Singapore Democrats, 9 Dec 2012Transport Minister Mr Lui Tuck Yew says that bus fares may have to go up in order to accommodate wage increases of bus drivers. The SDP makes it clear that such a move is reprehensible and unacceptable.
The reason is two-fold: One, transport operators have been registering healthy profits in past years to the tune of tens of millions of dollars on the back of the Singaporean public. At the same time, bus drivers have been deprived of fair wages.
Now that the PAP Government is facing labour discontent, instead of doing the right thing by increasing wages and accepting smaller profit-margins, Mr Lui is threatening to raise fares for commuters. Full story
- Workers' Party: Government shouldn't suggest commuters bear cost increase - wp.sg
- WP: Government shouldn't suggest commuters bear cost increase - inSing.com
- Should bus fares go up in order to pay for higher wages? - Yahoo! News Singapore
- Bus drivers’ salaries have to go up, says Singapore Transport Minister - The Malaysian Insider
