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#727: Less Than 1/3 of Bus Captains are Sโ€™poreans & Thousands Sign Pickleball Petition


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During a recent doorstop interview, Acting Transport Minister Jeffrey Siow mentioned that less than one third of bus captains are Singaporeans, and how itโ€™s a bottleneck to expanding the bus service network in SG. Elsewhere, a petition to extend pickleball playing hours in housing estates has garnered more than 1,500 signatures.

๐—ก๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ช๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—บ!ย 
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(00:00) Words of Wisdom
(00:50) Intro
(08:17) Less Than 1/3 of Bus Captains are Sโ€™poreans
(36:16) Thousands Sign Pickleball Petition
(52:49) One Shiok Comment
(55:26) One Shiok Thing

๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ!
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๐—™๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€
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๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—˜๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ:
Less Than 1/3 of Bus Captains are Sโ€™poreans

  • Less than 1/3 of bus captains are S'poreans, recruitment & retainment biggest challenge to expanding bus service network
  • Transcript of Acting Minister Jeffrey Siowโ€™s Media Doorstop Interview on Bus Connectivity Enhancement Programme
  • Day in the Life of a Singapore Bus Captain

Thousands Sign Pickleball Petition

  • Over 1,200 sign petition to allow for longer pickleball hours at HDB courts from 8am to 9pm
  • 701 complaints about pickleball noise in HDB estates since Jan. 2024, town councils addressing concerns: Chee Hong Tat

๐˜”๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ @๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ
๐˜Œ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜น๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜›๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ

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