Confusing Statements That Made Us Go ‘Huh?’ What a year 2016 has been. But at least we can count on Singapore to be a calm oasis of sense and sensibility amid the chaos. Or can we?!? Turns out that people in Singapore were just as crazy as the rest of the world this year, if these real wacky statements can be believed: 1. LTA The mother of all head-scratchers this year. More breakdowns = better reliability??? One would think that reliability of the MRT would be based on the number of major breakdowns that have occurred. But apparently not, as reliability is measured by the average distance travelled by trains between delays, according to the Land Transport Authority (LTA). We may perhaps have the most reliable MRT network in the world, then. 2. Straits Times Forum Writer So escalators are meant to take the weight of many people standing on them at the same time, but if these same people start climbing up instead, the escalators can’t take it? Are our escalators made in China too? 3. Khaw Boon Wan We have questioned this statement before, but it bears repeating. Does anyone think our current bus fares are affordable? I […]
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