:53:18.146+08:00This is a clear example of Karl Marx " Contro...This is a clear example of Karl Marx " Control of the state by the wealthy, the effect of which is passage of laws favoring themselves." - Nationalising the costs but privatising the profits. This is nothing new.bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-83316468359451780192014-04-28T20:20:03.479+08:002014-04-28T20:20:03.479+08:00Spore public transport needs top management skills...Spore public transport needs top management skills:<br /><br />- Bus routes running parallel to train routes.<br /><br />- Bus routes overlapping too much.<br /><br />- Trains running every 6 to 8 mins off-peak.<br /><br />- Too many breakdowns.<br /><br />Absurd. We pay high salaries but performance is still lacking.Eddie Leonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12851498831644139229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-47171724004840838662014-04-28T17:57:30.545+08:002014-04-28T17:57:30.545+08:00The last fare increase for SMRT.
Who was publicly ...The last fare increase for SMRT.<br />Who was publicly fighting very hard for the price increase?<br />The PAP Minister (Lui Tuck Yew) or the SMRT CEO (Desmond Kuek)?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-20505184112965039882014-04-28T15:32:27.511+08:002014-04-28T15:32:27.511+08:00@ 12.28pm "Professor" MS:
// Academics ...@ 12.28pm "Professor" MS:<br /><br />// Academics scratch heads trying to "define" what the fuck it is, and they cannot, because it is PURE FICTION made reality by government "magic". //<br /><br /><br /><br />It is not only the tpt coy model that "cannot be defined" .....<br /><br />There are MANY THINGS in sinkieland that cannot be defined ..... For POOLITICALLY UNDEFINED?noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-83058135200400145992014-04-28T15:29:49.757+08:002014-04-28T15:29:49.757+08:00Rb is echoing the self claim of a political party ...Rb is echoing the self claim of a political party and Matilah Singapura is stating a FACT.<br />One up to Matilah though Rb is not wrong.<br /><br />patriotpatriothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02012654183813005452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-78444432059073846302014-04-28T14:03:19.938+08:002014-04-28T14:03:19.938+08:00well, not just SMRT.
What about Mediacorp and SBS?...well, not just SMRT.<br />What about Mediacorp and SBS?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-18513162852414778182014-04-28T13:56:38.819+08:002014-04-28T13:56:38.819+08:00RB. Can you wake up from your dreams!RB. Can you wake up from your dreams!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-57620718491519384872014-04-28T13:17:45.877+08:002014-04-28T13:17:45.877+08:00Please lah Matilah. Singapore is corruption free, ...Please lah Matilah. Singapore is corruption free, especially the govt. Don't anyhow say corrupt corrupt ok.Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-41588442208046616272014-04-28T12:38:39.222+08:002014-04-28T12:38:39.222+08:00@1235
All large human groups of power are corrupt...@1235<br /><br />All large human groups of power are corrupt, including govt.<br /><br />They only vary by matter of degree -- some more, some less. That's all.Ⓜatilah $ingapura⚠️https://www.blogger.com/profile/02652498247201967379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-82776442734025664712014-04-28T12:35:48.333+08:002014-04-28T12:35:48.333+08:00"This "magic" allows you to use pub..."This "magic" allows you to use public funds for private capital purchases..."<br />Matilah 12:28 pm<br /><br />That's why must be the govt in order to use public funds what, tio bo?<br /><br />So why is Sinkie opposition not ready to be govt? Don't they want to use public funds?<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-40813690345727894752014-04-28T12:35:02.419+08:002014-04-28T12:35:02.419+08:00P.S. I am wondering ho i can convert my business t...P.S. I am wondering ho i can convert my business to this kind of "magic" model. Lose money? No problem. "Magic" will fix it.<br /><br />Wanna raise? Put your mind at ease. By "magic" you can pay yourself millions.Ⓜatilah $ingapura⚠️https://www.blogger.com/profile/02652498247201967379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-42842054600556737612014-04-28T12:30:09.877+08:002014-04-28T12:30:09.877+08:00Can smart Sinkies make more money?
Can smart Sink...Can smart Sinkies make more money?<br /><br />Can smart Sinkies be the majority of voters? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-25471678278059946002014-04-28T12:28:29.749+08:002014-04-28T12:28:29.749+08:00Here's the facts, so call it what it is:
SMRT...Here's the facts, so call it what it is:<br /><br />SMRT is a publicly listed company where the govt is the biggest shareholder, which essentially makes it their private company.<br /><br />This is the new banana republic type state corporatism: first you nationalise, then you privatise and then you list publicly.<br /><br />So it is formless. Academics scratch heads trying to "define&Ⓜatilah $ingapura⚠️https://www.blogger.com/profile/02652498247201967379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-468958234896908642014-04-28T12:27:50.051+08:002014-04-28T12:27:50.051+08:00Can patients pay lower fee?
Can commuters pay low...Can patients pay lower fee?<br /><br />Can commuters pay lower fares?<br /><br />Can the strongest opposition ready to be govt?<br /><br />Can PAP be voted out?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-15847273250290121402014-04-28T12:01:14.542+08:002014-04-28T12:01:14.542+08:00Similarly, this "financing model" is app...Similarly, this "financing model" is applicable to hospital operators in Singapore, thereby allowing our government hospitals either to make a huge profit or patients paying a lower medical fee. <br /><br />What do you think?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-10075023974059661182014-04-28T11:59:25.789+08:002014-04-28T11:59:25.789+08:00Expect answer along this line:
"To a questio...Expect answer along this line:<br /><br />"To a question by opposition MP <br />Low Thia Khiang (Hougang) on whether the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) uses funds from the CPF funds to invest, <br /><br />Dr Ng said: "The answer is no." <br /><br />"Later he rose to add: "The relationship is not so simple".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-83595603904019709552014-04-28T11:44:18.094+08:002014-04-28T11:44:18.094+08:00"Where on earth can one run a private profit ..."Where on earth can one run a private profit oriented business with the major part of the cost taken out of the equation, to be paid by the govt?"<br />RB<br /><br />But how many SMRTs are there? Do commuters have a better alternative?<br /><br />How many Sinkie political parties are ready to be govt? Do majority voters have a better choice?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-87760532355732363682014-04-28T11:19:43.183+08:002014-04-28T11:19:43.183+08:00Of course this is getting absurd. If taxpayers...Of course this is getting absurd. If taxpayers' money are used to fund SMRT, the train fares should not be that high...it is funded by taxpayers anyway.<br /><br />And we do not Cleopatras carried on the shoulders of half-naked males to justify their obscene pay.<br /><br />Eddie Leonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12851498831644139229noreply@blogger.com