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CKP

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does SBS run one of the lines?

 

still, competition or not, these are the expectations of a company.

 

Let's distinguish between personal/public expectations from regulatory LTA requirements.

 

Public expectations I am obviously on your side, but SMRT adheres first and foremost to government requirements than public opinions.

 

If the public feels let down by the government oversight, then please direct the fire at the government, LTA and MOT, and not SMRT.

 

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Felipe

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Let's distinguish between personal/public expectations from regulatory LTA requirements.

 

Public expectations I am obviously on your side, but SMRT adheres first and foremost to government requirements than public opinions.

 

If the public feels let down by the government oversight, then please direct the fire at the government, LTA and MOT, and not SMRT.

 

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u have a point there. that's why i did mention ultimately, it was govt policy (privatisation of public transport) that led to this predicament.

 

yes, i agree sacking the CEO probably doesn't solve the whole problem. but since the public is presented with a company that's supposed to serve them an efficient public transport, they are effectively SMRT's customers. And when customers are unhappy, they have every right to demand who goes or stays, which of course, the board will ultimately decide.

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Shull

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Oopss.. this news made it across the (Pacific) pond.. Now the rest of the world know, our "world class" is not really true.. [laugh]

 

Singapore's Worst Train Shutdown Draws Calls for CEO Resignation

 

Dec. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Singapore's worst subway disruptions on record have led to calls for rail operator SMRT Corp.'s Chief Executive Officer Saw Phaik Hwa to step down.

 

About 80 people held a public rally in Singapore on Dec. 17 to seek a reversal of the higher taxi fares by cab operators including SMRT and called for Saw to resign over the train shutdowns, the worst in the 24 years the subway system has been in operation, the Straits Times reported yesterday.

 

The subway line running through the shopping district to the central part of the island was shut on Dec. 15 after damage to its power rail, and was closed again in less than 36 hours. The breakdowns, which began Dec. 14 on the peripheral Circle Line, affected about 222,400 commuters heading to the Orchard Road retail strip on the last weekend before the Christmas holiday, based on data compiled by SMRT and the Straits Times.

 

"The economic impact is probably insignificant, it is much more to do with the inconveniences as a result of the travel disruptions," said Song Seng Wun, an economist at CIMB Research Pte in Singapore. "Even if it continues to persist into the working week, the impact would be smaller than a typical working week because it's the Christmas period and many people are on holiday."

 

Singapore was ranked as the Asian city with best quality of life, according to a report published by Mercer on Nov. 29. Mercer said cities like Singapore received a high ranking for criteria such as general and personal safety and because they "have been continuously investing in infrastructure and public services."

 

 

Dislodged Claws

 

 

The Land Transport Authority said yesterday a team of 150, including SMRT workers, found several dislodged "claws" that supported the rail structure. These were installed to contain vibrations from passing trains to surrounding buildings, it said on its website. The government agency also directed SMRT to impose a 40 kilometer (25 mile) per hour speed limit for trains running through the affected areas, it said.

 

Singapore's government will appoint a committee to investigate the cause of the disruptions and the findings will be released to the public, the Straits Times's Sunday Times reported yesterday, citing Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

 

The newspaper reported Dec. 17 that Saw would "seriously consider" resigning if there's a need to do so, telling reporters she was reserving her comment on the issue at that moment. A call to SMRT's office outside regular working hours and its duty press officer's mobile phone yesterday weren't answered.

 

 

`Firmer Stance'

 

 

"The train service breakdowns happened right after SMRT's decision to follow ComfortDelgro and revise its taxi fares upwards," Toh Yongrui, an analyst at UOB-Kay Hian, said in a note to investors on Dec. 16, maintaining his "hold" recommendation on SMRT shares. "Negative sentiment toward public transport operators have been rising and the government may take a firmer stance against service disruptions."

 

SMRT shares have fallen 10 percent this year, compared with the 17 percent decline in the benchmark Straits Times Index.

 

SMRT, which planned to shut two key subway lines until 10 a.m. Singapore time yesterday for checks, further delayed the reopening of the track through the shopping district before resuming the service about two hours later, it said in statements on its website.

 

"People will forget," Song said. "If this is just a temporary disruption in rail services than a more permanent, persistent one, then it will just be a memory in history."

