The story of Bus Service 167 in Singapore is a modern-day tale of how community passion can reverse high-level policy decisions. This service, which connects residents from Sembawang and Upper Thomson to the city centre, became the heart of a significant public outcry in late 2023. www.ricemedia.co 1. The Shock Announcement On 17 November 2023, the Land Transport Authority (LTA)
The DASS-167 was first introduced in 1995 by Ron Andsher, Peter Lovibond, and Sydney Lovibond, as an extension of the original DASS-21 scale. The developers aimed to create a more comprehensive assessment tool that could capture the complexities of mental health, beyond just depression and anxiety. The DASS-167 was designed to assess three distinct but interrelated constructs: depression, anxiety, and stress.
An online petition launched by 49-year-old Kiwi Lim quickly gained hundreds of signatures, while social media platforms like
Aria was faced with an impossible decision: to complete the technology and risk perpetuating a new form of tyranny or to destroy the DASS-167 artifact and gamble on a different future. In the end, she chose a third path: using her geomancy to merge the technology with the planet's natural energies, creating a resonance that would heal the world without sacrificing humanity's free will.
