Meanings
plural bus captains
- SingaporeA bus driver who also functions as a bus conductor along with other duties such as ensuring proper care for the bus.
The bus captain informed her that the journey cost $1.60.
2011, Ruth Cheng, TODAY (Singapore), page 134 more examples
There is hardly any justification for a fare hike just to pay for and retain the bus captains, which was what SBS's Mrs Cheng had used as a justification.
2001, Sintercom, Not ST Forum: Bus fare hike, Google GroupsThis includes an annual wage supplement and a year-end annual variable bonus in place of the initial ex-gratia and sign-on bonuses given to Chinese bus captains on two-year contracts like the one He was on.
2013, Jeanette Tan, Yahoo! NewsGo-Ahead Singapore, the country’s fourth public bus operator, has raised the basic starting pay of its local bus captains by about 4.6 per cent, in a move that comes on the back of recent pay hikes announced by two of its rivals.
2016, Kenneth Cheng, TODAY (Singapore) 1 July (Online)The 34-year-old started his training to be a bus captain in February and has been driving with SBS Transit since April this year.
2017, Zhaki Abdullah, Straits Times
Origin
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