Friday, 23 December 2011

SMRT board names NTUC deputy to lead probe


By Fann Sim | Yahoo! Newsroom – Thu, Dec 22, 2011
Transport company SMRT has appointed NTUC
deputy secretary-general Ong Ye Kung to head an investigation into the causes of train
disruptions last week.

Ong Ye Kung, also an independent director of
SMRT, will lead a team of external experts and in-house staff to conduct the investigation,
said SMRT in a statement on Thursday.

This investigation will be internal, separate
from the Committee of Inquiry (COI)  announced by Prime Minister Lee Hsien
Loong last week. 

The team will look into the root causes of the
disruptions, adequacy of SMRT's emergency response and the required remedial
actions. Results of the internal investigations will be reported to the Board
and shared with the COI.

Separately, the Land Transport Authority
(LTA) has called for the SMRT to provide all information needed for its
investigation.

In a statement on Thursday, LTA said it "requires SMRT to provide all
maintenance records, operations and system logs, as well as information on its
emergency response and incident management, so as to understand the likely
cause(s) and contributing factors to the disruptions and the implementation of
its contingency plans, and for improvements to be made.”

"The disruptions last week have shown we
need to improve on our emergency response and management procedures, as well as
how we communicate with commuters and the public in an incident of this scale,"
said SMRT.

"The Board will spare no effort and resources
to ensure that SMRT earns back the confidence of the commuters and public. We
apologise to the travelling public for the disruptions and inconveniences in
the last week," said Koh Yong Guan, chairman of SMRT.
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