I believe most of you have received such email from your various friends.

Taken from http://www.petitiononline.com/polybus/petition.html

It is obviously unfair that SMRT and SBS charge polytechnic students adult fares while JC students only pay 45cents per trip. Are we not of the same age as JC students? Do we NOT travel as much as JC students do? Are our families any better off than theirs? The general answer is NO, Polytechnic students are in fact just average students. Yes, there are elder students who are already working and capable of supporting themselves, but they still hold a very much smaller percentage as compared to the young students fresh from secondary school. I do believe SMRT and SBS are smart enough to not make decisions based on stereotyping thinking, and i certainly do believe that they are capable of being fair and unbiased, so i take it this fare difference was due to negligence in decision discussion and making. A higher fare would very directly affect the students' moods about school, discouraging students from poorer families to continue with their studies. This could impact the Singaporean economy as the majority of people studying go to polytechnics after their O levels, and a high fare would discourage workers from coming back to polytechnics to upgrade themselves.

Good point. Why are we, as a Polytechnic students, paying much more transport fares than ITE/JC students? Aren't we a student even though there are some adults in Polytechnics as well? Should they group the Polytechnic students such that:
- If you are aged xx, you will be paying Fare A.
- If you are aged yy, you will be paying Fare B.

Hmmmm... good question?

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