 

 

--With assistance from Linus Chua in Singapore. Editors: Linus Chua, Paul Tighe

 

 

To contact the reporter on this story: Glenys Sim in Singapore at [email protected]

 

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?...WDY5W6JIJUO.DTL

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Nlstch

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Well, it will be a bonus and preferrable to check, epsecially on items you own personally.

 

Regulatory wise, I think SMRT is off the hook unless there are some LTA requirements for SMRT to inspect those floating slabs regularly.

 

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Nope, not really. The main problem is the claw that is used to hold the 3rd rail is gone and later found laying around the rail. As what SMRT Exec vice president have been explained, the design of this 3rd rail and current collector shoes is very dedicated and any misalignment on the 3rd rail will cause the current shoe collector to be damaged. This claw will not easily come out and won't happen over night. Even if it really come out, at most 1 or 2 comes out at a time and will be easily spotted by the maintenance crew that check along the railway every night. How can 13 of them missing and later found by LTA when they conduct a thorough check on Sunday morning? Is the maintenance crew sleeping or they walk blindly along the railway every night?

 

If SMRT want to push the blame to floating slab, then question is the system have been in place for 20+ years, how come only now then have this problem? If there is no maintenance at all, the same problem will have happen long time ago when then train comes into service.

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ok. assume Apple ipads suffer a major flaw, causing irreparable damage. Apple sales collapse overnight. Stock price plummets. fault was traced to engineering fault, from the engineering dept. Apple sales never recover. after a year, it loses out to its competitors big time. guess who needs to go?

 

As SMRT has no sales benchmark, the only benchmark we can have is having a faultless system that works. or at least faults are rectified quickly. so im only using common sense in understanding how listed companies work when things go wrong.

 

You must be a young man ...no..make that... a very young and immature person to post something like this..

 

I-phone...I-pad...I..I..I

 

Your I- fark suffer major flaw or even blow-up in your god damn face...you'll not die...FOR SURE..

 

The God damn train snaking thru tunnel , riding high over the over head ramp ...

 

suffer major flaw..

 

You will likely die for sure..

 

Or maybe you thinking you're STILL YOUNG..

 

SO CAN'T DIE YET OR DIE SO EASILY...

 

How wrong you can be....

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Shull

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bro, the term Pond is usually used to refer to the Atlantic Ocean.

 

I know, that's why i put the Pacific Pond mah.. or that one should be lake liao.. [laugh] [laugh]

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Felipe

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You must be a young man ...no..make that... a very young and immature person to post something like this..

 

I-phone...I-pad...I..I..I

 

Your I- fark suffer major flaw or even blow-up in your god damn face...you'll not die...FOR SURE..

 

The God damn train snaking thru tunnel , riding high over the over head ramp ...

 

suffer major flaw..

 

You will likely die for sure..

 

Or maybe you thinking you're STILL YOUNG..

 

SO CAN'T DIE YET OR DIE SO EASILY...

 

How wrong you can be....

 

think u must have misread my post.

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Bystander50

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Nope, not really. The main problem is the claw that is used to hold the 3rd rail is gone and later found laying around the rail. As what SMRT Exec vice president have been explained, the design of this 3rd rail and current collector shoes is very dedicated and any misalignment on the 3rd rail will cause the current shoe collector to be damaged. This claw will not easily come out and won't happen over night. Even if it really come out, at most 1 or 2 comes out at a time and will be easily spotted by the maintenance crew that check along the railway every night. How can 13 of them missing and later found by LTA when they conduct a thorough check on Sunday morning? Is the maintenance crew sleeping or they walk blindly along the railway every night?

 

If SMRT want to push the blame to floating slab, then question is the system have been in place for 20+ years, how come only now then have this problem? If there is no maintenance at all, the same problem will have happen long time ago when then train comes into service.

 

Isn't it more dangerous for the claw to be lying around the tracks?

It could potentially derail the train.

 

Depending on the weight, the gush of air pressure as the train approaches can easily move these parts around.

 

 

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Kxbc

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Radio just reported got SMRT dealy AGAIN !!!! Anyone can verify...

The wife who was at Raffles Place MRT mentioned same too. But not too sure if it is only a temp fault or another extended one.

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Gendut

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I really dont like these 'analyst'.

They just sit around and look at reports, then who talk c*ck after the incident.

If put them in a real incident, i believe they will manage it worse than SMRT.

 

Like the saying goes:

 

Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.

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