China driver on SBS Transit Bus 52 lost his way and took passengers on a 2 hours Singapore tour

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• I think SBS Transit would also wish to have local bus captains. Long working hours and average remuneration just isn't attracting locals.

• I guess my question is, why didn't the passengers just get off the bus? Did the driver refuse to let them do so? Or did they die die want to get their money's worth?

• Offer enough pay and welfare to cope with standard of living and locals will do the job. When increase pay of drivers, hopefully there will be no increase bus fares, as SBS had profited from advertising.

• Kenneth, stop living in your ivory tower.

• What Kenneth says is true. Standards of living are discouraging locals from taking low-end jobs because locals incur higher costs of living from involutnary CPF, housing loans and having children who stay in Singapore as well.

  Still, we can't help witty one-liners attacking others' opinions blatantly without even having one own's stand eh? Yes, I'm inviting your reply and flame.

• Well DIECI, I happen to work for a HR company that deals with SBS Transit as a client and I can tell you that they are indeed actively sourcing for such 'foreign talents' as a priority. Beggars can't be choosers right? I'm sure with the recession around the corner, Singaporeans will be more than willing to take up any job opportunities to support their families. Our bus drivers have always been locals for the past 50 years, I don't see why that should change now.

• Mark, I'm sure you have a "bird's eye view" from the top i.e. being in the HR company controlling the 'human flow' into your client's pool of employees. Bingo on the recession that's coming in 6 months' time too. But there seems to be a different set of opinions among Singaporeans about the choice of occupation as compared to what you've claimed. Ask the bus captains about their opinions when you take the bus before and after work, or when you see them drinking kopi at the bus interchanges. Ask the locals and foreigners alike. From what I see in your comment, I would think that you'll get a pretty surprising feedback from the uncles and aunties ("our bus drivers have always been locals for the past 50 years") . Go through the education demographics and job preferences of locals for the past 50 years too. You can find them as readily as the changing dating requirements of locals for the past decades.

• Mark Chan, most people who work for HR companies are douche-bags.

• "SBS Transit, please support Singaporean workers. Hire more Singaporean Bus Captains who grew up here and are more familiar with our roads lah."

  dude, you've been living in your ivory tower for too long, get out and see the real world! if you can hire Singaporeans to be bus captains, i'm sure SBS Transit will be willing to pay you a commission.

• This came after Comfort Delgro increased the fare.. Something is telling......