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Technical Report Draft 1

Background Currently in SIT@ Dover, the single turnstile alongside AYE periodically holds up human traffic which frustrates students and staff alike to be waiting for their turn to enter the compound. When entering the school during peak hours, people at the other side of the turnstile must wait awkwardly for their turn to enter or exit. Based on a simple survey of 59 students (Appendix C), a great majority of students feel frustrated while using the single turnstile and if given the option, would like a change in the single turnstile system. The single turnstile is also not wheelchair friendly and carrying bulky objects into the school compound through the single turnstile proves to be a real hassle. This problem could potentially alienate wheelchair users from the school. Self-sustainability is another issue we tackled. Locking the turnstile after 11pm utilizes very little electricity and tapping into the main grid is unnecessary unless the mechanism malfunctions. Lastly, it i...

Reader Respond Draft 3

In the article, “Dubbed ‘the best in class’: 6 things about Hong Kong’s MTR rail system,” Khaw (as quoted in Lee, 2015) was full of praises on Hong Kong's Mass Transit Railway (MTR) and highlighted that the standards of MTR should be used as the basic criterion for railway operator in other countries. Firstly, Lee stated that Hong Kong's railway is 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. Lee also commented that MTR encountered 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 was highly efficient in manpower and dealing with crowd control measures to broadcast critical information to it respective stations when a problem occurred. With all these...

Readers' Response: "Best In Class" Draft 2

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, Lee stated 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. Lee 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...