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Poll shows commuters overwhelmingly reject Lui’s idea to raise fares

Minister Lui In a media poll of 325 commuters yesterday (7 Dec), 92% of respondents are opposed to the idea thrown up by Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew ('Lui: Fare increases next year will factor in pay increases of bus drivers') who suggested to raise public transport fares so as to help increase bus drivers' pay. Lui said,...

Foreign workers stop work at Tai Seng: Another dispute?

A netizen wrote on STOMP that he was surprised to look out of his office window and saw workers at a construction site stop work. This was posted today (8 Dec). In light of the recent strikes by SMRT bus drivers and two PRCs atop a crane in Jurong, the netizen wondered if this could be a similar incident. The netizen said...

PRC bus driver drives into private housing estate panicking commuters

A netizen has posted a note on STOMP describing his friend's harrowing experience commuting on a SBS bus. The netizen said that his friend boarded SBS bus number 21 at City Plaza in the Geylang area in the late afternoon on 6 Dec. As the bus was reaching Eunos MRT, instead of taking the usual route and turning left to Eunos,...