I do not know how many times i said, this is not a fare
increase, this is only a fare adjustment to better reflect the rise
in cost of living for a TD, so how to huat??
Just ask yrself, your mother or your wife, how much had your
family essential items, meaning washing power, coffee, rice, oil
and the daily necessities need of a family, increased over the past
one year. Ok, let just talk about kopi, most had gone up by
10cents, if not some even 20cts. commodities like foods had risen
the most due to lack of farmers, their young sons and daughters now
prefer city fashion life than go home and plough back breaking padi
field, couple with govt taxation and levy, all foods in singapore
had gone up tremedously. Kuay teow mee already $3, last time $2.50,
a 50 cts increase, even if sell at $2.50, i guarantee you, the
portion will be lesser.
I agree.
I wish I could say "I had some
ground to believe that my family would not suffer a drastic change
in the standard of living even though I experienced a drop in my
income. ........ " but how to? TD have been
suffering too long.
Since first time I started driving, diesel has gone up
28.4% (88c to $1.13 per litre). Not sure how much it was in
2007 (when we had last fare adjustment), but it could be even
cheaper then?
