LTA Engaging PR Consultancy at Quarter Million $!!
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The ST reported last week that LTA is engaging a PR consultancy, Shandwick, to gauge public perceptions of its image after the Nicoll Highway incident.
According to the report, the cost of exercise should range between $200k to $250k!!!!
Reading this piece of news made my blood boil. So this is where taxpayers' hardearned money are going to?!! After so many mistakes made and so much money squandered by LTA, are we supposed to tolerate more nonsense from them???
To the LTA chairman or any LTA staff if you ever read this, don't need to engage Shandwick. YOU ARE MOST INCOMPETENT STAT BOARD IN THE HISTORY OF SINGAPORE. PERIOD. -
Wow... considering the competition for that award from the other stats, it's quite an accomplishment for them.Originally posted by Profounder:To the LTA chairman or any LTA staff if you ever read this, don't need to engage Shandwick. YOU ARE MOST INCOMPETENT STAT BOARD IN THE HISTORY OF SINGAPORE. PERIOD. -
We too rich liao.... -
To those in Yeo Cheow TONG's district, PLEASE VOTE AGAINST HIM at the next election to teach him a lesson. That is provided he doesn't get in on the coattails of some other bigwig minister.
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My goodness they need to spend a qtr million $ to know that their reputation has done down with the Nicoll Highway collapse!Originally posted by Profounder:The ST reported last week that LTA is engaing a PR consultancy, Shandwick, to gauge public perceptions of its image after the Nicoll Highway incident.
According to the report, the cost of exercise should range between $200k to $250k!!!!
Reading this piece of news made my blood boil. So this is where taxpayers' hardearned money are going to?!! After so many mistakes made and so much money squandered by LTA, are we supposed to tolerate more nonsense from them???
To the LTA chairman or any LTA staff if you ever read this, don't need to engage Shandwick. YOU ARE MOST INCOMPETENT STAT BOARD IN THE HISTORY OF SINGAPORE. PERIOD.
Looks like I've to get out of Singapore fast. -
Hmm..I see. Government organisations are very generous indeed
I want to do buisness with them -
Originally posted by shade343:
The Singapore government organisations are notoriously slow paymasters. You may need to have strong financial capital to avoid cash flow problems.
Hmm..I see. Government organisations are very generous indeed I want to do buisness with them -
I don't see any reason for a government statutory board to be so concerned about its public image as to spend taxpayer's money on such a frivous expenditure.
However, I am not surprised: The LTA is famous for many initiatives that have come to nought. Remember the "Estimated Bus Arrival" system? It was abandoned when a substantial amount of money had already been invested inside. If I am not wrong, there was no public accounting for that "honest mistake", with spokesmen dismissing the scrapping as a "loss cutting measure". -
That's why many contractors have went bankruptOriginally posted by Tuatau:The Singapore government organisations are notoriously slow paymasters. You may need to have strong financial capital to avoid cash flow problems. -
They should have save the money by getting the JC/ poly students to work for free as school project!
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wtf waste money like tat
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The Satellite Tracking System is not the only project that was aborted at great cost.Originally posted by pkchukiss:I don't see any reason for a government statutory board to be so concerned about its public image as to spend taxpayer's money on such a frivous expenditure.
However, I am not surprised: The LTA is famous for many initiatives that have come to nought. Remember the "Estimated Bus Arrival" system? It was abandoned when a substantial amount of money had already been invested inside. If I am not wrong, there was no public accounting for that "honest mistake", with spokesmen dismissing the scrapping as a "loss cutting measure".
