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3 MRT stations on the East-West Line are set for a rare change. Tanah Merah, Expo and Changi stations will be converted to the Thomson-East Coast Line. 🚊
A new interchange station - the TEL-Cross Island Line (CRL) interchange station at Terminal 5 - will also enable a direct rail connection between Changi Airport and the city centre. ✈️ 🏘️: https://asia1.news/44YRBDy

From green to brown: Tanah Merah, Expo and Changi Airport MRT stations to be converted to TEL stations
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From green to brown: Tanah Merah, Expo and Changi Airport MRT stations to be converted to TEL stations

From green to brown: Tanah Merah, Expo and Changi Airport MRT stations to be converted to TEL stations

Pak Ma'on
They try to say to increase mrt fares but go geylang katong first...
Adam Teong
Can the plane come to fetch us at Tanah Merah?
Ikrar
The jets and helicopters parade yesterday will fetch you 😏
Lin Lin
Adam Teong come straight to your house ai mai haha 😂
Ali Yahya Raee
Then the train on green line fly from Bedok to Simei?
Simei King
Ali Yahya Raee From Bedok the train still passes through Tanah Merah but it is no longer under the EWL, that's what I think.
Ram Kumar
Ali Yahya Raee no they split into half like how it is being done now
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Starz Tom
Ali Yahya Raee haha...no lah, they'll link the 3 stations to the TEL extension from bedok to new terminal 5 station
Justin Ong
Ali Yahya Raee CG is changed from green to brown
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Zeus Zeus Zeus
I don't care what you change, change colour, change direction. As long NO BREAKDOWN!!!
Zalina Zainal Stauch
Zeus Zeus Zeus oh come on don’t complain. Any machines breakdown. The repair time in Singapore is commendable compared to Germany for example!
Will Will
Zeus Zeus Zeus even planes can breakdown, and when they do, lives are lost. So trains, being less critical than airplanes, will definitely fail at some point. To have something not fail at all is either impossible or extremely expensive.
Benj Tan
Zeus Zeus ZeusZeus Zeus Zeus even u r breaking down, let alone the train! Lol
Koe Ko
Zeus Zeus Zeus powerful response
Jessie Teo
Zeus Zeus Zeus - your comment brightens my day 🤣
Benj Tan
Kenneth TanKenneth Tan every single month? Wow! U poor thing.
Jaichandra Ramanujam
Why change the name? Just run the train through the line.
Nazmul Haque
Jaichandra Ramanujam because once you go brown, the other colors let you down...
Wong Yi Hong
Nazmul Haque ASTAGFIRULLAH, HARAM😳😂
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Yle Sumo
Jaichandra Ramanujam obviously to let people KNOW what line it is☠️☠️☠️
Bernard Choo
Jaichandra Ramanujam Jai - u shld be the CEO of MRT!!! Hahahaha!!!
Frans Van Terwisga
This is confusing indeed, so what will happen to Simei, Tampines and Pasir Ris stations? I guess Tanah Merah will be the end stop for TEL with a transit option to EWL not a replacement? Or will the EWL to TM and Expo no longer be there and turned into underground lines instead… which means people traveling to the airport by train will take longer travel times now in certain situations as TEL passes through city centre further south than NSL/EWL
Joaquim Jawili
Frans Van Terwisga tanah merah will be split in half — one side ewl and the other tel. simei-pasir ris will not be affected
Frans Van Terwisga
Joaquim Jawili not sure why they went with that image then
Frans Van Terwisga
Joaquim Jawili thanks for the explanation!
Patchman Liu
Wow! I thought i was the only one confused. But i read the comments and realised I'm not alone! Article mentioned TEL to extend to TM station. THEN FURTHER EXTEND to TM station, this is not accurate le. Looks more like the TEL will be extended to T5 and END at TM station. The TM station becomes like JE Interchange station, serving both E-W and TEL lines la
Sean ShiAn
Converting to TEL
Patchman Liu
Sean ShiAn no it is not. The station name remains TM. TEL is added to it, making it an interchange like JE
Sean ShiAn
station name is independent of the line. The system is converting to TEL
Patchman Liu
Sean ShiAn exactly that station name is independent of the line, so what's there to say that it's converting to TEL?
