SMRT CEO makes appearance at Serangoon dorm
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A Chinese SL living in another dormitory room explaining his housekeeping arrangements to Mr Kuek. -- PHOTO: SMRT
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SMRT’s President and CEO Desmond Kuek (right) siting down to listen to the concerns of Service Leader (SL) Wang Jun (left, background) in his dormitory room at Serangoon. With them is Goh Mun Hua (left, foreground), Bus Operations Manager, who heads the newly-formed liaison team comprising Chinese staff looking into the concerns of the Chinese SLs. -- PHOTO: SMRT
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Mr Kuek discussing with Mr Goh and another Chinese SL in a third dormitory room housekeeping improvements that can be made. -- PHOTO: SMRT
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SMRT CEO Desmond Kuek leaves the dorm at about 1.27pm after visiting with some workers and touring the area. One worker said he told Mr Kwek about how some facilities of the dorm were poorly maintained. Mr Kuek at earlier arrived at about 12.57pm. -- ST PHOTO: LAU FOOK KONG
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SMRT CEO Desmond Kuek enters the dorm of SMRT workers at Serangoon at 12.57pm with several other SMRT executives. One SMRT worker said that he toured the area and met with some workers who gave him feedback about conditions of the dorm. Mr Quek left at about 1.27pm. -- ST PHOTO: LAU FOOK KONG
A Chinese SL living in another dormitory room explaining his housekeeping arrangements to Mr Kuek. -- PHOTO: SMRT
SMRT’s President and CEO Desmond Kuek (right) siting down to listen to the concerns of Service Leader (SL) Wang Jun (left, background) in his dormitory room at Serangoon. With them is Goh Mun Hua (left, foreground), Bus Operations Manager, who heads the newly-formed liaison team comprising Chinese staff looking into the concerns of the Chinese SLs. -- PHOTO: SMRT
Mr Kuek discussing with Mr Goh and another Chinese SL in a third dormitory room housekeeping improvements that can be made. -- PHOTO: SMRT
SMRT CEO Desmond Kuek leaves the dorm at about 1.27pm after visiting with some workers and touring the area. One worker said he told Mr Kwek about how some facilities of the dorm were poorly maintained. Mr Kuek at earlier arrived at about 12.57pm. -- ST PHOTO: LAU FOOK KONG
SMRT CEO Desmond Kuek enters the dorm of SMRT workers at Serangoon at 12.57pm with several other SMRT executives. One SMRT worker said that he toured the area and met with some workers who gave him feedback about conditions of the dorm. Mr Quek left at about 1.27pm. -- ST PHOTO: LAU FOOK KONG
For the first time since more than a hundred bus drivers from China went on strike on Monday and Tuesday, SMRT chief executive Desmond Kuek made an appearance today at the Serangoon dormitory which houses some of them and spoke to his employees.
He had been on leave since the strike earlier this week.
He arrived at the dorm with about six SMRT executives in a cab at 1pm and spent half an hour inside, speaking to some drivers who were there.
One driver said he was there to understand the conditions of the dorm.
On Monday, 171 Chinese drivers did not show up for work, citing unhappiness over unfair wages and poor living conditions. The next day, 88 of them did not work. They returned to work on Wednesday.
Four of the drivers who instigated the strike were charged in court on Thursday and remanded a week for further investigations.
