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EPISODE · Sep 24, 2025 · 1H 7M

#719: Backlash for Transport Minister Jeffrey Siow’s MRT Comments & AI Course for Civil Servants

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Rishi Budhrani joins us to discuss comments made by Acting Transport Minister Jeffrey Siow in Parliament about Singapore’s MRT system, which is under the spotlight again as reliability hits its lowest level since 2020. Elsewhere, Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong has announced a mandatory AI literacy course for all public servants, positioning AI as a critical skill for the civil service.𝙎𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙤𝙧: 𝙎𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙖𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙁𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 (𝙎𝙄𝙁)𝘚𝘐𝘍 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘚𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥. 𝘞𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘚𝘐𝘍 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘑𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘴 𝘋𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘚𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘓𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘌𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘥𝘦 #713𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗶 𝗕𝘂𝗱𝗵𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗶Rishi on Instagram, TikTok & YouTubePuns For Punjab: Stand-Up Comedy for Charity𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗼𝗸 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴Rishi: Nature account on InstagramHaresh: Phone-free DC restaurant Hush Harbor opens𝗦𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 – "𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗟𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝘁”Get a roundup of our One Shiok Things & first dibs on our latest launches delivered straight to your inbox!Subscribe Here(00:00) A Message From SIF(00:50) Intro(10:04) Backlash for Transport Minister Jeffrey Siow’s MRT Comments(43:56) AI Course for Civil Servants(56:02) One Shiok Thing𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲!Reddit | Telegram𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀TikTok | Instagram | Facebook𝗧𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲:Backlash for Transport Minister Jeffrey Siow’s MRT CommentsMore accurate public info on rail disruptions among fixes being looked at: Jeffrey SiowSMRT says recent train disruptions are isolated cases, not systemic issuesMRT reliability in last 12 months falls to its lowest level since 2020Taskforce to be set up to address MRT breakdowns: LTA, SMRT, SBS TransitAI Course for Civil ServantsSingapore to launch mandatory AI literacy course for public servants: DPM GanMandatory AI literacy course for all public servants; leaders must be open to using AI: DPM Gan𝘔𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 @𝘴𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘌𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘪𝘹𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘬 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rishi Budhrani joins us to discuss comments made by Acting Transport Minister Jeffrey Siow in Parliament about Singapore’s MRT system, which is under the spotlight again as reliability hits its lowest level since 2020. Elsewhere, Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong has announced a mandatory AI literacy course for all public servants, positioning AI as a critical skill for the civil service.𝙎𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙤𝙧: 𝙎𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙖𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙁𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 (𝙎𝙄𝙁)𝘚𝘐𝘍 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘚𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥. 𝘞𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘚𝘐𝘍 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘑𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘴 𝘋𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘚𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘓𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘌𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘥𝘦 #713𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗶 𝗕𝘂𝗱𝗵𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗶Rishi on Instagram, TikTok & YouTubePuns For Punjab: Stand-Up Comedy for Charity𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗼𝗸 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴Rishi: Nature account on InstagramHaresh: Phone-free DC restaurant Hush Harbor opens𝗦𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 – "𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗟𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝘁”Get a roundup of our One Shiok Things & first dibs on our latest launches delivered straight to your inbox!Subscribe Here(00:00) A Message From SIF(00:50) Intro(10:04) Backlash for Transport Minister Jeffrey Siow’s MRT Comments(43:56) AI Course for Civil Servants(56:02) One Shiok Thing𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲!Reddit | Telegram𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀TikTok | Instagram | Facebook𝗧𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲:Backlash for Transport Minister Jeffrey Siow’s MRT CommentsMore accurate public info on rail disruptions among fixes being looked at: Jeffrey SiowSMRT says recent train disruptions are isolated cases, not systemic issuesMRT reliability in last 12 months falls to its lowest level since 2020Taskforce to be set up to address MRT breakdowns: LTA, SMRT, SBS TransitAI Course for Civil ServantsSingapore to launch mandatory AI literacy course for public servants: DPM GanMandatory AI literacy course for all public servants; leaders must be open to using AI: DPM Gan𝘔𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 @𝘴𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘌𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘪𝘹𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘬 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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