Lousy Singapore Airshow
Sigh. Went to the Singapore Airshow today but the event organizer obviously had never intended the event to be public friendly. The crowd control was non existent and when they realised it was getting out of control, they panicked and quickly got the police in action.
The much talked about 6 lane carriageway is wide, really spacious but they forgot that the route to that 6 lane carriageway is served by a very tight and narrow 2 lane carriageway! The free transport had to fight with other normal traffic going towards Changi Village and Changi Cargo Centre.
When arriving at the exhibition site, the alighting points and the pick up points were one and the same! Confusion would certainly set in. Not only that, there was only one pedestrian bridge linking from the entrance to the halls. There was no proper demarkation of entrance or exit lanes! Those who wanted to enter were met by a wave of people who wanted to leave. Neither side was willing to budge and temperatures flared! The crowd controllers did absolutely nothing! Arggg!
Having been through the grounds and getting ready to depart the site, again the bridge was a bottleneck! The police had to resort to using ropes to cut off the flow to allow for safer passage on the bridge. That was not the end of it though, at the boarding of the free shuttle back to Pasir Ris MRT, people were rushing and pushing to get on to the buses. The police at a couple of times almost lost control of the crowd and had to resort to shouting to get the crowd to be orderly again.
When the organizers of the Singapore Airshow claim that they were experienced in organizing such events in the past 10 years, it is sad to note that they are so well organised for the Trade days but utterly shambolic for the public days. If they are not prepared to handle such a crwod, then don't have public days. If you want to have public days for the public to come enjoy themselves, do proper planning. Past Airshows are cases where they can draw experience from but obviously they have learnt nothing. This is a clear case where they did not follow the 6-P rule - Proper Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance. Sigh.
However, on the flip side, the static displays were ok. Only disappointment was that the Osprey did not come.
The much talked about 6 lane carriageway is wide, really spacious but they forgot that the route to that 6 lane carriageway is served by a very tight and narrow 2 lane carriageway! The free transport had to fight with other normal traffic going towards Changi Village and Changi Cargo Centre.
When arriving at the exhibition site, the alighting points and the pick up points were one and the same! Confusion would certainly set in. Not only that, there was only one pedestrian bridge linking from the entrance to the halls. There was no proper demarkation of entrance or exit lanes! Those who wanted to enter were met by a wave of people who wanted to leave. Neither side was willing to budge and temperatures flared! The crowd controllers did absolutely nothing! Arggg!
Having been through the grounds and getting ready to depart the site, again the bridge was a bottleneck! The police had to resort to using ropes to cut off the flow to allow for safer passage on the bridge. That was not the end of it though, at the boarding of the free shuttle back to Pasir Ris MRT, people were rushing and pushing to get on to the buses. The police at a couple of times almost lost control of the crowd and had to resort to shouting to get the crowd to be orderly again.
When the organizers of the Singapore Airshow claim that they were experienced in organizing such events in the past 10 years, it is sad to note that they are so well organised for the Trade days but utterly shambolic for the public days. If they are not prepared to handle such a crwod, then don't have public days. If you want to have public days for the public to come enjoy themselves, do proper planning. Past Airshows are cases where they can draw experience from but obviously they have learnt nothing. This is a clear case where they did not follow the 6-P rule - Proper Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance. Sigh.
However, on the flip side, the static displays were ok. Only disappointment was that the Osprey did not come.
posted by Prosage at 11:31 pm
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