From The New Paper reader Tan Boon Leng
Older buses need upgrading
I write in to express my indignation over a terribly
uncomfortable bus ride I had on SMRT Service 700 (license plate
number 845L) on the afternoon of 16 Nov
After we boarded it at Bukit Panjang terminus, my wife and I
were dismayed when we found out that the air-conditioning was weak.
The bus was an older model with just one aircon vent
The air circulation in the crowded bus was inadequate and on top
of that, the ride throughout was bumpy and headache-inducing
I would like to know why earnings from fare hikes are not used
by SMRT to upgrade its current fleet of buses
As long as service gaps like these are not plugged, it is merely
cosmetic for the transport company to splash out
state-of-the-art information systems on its MRT trains
A self-proclaimed first-world country should not have
third-world mobile "sardine cans" moving on our roads, or for that
matter, on rail
Source: The New Paper Forum, 22 Nov 08
