My Journey to Effective Communication

Background According to statistics from the Land Transport Authority (LTA), LRT patronage led the growth, increasing by 10.9 per cent to 152,000 passenger trips per day. This was followed by MRT trips, which climbed 4.2 percent to 2.9 million. The public transport ridership growth has come on the back of a growing population and more prohibitive car prices.) The growing reliance on public transports lead to an increase in a daily average of up to 6.9 million trips, resulting public buses and trains are getting increasingly crowded especially during peak hours. Commuters frequently find it difficult to board and alight the buses and trains when it is packed. For trains, there are currently staffs to organise the traffic at the platforms, however, spaces in the train cabins are not directed, hence commuters tend to hog the space near the door. Similarly for buses, it is also taxing for the bus captain to control the commuters at the back of the bus to move to the back...

From the article "Use of cladding in buildings here have grown in recent times: Experts", Mokhtar (17 June 2017) reported that use of cladding has increased recently in Singapore with strict observation especially after the tragic incident of Grenfell Tower in Kensington. Furthermore, the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) is gathering more information on the event to improve on their rules regulating the use of cladding. Cladding has its many uses, such as for the purpose of noise reduction, for aesthetic appeal, as well as to provide insulation to reduce the energy needed to cool a building. Buildings such as Asia Square Tower and The Cathay use cladding for these reasons. However, cladding poses a hazard when it comes to fires, it is due from the ventilation gaps that keeps the building cool but ended up allowing the fire to go up to other levels. Nonetheless, Singapore still adopts the use of cladding but follow strict safety standards on the materials used to ...