Category Archives: Commentary

Downtown Line 3 or Downtime Line 3?

Posted on October 23, 2017 by Alvin Tan

… in recent weeks, we’ve seen splashed across mainstream media & social media, the embarrassing situation of service downtime for some stretches of the spanking new Downtown Line 3, during their recent open house.

And then, over the weekend, we read there was a case of train fault, and they had to take that particular train back to the service depot… Continue reading →

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Going Round In Circles

Posted on November 2, 2016 by Alvin Tan

The Circle Line (CC-Line/ Orange Line) is the newest fully operational line for train services. However, it being the spanking new line, has made headlines for all the wrong reasons – Failing repeatedly, is the cause for much angst & frustration for the dwellers of this island city Continue reading →

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Posted in Commentary | Tagged breakdown, buy out, cc line, circle line, delays, desmond kuek, disruption, fail, mrt, outage, penny wise, pound foolish, service, service disruption, singapore, smrt, temasek | Leave a comment

Over-subscription of the Seraph Site – Bidadari BTO

Posted on February 29, 2016 by Alvin Tan

If a home buyer was required to bleed the same amount for a home with great inconvenience & inaccessibility, compared with one that comes with immense convenience & accessibility, the choice is a no-brainer… Continue reading →

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Posted in Commentary | Tagged alkaff, bartley, bendemeer road, bidadari, BTO, convenience, courtview, development, HDB, high debt bureau, housing, housing development board, inconvenience, lakeview, macpherson road, mrt, over subscribed, overprice, overpriced, potong pasir, public housing, shortage, singapore, supply, town planning, upper serangoon road, urban planning, vista, woodleigh | Leave a comment

Gas! Gas! Gas!

Posted on September 25, 2015 by Alvin Tan

Once again, the haze is back, and this time, with a vengeance. Word has it that there were satellite imaging of larger scale arson & deforestation, with a lot more hot spots across Indonesia, as opposed to past years. Needless … Continue reading →

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Posted in Commentary | Tagged environment, singapore, carbon emission, development, NEA, CEO, business, economy, global warming, el-nino, solution, haze, sumatra, indonesia, N95, unhealthy, PSI, PM2.5, SGhaze, regional, kalimantan, deforestation, forest fire, annual, trans territory, health, hazard, N95 mask, MNC, multinational companies, culprits, indonesia government, forestry, commerce, dollars and cents, globalization, facilities, land acquisition, penalties, escalating, scape goat, arson, light a match, desert, untouched | 2 Comments

Speculation Escalation of the Impending General Election

Posted on August 5, 2015 by Alvin Tan

It has been some months since I last made my entry, notably, the latest being an entry dedicated towards a man who some affectionately refer to as a founding father of modern Singapore. His era is past, while the island … Continue reading →

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Posted in Commentary | Tagged 1965, 1965-2015, 2015, 50, 50 years, 99 year lease, air flown, blue collar, BTO, built to order, bus fleet, by-product, cabinet, carriageways, catamarans, climate change, commodity, commuting, costly, crops, dignified employment, dispensable, displaced workers, employment, enlarge, environment, environment engineering, expendable, fertilize, food and water supply, ge2015, general election, HDB, higher prices, hire and fire, home owners, home ownership, housing debt, housing loan, imports, infrastructure, jetties, jobs, land scarce, limitation, livelihood, malaysia, minister, ministers, ministries, ministry, mrt breakdown, national day, ndp 2015, ndp party, ndp party zones, overhead, parliament, policies, policy, policy makers, potable water, professions, public housing, recycle, reduce, refinance, regional, reservoir, reuse, roof over the head, salaries, salary, scarcity, sg50, singapore, skills, skills upgrading, stagnant wages, subterranean, supply and demand, supply vs demand, time taking, traffic congestion, traffic control, traffic lights, transportation, unreliable, up-cycle, vessels, wages, walk in selection, waste management, water, water catchment, water desalination, water source, waterway, wharfs, white collar, widen, yield | 1 Comment

Lee Kuan Yew, Survived By A Nation (And More)

Posted on March 26, 2015 by Alvin Tan

Singapore, the island city, where the red dot on the atlas is larger than the land mass: bright shining star of South East Asia dimmed for a moment this week. It didn’t come as a surprise to those who’ve been … Continue reading →

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Posted in Commentary | Tagged cambridge, controversy, country, death, death of lee kuan yew, first world economy, former, four asian dragons, four asian tigers, half mast, hard-line, independence, iron fist, iron hand, istana, last respect, lee kuan yew, lee kuan yew death, lee kuan yew dies, legacy, long queue, lying in state, majulah singapura, mandai crematorium, mentor, minister mentor, mourning, nation, parliament house, pay respect, prime minister, remembering lee kuan yew, remembering lky, senior minister, sg50, singapore, singapore mourns, singapura, state funeral, statesman, survived by, velvet glove | Leave a comment

Room for the Departed

Posted on January 7, 2015 by Alvin Tan

Amidst the myriads of news that made the headlines in recent weeks, with Malaysia losing another aircraft, volatile movements on currencies, and plummeting oil prices, another piece of news that caught my attention was, the uproar and outcry of residents … Continue reading →

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Posted in Commentary | Tagged columbarium, congestion, crematorium, crowding, development, Dr Lam Pin Min, fernvale, HDB, housing development board, member of parliament, mothership, not in my backyard, petition, population density, property price, relevant authorities, resale value, residential developments, residents, resistence, sengkang, singapore, temple, uproar, URA, urban redevelopment authority | Leave a comment

Category Archives: Commentary

Downtown Line 3 or Downtime Line 3?

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Going Round In Circles

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Over-subscription of the Seraph Site – Bidadari BTO

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Gas! Gas! Gas!

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Speculation Escalation of the Impending General Election

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Lee Kuan Yew, Survived By A Nation (And More)

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Room for the Departed

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