28 December 2006 – From 1 January 2007, ComfortDelGro will dispose of unclaimed properties that are found on board its SBS Transit buses and trains as well as Comfort, CityCab and Yellow-Top taxis by donating them to the Salvation Army.

This has been approved by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) which will cease to administer lost and found properties for public transport operators in the new year.

Under the new arrangement, all recovered properties will be kept for three months. Following this, a notice of the unclaimed properties will be posted on the websites of the Group’s respective business areas, which will run for 7 calendar days, before the items are donated to charity.

All properties, with the exception of firearms, controlled drugs, individual sums of money in excess of $1,000 and official documents such as NRICs, passports and ez-link cards, will be donated to the Salvation Army. The exception items will be handed over to the relevant organisations such as ICA, LTA, TransitLink and the embassies.

Passengers who have lost their belongings on board:

• SBS Transit buses and trains, can contact its lost and found hotline at 6383 7211 or email to: lost&found@sbstransit.com.sg;
• Comfort, CityCab and Yellow-Top taxis, can contact their lost and found hotline at 6552 4525 or email to: feedback@ctpl.com.sg.

Background:
ComfortDelGro is the world’s second largest land transport company with a total fleet size of 40,000 buses, taxis and rental vehicles. Headquartered in Singapore, the Group also has operations in China, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, Vietnam and Malaysia. Currently, overseas ventures account for 44% of Group revenue. The Group intends to derive half of its total revenue from abroad in the next three to five years.