Sudden Cessation of the IR free shuttle services

• Junyang700

  12 Sep 10, 17:08

  I think even if they want to cease the bus operations, they should give the two IRs and the bus companies sometime to adjust, say 1 month in advance, or at least until Sunday.
  
  And at least, RWS has already voluntarily agreed to withdraw the services by Sunday, they should let them go ahead with the proposed dateline, and not on Friday afternoon itself.
  
  They have actually caused frustrations amongst visitors who have utilised the free shuttle to go Universal Studios... but ended up getting stucked at RWS after the bus services were ceased with immediate effect. 

• sbst275

  12 Sep 10, 17:09

  since when govt policy changes take time to execute one?

  it's fast and furious.

• charlize

  12 Sep 10, 17:13

  Originally posted by sbst275:

  
  LTA's approval is required as it uses public bus stops after all. If LTA dun control, wouldn't all e free shuttle buses start flooding at every major bus stops?

  LTA never coordinate with the relevant casino authorities when they allowed the bus services?

   

  Why like that?

• charlize

  12 Sep 10, 17:17

  Originally posted by sbst275:

  
  if anyone remembered back when e IR started ops in March (As in USS, Casino, Hotel), plans was alrdy in place to look into adding bus svs to prevent congestion at e Telok Blangah junction.

  It was clear neighbourhood svs was mulled.

  I guess as w/ recent events, e PAP overreacted on things that they actually approved.

  I think it's just an election gimmick.

   

  Once elections are over, they will probably allow the bus services to continue citing some survey they did themselves to show not many people use the bus services to go gamble in the casino.

   

  The bus operators should just hang on after the elections.

   

  It's like the issue of restricting PRs now during election year to please the electorate.

   

  Once elections are over, the floodgates will be re-opened to every Tom, Dick and Harry again.

• Junyang700

  12 Sep 10, 17:18

  I think the gahmen thinks a lot of people would be happy that the IR bus services are removed, but it backfired, cos people just want things free at the end of the day.

• sbst275

  12 Sep 10, 17:19

  Originally posted by charlize:

  I think it's just an election gimmick.

   

  Once elections are over, they will probably allow the bus services to continue citing some survey they did themselves to show not many people use the bus services to go gamble in the casino.

   

  The bus operators should just hang on after the elections.

   

  It's like the issue of restricting PRs now during election year to please the electorate.

   

  Once elections are over, the floodgates will be re-opened to every Tom, Dick and Harry again.

  
  alrdy got a scholar say S'pore can take 7.5m ppl.. seriously, they taste e item they bargain for.

  ltr USS bo seng li, see how lor to attract e kids back.

• sbst275

  12 Sep 10, 17:21

  Originally posted by Junyang700:

  I think the gahmen thinks a lot of people would be happy that the IR bus services are removed, but it backfired, cos people just want things free at the end of the day.

  
  free, not free, those gamblers will still find a way to get there one.

  issue now is tat 5% casino, everyone gotta suffer.

• Junyang700

  12 Sep 10, 17:23

  Originally posted by sbst275:

  
  alrdy got a scholar say S'pore can take 7.5m ppl.. seriously, they taste e item they bargain for.

  ltr USS bo seng li, see how lor to attract e kids back.

  They can do it.... 10 million is possible too! Provided this....
  
  Let Singaporeans choose Shift A or Shift B...
  Shift A works and goes out only from 12am - 12pm.
  Shift B works and goes out only from 12pm - 12am.... =)
  
  Shift A population who wants to go out at Shift B's timing would have to pay $50 COE to be able to go out during Shift B timing, likewise in Shift B's case.

• charlize

  12 Sep 10, 17:25

  Originally posted by sbst275:

  
  alrdy got a scholar say S'pore can take 7.5m ppl.. seriously, they taste e item they bargain for.

  ltr USS bo seng li, see how lor to attract e kids back.

  7.5 million?

   

  Now 5 million already everything is bursting at the seams.

   

  Can almost hear the whole country creaking under the immense weight of people on the island.

   

   

   

   

   

• sbst275

  12 Sep 10, 17:26

  Originally posted by Junyang700:

  They can do it.... 10 million is possible too! Provided this....
  
  Let Singaporeans choose Shift A or Shift B...
  Shift A works and goes out only from 12am - 12pm.
  Shift B works and goes out only from 12pm - 12am.... =)
  
  Shift A population who wants to go out at Shift B's timing would have to pay $50 COE to be able to go out during Shift B timing, likewise in Shift B's case.

  
  impossible

  e MRT can never run 24 hrs 24/7/ 365

• charlize

  12 Sep 10, 17:31

  Originally posted by sbst275:

  
  impossible

  e MRT can never run 24 hrs 24/7/ 365

  Why not ?

