Senior lecturer at SIM University, Professor Walter Theseira, said: “… We’re doing a lot of backdated maintenance or fixing of problems after they become really apparent.”
The above was hidden in a long CNA article entitled
Singapore’s train system: What needs to be done to ensure a smoother ride?
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/singapore-s-train-system/2364656.html
SgDaily also spotted this and highlighed it on Facebook. Great minds think alike LOL.
But there is Karma. Dividends from SMRT to state have been recycled back and more. The free lunch was enjoyed by the private investors who got the benefit of dividends (i’m assuming they sold their sgares in time).
Related posts: Learning from the Arabs and this. But I was wrong about assuming that general could make trains run on time. Forgot he paper general and scholar, like the CEO of NOL.