Resignation of SBS Transit's Executive Director

stituss SG

SBS Transit has announced that Mr Ong Boon Leong has resigned. Last day on 27 April 2007.

Read more about it here.

TWE SG

Yeah ??? Well i’m going there for an interview tomolo .

carbikebus SG

Sad man,He’s cool and quite gentle with his speech.Wonder who will take over him?

Ah Cek SG

oh...pursuing his Master in Divinity sia...

maybe kua pua liaoz... Neutral

MS SG

Such matter also have a thread ah?

Ong BL in my personal opinion having personally met and seen how he worked before can say that he's charismatic and aggressive. Not the kind of sit on the chair and wait for news type. A very decisive person when coming to make decisions. A strong leader.

That's what I view of him.

eX.A.K.R. SG

I just pray hard nobody like Saw Phaik Hwa ever replaces him, otherwise… there goes the last thing I still have respect for in Singapore.

SBS9889U SG

hope its a good leader or it may end up abit like SMRT

SBS3688Y SG

haha! i wonder how she feels if she ever comes across this forum and read so many negative remarks about her and SMRT! and i wonder what about SMRT employees, the mgt and shareholders who read these and how they feel?

service_238 SG

seriously I think the shareholders cant be bothered unless they take SMRT Buses daily or very frequently. They are already laughing to the bank with the dividends payment last year and it is expected to increase this year.

MS SG

It's part and parcel of business. Which profit oriented industry don't want to make a neat pile of bonus. Including hospitals and public transport industries. Public Transport industry is the only I have seen whereby the govenment even comes in to control the profits. It is like putting a ceiling to the growth of a child rendering it unable to grow healthily. I recall receiving an email from Ong BL before saying about half the income of the company goes to the salaries of the company. Taking note that the rest goes to the operating costs which are not cheap. Fuel alone is enough to exhaust. The best up to date pathetic 2.5 months bonus aka 71days (which only top 10% can get) is often unknown to the public. I went for other interviews and there was even one wealthy company laughed at the pathetic 2.5mths. I realised thats the best you can go after decades in the market?

SMRT also part of the industry will not be able to escape this problem. And it's a great thing that they are still reaping profits. When you're in a business, income will be the priority. You need to balance the service & income. If the service is greatly enhanced with the efforts put in, will there be an increase in income? Sad to say, no matter how much people deny, this is the way of the business. And the day will come for many of you to understand when you start working in the management level of a company.

SBS3688Y SG

you got a point. that's why I'd rather support the control of the entire bus operations to one big organisation or leave the current SBST and SMRTB alone; than to open up competiton by allowing several more bus operators to share the pie.

More bus operators means high overhead costs vs limited revenue, resources, etc. and since these operators are of smaller scale, can they afford to hire enough support staff for instance, PRO & investigating officers to deal with customer complaints, have proper training programmes and adequate resources to train new bus drivers, etc etc?