Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew has admitted the Ministry of Transport and the Land Transport Authority (LTA) have fallen short in their responsibilities to keep train operator SMRT in check.
He said that it is the responsibility of the ministry to ensure that the LTA does what it is supposed to do -- which is in turn to ensure that the public transport operators (PTOs) deliver standards expected of them.
"SMRT's maintenance regime had shortcomings, but we too -- both MoT, as the supervising ministry, and LTA, as the regulator -- have to shoulder our share of the responsibility," he said. "We could have done more, and could have done better... I give the House my assurance that we will spare no effort to improve." Full story
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