SMRT: Outsource tunnel maintenance from now on
Following a corruption scandal that led to a serious tunnel flooding in Oct 2017, SMRT today (Jan 21) announced that they will outsource their tunnel repair and maintenance team to contractors....
View ArticlePublic Transport Council raise elderly travel pass by 50%
Government’s stat board Public Transport Council (PTC) has raised elderly travel pass by 50% from S$40 a month to S$60 a month. The price increase was opposed by many Singaporean elderly who...
View ArticleAng Moh writer: Get a grip, you Singaporeans are strawberries
An Ang Moh writer from UK holding permanent residency in Singapore told state media CNA in an interview that Singaporeans should “get a grip” and not be “strawberries who complain about the MRT being...
View ArticleMinister Khaw Boon Wan: Trains travelling in opposite directions to share...
According to the latest Facebook post by Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan, trains running in opposition directions will share a single tunnel under the new software program. It is unknown how far into...
View ArticleUniversity President complains: Not enough infrastructures, 2023 is too late
The university president of Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT), Professor Tan Thiam Soon, has hit out against the government for not building infrastructures fast enough and complained that his...
View ArticleSIA anger customers by auto adding travel insurance to payment
Customers of Singapore’s national airlines, SIA, have been angered when they realise they have been charged with travel insurance only after they made payment for normal tickets. According to the...
View ArticleLaw Minister K Shanmugam warn parents: Do not spread untrue stories
After weeks of silence over several high profile corruption cases, Law Minister K Shanmugam today (Jan 22) picked on parents warning them not to “spread untrue stories” or face consequences. The Law...
View ArticleAGC: There is no written law to call for an election when MP resigned
Refusing to call for an election after Halimah Yacob resigned from her MP seat in Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC, the Attorney General Chambers (AGC) claimed that it is not written in the law to call for an...
View ArticleMinister Heng Swee Keat: Lee Hsien Loong is a very good leader
Catching up on his race for the next Prime Minister role, Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat openly praised Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong as a “very good leader and example” at the Singapore...
View ArticleStraits Times: Terminal 5 is going to be the Most Expensive project ever
State media Straits Times published an article on Sunday (Jan 21) revealing that Prime Minister’s Lee Hsien Loong’s latest pet project is going to be the most expensive ever: “The total bill for...
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Elderly cleaners stationed inside toilets of Singapore airport terminals
According to a traveller’s observation, an elderly cleaner is always found stationed inside the toilet of every Singapore airport terminals. The cleaner, who was described as “easily above 65 years...
View ArticleMAS Ravi Menon: Singaporeans need to “professionalise” if they want higher pay
The managing director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), Ravi Menon, yesterday (Jan 22) said in a speech that Singaporeans who have no degree qualifications will need to “professionalise”...
View ArticleMinister Teo Chee Hean: Singaporean elderly should keep working
Speaking at a closed-forum for ruling party elites, Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean reminded Singaporeans to work longer into their twilight years, and cited the Civil Service as an example: “The...
View ArticleState media: Each % of GST increase is S$1.8 billion
According to state media TodayOnline, every percentage increase of the GST will translate to S$1.8 billion in tax revenue for the Singapore government. The state media consulted business lobbyists...
View ArticleAudit: K Shanmugam’s Ministry made un-certified payments
In a low profile report by the Public Accounts Committee, a watchdog on the use public funds, it was revealed that Minister K Shanmugam’s Ministry of Home Affairs have made un-certified payments and...
View ArticleLittle India become new Geylang
According to interviews with food stall owners by Chinese papers Shin Ming Ri Bao, prostitutes are now openly canvassing for business in Little India’s Tekka Food Centre. Reporters confirmed the...
View ArticleMinister Chan Chun Sing embarrasses himself in World Economic Forum
In his first trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos Switzerland yesterday (Jan 24), Minister of State Chan Chun Sing embarrassed himself with baseless figure of “3385 ” and the Suzhou Industrial...
View ArticleCompanies slam Minister Masagos Zulkifli: You don’t know what to achieve with...
40 companies sent in their representatives to a forum held by Environment and Water Resources Minister Masagos Zulkifli slamming him that he doesn’t know what to achieve with the new Carbon Tax. The...
View ArticleSMRT Desmond Kuek: Straits Times is fake news, I am not resigning
Addressing the fake news published by state media Straits Times last Thursday (Jan 18), SMRT CEO Desmond Kwek clarified that he is not resigning and that the national newspaper is being speculative:...
View ArticleDesmond Kwek: Commuters are, by and large, satisfied with SMRT
According to the Public Transport Council’s latest survey of 3,000 commuters last month (Dec 2017), the government found that satisfaction level for the government’s Transport Ministry and the Land...
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