Comments on: How Singapore Failed the Vulcano – A story of greed

By: Roanld Hee

Roanld Hee — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 12:05:47 +0000

Well, at the time, I wrote to airlines like British Airways, offering to out up their passengers in my home, my sofa and spare rooms. I was turned down. So … I should have gone to the airport and walked around until I found a homeless tourist?

By: maidculturist

maidculturist — Mon, 03 May 2010 10:40:14 +0000

I actually read in the paper that the Tourism Board offered free city tours to all the stranded passengers in Changi and thought that was a brilliant idea…

By: Anonymous Coward

Anonymous Coward — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 02:17:56 +0000

I guess it’s getting better? Or just a propaganda…

http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/Story/STIStory_517030.html

By: Brian McGuire

Brian McGuire — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 06:54:12 +0000

Interesting. I inquired with the Straights Times if there was a way I could open up my home to a needy stranded family. I heard nothing back from them. Nor did I hear a request from Singapore authorities to do the same.
So when I heard from a friend in the UK that a family she knew was stranded with two children, I quickly took them into our home and they are still waiting for a flight out to the UK

By: Lesley

Lesley — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 06:24:27 +0000

Ahem. http://openhomes.changiairport.com/

By: antrix

antrix — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 06:23:01 +0000

I remember watching a segment about the stranded passengers at Changi on Channel 5 news a few night ago. The reporter said that “Singapore Tourism Board officials say that they are ‘monitoring the situation closely.’ They also added that ‘it is too soon to say how this disruption will impact this quarter’s tourism numbers.”

My immediate reaction on hearing that was who cares about your damn numbers!? Why aren’t you taking care of the tourists already here instead of worrying about the hypothetical tourists of the future! What incompetence.

That wasn’t the end of it though. The segment continued with something about how international mail delivery too is stuck because of flight cancellations. This was the quote from SingPost: “We are monitoring the situation closely. Nevertheless mail delivery will resume as soon as flights start operating again. But it may take some time to clear the backlog.” Well duh. A six year old can tell you the same thing looking at the situation.