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http://imcms2.mediacorp.sg/CMSFileserver/documents/006/pdf/20090929/2909VOC022.pdf
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Find more uses for ez-link cards
Letter from Ong L H
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A decade later, I’ve returned to Singapore, but find our ez-link system hasn’t progressed at all in terms of usefulness beyond trains and buses.
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You can no longer pay for a meal at McDonald’s with the card. That was about the only non-transport use of the card I can think of.
And even for taxis — a key form of public transport here — we continue to see cabs jamming up our roads because passengers have to fumble for cash to pay the fare.
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All other means of fare payment have proven unpopular because of the slow processing time and additional fees charged.
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The ez-link card has potential for much wider, more efficient use. Taxis are an obvious starting point.
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Reference
- TODAY, Tuesday September 29, 2009, VOICES, page 22
- http://imcms2.mediacorp.sg/CMSFileserver/documents/006/pdf/20090929/2909VOC022.pdf
- http://blog.uncovering.org/php/build_image.php? path=http://blog.uncovering.org/archives/uploads/2007/070824_blog.uncovering.org_ren-shanghai_1_big.jpg
- http://blog.uncovering.org/archives/uploads/2007/070824_blog.uncovering.org_ren-shanghai_2_big.jpg
- http://blog.uncovering.org/archives/uploads/2007/070824_blog.uncovering.org_ren-shanghai_3_big.jpg
- http://blog.uncovering.org/archives/uploads/2007/070824_blog.uncovering.org_ren-shanghai_6_big.jpg
- http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2224/1728593481_364cdfa600_b.jpg
- http://law.scu.edu/international/Image/Shanghai_night.jpg
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