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Don’t get divided by the E-scooter ban

Robin Low
3 min readNov 7, 2019

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Adding labels divide you. Oh, you are “Pro-PMD!” or are you “Anti-PMD”

I don’t support the behavior and some PMD users, and I don’t support the sudden blanket ban of PMDs.

The Singapore government has a stunning record of being consistent. Just look at Ng Yat Chung, this scholar is very consistent, Former Chief of defence, he probably has very good grades, and he never fails.

When after sinking NOL, the proceeds to lead SPH and continues his stellar record.

However, for the case of PMDs, there are people who encountered a few bad riders and suddenly they call out for the ban. I personally have encountered some impatient e-scooters who ring their bells at me while I’m at the bus stop, and some e-scooters overtaking me while I’m driving on the road. Yes, I acknowledge they exist, but having a ban under such short notice, is it justified?

Let us look at the other case where an “FT” behaves badly. Yes, we can find a lot of examples of some of these foreigners behave badly in Singapore, and you probably encountered one, so are there people calling for a ban of foreigners? Did the government stop importing foreigners?

Don’t let a bad example make us hate specific groups of people. I am sure you know that AMKTC general manager was accused of receiving about

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Robin Low
Robin Low

Written by Robin Low

Author, Traveler, Innovator. Focuses on Social Impact and Innovation.

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