SINGAPORE : Students may have to pay more for private school bus
rides from next year.
Operators said fares might be adjusted due to continued rise in
fuel prices.
Students now pay between $30 to $80 a month for their school bus,
depending on the length of the journey.
And this has remained unchanged for the past two years.
The last adjustment in January 2003 was due to sharp rises in
insurance premiums.
And this time fares are likely to go up due to rising fuel
prices.
Wong Ann Lin, Chairman of Singapore School Transport Association,
said fuel prices had gone up from over 70 cents to $1.01 per
litre.
He said the extra average cost per vehicle, depending on the size
of the vehicle, is about $300 to $800 per month. - CNA/de