Sean ShiAn
Literally the system that it's running on
Hirajima Kyoshiro
Bukit batok to CCK was brown line in the 90s then converted to red line when yew tee to sembawang connecting to yishun is fully established.. not surprising.. lol
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David Banner
I see a plan powwww .....East Coast Plan
Noorfitri Majid
They have been doing studies to change Changi Airport, Expo and Tanah Merah station to be TEL since 2018. Station expansion and new viaduct is meant for TEL and T5
Alvin Teo
A station is a station irregardless of the number of lines it serves
Patchman Liu
Alvin Teo exactly. Headline gives the impression that TM station will become TEL. In fact, it's going to like JE station that serves 2 lines 🤦🏻‍♂️
Ezaad Dollah
Alvin Teo 'regardless'
Zalina Zainal Stauch
Oh I like the brown line. My parents live in woodlands, so we used the brown line to orchard, to airport etc. It’s shorter and less crowded. I used it a lot the last time I was there. The MRT line in Singapore is easy compared to other big cities like NYC or London or even Paris.
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Lach Madsen
A new map with changes would have helped the article give more context
Vanessa Wallflower
Tanah merah will be a bigger interchange between EW line and the rest of TEL + changi t5..
Iman Arissa
Vanessa Wallflower they building 4th tracks
Means soon 2 go tel
2 go ewl
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Dominic Goh
Tanah Merah becomes an official interchange.
Phua Teng Wei
Well if it's changed to tel 4 mins instead of that 14 min green line shuttle... it's good
Meiwen Chan
I hope the convenience of those who live or work in these areas would not be compromised.
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Jessica Lim
"Future passengers from the existing Changi Airport station and the new Changi Terminal 5 station will enjoy seamless and convenient access to the TEL network," said LTA.
Will existing commuters travelling from east to expo and Changi Airport be affected by the changes? Lousy journalism from AsiaOne, as usual.
Chris Goh
Just like our town council... anytime, anywhere, draw till ur area, better change. Hahaha!
Yeo Leng Chew
Plan, plan and then Change, change...like dig, digging ground and and then cover and cover it back...😴😴😴
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Jonathan Zhuang
Means next time go airport from Tanah Merah need to walk a distance to TEL platform 🥴
May be an image of text that says "TE35EW EW Tanah Merah TE34 DT35 DT Expo CR2 TE33 Changi Airport TE32 TE32CR1 CR1 Changi Terminal5 5 TE31 DT37 Sungei Bedok"
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Joaquim Jawili
Jonathan Zhuang wrong — two of the platforms in tanah merah will be converted to tel
commuters will feel almost no impact from this, you will literally just go to the same platform as you do nowadays
Meiwen Chan
Joaquim Jawili Wow smart decision. 👍
Will Will
Joaquim Jawili really? Because I see a lot of construction at tanah merah. Like they are creating a new passenger interchange platform. Looks as if the tel platform will be underground, and they might actually be digging at tanah merah. But then again, changing it to TEL should improve the horribly bad frequency of the current airport line.
Kewei ヽ
Joaquim Jawili TEL 4 cars, existing CG line is 6 cars. Shorter train, means more crowded, still got impact.
Joaquim Jawili
Kewei ヽ good point, but i do feel as though the tel’s increased frequency + the presence of crl to relieve some of the pressure, will be enough to not just stabilise but maybe even improve the crowds in this area of the system. only time will tell, though
Joaquim Jawili
Will Will barring any lapses in my research, it should just be an extra platform being constructed. i’ve seen nothing regarding anything being built underground in tanah merah
Will Will
Joaquim Jawili they are literally closing off 2 lanes of road (out of a 3 lane one way road) at night at the station, and building what looks like an enclosed passenger transfer space at level 1 (below the tracks on level 2). Idk what's going on inside, or if there is more underground.
