SINGAPORE: Public transport fares may be reduced by around 1 per cent in 2016, after the next fare review exercise is conducted later this year.
Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew said in Parliament on Monday that the “drop in 2014’s energy prices could possibly translate to a negative fare adjustment”.
Mr Lui said that in the last fare review exercise, the adjustment quantum was 6.6 per cent but as this was assessed to be too much in one go, only a 3.2 per cent increase was implemented, with the remaining 3.4 per cent rolled over to the current fare review.This has been lowered to 2.8 per cent, due in large to the fall in energy prices in 2013.
