Petition

I find that some petition groups are either petition without research or just petition to attract attention. One particular group that i find it very amused was the "Petition against high bus fares for poly students."

This petition group have been reported in the newspapers over the last few months. But i feel that it will still not approved even after we graduated. And i begin to see where the relevant authorities such as Public Transport Council (governance body that adjust the bus fare) and 2 major bus companies are coming from.

There are alot of reasons as to why the authorities just refused to lower the bus fares for poly students. But one is enough. Let just compared the school timing between poly students and JC students. Do i need to say more?

Granted that the timing for poly life is very flexible, some ends at 12pm, 2pm, 4pm, or even the latest at 6pm, what will the majority of the students be doing after school? Go out? Stay back to do projects? Go home after having a mental torture in understanding lectures and tutorial? Or go and work to earn some supplement income?

Does the last option able to apply to JC students? My reasoning might not be very strong but the link is there. You dont see JC students go and work part time in their school uniforms. Even if they want to work, it's only during the weekend or the school vacations. Whereas poly students are able to work anytime as soon as class finishes. Poly students have more disposable income compared to JC students, i should say.

The ground of this petition was that the JC pay tertiary student price yet poly students have to pay adult price for a bus ride. Even the price of concession between JC students and poly students are a big difference. I think i have given more than 1 reason as to why the authorities is not bothering about this petition.