Koe Ko
can underground tunnels support concrete buildings above? most buildings in japan are metal frames with fiber walls. Just asking.
Wayne Zy
MP need to change?
Sãm Ng
so ?
got solve the peak hour heavy traffic issue ?
Volkar VioletRose
So change green to brown need tap out???
Ae Gyw
...........wan to be atas again...... 🤦 nv change.... guess green is for another class........
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Ken Ken Tann
Pls show the MRT Map going hay wire
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Janice Chin
That means what? Tanah Merah station line no longer stop at City Hall MRT?
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Terence Tan
Janice Chin pretty sure tanah merah is interchange between green and brown line
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Janice Chin
Terence Tan I see.
Sh Mabel
Janice Chin Green line is still green line is only the station beyond tenah merah to changi Airport will be coverted connect to TEL in future. Green fr tua/joo koon to pasir ris no change. As simple as that nothing to do with City Hall cos not affected.
SF Liang
Sh Mabel so someone can boast got MRT line from Woodlnads to Changi — although in a roundabout way; then a line from Pasir Ris to Tuas.
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Lee Wen Jun
Janice Chin Tanah Merah still on main EWL green just that the current extension to Changi Airport will turn brown and connect with rest of TEL through T5 in the far future. Machiam jurong East lah.
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Janice Chin
Lee Wen Jun oh~ I see. Now I understand. 👍🏻 thanks.
Ru-Sern Cheok
Lee Wen Jun Not just changing name.... ALL the operating hardware and software will need to change from Green to Brown....
Jerry Siah
Instead of using the money to convert part of green line between TM and Changi airport to Brown, it should remain as Green and be extended to T5. The brown line in T5 should be extended to Changi. Then Changi and T5 will be served by both lines for added resiliency as it is for the airport, an important transport hub.
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Nana Kim
Airport line should be a different color
Keitaro Shiro
Tanah Merah become transfer station
Cusco Ng
Keitaro Shiro it has always been a transfer station lmfao
Eylaa Ariana
Triston Marta just turn all to brown line 🤣🤣🤣
Henry Chong
Triston Marta this just looks ridiculous lol 😂
Dini Handayani
Yeeeessss
That's can be easy for me to changi 👍
Grace Tham
May I know with this changes how do we travel to terminal 1/2/3 from west ?
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Yong Li
Just add in no need convert
Thomas Khong
TEL needs extra cabins
Calvin Pua
It started as green and as it ages, it turned brown 🤣
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Jason Ang
It doesn't matter what colour, most important stop increasing the fare price every year🙄
ルイス・ リム
Jason Ang Any of this establishment, regardless of utilities, public transportation or public housing or any others under our leaders in charge, costs and price will soar up.
Henry Chong
Jason Ang well well well, this will likely be one waste of money to modify the stations for the TEL lol.
Alessandro Ginseng Woods
Jason Ang confirm guarantee plus chop will increase even Dec LOL
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Er Tian Hock
Jason Ang den need to tag PTC le..
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Terence Yue
Jason Ang especially come boxing day
Andrea Nathanael
No way I'm not taking that station, I'll never tell you where I stay!
陈小川
But before the link and T5 completed, the TEL Tanah Merah and TEL is not completely link like our CCL right, until T5 line and stations operating in 2032
Ivan Lim
No 3 lines like at Dhoby Ghaut?
Andy Heah
A graphic speaks in less words.
May be an image of map and text that says "Connecting Changi to the city The Thomson-East Coast Line and future Cross Island Line will be extended to the future Changi Airport Terminal 5, giving passengers direct access to the city centre and major hubs. East-West Line Downtown Line Thomson-East Coast Line Cross Island Line CR2 Aviation Park* TE33 Changi Airport Changi East Depot EW4/TE35 Tanah Merah TE34/DT35 Expo TE32/CR1 Changi Terminal 5* TE31/DT3Z Sungei Bedok TE35 EW4 CR2 TE34 DT35 Tanah Merah TE33 Expo TE32 CR1 Changi Airport TE31 DT37 Changi Terminal 5* *Denotes working name Sungei Bedok Source: LTA STRAITS TIMES GRAPHICS"
Jin Yap
Jialat breakdown coming soon. Not sure which lines?
