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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.
July 25, 2024
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
June 24, 2024
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?
May 20, 2019
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.
April 23, 2018
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.
November 15, 2017
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
November 01, 2017
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.
October 27, 2017
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.
July 10, 2017
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.
April 22, 2017
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.
January 06, 2017