am i look against Oz?
i just sad,surprised and curious to know why there are
many things went wrong in Aussie?
Why it took few years for SG to experiment and run EZ-link
card,but
costed Aussie almost A$100million and FAILED!!
damn it.U ask the question and dunt give your views.
from now on i wil give my views ,very strong views.
1.no.1 reasons not to merge---
Sydney cannot complete cashless cards(like SG
Ez-link card) for various
transport modes after spending A$95 million!!
not to mention the company is situated and listed in
Australia!!
Instead, (the Transport Minister, John Watkins)he laid all blame for the chronically delayed project on
the Perth contractor, ERG, which has implemented smart cards in
cities including Hong Kong, Melbourne, Rome, San Francisco and
Singapore.
Mr Watkins said the company's history was one of "missed deadlines
and missed opportunities". He admitted Sydney's system was a
complex job for ERG, but said it had gone into the contract "with
their eyes open".
... Mr Watkins told a budget estimates hearing in October that the
Government had spent $65 million on the Tcard project, but
yesterday he increased that figure to $95 million.
A spokesman for Mr Watkins said: "The amount at 30 June 2007 was
around $65 million. This was confirmed by the Auditor-General in
his report. As the Auditor-General noted, the cost of the School
Tcard was on top of this amount: about $15 million as at 30 June
2007.
"Since then, we have had a further six months of expenditure,
including some significant invoices from RailCorp for the
installation of equipment. RailCorp, as a party to the project, was
acting as it should have under the contract."...
2.It took only few years from contract awarded to widely
used in Spore
now even can be used in many shops,in Spore lah!!
SG contract was awarded in 1999and
January 2001 - Trials of payments in Singapore
schools
why SG can be so fast?
not to mention the company is situated and listed in
Australia!!
