It finally got approved... although i ain't surprised... still can't help being overwhelmed with disappointment and disgust towards those policy makers.....
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/299127/1/.htmlAdult EZ-link fares for buses upped from October
Posted: 11 September 2007 1221 hrs
SINGAPORE: Adult EZ-link fares for buses will increase by between one and two cents from 1 October.
Senior citizen concessionary EZ-link bus fares, which are flat fares pegged to the lowest adult fare band, will go up by two cents.
But the Public Transport Council (PTC) has decided there will be no increase in train fares.
It said the public transport operators had applied for an increase in bus and rail fares.
After deliberating on their proposals, it approved an overall fare increase of 1.8 per cent for bus fares but no increase for rail fares this year.
The PTC added that the majority of commuters will see no increase or a small rise in fares.
Taking into account all public transport trips, five in ten trips will see no increase while one in ten trips will see a rise of one cent.
The remaining four in ten trips will see an increase of two cents per trip.
The last time the PTC approved an increase in bus and MRT train fares was in October last year when they went up by between one and three cents. - CNA/ir [/url]