The following are mistakes made by LTA which have incurred millions of taxpayers' money as well as caused a lot of emotional havoc with the people involved:
1. 1st phase of bus stop upgrading where the design included solar powered fan, slanting seats blocked by glass billboards retrofitted with lights that made the place like a furnance;
2. The Electronic Billboards on expressways giving estimated time of journey which is now shut down;
3. The notorious Nicoll Highway incident;
4. The Circle Line construction which has led to cracks in buildings and houses around the vicinity esp Beach Road - try going to Plaza Hotel basement carpark and take a look;
5. The murder-suicide of the senior engineer and his son - the poor chap was assigned to work on the circle line project and decided to end his life because he couldn't take the stress and his supervisor rejected request to transfer out repeatedly;
6. The aborted plan to build a $1.5 billion HQ when so much space has gone to waste at former HDB building;
7. The decision to give NEL to SBS in the name of competition which Transport MInister subsequent noted on the contrary this year that having a single operator would have led to greater efficiency;
8. The location of the NEL stations which has led to low usage and compelled SBS to cancel bus services to force people to take the train;
9. The refusal to budge on allowing private players to enter the feeder bus market; the LTA subsequently reversed the decision following public outcry but set very strict and ridiculous requirements (like entrance and exit must be at a certain height from the ground) resulting in private operators being unable to comply;
10. Problems with the EZ-Link card system, problems which persist till today including overcharing, false error signals etc. Besides exposing the incompetence of LTA engineers, this shows a lack of solid preparative research prior to implementation.
All these mistakes and the LTA is still collecting road tax to spend on public relations exerise???????
And try writing to them. Chances are they will reject the suggestion with their "we-know-best" attitude. To add insult to injury, they will write at the last line, "Should the public have any suggestions, they can call 1800-CALL-LTA". Load of bullshit!!!
Is there accountability in the SIngapore Government? I think NOT. If these goondos were in the private sector, they would have been forced to resign en masse or sacked.
So it is left to the voters in Yeo CHeow Tong's district to vote that useless fool out. -
Monies have been continually lost in worthless investments of all kinds due to lack of accountable and objective decision making process by LTA. GIC, Singapore Post, and many GLCs overseas.
If only we are to add up all these losses, I am sure these losses would come to many times the little medical help on ageing population or bridging finance to those out of jobs.
Now millions are being poured into overseas projects in India, Australia, China, Vietnam etc? What will happen to all our monies one day? -
Military Jobs mean big business for Ad Boys
Media and Marketing, H21 Straits Times, 19 Apr 2005
Saatchi & Saatchi, DDB retain hotly contested Navy and Air Force deals
(for another 3 yrs)
Dear Cut Waste Panel,
How big is the above contract?
Why does the Navy and Air Force need to spend so much to engage big ad boys?
How about the SAF?
Isn't that a big waste?
If so, please review their budget and cut waste, Cut Waste Panel.
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LTA in my mind is the most useless stats board in the whole govt.
not to mention the rest are much better but LTA is the worse.
Now we know why we need Casino tax to top up govt coffers.because of ministry like LTA who spend the money on this #%#%^&# type of survey.
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I agree fully....and wasting this money will only serve to confirm my impression of LTAOriginally posted by Profounder:The ST reported last week that LTA is engaging a PR consultancy, Shandwick, to gauge public perceptions of its image after the Nicoll Highway incident.
According to the report, the cost of exercise should range between $200k to $250k!!!!
Reading this piece of news made my blood boil. So this is where taxpayers' hardearned money are going to?!! After so many mistakes made and so much money squandered by LTA, are we supposed to tolerate more nonsense from them???
To the LTA chairman or any LTA staff if you ever read this, don't need to engage Shandwick. YOU ARE MOST INCOMPETENT STAT BOARD IN THE HISTORY OF SINGAPORE. PERIOD. -
Can you just stop it for the NEL issue??Originally posted by Profounder:The Satellite Tracking System is not the only project that was aborted at great cost.
