No Chinese in South East Asia who lived during the 1950s will ever forget the unity of the Chinese then to set up not just Nantah but also other Chinese educations all over SE Asia. Deep gratitude to pioneers like aTan kah kee, Tan lark sye, etc
Singapore is the second largest city in the world except China consist of Chinese?? What about Taiwan, HongKong?? We have 4 races here. I google The country has the most chinese putsode pf China is USA 5.4 millions. That is almost 95% of Singapore population. 要在视频，要在功课。
The Siemens C651 is the second generation electric multiple unit rolling stock in operation on the North South and East West lines of Singapore's Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system, manufactured by Siemens (SIE) under Contract 651. A total of 114 cars consisting of 19 train-sets were purchased in 1992 and introduced into service from 1995 onwards. These trains were built by Siemens in Austria. The design and supply of the C651 trains were tendered in December 1992 to complement the 66 first generation C151 trains with the opening of the Woodlands extension, at a cost of $259 million. These trains began revenue service from 2 May 1995, with the first train set delivered to the Mass Rapid Transit Corporation (MRTC) of Singapore on 20 September 1994. These trains are capable of being deployed on both the North South and East West Lines at all times. However, in practice, the C651 fleet usually operates exclusively on one line under normal operations. The C651 fleet has been spread around across multiple lines from 1995 to 2019. Since 2 November 2019, nearly all of the C651 trains in service (201/202, 207/208, 213/214, 215/216, 221/222, 223/224, 233/234 and 237/238) were reallocated to operate on the East West Line with the opening of the Canberra station, as its existing STARiS Displays were not updated to include Canberra station in its STARIS route maps but only one or two trains were operated on the North South Line during weekdays peak hour. Experimental programmes A number of experimental programmes have been run on the C651 cars. In the 2000s, the third and fourth cars, coloured in green had all but eight seats, four at each end of the car, removed completely. In its place was standing room with upholstered cushion, in an attempt to provide a degree of comfort to passengers standing in that space. This design proved to be unpopular with the commuters, and it was eventually dropped. The original seats between the 1st and 2nd door and the 3rd and 4th door on these cars have been replaced. The remaining upholstered seats were reverted to original seats in May 2006. All C151 trains have had their seats on the middle part of carriage removed. Some trainsets were reconfigured to have more standing space in the late 1990s as part of an experimental programme. In particular, the second and fifth cars (the blue cars) were reconfigured to have more standing room on both sides of a seat row, as 3 seats from some later cars. More grab poles were also added to some cars. Regular grab poles in the centre of each car were replaced by grab poles that branch out into three in the centre, first in 2007, followed by triplicated hand grips and grab poles in 2014. Special non-slip floorings were also tested. Refurbishment and retirement In 2015, refurbishment contracts for the 19 C651 train sets were awarded to Singapore Rail Engineering (SRE).[6] When completed, these upgrades would have addressed components such as doors and brakes that have been the primary cause of delays owing to train faults. The changes planned included re-signalling, refurbishing the propulsion system, air-conditioning system, auxiliary power system, interior saloon with modifying handrails, replacement of the gangway connections and improving the exterior of the trains. Upgraded trains would also have had sensors that carry vital information on the train's state of health for improved operation and maintenance of the train set.[7][8] Refurbishment works had begun in January 2016, starting with train set 217/218. The refurbished trains would also have included STARIS version 2.0, which consists of dynamic route map displays.[9][10][11][12] In September 2018, SMRT announced that refurbishment works were abruptly terminated for the C651 mid-life upgrading project. At the time of project termination, refurbishment works were conducted on three prototype trainsets and testing works had not been fully completed. In December 2019, Toyotron has been awarded the contract for disposal of old SMRT trains. On 6 September 2020, the first C651 train went for scrap. All refurbished trains were scrapped by May 2021 and currently, only 11 of them are scrapped. 4 cars of one of the C651 trainsets has been sent to Singapore Police Force for training purposes.[13] On 28 September 2020, the LTA announced that these trains will be replaced by R151 from Bombardier Transportation (Alstom) to progressively replace the 19 C651 trainsets together with the 21 C751B trainsets from 2024 onwards.[14]
