I can only show you the door

PTC to allow more premium bus services for niche market
Channel NewsAsia
22 January 2007

...Premium bus services have to meet the following requirements:

(a) Operate only with air-conditioned buses;

(b) All passengers must have a seat; and

(c) Fares are at least 1.5 times the equivalent fare of basic public transport services.


In other words, even if private bus operators are willing and able to charge less than the government-controlled SBS transit, they will not be allowed to. The Public Transport Council will make sure that there is no real market competition. Making sure that SBS is very profitable is the job of PTC.

And of course as usual, 66.6% are happy with such market monopoly. In fact, the majority of Singaporeans rely on public transport. The majority of Singaporeans also support PAP. Since both sets are majority (over 50%), mathematically speaking, they cannot be in two distinct groups - they must somehow overlap! Therefore, I think one can conclude safely that there exists a sizeable group of singaporeans who both take public transport AND enjoy being screwed and bullied, as far as bus fare and traveling conditions are concerned.

Well, good for them. You get a government that you deserve. There is only so much that The One can do. Ultimately, each person will have to "walk through it" himself.

As for this Human Battery? Well, he drives!

Morpheus: I'm trying to free your mind, Neo. But I can only show you the door. You're the one that has to walk through it.
Morpheus: Free your mind.
[Morpheus jumps from one building to another a long distance away]
Neo: Whoa.