The following are mistakes made by LTA which have incurred millions of taxpayers' money as well as caused a lot of emotional havoc with the people involved:
1. 1st phase of bus stop upgrading where the design included solar powered fan, slanting seats blocked by glass billboards retrofitted with lights that made the place like a furnance;
2. The Electronic Billboards on expressways giving estimated time of journey which is now shut down;
3. The notorious Nicoll Highway incident;
4. The Circle Line construction which has led to cracks in buildings and houses around the vicinity esp Beach Road - try going to Plaza Hotel basement carpark and take a look;
5. The murder-suicide of the senior engineer and his son - the poor chap was assigned to work on the circle line project and decided to end his life because he couldn't take the stress and his supervisor rejected request to transfer out repeatedly;
6. The aborted plan to build a $1.5 billion HQ when so much space has gone to waste at former HDB building;
7. The decision to give NEL to SBS in the name of competition which Transport MInister subsequent noted on the contrary this year that having a single operator would have led to greater efficiency;
8. The location of the NEL stations which has led to low usage and compelled SBS to cancel bus services to force people to take the train;
9. The refusal to budge on allowing private players to enter the feeder bus market; the LTA subsequently reversed the decision following public outcry but set very strict and ridiculous requirements (like entrance and exit must be at a certain height from the ground) resulting in private operators being unable to comply;
10. Problems with the EZ-Link card system, problems which persist till today including overcharing, false error signals etc. Besides exposing the incompetence of LTA engineers, this shows a lack of solid preparative research prior to implementation.
All these mistakes and the LTA is still collecting road tax to spend on public relations exerise???????
And try writing to them. Chances are they will reject the suggestion with their "we-know-best" attitude. To add insult to injury, they will write at the last line, "Should the public have any suggestions, they can call 1800-CALL-LTA". Load of bullshit!!!
Is there accountability in the SIngapore Government? I think NOT. If these goondos were in the private sector, they would have been forced to resign en masse or sacked.
So it is left to the voters in Yeo CHeow Tong's district to vote that useless fool out.
If the NEL is making $$, would you complain?
And the bus rts, wasn't when SMRT came, they had to cancel bus rt? -
JUST WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE TO TELL ME TO STOP COMMENTING ON THE NEL.Originally posted by sbst275:Can you just stop it for the NEL issue??
If the NEL is making $$, would you complain?
And the bus rts, wasn't when SMRT came, they had to cancel bus rt? -
If you want to comment, you go comment to LTA and criticise them... Dun do it hereOriginally posted by Profounder:JUST WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE TO TELL ME TO STOP COMMENTING ON THE NEL. -
Because also your view is 1 sided, if SMRT is losing money in 1980's... Would you say this?
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The first basic law of human stupidity asserts without ambiguity that:Originally posted by sbst275:Because also your view is 1 sided, if SMRT is losing money in 1980's... Would you say this?
Always and inevitably everyone underestimates the number of stupid individuals in circulation.
I just saw that in action. -
You cannot tell somebody to shut up. They have a right to air their views, and he isn't breaking any rules on this board by raising an issue. This is the basis all forums are built on, and you can always leave the thread if you do not wish to discuss the issue.Originally posted by sbst275:Can you just stop it for the NEL issue??
If the NEL is making $$, would you complain?
And the bus rts, wasn't when SMRT came, they had to cancel bus rt? -
And some English lessons for you:Originally posted by sbst275:If you want to comment, you go comment to LTA and criticise them... Dun do it here
1. "Can you just stop it for the NEL issue??
This sentence does not make sense. A person with proper grammatical foundation would write: "Can you just stop commenting on the NEL issue".
2. If the NEL is making $$, would you complain?
THis sentence is illogical for firstly, it makes no sense and secondly, it bears no relation to the gist of the topic in question. And proper grammar dictates that it be written as:
"If the NEL was generating profit, would you be complaining?".
3. And the bus rts, wasn't when SMRT came, they had to cancel bus rt?"
"Wasn't" is not used in conjunction with "come". Other than that, it's so grammatically flawed it's meaning is indecipherable (if you know what this word means).
4. If you want to comment, you go comment to LTA and criticise them... Dun do it here.
"Comment" is used with "on".
5. Dun do it here.
Ding ding, we have self-appointed censor here. -
Thank you.Originally posted by pkchukiss:You cannot tell somebody to shut up. They have a right to air their views, and he isn't breaking any rules on this board by raising an issue. This is the basis all forums are built on, and you can always leave the thread if you do not wish to discuss the issue.
That should be the spirit.