SMRT: How long will new CFO last and what’s more worrying
ST (Print) 2014.11.28, pg B28 Going by recent form, not very long because the previous one lasted all of 8 months and the one before that 30 months *. The new CFO assumed the post last Saturday. He was previously SMRT’s head of its strategic finance and business structuring advisory office. He only joined SMRT in October...
Govt bends laws in ways that defy common reasoning
I refer to the 7 Nov 2014 Straits Times report “Parliament: 'When you have a small Bar and very small talent pool'”. Contrary to what Minister Shanmugam said, if the constitution is changed to suit what the government finds it has to do, that’s not fitting the rules to the best it can but changing the rules to suit whatever...
On with the fare hikes
What’s wrong with collecting more money? Last year in November the Public Transport Council (PTC) proposed fare increases by 6.6 per cent in 2 phases - 3.2 per cent from April this year, and 3.4 per cent from next year. In plain English, it is a done deal that the public transport operators will be fleecing the commuters again....
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