Yah Lah But #719: Backlash for Transport Minister Jeffrey Siow’s MRT Comments & AI Course for Civil Servants
Rishi Budhrani joins us to discuss comments made by Acting Transport Minister Jeffrey Siow in Parliament about Singapore’s MRT system, which is under the spotlight again as reliability hits its lowest level since 2020. Elsewhere, Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong has announced a mandatory AI literacy course for all public servants, positioning AI as a critical skill for the civil service.
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𝘚𝘐𝘍 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘚𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥. 𝘞𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘚𝘐𝘍 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘑𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘴 𝘋𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘚𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘓𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘌𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘥𝘦 #713
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(00:00) A Message From SIF
(00:50) Intro
(10:04) Backlash for Transport Minister Jeffrey Siow’s MRT Comments
(43:56) AI Course for Civil Servants
(56:02) One Shiok Thing
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Backlash for Transport Minister Jeffrey Siow’s MRT Comments
- More accurate public info on rail disruptions among fixes being looked at: Jeffrey Siow
- SMRT says recent train disruptions are isolated cases, not systemic issues
- MRT reliability in last 12 months falls to its lowest level since 2020
- Taskforce to be set up to address MRT breakdowns: LTA, SMRT, SBS Transit
AI Course for Civil Servants
- Singapore to launch mandatory AI literacy course for public servants: DPM Gan
- Mandatory AI literacy course for all public servants; leaders must be open to using AI: DPM Gan
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