TOC shared on our facebook about a post by Ms Zarina Jaffar on Mr Suhaime Roa, visually handicap busker who is purportedly harassed by a SMRT officer at Woodlands. The officer is said to order Suhaime to move away from the usual place he used to play. SMRT has issued a clarification saying, We support buskers at our MRT stations. At this point, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) has allowed busking at 5 designated MRT Stations. These are Raffles Place, City Hall, Jurong East, Eunos and Bukit Batok. To perform at any of these 5 stations, buskers need to seek approval from both the National Arts Council (NAC) and LTA. It is unfortunate that Woodlands is not part of the current trial. We hope that it is included soon. And when that happens, we hope buskers at Woodlands MRT station will apply for licenses from both the NAC and LTA. We all look forward to making our MRT stations more lively so that our journeys can be made more pleasant. Thank you.
Posted on: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 10:49:30 +0000