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Old 26-01-2015, 12:27 PM   #31
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This one taken in the night with phone camera so not very clear. I will try and get a new photo later. Young ones not much colour but should be like this as an adult.

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Old 26-01-2015, 02:30 PM   #32
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I wanted to ask him 1 week fried rice how many times. Can he fry the rice in his kitchen?
None, see face cannot do liao..
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Old 26-01-2015, 03:43 PM   #33
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PM Lee not quite right on SBS Transit not making “huge profits”

January 26, 2015 by andrewlow in News

On Wednesday, 21 January 2015, the Government announced an increase in public transport fares by 2.8 per cent.

As with previous increases, the news was met with anger from the public, especially given the fall in oil prices by 50 per cent worldwide.

On Saturday, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong was asked about this in a Facebook chat session.

Ms Alanna Si Jia Tan had asked Mr Lee “why is it that our transportation cost keep on increasing?” [Sic]

“Every year they increase and we do know that sbs transit earn huge profits for their pockets,” Ms Tan said.

To this, Mr Lee replied:



First, Mr Lee made two points:

It is not true that SBS Transit earns huge profits.
SBS Transit’s bus operations have been losing money.

SBS Transit runs a fleet of some 3,200 buses, and it also manages the North-east and Downtown MRT lines.

It has indeed been reported that its bus operations have been bleeding red for some years.

However, Mr Lee’s first statement – that it is not true that SBS Transit earns huge profits – is not borne out by the facts.

Over the years, in fact, SBS Transit has been making healthy profits.

Here are its earnings (after tax) for the years from 2001 to 2010. Figures from its annual reports:



They look pretty huge and healthy.

Its profits from 2011 – S$36,676,000:



Its profits from 2012 – S$18,557,000:



Its profits from 2013 – S$11,176,000:



And how did SBS Transit do in 2014? Here are what the news reported, of the first 3 quarters’ financial results:



Here’s what the Straits Times said:



Even its parent company, ComfortDelgro, has been breaking profit records:



The question which should be asked, therefore, is why are its bus services making losses when its other services are not.

And also, should taxpayers subsidise, through government grants and higher fares, one part of a company if it does not make money while its other parts do?

In any case, contrary to what Mr Lee says, SBS Transit itself is and has been making healthy profits all this while.

http://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2015...-huge-profits/
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Old 26-01-2015, 03:55 PM   #34
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Pinky means to say if they do not hit $1 billion annually then it is not profitable.

I say shame on the government for wanting to make profits from a public service which most governments in the world subsidises. Normally these countries show a deficit as percentage of GDP.

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Old 26-01-2015, 04:35 PM   #35
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I find his answer abt dog is si bay bo liao. Wat does he mean by may cause inconv to neighbor, condo no neighbor, 1 unti per flr? landed all si bunglow no neighbor?

Not as if we keeping a great dane in a 3 rm flat
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Old 27-01-2015, 09:17 AM   #36
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I wanted to ask him 1 week fried rice how many times. Can he fry the rice in his kitchen?
Wahahahahaa......how to fried rice with that guy or girl or guy dress like a girl....how too???
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Old 27-01-2015, 10:06 AM   #37
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I find his answer abt dog is si bay bo liao. Wat does he mean by may cause inconv to neighbor, condo no neighbor, 1 unti per flr? landed all si bunglow no neighbor?

Not as if we keeping a great dane in a 3 rm flat
the art of talking is no talking mah
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Old 27-01-2015, 02:12 PM   #38
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Wonder whether after retirement he go on to be another Minister Mentor and Ho Jinx take over SMRT.
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Old 27-01-2015, 02:30 PM   #39
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Wonder whether after retirement he go on to be another Minister Mentor and Ho Jinx take over SMRT.
don't need to worry one.

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Old 27-01-2015, 03:25 PM   #40
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Wonder whether after retirement he go on to be another Minister Mentor and Ho Jinx take over SMRT.
He will only retire after his son takes over as PM.......else the Lee Dynasty might fall........
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