Sai Gang and Bus Captain

I'm sure our parents have, at some point in time-especially when we were young and playful and refused to study/do our homework/ prefered to go and play and have fun.... anything but study- threatened caned advised us that if you don't study well, we will end up as toilet cleaners sanitary officers , road sweeper environmental welfare officers or anything along this line. Well I guess this threat is no longer as effective. At least that's what I think lah ?

You see, our soceity is coming has come to terms with job recreation. Recreate what? Some may ask. Well, you see, we need better educated people to wash toilets because the equipment is getting more and more a pain in the ass advanced. We need proper training for this is no sai gang ( shit job) ... pardon the pun. We need proper toilet training... I mean toilet management training. Hence, the need for a toilet accademy/institute. And since we are a nation of proper paper chaser... a diploma in toilet management? Or a Bachelor's degree in sewage engineering?

Wah.. if clean toilet also need degree ah.. then maybe the premise of " If you don't study hor, wait you next time go wash toilet ah" no longer hold. What about " If you want to wash toilet hor.. you must study hard, if not no chance to wash?".

Assuming if one really wants to go and major in " toilet sanitation" or " Shit Hole(S) management" you still have to take a bus or mrt right? Unless you want to stay in a toilet hostel in toilet school. Or bunk in in some room located in Americanised National University of Singapore ( ANUS)... I'm sure ANUS would welcome students from the Shit School... I mean.. Toilet Institute . They go hand in hand.. paper to paer. ( Left hand only hor)

But if let's say hor.. I don't like to stay in ANUS. One may be a toilet cleaner engineer trainee, but I won't want to be surrounded by sai ( sorry but what's the plural of sai huh ?) or some arsehole 24-7,then I have to take bus right.

Call this discrimination or whatever cheem cheem words that one may insert here, the fact is that not all students get concession rates you know? In a reply in ST online forum, Ms Kathryn Lau, wrote that " The eligibility for student travel concession on public buses and trains is not pegged solely to the student's age.It also depends on the level of academic pursuit and the institutions of enrolment. " .

Even before one leaves school, we are already classified into several catergories. Those that can study hor and go into JC .. you get more concessions lah. Those that decide to go to other places after secondary school, sorry hor.. you neber study JC, so cannot give you concession. So you want cheaper prices hor.. you must go JC lah. Perhaps all the JCs and Pre-U centres in Spore should use this as an advertising tool. Afterall transportation costs in Spore.. very high one leh.

If you no money to pay bus fares hor.. sorry hor.. bus driver captain ( Nabeh... drive bus still got rank one ah... after that.. go where ? Bus Major? ...will ask you to get off one leh.. ( see the post below below about small ger ger having to get off bus becos she didn't have sufficient money?.. by 30 cents only somemore).

SO I guess... you want to study.. must study harder leh.. if not hor.. take bus also must pay more leh. No money take bus.. cannot go school study.... next time can't even wash toilet.. ( do sai gang).

OK FOLKS... I know I'm being bo liao...

anyway.. here's the letter in the forum.

"We refer to Mr Victor Lee Hong Zhi's letter 'JC, poly students in same age group but they pay different fares' (ST Online Forum Sept 27) and thank the reader for sharing his feedback.

The eligibility for student travel concession on public buses and trains is not pegged solely to the student's age.

It also depends on the level of academic pursuit and the institutions of enrolment.

Tertiary student Ez-link cardholders can enjoy privileges through the use of monthly concession passes such as the bus concession pass, train concession pass and the hybrid concession pass.

In Singapore, public bus and train services are provided on a commercial basis. All concessionary fares are cross-subsidised by full-fare paying commuters.


Thus we have to exercise prudence in granting fare concessions beyond the present arrangement so as to avoid any adverse impact on full-fare paying commuters.

The public transport operators have contributed $6.1 million in the form of public transport funds, concessions, waivers and fare caps to help the needy. Of this, $1.15 million from each operator went to the $4.6 million public transport funds.


For more information, the public can call TransitLink Hotline at 1800-CALL ONE (1800-2255 663) or log on to TransitLink website www.transitlink.com.sg.

Kathryn Lau (Ms)
Assistant Corporate Communications Manager
Transit Link Pte Ltd