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designer:haryani
Thursday, March 17, 2005
Transparencies and Stands.
Transparencies and Stands.
Just when I was starting to feel better about constantly having to repost an entry, I lost another one.
I am cursing in my head.
Anyway.
A petition's up!
This one's about "High Bus Fares for Polytechnic students" by Pang Khin Wee .
Well, it seems like the polytechnic people are finally speaking up after generations of suffering without concession. After all how fair is a system whereby SMRT and SBS charge polytechnic students adult fares while JC students only pay 45cents per trip.
Stange how none of us really knows the reasoning behind the bus companies' policy to charge polytechnic students more then JC students when our government aims to be 'transparent with all operations' .
Kick themselves in the mouth.
That's what I for one like to describe government bodies ,be it local or abroad.
Maybe I don't have much information to garner me a 'critiquing-warrant' now, but if our government's really as 'transparent' as they claimed themselves to be, would I even be puzzled over the disparencies between the fare prices for JC and poly students to start with ?
If our society is truly an open and mature one would I have to resort to using Ol' humble blog of mine to air my thoughts?
Solidify my views?
If it was as open and mature as opposed to be, I would have yanked out a sound amplifier to really SOUND my views ages ago.
That pretty much tells you what I think about our sunny little island now doesn't it?
Now, I believe most of us have the desire to make Singapore a better place for everyone . Just that some really can't be bothered about the whole casino hoo-haa, the Chinese teaching methods debate much less the Education revamp.
So, let's start small now shall we?
Let's start with something close to heart : Concession.
Personally I think it's VERY unfair that Polytechnic students have to pay so much more then JC students. If I am a Polytechnic student, I'd also be pretty put off by the dis-equality of concession rates.
"What if you lose your concession through this petition? "
"Equality wadddd . "
So be it then.
Maybe then the Polytechnic students wouldn't grumble about the disparrencies between the JC and Polytechnic students and stop throwing us the JC students death stares as though our great ancestors stole their pigs or something when we scan our cards in front of them, showing them the '45 cents deducted' unknowingly .
On top of that, if concession was made equal for all JC/Poly/ITE students [or taken away altogether now] , people from NYP might stop staring at us AJCians like we've all sot diao-ed when we go to NYP's numerous, airy, relaxing, affordable and most importantly DELICIOUS cafeterias [note : Not one cafeteria but cafeterias] in our school uniforms for lunch .
lol~
Whichever side you support, make it heard. Make it known.
Petition's site : http://www.petitiononline.com/polybus/petition.html
Afterall, even our beloved PAP wants us to constantly give their 'transparent operators' feedback now don't they?
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