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Lester Lee
They withered
Zeng Xin Yi
no fare increment, no break down can promise?
Henry Chong
Zeng Xin Yi LTA be like: hahahaha sike you thought?
Aida Fahara
Too much line, walk far 😃
Andrew Low
Roti Prata Flip Flip
Bisti Akter
hmm, very skill 😊😏 officially my mood: this is why i love the internet.. 😎 😅😥🤯
Aaron Tan
Oneself check own self
Own self approved ownself
Joycelyn Low
The tel trains are much faster n new as compared to ew line. Of course the govt wants to give intl tourist a better image by revamping the train stations and using better trains.
Darren Takoyaki NinetyTwo
Hence, the start of even more potential confusion
JQ Gan
All the way from green line to airport then also connect the brown line to airport. Why need to be so complex? Not everyone can carry the luggages from line to line, especially the station are far walking distance.
Roselyn Dulla
I will just take joy ride and find out how this works...no need to complain...
Ray Tan
Ridiculous. 2 trains system on our small island.
Ru-Sern Cheok
Sorry, not 2.... seven
Driver operated
1. EW/NS
NO Driver
2. NEL
3. CCL
4. DTL
5. TEL
6. JRL
7. CRL
#2-7 are also different systems not linked.
Fabian Ong
Ru-Sern Cheok drivers that eats the mic and screams into it at JKN:
EW
Oh Oo
Ray Tan we also have 5 mayors ! 😆
Khan Nuur
Ray Tan for the benefits of Singaporean.
Chen TingHan
GRC also can convert here and there. What is mrt line. U want to convert to rainbow line also can
Tam Wai Seng
Does one know how much one paid for one journey after changing stations 🚉
Fung Ka Yin
I wonder how long will be the construction will take.
Markie Mark
Fung Ka Yin using migrant labour at little cost i am sure quick
Henry Chong
An unnecessary modification to something that isn't broken...
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Eddy Lim
green line very old n hot
Khairul Azwan
Superb Transition
Shirley Ong
This just adds to confusions🤔
Joey Lim
If serangooon can also be part of Marine patade GRC, i am not surprise on this
Star Dust
Good move 😁
Brendan de Souza
This line will be even more crowded now
Muhammad Nazrul
Change or addition?
Pauline Ong
Is this an add on to the green line ?
Udin Salleh
Can train Change all line Ew.NS.DTL.NEL.and.LRT line JRL line Cross line and
Hunson Luk
That's better
Gabriel Tio
Someone post this idea before
May be an image of train, map and text
Wong Charmaine
Looking fwd
Qian Yu Kueh
Grace Lim nothing better to change
Lita Ababat
Wowww easy way
Ambica Kumar
Sonia Chaudhary, from my house to yrs.. 😉😅
Janie Tee
哇! Meaning people from JB can take RTS, transfer at woodlands North mrt straight to changi using TEL line. Wow. Did not see that coming.
Patchman Liu
Janie Tee more than that. Now we can take the MRT from changi airport, transfer to RTS to JB, transfer to KTM to go Segamat, KL, Penang, Hatyai, Bangkok, and much much more
Yip Wei Chet Mrthomasyip
Patchman Liu yeah, essentially if you start your journey flying out from Bangkok and after all the connecting MRT RTS and trains before arriving back to Bangkok airport on the airport rail in a big loop you won't get even a rain drop....!
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Yip Wei Chet Mrthomasyip yes, I like that! I also heard BKK can be connected to Beijing??
Yip Wei Chet Mrthomasyip
Patchman Liu yes....you need to catch a Thai train to Udon Thani and thereafter get thru the Thai Laos border into Vientiane and there after catching the new China-Laos speed train and then reaching Yunnan change to high speed rail to Beijing.
Patchman Liu
Yip Wei Chet Mrthomasyip sounds like a plan! Tks!
SF Liang
Sounds like a very exotic and exciting trip!
