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A-1 Annex a PRESS RELEASE 29 DECEMBER 2011 APPOINTMENT Annex A PRESS RELEASE 29 DECEMBER 2011 APPOINTMENT OF A COMMITTEE OF INQUIRY INTO DISRUPTION OF MRT TRAIN SERVICES ON 15 AND 17 DECEMBER 2011 The Minister for Transport has appointed a Committee of Inquiry under Section 9 of the Inquiries Act (Chapter 139A) to inquire into the cause(s) of recent MRT service disruptions on 15 and 17 December 2011. 2 Chief District Judge of the Subordinate Courts, Mr Tan Siong Thye, has been appointed as Chairman of the Committee of Inquiry. The other members of the Committee are Professor Lim Mong King, Professor, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University and Mr Soh Wai Wah, Director of Prisons. Their CVs are attached at Annex A. The Terms of Reference for the Committee are attached at Annex B . 3 Chairman of the Committee, Mr Tan Siong Thye said, “The 2 MRT service disruption incidents of 15 and 17 December are quite unprecedented. They caused significant disruption and inconvenience to hundreds of thousands of commuters. Such incidents can also potentially pose a public safety issue if they are not well managed. As a daily user of the MRT myself to and from work for more than ten years, I share the concerns of many who want to know what went wrong and how to restore confidence in our MRT system. I will do my best to fulfil the Terms of Reference which Minister Lui Tuck Yew has given to me and my fellow COI members, Professor Lim Mong King and Mr Soh Wai Wah. We will take a comprehensive and systems approach to understand the underlying causes that could have contributed to the problem and propose improvements needed. My immediate priority in the next few weeks will be focused on fact-finding and also speaking to relevant experts.” 4 All interested parties who wish to be represented at the hearing and all persons who wish to give evidence at the Inquiry are invited to contact the Committee’s Secretary, Mr Sidney Koh, at: Address: Ministry of Transport #33-00 PSA Building 460 Alexandra Road Singapore 119963 Email: [email protected] 5 For media queries, please contact: A-1 Ms Glyn Tan Media Relations Executive, Corporate Communications Division Ministry of Transport Tel: 6376 5044 Email: [email protected] A-2 [Annex A to press release] COMMITTEE OF INQUIRY INTO DISRUPTION OF MRT TRAIN SERVICES ON 15 AND 17 DECEMBER 2011 Chief District Judge Tan Siong Thye (Chairman) Chief District Judge Tan Siong Thye was appointed to the position of Chief District Judge of the Subordinate Courts of Singapore in 2008. Prior to that, CDJ Tan held several judicial appointments at the Subordinate Courts of Singapore, including District Judge and Juvenile Magistrate. He has also previously held the appointment of Director of the Commercial Affairs Department and served as Senior State Counsel of the Attorney-General’s Chambers. CDJ Tan holds a Bachelor of Law degree from the University of Singapore as well as a Master of Law (With Merit) degree from the University of London, UK. He was awarded the Public Administration Medal (Gold) in 2003 and the Public Administration Medal (Gold) (Bar) in 2011. Professor Lim Mong King Professor Lim Mong King is currently with the Engineering Mechanics Division of the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Nanyang Technological University. Professor Lim has served as Deputy President of NTU and was previously the Dean of the College of Engineering. He has published papers on a broad spectrum of applied mechanics and his focussed research topics include structural dynamics modelling and noise and vibration control problems and designs. Professor Lim has previously served as a member on two Committees of Inquiry appointed by the Ministry of Labour/Manpower in 1993 and 1998 to investigate fire incidents in shipyards. Professor Lim obtained his Bachelor of Engineering with first class honours from the University of Singapore in 1974 and his Masters of Science and Doctorate from Universite Du Maine (France) in 1975 and 1977 respectively. He has been awarded with the Public Service Star (BBM), the Public Service Medal (PBM), as well as the Public Administration (Gold) Medal in 2004. Mr Soh Wai Wah Mr Soh Wai Wah is currently the Director of Prisons and was until December 2009 the Chief of Staff in the Singapore Police Force. Mr Soh joined the Singapore Police Force in 1982 and has held various operational appointments including Head of Contingency Planning, Commander of Clementi Police Division and Director of Operations. He has been deployed for various major incidents including the Hotel New World incident, the SQ 117 hijacking and the Nicoll Highway incident. A-3 Mr Soh holds a Bachelor of Arts (Economics) degree from the University of Cambridge, UK and a Masters of Science (Criminal Justice) degree from Michigan State University, USA. He was awarded the Public Administration (Silver) medal