MRT breakdown: Call for SMRT chief Saw Phaik Hwa to resign
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Despite the wet weather, about 80 people gathered at Hong Lim Park where calls were made for SMRT chief executive Saw Phaik Hwa to resign.
At the Speakers' Corner event on Saturday, organised by socio-political blog The Online Citizen (TOC), a demand to reverse the recent 1per cent rise in public transport fares was also made.
To applause from the crowd, TOC interim editor-in-chief Ravi Philemon said all future fare increases should be tied to improvements in service standards.
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'When things like this happen, tourists and investors will notice and stop coming.'
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Shocking and puzzling
'I was not personally affected by the breakdown, but emotionally affected. We are not a Third World country. This is shocking and puzzling.'
MR YAP YEW HING, who is self-employed
Hastily organised after the breakdown of MRT services across 11 stations during evening peak hours last Thursday, the event lined up three speakers: Mr Philemon, independent financial adviser and writer Leong Sze Hian, and former Workers' Party (WP) politician Eric Tan.
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