Yip Wei Chet Mrthomasyip
SF Liang yeah indeed...one day I hope to a train trip from SG to Europe but it will drag too much time on such journey...i only managed from SG to Bkk by trains last December.
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Margaret Goh
Yip Wei Chet Mrthomasyip dat seems v ambitious 😂
Althaf Marsoof
Huh? Are they not interchanges?
Richard Neo
I think the train size will be downgraded to the same as those used for TEL line with fewer seats and more standing space... plus a large area designated for wheelchairs. So enjoy standing for long hours in an overcrowded trains.
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Chan Way
What colour? Cannot reach?
Nicholas Lim
Doesnt matter as long as the train works.
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Starz Tom
Majority wins.... of course
Richard Lim
Change to TEL..phone line
Mat Mat
Such a ground breaking story and the greatest initiative that’s gonna change the life of stinkies
Zahra Azeez
What's so rare?
Jackson Wang
What a long wait for this.
Amos Dong
Does it mean you need to tap out and tap in again like Newtown red change blue, vice versa?
Yle Sumo
Amos Dong No, it's probably going to replace the line up there on the platform or underground
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Kenneth Tan
Is there a need to change from green to brown??
Greg Rosales
What's the impact?
Supa Gee
Brown won the power struggle.
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Garrett Kam
Finally. Always a pain to move luggage out of airport train to the city one that often is full.
QY QY
So three more stations with the terrible signage design
Sai Samsuri
To be fair, it was always weird that Expo and Changi Airport are “part of the green line” when…they’re not on the line
Cynthia Tanaitee
Change change change. Can clean anot
All station so dirty 🤮
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Najib Yusop
how they gonna change from driver to driverless the Tanah merah airport line?
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Najib Yusop
6 carriage EWL versus 4 carriage configuration TEL..
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Joon Leng Tan
Najib Yusop hate to break it to you but all driverless tracks start out as driver
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Najib Yusop
Joon Leng Tan i just wandering how to LTA gonna convert from 6 carriage with driver to 4 carriage driverless.. 🤔
Joon Leng Tan
Najib Yusop If you can figure out what are the problems with using a 4 carriage train with a platform that's built for 6 carriages let me know, ya?
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Najib Yusop
Joon Leng Tan ha ha i m not engineer... shessh
Rom Mus
Aiyah take bus better laaa
Justin Ong
for slow people who dont understand
May be a doodle of text that says "Bedok EW5 Tanahmera EW4CG EW4 Before Expo 616212 161 152 ٤ Eい simel EW3 Changi Bedok Ew5 EMIE TE 地 EW3 Εχρυ Tanahrerah Tanah hreran Atter Airport ใ thangi Changs en"
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Chrisyau Yamkee
TEL?
Jeremiah Yeap
So... How am I supposed to switch from EW line to TEL? I go all the way to Outram and then switch to TEL only to go to Changi?
Gini Gyn
Waaaao maaantap 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Muhammad Iman
OH NO !!! Don't even think about changing the EWL Code To TEL Code !!! This CAL Is Theirs !!!
Darren Lee
Has anyone think of this : For passengers and airport workers travelling between Tanah Merah and Airport, isn't that a downgrade from 6-car trains to 4-car trains after the so-called conversion of the 3 stations? Money spent, but for a downgrade in terms of train capacity??
Roy Deng
waste so much money.
Allan Goh
It is confusing, especially we have been using Greenline at Tenah Merah for abt 40 yrs.
Gerald Tan
I really don’t get why this has to be done in such an expensive and disruptive way. Why not just extend the EWL branch line to terminate at T5, and have the TEL and CWL branch end there too? T5’s transport hub isn’t built yet, surely the design can still be adjusted to accommodate the different MRT lines and turn it into a nice grand terminus/interchange station, instead of forcing a retrofit of old infrastructure that was never meant for this. Am I missing something?
