Effective Communication

In the article, “Dubbed ‘the best in class’: 6 things about Hong Kong’s MTR rail system,” Khan (as quoted in Lee, 2015) was filled with commendations on Hong Kong's Mass Transit Railway (MTR) and pinpoint that the standards of MTR should be used as the basic criterion for railway operator in other countries. Firstly, it states that Hong Kong's railway has one of the most profitable revenue and mentioned that due to hundreds of different stations, it carried millions of passengers daily across the entire coverage network distance of 221km. It also commented that MTR encounters a significant small number of minor delays as it spends more than one third of MTR Corporation’s (MTRC) revenue on rail maintenance, as well as conducting frequent quality check to maintain the system. In addition, Lee remarked that MTRC is highly efficient in manpower and dealing with crowd control measures to broadcast critical information to it respective stations when a problem occurred. With all the...

In the article, “Dubbed ‘the best in class’: 6 things about Hong Kong’s MTR rail system,” Khan (as quoted in Lee, 2015) was filled with commendations on Hong Kong's Mass Transit Railway (MTR) and pinpoint that the standards of MTR should be used as the basic criterion for railway operator in other countries. Firstly, it states that Hong Kong's railway has one of the most profitable revenue and mentioned that due to hundreds of different stations, it carried millions of passengers daily across the entire coverage network distance of 221km. It also commented that MTR encounters a significant small number of minor delays as it spend more than one third of MTR Corporation’s (MTRC) revenue on rail maintenance, as well as conducting frequent quality check to maintain the system. In addition, Lee remarked that MTRC is highly efficient in manpower and dealing with crowd control measures to broadcast critical information to it respective stations when a problem occurred. With all this m...

In the Straits Time article, "Dubbed 'the best in class': 6 things about Hong Kong's MTR rail system", Singapore Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan (2015) was filled with commendations on Hong Kong's Mass Transit Railway (MTR). In addition, he graded MTR as the best railway system in the world and lauded that the trustworthiness standards of MTR should be classified as the basic criterion for Singapore's SMRT and SBS Transit. In total, 6 facts about MTR were mentioned in the article. Firstly, Hong Kong MTR's railway pricing is the highest globally and the track of MTR covers a significantly longer distance of 221km in which SMRT only covers 162km. In terms of fault occurrence, the MTR encounters lesser minor delays as compared to SMRT. In every 300,000km MTR covers, the passengers encounter only one delay of five minutes or more. However, in SMRT, the similar delay happens approximately every 137,000km. Furthermore, it was mentioned in the article that37...

Subject: Self-introduction Dear Prof Blackstone, I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself. My name is Chun Heng and I graduated in Nanyang Polytechnic with a diploma in electronics, communication and computer; specialized in green technology for my final year. I had always curious how does electronic devices played such as important roles in our daily life thus, looking forward to bringing new innovations and ideas. Eventually, I had chosen Sustainable Infrastructure Engineering(Land) as I hope to gain more knowledge and upgrade myself. Sustainable Infrastructure Engineering(Land) might not be related to what I had studied during my polytechnic, but it provide a brand new adventurous for my next milestone. I am very glad to attend this module with you as towards  the end of this trimester, I will be able to master new soft skill as well as to improve my communication skills. This will definitely help me to boost up my confident and smoother conversation with ...