   

• charlize

  12 Sep 10, 17:32

  Same thing with people - Train A works Shift A, Train B works Shift B.

   

  Why cannot?

• sbst275

  12 Sep 10, 17:37

  Originally posted by charlize:

  Same thing with people - Train A works Shift A, Train B works Shift B.

   

  Why cannot?

  
  got space for more MRT depot? lol

  also nid to do maintenance work on e tracks

• Junyang700

  12 Sep 10, 17:43

  Originally posted by sbst275:

  
  got space for more MRT depot? lol

  also nid to do maintenance work on e tracks

  Just build more MRT depots...
  As for maintenance, probably they close the MRT tracks at certain times of the day...
  For example, 2pm - 4pm... and 2am - 4am... LOL... Problem solved. =)

• charlize

  12 Sep 10, 17:45

  Originally posted by sbst275:

  
  got space for more MRT depot? lol

  also nid to do maintenance work on e tracks

  If they can have space for another 2.5 million more people, why cannot have space for more MRT depots?

• charlize

  12 Sep 10, 17:48

  Just like this casino gambling issue, somebody pointed out in another forum, since they can have 4D and toto shops in the heartlands, why cannot have buses ferrying heartlanders to casino then?

   

  This smacks of total hypocrisy on their part.

• Junyang700

  12 Sep 10, 17:49

  Singapore Pools collect small bets... everyday bet $100 ... so wun die.... worst to worst you go hawker centre sell tissue paper nia....
  
  Casino later you go sell your house den no money come look for gahmen... how?

• charlize

  12 Sep 10, 18:02

  Originally posted by Junyang700:

  Singapore Pools collect small bets... everyday bet $100 ... so wun die.... worst to worst you go hawker centre sell tissue paper nia....
  
  Casino later you go sell your house den no money come look for gahmen... how?

  You win lar.

   

  Obviously you have never seen people betting hundreds to thousands of dollars on their favourite 4D numbers or for Man U to whip Stoke City in the BPL over the weekend.

• sbst275

  12 Sep 10, 18:07

  Originally posted by Junyang700:

  Just build more MRT depots...
  As for maintenance, probably they close the MRT tracks at certain times of the day...
  For example, 2pm - 4pm... and 2am - 4am... LOL... Problem solved. =)

  
  land is fixed.

  yet you want more ppl and more space for MRT depot..

  nid compromise you know... there's no free lunch..

  *ahem*No free lunch*ahem*

• charlize

  12 Sep 10, 18:09

  Originally posted by sbst275:

  
  land is fixed.

  yet you want more ppl and more space for MRT depot..

  nid compromise you know... there's no free lunch..

  *ahem*No free lunch*ahem*

  You are right - land space is limited.

   

  Then why the hell want to increase the population by another 50% to 7.5 million ?

   

   

• sbst275

  12 Sep 10, 18:14

  Originally posted by charlize:

  You are right - land space is limited.

   

  Then why the hell want to increase the population by another 50% to 7.5 million ?

   

   

  
  but e highly paid scholars dun think so..

  they got free lunch = free overseas education

• Tanrave

  12 Sep 10, 19:36

  Originally posted by swee_heng:

  Basically , i think this is a ploy played by PAP as yesterday in ST , the MCYS says that there are concerns that a lot of people are going into the casino easily to gamble , what i think , they are just finding stupid excuses , cos with these shuttle services , SMRT will have no business.

  This is the main reason for stopping free shuttle services.Ok,enough said:)

• charlize

  12 Sep 10, 20:26

  Originally posted by Tanrave:

  This is the main reason for stopping free shuttle services.Ok,enough said:)

  

• loijunkaig5

  12 Sep 10, 20:45

  What a rash decision by CRA.

  Obviously they did'nt take into account the implications of their decisions.

  Its sad for those bus drivers and people who sincerely want to visit the IR.

  Why did they let this foolish idea get through man.

  It isn't an urgent problem and they should have spent more time thinking about it.

  Just plain dumb.

   

   

   

• ditzy

  12 Sep 10, 21:02

  Originally posted by loijunkaig5:

  What a rash decision by CRA.

  Obviously they did'nt take into account the implications of their decisions.

  Its sad for those bus drivers and people who sincerely want to visit the IR.

  Why did they let this foolish idea get through man.

  It isn't an urgent problem and they should have spent more time thinking about it.

  Just plain dumb.

   

   

   

  Obviously somebody trying to score points. Scored already, but at the expense of many others down the line.