Category Archives: MRT

Singapore Turf Club – the end is near in 2024; How not to shut it down? Use the airspace above expressways?

Posted on June 11, 2023 by tankoktim

============= . It will take great political will to change course in land usage. Does the PAP or the opposition has that will, and who has a stronger will and foresight? ====== There are other solutions to free up precious … Continue reading →

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Singapore’s facial verification system; Will we improve immigration clearance at the Marina Cruise Centre? Learn from Narita for airport fast clearance; Will the Govt improve the ICQ clearance procedures too when the RTS train commences service between JB and Woodlands?

Posted on July 22, 2022 by tankoktim

============= . How to be the top cruise centre Hub in Asia? Clearance by ICA on board vessel at cruise centres is very critical as passengers have only a few hours within 24 hours after vessel docking to sightsee and … Continue reading →

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RTS agreements signed on 30th July 2020- Johor to Singapore; The RTS, a LRT system [not MRT system], not a seamless system, will operate in end 2026, a delay by two years; Each side will be responsible to build the RST system up to their side of the common border.

Posted on July 30, 2020 by tankoktim

============= . JB-Singapore RTS Link: Construction passes 65% mark on both sides, connecting span completed 1 of 6 Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (right) and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim at a ceremony to mark the completion of a connecting … Continue reading →

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Paya Lebar MRT Station. The Govt listened again. They have fixed the air blowers for commuters’ comfort.

Posted on February 6, 2020 by tankoktim

Re: At the Paya Lebar MRT Station –  new air blowers have been installed. [please see photos below.] I am grateful to LTA/SMRT for listening to public feedback to fix the air blowers above the escalators at the link that … Continue reading →

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Thomson-East Coast Line stations to have two lifts – installing priority signage at lifts; new stations should have independent emergency co-generation; two-way escalator; and lifts; The MRT station at the mid-point of the PIE; Circle Line final tunnelling completed on 12 Jan 2022;

Posted on January 23, 2020 by tankoktim

====== . Acquiring land, building bridges and viaducts… Will it cost more than drilling tunnels from both ends and from many sections of the line with super huge tunnel boring machines to build the tracks and complete the project earlier? … Continue reading →

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Johor Baru-Woodlands RTS [MRT] defer Link till Sept 2019, April 2020, & to 31st July 2020; Improvement to CIQ in Johor to address traffic congestion issues;

Posted on May 21, 2019 by tankoktim

============= . Malaysia to spend S$48.8m to address traffic congestion at both Johor checkpoints. The projects include adding 44 M-Bike lanes at the Bangunan Sultan Iskandar and Kompleks Sultan Abu Bakar CIQs, costing about RM61.7 million. PHOTO: LIANHE ZAOBAO FILE … Continue reading →

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Singapore’s facial verification system; It is a super ICQ unmanned clearance high-tech system at Changi Airport; Will ICA improve immigration clearance at cruise centres? Learn from Narita for airport fast clearance; And we did at Changi after four years.

Posted on October 27, 2018 by tankoktim

==== . We came back via Changi T2 on 6Nov2022, and are impressed by the new walk-through unmanned electronic ICQ clearance system. We submitted the SGArrivalCard[SGAC], the electronic health declaration for Covid-19 with ICA within three days prior arrival. It … Continue reading →

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Spiritual blessings at Bedok Reservoir and a MRT train [photos below]; Cause and effect of road accidents and untimely deaths; 5 died tragically at No. 37 Tanjong Pagar Road on 13th Feb 2021; There is no accident or coincidence on earth; Prayers for Durban roads in South Africa in 2005 [newspaper report below]; Road safety, should LTA conduct trials of lighted markings on road surface? Deaths by drowning at the Bedok Reservoir; Purification prayers by inter-religious group leaders at the Reservoir in 2011 and a MRT train in 2023; suicides at the Marina Bay areas, Singapore River, and Kallang River;

Posted on May 12, 2017 by tankoktim

 .============ . Body of 21-year-old man found floating on Bedok Reservoir Several personal items such as a backpack, bicycle and alcohol bottles were found at the scene. PHOTO: Shin Min Daily News.   PUBLISHED ON NOVEMBER 22, 2023 11:50 AM By LIM … Continue reading →

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Escalators and Elevators [lifts] at MRT stations, and public places; Steps before elevators and escalators cannot be user friendly…have ramps instead? Escalators are for mass and fast movement of people, not lifts;

Posted on August 4, 2016 by tankoktim

============ . What is compassion? To give compassion? To seek compassion? Give compassion is what it should be. ====== . People with disabilities…the physical barriers affecting them. But is that all to it. What else? Compassion with Gratitude plus plus … Continue reading →

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Road bullies; Abusing public officers, SPF officers, and security officers; Fighting and violence in public; Traffic to flow smoothly – how? How to improve our road network? Red-amber-green turning arrows;

Posted on April 6, 2016 by tankoktim

============ . Bentley driver arrested after threatening to run down security officer at Red Swastika School A Bentley is shown pushing against the security officer who stood in front of the vehicle to prevent it from entering the primary school. PHOTOS: … Continue reading →

