I have been invited to be in the panel on Singapore Talking this Sunday at 10.30 pm on Mediacorp TV. The topic is on the high price of COE. I will be giving my views about moderating the fluctuation in price of COE and more importantly, about making public transport and taxis more comfortable and affordable.
Dear Mr Tan,
ReplyDeleteI may not be answering to the COE topic, but this needs to be addressed as part of the whole picture.
I was driving home along CTE around 12 midnight. Guess what I saw?
Another ERP gantry being erected between two already fairly closely located gantries!! Location is slightly after exit 8B northwards.
This is one cost that needs to be reined in, it is creeping up slowly but surely.
Link to map attached.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&q=CTE&sll=1.330803,103.862337&sspn=0.003314,0.004812&ie=UTF8&split=1&rq=1&ev=zo&radius=0.17&hq=CTE&hnear=&ll=1.329484,103.862563&spn=0,0.004812&z=18&layer=c&cbll=1.329661,103.862269&panoid=ESAqBPzLm2Pjfigd5PCcug&cbp=12,19.12,,0,5
After I sold my car I am happy that I am no longer bothered by ERP COE etc..... There is peace of mind.
ReplyDeleteI'm a simple layman.
ReplyDeleteI'm not a scholar and never graduated from any high-faluting university.
We are talking about controlling the car population in a small island of 710 sq km
And to do this, we have the most complicated car ownership system in the world.
We are not talking about;
a. finding a cure for cancer
b. turning Singapore into yet another hub for something
c. beating USA in a space race
d. hunting down a fast limping terrorist
As a tax payer, all I want to know is how many high priced talents it took to develop and manage this complicated mess.
Is it really this difficult?
Wayne 2:39
ReplyDeleteThe ERP gantry was being relocated. Afterwhich, the old one will be removed.
This way, there will be no ERP income loss during the relocation.
The old gantry can still be used in another place.............which means, LTA must have a collection of gantries just waiting to be erected!
Wayne:
ReplyDeleteI think LTA is just relocating ERP gantries for road widening works.
http://app.lta.gov.sg/corp_press_content.asp?start=oxil0274hfr5lcqbbz3a1s81s0s5by7r3zu1q0i4gvp8j13n2h
Seems like election is really coming. Why else would MediaCorp TV start inviting you to discuss in controversial topics like this?
ReplyDeleteMr. Tan, please support the government's policies while you are on air.
ReplyDeleteIf the goverment don't win big in this coming election it will be a lose-lose situation for everything as asset prices will come down and pay will decrease.
In Singapore, we have to make sure that prices of things and general cost of living remains high so that we can all work harder to get the same things.