Saw this article on SBS Transit website, titled "Sale of New Buses and Novation of
Contracts to Land Transport Authority".
According to that article,
there is a "Sale of 50 new buses (‘Buses’) purchased by the Company
from June 2015 to December 2015 to LTA. The Buses comprise 12
Single Deck buses and 38 Double Deck buses. The purchase
consideration for the Buses will be at their respective Net Book
Value (NBV) as at 31 December 2015 (‘Effective Date’). The total
NBV of the Buses as at Effective Date amounts to approximately $23
million, representing 6.8% of the consolidated Net Asset Value of
$338 million (as at 30 November 2015)"
In addition, there is the "Novation of procurement contracts
(‘Contracts’) by the Company (SBS Transit) for purchase of new
buses scheduled for delivery for 2016 and 2017 to LTA. The
Contracts involve a total of 346 new buses comprising 100 Single
Deck buses and 246 Double Deck buses with a contracted value of
approximately $164 million. Out of the 346 buses, 210 buses are
scheduled for delivery in 2016 and the remaining 136 buses in
2017."
In summary, by the end of 2017, there would be 396 of them (50 +
346), comprising of 112 Single Decker buses (12 + 100) and 284
Double Decker buses (38 + 246).
By the end of 2016, there would be 260 of them (210 + 50).
This is on top of the approximately "760 Government-funded buses
have been added to the public bus network as part of the Bus
Service Enhancement Programme (BSEP)" as of 31 December
2015.
As of 31 December 2015, LTA already has around 760 buses.
By the end of 2017, LTA would have around 1,156 buses (760 +
396). This number will be larger as other transactions are made
known to the public (eg. sale and novation of buses from SMRT).
I guess the government-funded buses that are registered with the
"SBS" and "SMB" prefix will be re-registered with the "SG"
prefix.
and painted in red or green depend on voting by the people mean
all SG buses will have one standard color red or green no company
color. I refer LTA white color like the DTL MRT train with blue LTA
logo.