Singapore Local News, 2011-12-17

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Public inquiry to look into MRT disruptions: PM Lee Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said there will be a public inquiry into the recent MRT disruptions, to understand why the incidents happened. He said the evidence will be presented to see how the system can be more robust,........     Man hurt while cleaning at Compass Point A man, nationality unknown, fell from height when he was doing cleaning work at Compass Point on Saturday afternoon afternoon. The man, in his 20s, sustained multiple fractures, and was conscious when the Singapore Civil Defence Force arrived........ NS-EW MRT lines to run later on Sunday MRT service on Sunday for the North-South and East-West lines will start later - at 10am instead of 5.30am - after checks have been completed on all trains and tracks. Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew told a media conference on........ Minister Lui: SMRT "quicker off the mark" this time With train services down for over 5 hours now, Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew said he was going to LTA for a briefing to assess what needs to be done on an immediate basis, as well as what needs to be done on the fault itself...... MRT train services disrupted again SMRT said train services between Marina Bay and Newton were disrupted Saturday morning - two days after a major glitch affected 127,000 passengers on Thursday evening. SMRT said the incident happened at 6.50am. As of 8.18 am, there........

Left to the market, are taxi fares getting out of control? The latest revisions on how much taxi passengers have to pay have turned the spotlight on the fare structure, with some observers, including at least one Member of Parliament, repeating a call for the authorities to regulate fares again......     Public shy away from MRT after disruptions The seven-hour MRT disruption on the North-South Line on Saturday morning definitely took its toll on the public...... Cleaner falls from height outside Sengkang train station A window cleaner is now in hospital after he fell through the roof of a link way between Sengkang train station and Compass Heights Condominium...... North-South train commuters irritated and upset Like Thursday, thousands of commuters were affected by Saturday's seven-hour disruption, which affected a stretch of the North-South Line in the city area...... Public inquiry to look into MRT disruptions: PM Lee Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has ordered a public inquiry, after trains on the North-South Line broke down on Saturday morning - the third MRT disruption in four days...... NS-EW MRT lines to start 10am on Sunday MRT service on Sunday for the North-South and East-West lines will start later - at 10am instead of 5.30am - after checks have been completed on all trains and tracks...... North-South Line service resumes after 7-hour disruption Services on the entire North-South Line resumed at 1.48pm on Saturday, about seven hours after they were disrupted due to a fault with the power rail system...... MRT system has some "instability", says Transport Minister In response to questions on concerns over the MRT system's reliability, Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew on Saturday said there is some instability in the system......