SMRT Corp

Singapore-Malaysia ties

SMRT, the vital connector between RTS and the rest of Singapore

SMRT is the obvious beneficiary as the Thomson-East Coast Line connects directly to RTS.
SingPost to trial mail delivery involving MRT trains - THE EDGE SINGAPORE

Transport

SingPost to trial mail delivery involving MRT trains

The use of MRT trains by SingPost will be on top of its existing fleet of delivery vehicles

Management & Corporate Governance

On track

In 2016, the government took back control of the train network and invested heavily in improving services. But has the system really been fixed?  

In print this week

Can Neo Kian Hong make a difference at SMRT?

SINGAPORE (Apr 23): SMRT Corp CEO Desmond Kuek is stepping down after 5½ years at the helm. It isn’t clear what his successor Neo Kian Hong can do to improve the public’s perception of the company.

Update

MRT train collision at Joo Koon injures 28

SINGAPORE (Nov 15): A subway train moving on the East-West line operated by SMRT Corp collided with a stationery train around 8 am Wednesday morning, according to media reports.

Rail Pain

(Oct 30): Desmond Kuek, CEO of SMRT Corp, worked hard last year to persuade shareholders of the company to accept an offer from Temasek Holdings to take the company private via a scheme of arrangement. SMRT’s business, he said, needed a restructuring th
SMRT

In print this week

Has SMRT gone off the rails?

SINGAPORE (Oct 27): Desmond Kuek, CEO of SMRT Corp, worked hard last year to persuade shareholders of the company to accept an offer from Temasek Holdings to take the company private via a scheme of arrangement.

Expect muted issuing activity, slow uptake of MAS’s SGD Credit Rating Grant: OCBC

SINGAPORE (July 10): A further pickup in Singapore’s fundamentals and market activity remains tied to the upcoming actions of the US Federal Reserve in 2H17 and the resultant flow-on effect of SGD rates, says OCBC Bank.

SMRT said to be in talks to sell taxi business to Grab

SINGAPORE (April 22): SMRT is in talks to sell its taxi business to ride-hailing app Grab, according to The Straits Times.

In print this week

Depressed small- and mid-caps ready for new dawn in 2017

SINGAPORE (Jan 6): A total of 27 privatisations wiped a collective $13.2 billion in market capitalisation off SGX in 2016.
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