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OHWS Policies & Procedures for all….at all workplaces, including military camps and training sites, etc; Accidental deaths at workplaces; Workplace safety;

Posted on March 25, 2016 by tankoktim

================ . Man arrested after worker dies unloading steel bars in Tengah executive condo construction site The worker was unloading steel bars from a lorry crane with a colleague when the boom of the crane fell, hitting the worker and … Continue reading →

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No go – The SimplyGo Saga; LTA postponed the SimplyGo card system meant to commence wef 1st June 2024; LTA has listened to feedback..; but intransigence still exists;

Posted on March 14, 2016 by tankoktim

============ . Plans afoot to make SimplyGo universal card for motoring, public transport, retail: Chee Hong Tat LTA will add more card readers to MRT stations and bus interchanges to allow SimplyGo users to check their card balances if they … Continue reading →

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Cross Island Line – CRL – If we save the S$2 billion…. what should we do with it? S$980m Pasir Ris Interchange MRT station by 2030; CRL’s line has been realigned/relocated to protect wild life;

Posted on February 29, 2016 by tankoktim

, ================== . Work starts on Cross Island MRT Line Punggol extension; over 70,000 daily journeys to be shortened 1 of 4 The 7.3km extension to Singapore’s eighth MRT line comprises four stations: Punggol, Riviera (above), Elias and Pasir Ris. … Continue reading →

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Revamped SGH for the 21st century – 20 years to rebuild; Build LRT system at SGH campus.

Posted on February 24, 2016 by tankoktim

. “Build an SGH for the 21st century”, ST Editorial, 12th Feb 2016.  [please see below].   The new SGH complex should be ready in about 20 years’ time. The master plan for a revamped SGH is best be left to … Continue reading →

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Cross Island Line work: LTA should detail options; Jurong Regional Line; Construction begins in Jan 2023.

Posted on February 17, 2016 by tankoktim

=========== Will the concrete viaduct beams be precast outside Singapore and be brought in by dumb barge for installation? This will reduce on-site constructions works in Singapore, and the number of FWs in Singapore. It will mean Singapore importing cement, … Continue reading →

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MRT Stations, escalators and elevators [lifts]; steps before escalators, but not before lifts; Ensure more accessibility to those less mobile? No, not for elevators [lifts] which are for those not able to climbs steps; Escalators [not lifts] are for mass and fast movement of people; However, the steps outside the main entrances of MRT stations should be replaced by graduated-gradient-smooth wide ramps for fast emergency evacuation;

Posted on February 15, 2016 by tankoktim

=========. Escalators vs Elevators [lifts] ….the difference…. It has been made known and explained that there are steps before escalators [but not for lifts, elevators] in MRT stations and public places as escalators are for those who can walk and … Continue reading →

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Red Dot’s four ways to generate clean and green energy; Solar Power not effective 24/7, day and night; Will it be cost effective? Solar power alone will not be able to replace LNG to generate the electricity that we need; Solar panels above MRT tracks, MRT and bus depots, and expressways; solar roads, create landspace above expressways, etc? Possible?

Posted on February 10, 2016 by tankoktim

========== . Only four? Is there a fifth…and more? Please don’t stop at four. What else? Solutions? ======== Forum: Singapore looking at ‘four switches’ during energy transition PUBLISHED6 HOURS AGO on 8th Sept 2021 in ST Forum. We refer to … Continue reading →

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Escalators and Elevators [lifts] at MRT stations and public places; Steps at foot of escalator – a hindrance to those with trouble walking; Why? Escalators are for mass and fast movement of people, those who can walk; Escalators are not for those unable to climb steps, on wheelchair, have heavy items to carry; Elevators [lifts] are for them;

Posted on January 14, 2016 by tankoktim

  =============== . Escalators vs Elevators [lifts] ….the difference…. It has been made known and explained that there are steps before escalators [but not for lifts, elevators] in MRT stations and public places as escalators are for those who can … Continue reading →

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MRT service reliability – MOT Khaw Boon Wan retired in 2020. New MOT Ong Ye Kung, the former MOE, 14th Parliament from GE 10th July 2020 to 2025; Isolate electricity to each MRT station; Have co-generator and emergency lights; Have fuel-powered engine/locomotive to move stalled MRT trains;

Posted on October 26, 2015 by tankoktim

====== . LRT accident in KL on Monday, 24th May 2021. What can LTA/SMRT learn from this incident to ensure our MRT operations will not have similar lapses, which caused the accident in KL last Monday? Learn from others in … Continue reading →

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Overhead pedestrian bridges – OPBs – provide more elevators [lifts]; Caring for those with disabilities; Steps are before escalators [but not lifts] at MRT stations and public places for those who can walk; Why? Escalators are for mass and fast movement of people, those able to walk, not on wheelchair, or have heavy items to carry; The lifts [the elevators] are for them;

Posted on August 26, 2015 by tankoktim

========== People with disabilities…the physical barriers affecting them. But is that all to it. What else? Compassion with Gratitude plus plus must be the driving force in our society, in fact in the live of all human beings for mankind … Continue reading →

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