Singapore to set up advisory panel for family-friendly transport system

It will be chaired by Senior Minister of State for Transport Lam Pin Min.

A family friendly public transport system is what pushed Singapore to set up an advisory panel solely to look if it is a possibility.

In his Facebook page, Senior Minister of State for Transport Lam Pin Min announced the formation of the said advisory panel.

"A family friendly public transport system lies at the heart of a family friendly nation. My aspiration is that families who now own cars because they need to ferry their children or their elderly parents, will not need to do so any more in the future," he wrote.

The panel will be co-chaired by Lam, Richard Magnus, Chairman of the Public Transport Council and Mr Sitoh Yih Pin, Chairman of the Government Parliamentary Committee for Transport.

Lam noted that the panel will comprise representatives from diverse backgrounds.