MRT Breakdown – All Singapore Stuff

SMRT TO DISCIPLINE 6 SMRT STAFF & 7 MANAGERS FOR FALSE MAINTENANCE RECORDS

SMRT will be taking action against 6 SMRT staff over the falsification of maintenance records, which led to the recent water pump breakdown at Bishan MRT interchange.

SEAB TELLS STUDENTS NO NEED EXCUSE SHEET IF MRT DISRUPTED, JUST DON’T STRESS

SEAB said that it has been working with schools to advise candidates to plan for sufficient travel time, and the steps that they should take if affected by train service disruptions. Candidates would be given the full duration of time for the paper, no matter what time they start, it said. But what all this failed to address, and the authorities need to take note of this, is that students in Singapore are already a very stressed bunch. What with a major exam and getting stuck on trains, will just add on to the stress of these students. And there were no proper apologies from the guilty party. If there are many bad results from yesterday's exams, we know who to blame.

NETIZENS FORM ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORT GROUP BECAUSE SMRT CANNOT MAKE IT

A netizen has formed an alternative transport group to help Singaporeans find alternative transport in the event of a likely public transport breakdown.

STORIES OF S’POREANS HELPING ONE ANOTHER EMERGE AFTER ISLANDWIDE MRT BREAKDOWN

Inspiration stories of Singaporeans reaching out to help one another have emerged following yet another islandwide MRT breakdown this morning.

COMMUTER WANTS LTA, GRAB, RYDE TO MAKE HITCH DRIVERS HELP DURING MRT BREAKDOWNS

I am very pissed with Grab especially their grabhitch services. There was a train service disruption yesterday and I was stranded for close to an hour an a half reaso being is that grab and uber have got high surge!

KHAW BOON WAN DISGUSTS ME, AT LEAST LUI TUCK YEW WAS MAN ENOUGH TO TAKE CRITICISMS

Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan made some mean comments about reporters doing their duties to report on the non stop MRT breakdowns and he lashed out at them and told them to stop writing so much and to run the MRT system themselves if they are so capable themselves. This is a disgrace. At least Lui Tuck Yew was man enough to take media and singaporean criticisms, this khaw boon wan fail to do his job but still have the cheek to scold critics of his failed MRT recovery?

SOUR KHAW SCOLDS MAINSTREAM MEDIA FOR SENSATIONALIZING MRT BREAKDOWNS

Speaking off the cuff in his opening address at the 4th joint forum on infrastructure maintenance this morning, Transport Minister and Coordinating Minister for Infrastructure Khaw Boon Wan launched a harsh criticism of the mainstream media for their coverage of the MRT system's frequent breakdowns since Hari Raya Puasa last month.