SMRT to outsource more maintenance work

Singapore

TRANSPORT operator SMRT is outsourcing more non-rail maintenance work to improve the speed and quality of such work.

Since November's tunnel flooding at Bishan - which was traced to lapses in pump maintenance - the Temasek-owned company has outsourced the servicing of tunnel pumps.

It also intends to outsource the maintenance of MRT station air-conditioning and tunnel ventilation systems - adding to an already long list of work which is handled by external co…