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The band of 15 say that, instead of giving road tax rebates to
motorists, the Government should up the tax - and use the revenue
to subsidise public transport.
They also recommend raising competition among transport
operators, tracking them more closely and raising bus services'
performance benchmarks, such as cleanliness and timeliness.
These and other suggestions are contained in a 10-page report
TOC released yesterday, ahead of its public forum at the Speakers'
Corner tomorrow evening.
The people behind TOC, which is headed by National University of
Singapore law undergraduate Choo Zheng Xi, include former NTUC
Income chief executive Tan Kin Lian and other professionals.
They collated their ideas from two months of discussions.
Their report is underpinned by a falling proportion of
Singaporeans using public transport: The proportion of people
choosing this mode during the morning peak hour dipped from 67 per
cent in 1997 to 63 per cent in 2004.
Read the full story in Friday's edition of The
Straits