My transport fares increase again in July. While it used to cost me $0.88 per trip during the weekdays, it now cost me $1.01 per trip, a whopping $0.13 increase (15%). Initially, the reason given by the authority was that it was a fairer system as it was based on distance, and commuters can choose the way they travel, either more transfers less fare or direct trip more fare. Later, when commuters started to compared the fares and found that there are a lot of discrepancies in the fare calculation, the authority started to “clarify” that “ohhh…. It was based on time taken to travel as well, even though it is distance-based fare, btw, the transport companies are losing $88 million a year because of this”. So double huat for the transport companies lah!!!
August we celebrate our National Day. I don’t why, I became very patriotic whenever I watched the national parade, even on TV. This year, the parade was held at the Padang instead of the floating platform in Marina Bay, as the floating platform was reserved for the Youth Olympics Games. After the long weekend break, I continue to kao bei kao bu about our garment’s policies. In short, my patriotism is only temporary. But I must make a stand that I love my country, Singapore. I just don’t like the way my garment runs the country.
August is also the month of Youth Olympics Games. I am not a supporter of this event, because the amount of money spent on this face-buying event could be allocated to help the poor, jobless, old and sick Singaporeans who are facing difficulty in putting 3 meals on their tables. It was a whopping $387 million, and overrun the budget of $122 million by 3 times. The garment could help at least 64,500 Singaporeans with $500 per month for a year with this amount.
Anyway, our garment won’t listen to us, they are the highly paid elites in the civil service, who think they know best. We, the normal citizens of Singapore, have to be cheaper and faster. Maybe, we should consider importing foreign talent to our civil service, so that we can bring down the cost of managing a country, just like what the private sectors are doing at the encouragement of our garment.
** Heave a big big sign .... haiz **
