StanChart Marathon organisers sorry for traffic jams

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Organisers of the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon (SCSM) have issued an apology for the traffic jams that ensnared the city centre on Saturday evening, leading to complaints from those affected. In a Facebook post addressed to 'members of the public' at 11.15pm on...

Organisers of the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon have issued an apology for the traffic jams that ensnared the city centre on Saturday evening, leading to complaints from those affected.

Yesterday, Mr Lim Teck Yin, chief executive of national sports agency Sport Singapore, issued a reply to letters in The Straits Times' Forum section in which he also apologised for those"caught off guard and inconvenienced by the traffic impasse". He said organisers would"incorporate this year's lessons for subsequent races".

 

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