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Khaw: Fare increments are necessary to sustain service improvements

In an email interview with Lianhe Zaobao yesterday (28 Aug), Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan said that the government’s Bus Contracting model – which comes into effect on Thursday – will raise service standards. Under the new model, the government will own all operating assets – such as buses – which are leased out...

Et tu, Straits Times?

Sometime back, TR Emeritus (TRE) was, among other things, slammed by the Straits Times (ST) when it wrongly (but innocently and without malice) published a reader's comments on Finance Minister's Heng Swee Kiat's medical bills. ST back then slapped TRE left, right, up, down and center for not bothering to check the facts and...

Former President SR Nathan passes away at 92

Late S R Nathan In a Statement released by the Prime Minister's Office on Monday (22 Aug), it was revealed that former President S R Nathan has passed away at 948pm at the Singapore General Hospital. He was 92. Mr Nathan had been hospitalized at SGH since 31 Jul after suffering from a stroke. The statement said that the "Prime...