Mohan SA Pillai
Rubbish article, they are NOT going to rename TEL and CRL..the new station at Airport will be an interchange with TEL and CRL lines. That's all
Nur Azlinawaty Abdul Rahman
Why can’t Tanah merah remain as green? Unnecessary to change it to brown
Olivia Loh Ing
I don't care what you call it; Can we PLEASE just have the downtown line extension to join the TEL at Sungei Bedok soon? Like, really really soon?
Md Muzammil
From bedok, ull hear " next station, simei!"
And ull be either "eh..... Ehhh... Ehhhhhh? Uhhhhhh"
Or....
Ull confused af
Ur whole life, it takes forever to get from bedok to simei.... Now so fast...
This is called efficiency.
Powerlah.
Patchman Liu
Md Muzammil when i first read, I also thot like this lol
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Henry Tan
Property price will drop 📉
Ow Sing Hai
Don worry the fares won't change . If change also only increase. There is no reduced or decreased word in their dictionary
عزيز أزلينداه
Wah that's sad! No more EW.. Such a legend trademark!
Melody Elizabeth Goh
Can someone tell me how to go to airport from bedok? It is so confusing.
Kona Bros Solo Stylo
Dear Tanah Merah MRT will be missed as a green line before.
Gill Bikar
Actually I had expected Toa Payoh to be a major interchange since it is quite central.
Ezra Tan
Brown neh neh
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Tony Tan
The operator is still under SMRT trains for the TEL line
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Люк Йен
Right move
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Sure PY
I like 👍
Aniki Nan
PAP! 🤔🤦
Winnie
It's alright if takes time to construct. Just pls ensure it's not thin crust tat breaks easily or drop (sinkhole) or collapse (like wat shockingly happened today at Tg Katong area). Endangering lives. Safety first is most important.
Janey Seah
Thks Sadia
Faizal Ali
makes sense
Viick Taan
Seriously ?!?!
Rina Rian
Yessss ahhh
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Malz S Subramaniam
Confusing
Amaki Kaoru
Seriously???
Nana Ban
EW line is too old and still non air conditioned. Change is overdued
Matheus Oliveira
Who gives a crap???
Muhammad Iman
The CG1 Expo and CG2 Changi Airport Stations Remain Unconverted !!!
Ah Han
From Tanah Merah (future TEL) to TE31 Station need to make a huggeeeeeeeeeeee loop. What a joke. Poor planning
William Sin
Stupid decision
Koh Soon Wah
Wilting sign in colour omen of overcrowding with the unimaginable immigration influx policy to ultimately fuse stress level
Somkid James Eric Tan
The Look and route the same ,why change color ? just like company exist for more 10 years need to change to high class name ?
Yle Sumo
Somkid James Eric Tan bcz of confusion from tourists probably like some tourists think the CG extension runs all the way to pasir ris or tuas, its ridiculous cus there are signs and directions everywhere yet some ppl get stuck on that extension loop for like 5 times before noticing
Sangg Bary
Statement of the Ministry of National Defense of the Kingdom of Cambodia
Phnom Penh, July 26, 2025
The Ministry of National Defense of the Kingdom of Cambodia strongly condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the unprovoked and premeditated act of aggression committed by the Kingdom of Thailand at 05:02 AM on July 26, 2025, involving the firing of five heavy artillery shells into multiple locations in Ekphap Village, Thmor Da Commune, Veal Veng District, Pursat Province.
This violation of Cambodia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity constitutes a grave breach of international law, including the principles enshrined in the United Nations Charter, and has resulted in harm to innocent civilian lives, while disrupting peace and stability in the region.
The Kingdom of Cambodia calls on the international community to strongly condemn Thailand’s illegal act of aggression. Cambodia demands that Thailand immediately cease all hostile actions and uphold its obligations under international law.
While Cambodia remains committed to resolving disputes peacefully and in accordance with international law, it reserves the right to self-defense as stipulated in Article 51 of the United Nations Charter.
The Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) reaffirm their unwavering commitment to defend the nation’s sovereignty, territorial integrity, and the safety of its people against Thailand’s brutal and unlawful acts of aggression.
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Ben Chen
Sangg Bary bro wrong place to post la. Dont stir ur foreign things in singapore
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