Palace scored ignoring Senate plea on MRT, LRT fare hikes
By Angie M. Rosales 09/23/2011Sen. Manuel Villar Jr. yesterday chastised Malacañang’s defiance in even considering the call of the majority of senators to defer the planned fare increases in the Metro Rail and Light Rail Transit (MRT-LRT) and the impending second adjustment this October 1 in toll of the country’s key expressways.
The Aquino administration, before proceeding with the pronounced moves, must first prove that operations of MRT-LRT under an adjusted fare rate will be running efficiently, he said.
“The current subsidy (in commuters’ fare) I think is just enough. Coming from the private sector, I don’t think we’re running the LRT-MRT efficiently. I’ve managed a private company before and based on experience, if the company is not earning, you devise ways to lower the cost of operations and not automatically increase the prices. Just because you’re not earning enough, you have to jack up prices of your products. You will end up losing your consumers if you do that.
“That should be the mindset of any government corporation in order to run efficiently the operations of the government,” Villar told dwIZ radio during an interview..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20110923hed2.html
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buti nga iyan, nang madali na ang pagretiro nitong si "pangulong" A_Noy y Hocus Pcos. lol.
“The current subsidy (in commuters’ fare) I think is just enough. Coming from the private sector, I don’t think we’re running the LRT-MRT efficiently. I’ve managed a private company before and based on experience, if the company is not earning, you devise ways to lower the cost of operations and not automatically increase the prices. Just because you’re not earning enough, you have to jack up prices of your products. You will end up losing your consumers if you do that."
ito ang maganda at dapat noon pa ginawa"
"Meanwhile, the matter of requiring the oil companies to open their books of accounts before Congress to determine whether they’re really overcharging consumers is pushed in the Senate with Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano filing a resolution to do this, “in aid of legislation.”
"“If you look at the law, it says that this can be done, that there can be an inspection on the books of accounts (of the oil companies). We know that if the DoE (Department of Energy) doesn’t want to do this in public, Congress can do it,” he told reporters during a weekly news forum in the Senate."
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