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hearsay only... official news then count... PTC will say... got cut in road tax, but operational costs keep rising... blah blah....
真的�的........
Originally posted by Alextoh71:should la….i think help low income famlies….
i think the low income families now walk/cycle liao. ![]()
Hearsay bus and train fare may drop soon…
good news for commuters but bad news for cabbies….
Guru, you sure or not. how come now bus and train fare this time drop...?
Where got , so the fuel still the same what... how come now so good. ha.
what is the reason...? issit too many rockets fired to that department and now they retreat and call for truce. heim...than that is good news. they are listening now and not so arrogant.
Aiya taxi fare also will follow.... lah.
election coming?
Just got the news ...indeed , bus fare and MRT fare will drop , but knn up $0.10 , drop $0.01 ... same pathetic antic from the Bus and Train companies .
I had said various times , to help the cabbies , fare must adjust to the GDP and supply and demand .
Looked like the fare will stay put for now .
Last season , up fare , cos economy on the up , IR on the way , until Lehmann issue arised .
But this season , global economy down and recession , why isn't s'pore taxi fare reduced ?
To reduce taxi fare , will not help MRT and buses .
The bus and train companies will not dig their own grave .
Yes , taxi is a threat to bus and MRT . Always is .
Originally posted by NG QIBO AARON AUBREY:election coming?
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SINGAPORE: Bus fares and train fares are set to come down, giving commuters the break many have been asking for against a worsening economic situation.
But details of how much fares will be reduced will only be known at the end of February.
The unusual move came just a day after the government unveiled a massive S$20.5 billion Budget, where a big focus was on helping companies cope with costs.
Public transport operators SBS Transit and SMRT followed up with statements to say they will not apply for any fare adjustment this year.
SBS Transit said it also did not apply for fare increases in 2003 and 2004 because of poor economic conditions. In 2003, it was because of the SARS outbreak and in 2004, it was because the company felt economic growth had not yet taken root.
Welcoming the move, the Public Transport Council (PTC) said it is glad to know operators are also ready to work with it to reduce bus and train fares.
And cheering the move were some commuters.
One said: "We are using public transport every day, so it will benefit us."
The second said: "For me, not much - only one month, save a few dollars, which is only for one meal."
Another said: "A little savings goes a long way."
While no details are available yet, commuters were most interested in finding out just how significant the reductions will be.
PTC said it will have to sit down with the operators and work out the numbers before coming up with a plan.
And instead of the traditional third quarter review, the PTC will expedite its work and announce details of the cuts by the end of next month.
In Singapore, public transport fares are adjusted annually based on a fixed formula that takes into account factors such as wage rises and inflation.
In fact, if this is being followed strictly, the maximum fare hike this year can be five per cent, according to SMRT, looking at data from January through to November. But there is ground for flexibility with this formula as PTC also has to take into account the general economic and job conditions before making a final decision.
Another form of public transport also stands to benefit.
The government announced in its Budget Statement it is giving a 30 per cent road tax rebate and a special tax waiver for taxis that are not hired out.
All taxi companies have agreed to pass on these cost savings to their drivers, and details of how this will be done are being worked out.
In a statement, Transport Minister Raymond Lim also welcomed the news, saying he (now then) understood the concerns of Singaporeans over transport costs in these times.
- CNA/yb/yt
www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/404406/1/.html
indirectly helping 65% of people who did not pay income tax thus did not enjoy 20% discount from income tax payment.
only 35% of the people in singapore pay income tax, they will enjoy 20% of the income tax they need to pay
I was rather doubtful of this, but seeing that they seem to be enforcing a downward adjustment here, I think it might really come down this time.
If they had left it to the bus companies to decide, at most they will just hold it at current levels this year (and reading how SMRT seems to be wanting to raise the fares - again
- even try pushing for a upward change). I doubt they will be willing to lower the fares themselves.
Originally posted by NG QIBO AARON AUBREY:election coming?
There's already rumours of a snap election this year abounding. I doubt it though; PAP is well aware of the many political upheavals around the world recently that pushed many incumbent governements, if not right out of office, then on to their toes (eg. Malaysia, Zimbabwe, Taiwan, the United States, etc.), and I believe the more politically-aware population in Singapore are itching to do something like that this year if the opportunity really presents itself, and I doubt the PAP will take such a big risk even with the generous budget.
Then again, I shouldn't be talking about politics in a bus forum, WTF. ![]()
hurray, hail them as heroes!
hot topic. i bumped it super high up...lol
First of the cuts?
The PTC haven't annouce fares will drop by how much hor?
I hope drop 10 cents for trunk and feeders, children drop 5 cents, old pple drop 8 cents, but i seriously think is a increase in transfer rebate that is the "drop"
Hope for the 'best'.
Originally posted by ALN:Hearsay bus and train fare may drop soon…
good news for commuters but bad news for cabbies…...
Seriously, I have never heard of bus fare drop. But if bus fares do drop, the first and foremost thing that they have to drop is the Niteowl fares.
Sekali is just a drop of 3 cents across the board.![]()
when want to raise, gin gin raise
when want to drop, want to observe, want to plan, want to monitor, want to gather more stats
drag and drag
Originally posted by FireIce:when want to raise, gin gin raise
when want to drop, want to observe, want to plan, want to monitor, want to gather more stats
drag and drag
Sux man! It's like when you go to travel agent, they very fast ask for your deposit, in the event of cancellation, the refund takes one month. ![]()
Tertiary students seek lower public transport fares
SINGAPORE: Close to 5,200 tertiary students have signed a petition for lower public transport fares.
They say it is unfair they have to pay 80 per cent more in fares
compared to students in junior colleges and institutes of technical
education.
Times are tough, and in light of the financial burden that their
parents are shouldering during the economic downturn, a group of
tertiary students came together last November to petition for cheaper
fares.
Not only are they taking to the streets to collect signatures, they are also doing it online.
Polytechnic student Charlene Teo said: "We're only students and we
don't get a lot of pocket money....so we hope the government can review
the fares for us."
A bus concession pass for junior college students costs $27.50 a
month and for polytechnic students $52 (89 per cent difference).
A train concession pass for junior college students costs $25 monthly and for polytechnic students $45 (80 per cent difference).
The Transport Ministry says concession fares are granted by the public transport operators.
But the government is encouraging operators to look into this matter.
Earlier this week, the students had a meeting with the Public Transport Council and operators.
Bernard Chen, a polytechnic student and the organiser of the petition,
said: "We were pleasantly surprised to know that they actually wanted
to initiate a meeting with us. So I think this is a very positive step
forward for activism and civil society in general."
At the meeting, the students proposed that tertiary students should
pay not more than 160 per cent of what junior college students are
paying.
They also asked operators to come up with a mechanism to determine the fare subsidy for tertiary students.
In the past, public transport operators have been reluctant to increase subsidies for tertiary students.
SMRT had said that all concessionary fares are effectively cross-subsidised by full-fare paying commuters.
Thus, they need to exercise prudence in granting further travel
concession beyond the present arrangement, so as to avoid any adverse
impact on full-fare paying commuters.
Train concession prices have remained unchanged for more than 10 years
since 1997, while the last revision for bus concession fares was in
2002.
Responding to Channel NewsAsia's queries, both SMRT and SBS Transit said they will be lowering fares for commuters this year.
SBS Transit said the fare reduction will include the fares for
tertiary students, while SMRT said it is still considering the matter.
Details will be out later this month.
- CNA/ir