Singapore, Pay More more!

It’s been just 2 months into the 2008 new year, and less than a week into the Year of The Rat.

But Singapore seems to have set a trend of rising cost.

I saw an article last week in the New Paper… and check this out guys….

“The Ultimate $20 dollars Yong Tau Foo!”

The next time you’re at Food Republic at Vivo City and have craving for
Yong Tau Foo….

Note the ‘Crispy Tau Ke’ got two kinds….the cheapskate 60cts one and the golden edition $3.00 one.

You see, this is the normal Yong Tau Foo, Normal Edition 1.0.

This is Yong Tau Foo, Gold Edition 1.0.

Actually I did some research, and the main reason why The Food Republic Yong Tau Foo is above human understandable prices.

The fact is that the stalls in Food republic at Vivocity grows and rears their own food!

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ERP is another thing that increase in 2008, given that the roads are too crowded and the government can earn a lot from ERP wants to solve over crowding problems.

ERP is not THAT confusing. You just need to know if you are in one of the following tags:

Passenger Cars/Light Goods Vehicles/Taxis (Weekdays) or Passenger Cars/Light Goods Vehicles/Taxis (Saturday)
Motorcycles (Weekdays) or Motorcycles (Saturday) or Heavy Goods Vehicles/Small Buses (Weekdays) or Heavy Goods Vehicles/Small Buses (Saturday) or Very Heavy Goods Vehicles/Big Buses (Weekdays) or Very Heavy Goods Vehicles/Big Buses (Saturday)…

then you can see if you are in the following expressways:

AYE Eastbound between Portsdown Road and Alexandra Road (36) or CTE Southbound after Braddell Road, Serangoon Road and Balestier slip Road (31,33,34) or CTE Southbound between Ang Mo Kio Ave 1 and Braddell Road (35) or ECP Westbound after Tanjong Rhu Flyover (30) or ECP Westbound from Ophir Road (29)or PIE Westbound after Kallang Bahru exit (32,45)or PIE eastbound after Adam Road & Mount Pleasant slip road into eastbound PIE (37,38)or PIE Westbound slip road into CTE (42) or CTE Northbound between PIE and Braddell Road (46) or KPE slip road into westbound ECP or Northbound CTE between Jalan Bahagia & PIE (51) or Eastbound ECP slip rd fm Ophir Rd and betw AYE & Fort Rd (52,53) or Southbound BKE between Dairy Farm Road & PIE (54)…

Then you can see how much it will cost you. Not that confusing la.

What bout our Taxis?

Fares and surcharges
Applicable to CityCab, Comfort, Yellow-Top Cab, SMRT Taxis. Different fares apply to other operators

Flagdown fare: S$2.80 (≤ 1 km)
Meter fare is S$0.20 (every 385 m thereafter or less > 1 km and ≤ 10 km) or S$0.20 (every 330 m thereafter or less > 10 km)
Waiting is S$0.20 (every 45 seconds or less), Booking is S$3.50 (0730 – 0930 and 1700 – 2300 hours Monday – Friday) or S$2.50 (all other times including public holidays) or S$5.20 (advance) In Peak hours, 35% of metered fare (0700 – 0930 and 1700 – 2000)
Late night is 50% of meter fare (0000 – 0559 hours)
For Public holidays it’s S$1.00 (1800 hours eve to 2400 hours of New Year’s Day, Hari Raya Puasa, Deepavali, Christmas Day, first and second day of Chinese New Year. Should public holiday fall on a Sunday, the surcharge will be imposed till 2400 hrs on Monday)

The area you go also has it’s surcharges:

In CBD S$3.00 (1700 – 0000 hours, Monday – Saturday, except public holidays) or S$5.00 (Singapore Changi Airport: Friday – Sunday from 1700 to 0000 hours) or S$3.00 (Singapore Changi Airport: all other times) or $3.00 (Seletar Airport) or S$2.00 (Singapore Expo).

Higher flag-down rates for certain models.

All Electronic Road Pricing charges incurred on the trip are to be borne by the customer. An additional 10% administrative charge on the total fare is also incurred when payment is made on credit or charge cards. Higher fares apply for premium taxi services that employ premium vehicles, such as CityCab’s Presido and MaxiCab, Yellow-Top Cab’s Sovereign limousines, SMRT’s Prestige and London Taxi and Airport Transfer service, and so on.

It’s not THAT confusing. Just need a computer to calculate only ma.

Rock on.

~ by eclecticderby on February 10, 2008.