FLEXiBiLiTY and CHOiCE are nOt  cOmmuters'

WiMs and FANCiES

iF  there is  Really  FLEXiBiLiTY and CHOiCE,

cOmmuters' ONLY  WiSH  to  CHOOSE

LEAST   transpOrt  cOst

$1.64?  When huh?  I will stand by  a bag of money to buy . (kopi size plastic bag)   hahaha!

boyikao3      ( Date: 11-Jul-2010 21:49) Posted: SMRT is in the midst of forming an important top. If u wan to keep for long term, be very patient. Prices should come back to around 1.64 before its considered attractive  june_snowy      ( Date: 11-Jul-2010 21:37) Posted: Hi all, Is it a advisable to buy SMRT now or to wait for price to drop? Think its a bit risky as STI is rather high now. I intend to hold for long-term investment. Thanks

Ng Jing Yng

jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg

 

S$1.64

NiCEz

boyikao3      ( Date: 11-Jul-2010 21:49) Posted: SMRT is in the midst of forming an important top. If u wan to keep for long term, be very patient. Prices should come back to around 1.64 before its considered attractive  june_snowy      ( Date: 11-Jul-2010 21:37) Posted: Hi all, Is it a advisable to buy SMRT now or to wait for price to drop? Think its a bit risky as STI is rather high now. I intend to hold for long-term investment. Thanks

TRUE  COLOURS  of   gIrls are always  HiDDEN

gIrls  have  dOubled FACES

BEWARE

AWARE

SCARE

CARE

Priced to clear

Changes to ERP system may not have deterrent effect

Letter from Mabel Tan

I REFER to “More flexible road pricing with satellites” (July 6). While I agree with the Land Transport Authority that it would be fair to price road usage according to the level of real-time congestion, I think this will not automatically result in better management of road congestion.

One problem is that not all motorists will be able to stay up-to-date with the latest traffic information and road charges, and so cannot readjust their routes based on changing congestion charges.

Also, with the many ERP gantries currently on the roads, most motorists have simply resigned themselves to the higher cost of driving and do not choose a route based on ERP pricing. I think ERP price increases only have a temporary effect, as the congestion on the most popular routes seems to return to previous levels after some time.

But my biggest concern would be the potential lack of cost transparency.

If charges vary according to congestion, how will a motorist be able to anticipate how much his trip will cost?

Even if he uses his car during the off-peak period or on familiar routes, road conditions (and therefore charges) could fluctuate depending on unpredictable factors such as accidents or lane closures.

Ultimately, satellite charges would not change the main reasons why many still drive.

Personally, I think that the initial ERP system, when only crowded expressways were taxed during peak hours, served the purposes of congestion management best.

There were only a few ERP gantries, with fixed tolls, so drivers could remember them and make an effort to plan their route.

I understand that managing congestion on this tiny island is a tough job, but I hope the Government, when resolving this complex problem, will balance its measures in road pricing against infrastructure development and improving the quality of public transport and offering other travel alternatives.

gIrls  tOday are mOre  pOwerful  than  men.

gIrls  can  dO  thIngs  than  men  can't

Men  bEttEr  nOt  be  tOO  SMART ? ? ? ?

bEttEr  lEt  the  gIrls  hElp  the gIrls.

hElpIng  men  may  fall  intO  a  TRAP  and

get  caught  as  a  mOlest  vIctIm  when  tryIng tO  hElp  gIrls  ?

A  REAL  DANGER  fOr  MEN as there  is  nO MAN CHARTER

mOre  late nIght  eXcitEmEntS  fOr SiNGAPOREANS

mOre  prOfits  fOr  SMRT

at five- to 10-minute intervals.

LETTER FROM ARUN SHENAI

but, if it is le xuan (that girl who ruined jack neo's reputation) , i might think twice to help, becos , she ever punched and kicked her ex-boy friend at the PUB and she should be able to defense herself since her fists and legs are so strong.

Attacked, but they just stared

My sister and I have lost faith in the kindness of Singaporeans — except for one

Letter from Irene Teo

ON SATURDAY evening, my sister boarded SBS bus No 30 along West Coast Road, heading for the Esplanade. She took a seat on the upper deck.

A male passenger took the seat next to her, positioning himself very close to my sister. She asked him to give her a little space. In response, he inched even closer.

Then, to her utter surprise, he punched her several times on her head.

My sister tried to defend herself, but she was no match for this man. He held her wrists and continued his attack, hitting her on the head and in the stomach.

As a result of the attack, my sister sustained bruises on her head, neck and arms.

The struggle lasted for 30 minutes and was witnessed by all the passengers seated on the upper deck, but during the entire incident, not one of them tried to intervene and stop the attack.

None of the passengers even bothered to help my sister pick up her belongings.

Only one passenger — Benjamin Tan Wei Kiong — who had been seated on the lower deck came to her aid.

Benjamin heard the commotion and headed upstairs. He asked the bus driver to stop the bus and call the police.

But the driver refused to, saying that the SBS command centre had told him to drive on.

After this shocking incident, there are a few crucial issues I want to highlight:

• Why didn’t the bus driver stop the bus? Driving on meant my sister, as well as other passengers on the bus, was put at risk of another attack.

• Why didn’t the bus driver contact the police? Surely all bus personnel have been trained as to what to do when a passenger is assaulted.

Even if he had been instructed to drive on and not stop, couldn’t he have assessed the severity of the situation and taken action?

• Most importantly, why did no one on the upper deck come forward to help my sister? Thanks to the inaction and apathy of the spectators on the bus, my sister is nursing not just her physical bruises but also the emotional hurt from the fact that no one bothered to help her.

This incident has made me lose faith in the kindness of Singaporeans.

The only glimmer of hope is the existence of Good Samaritans such as 22-yearold Benjamin, who helped my sister and who later spent his Saturday night at the police station with us.

Thank you, Benjamin.