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Private school bus operators struggle with ageing and shrinking driver population, higher costs

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Students boarding the school bus at Punggol View Primary School on Jan 4, 2022.

A shortage of drivers and fewer buses allowed to ferry students are among the issues operators say they have to contend with.

ST PHOTO: CHONG JUN LIANG

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SINGAPORE – School bus driver Nancy Peh, 63, starts her day at 4.30am, ready to pick up schoolchildren before rushing to ferry workers and others who need her services.

By the time she gets home after 7pm, the mother of three would have just over two hours with her family before she goes to bed.

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