in 2000 and the Public Administration (Gold) medal in 2009. A-4 [Annex B to press release] TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR COMMITTEE OF INQUIRY INTO DISRUPTION OF MRT TRAIN SERVICES ON 15 AND 17 DECEMBER 2011 APPOINTED UNDER SECTION 9 OF THE INQUIRIES ACT (CAP 139A) a) Inquire into and determine the sequence of events that led to the disruption of MRT train services on the North-South Line on 15 December and 17 December 2011 (the “2 incidents”). b) Establish the cause(s) and any other contributory factors for the 2 incidents, including factors that may have endangered public safety. c) Make recommendations to minimise the recurrence of such incidents. d) Make recommendations to improve the management of similar incidents. e) Make any observation or opinion on matters relating to the 2 incidents which the Committee should, in its opinion, bring to the attention of the Minister for Transport. f) Conduct itself in accordance with the provisions of the Inquiries Act (Cap 139A), in particular the Schedule thereto, and consider the evidence put before the Committee as led by the Attorney-General or his designates. g) Make and submit a report of its proceedings, findings and recommendations to the Minister for Transport. A-5 Annex B MINISTERIAL STATEMENT ON THE DISRUPTION OF MRT TRAIN SERVICES ON 15 AND 17 DECEMBER 2011 1. Mr Speaker, Sir, Members have raised concerns and queries regarding the two service disruptions on the North-South Line (NSL) that took place on 15 and 17 December 2011. I know the incidents were disruptive and poorly managed. I know it caused a significant amount of frustration and distress to commuters, especially passengers in stalled trains who were put in a position of great duress. For the disruption to have happened on 15 December, and again on 17 December, was clearly unacceptable to Singaporeans, and I fully understand this. I will provide this House with a brief account of the facts of the case as we know them, while leaving the Committee of Inquiry (COI) to do its work in the coming months. I will also update this House on some preliminary lessons learnt and potential weaknesses identified in our current regulatory framework as we make every effort to put things right and restore confidence in the MRT system. Incidents on 15 and 17 December 2. First, let me provide a factual account of what happened on 15 and 17 December. On the evening of 15 December, an estimated 127,000 commuters were affected by a major service disruption along the North-South Line from Marina Bay station to Braddell station. Four trains stalled, one between City Hall and Dhoby Ghaut stations, one between Somerset and Orchard stations, one at Braddell station, and one just before Braddell station. The trains stalled because of misalignment between the trains’ current collector shoes and the power rail, commonly referred to as the “third” rail. The trains draw locomotive power from the third rail through the train current collector shoes. Due to the misalignment, the trains were unable to draw power and stalled. 3. Two days later, a second service disruption took place on the North-South Line on the morning of 17 December, once more causing stress and inconvenience to B-1 about 94,000 commuters. This time, five trains stalled, one each at City Hall, Dhoby Ghaut, Ang Mo Kio, and Bishan stations, and one more along the stretch just before Somerset station. The cause for this second disruption was apparently similar to the earlier disruption: misalignment between the stalled trains’ current collector shoes and the third rail. 4. Following the second incident, a complete check was conducted for the entire North-South-East West Line (NSEWL) and its operating fleet of trains. LTA and SMRT wanted to do everything possible to ensure that services would not be disrupted again. LTA and SMRT mobilised their technical and engineering staffs to work through the night of 17 December, and SMRT was able to fully resume service around noon on Sunday, 18 December. 5. As a result of the checks, LTA and SMRT found 21 dislodged or missing claws. These claws secure the third rail to the support brackets, and when a few consecutive claws are dislodged, this may cause the third rail to sag and become misaligned with the collector shoes on the trains passing these sections, damaging or breaking off the collector shoes. This was likely the immediate cause of the incidents on 15 and 17 December. However, many questions remain unanswered: Why did the claws dislodge? Why did it happen on such a scale and only along certain stretches of our tunnels on those two days? And why, after apparently fixing the problem on 15 December on the affected stretches, did train services run smoothly on 16 December, only to have the problem re-surface on 17 December in a different location? These are among the questions that the COI has to look into.
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