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00:00Meanwhile, the MRT-3 has a new owner. We have on our news this afternoon the new but returning MRT-3 General Manager, Michael Capati. Good morning and welcome to our news this afternoon.
00:11Hi. Good morning.
00:13What are you going to focus on when you return to the MRT-3? Does Secretary Vince Dizon have a billing?
00:21Actually, what we are going to focus on now is, of course, the maintenance of our facility in the MRT-3 and making sure that we comply and make sure that our ownership is protected.
00:40That is what our Secretary is buying for now.
00:44Yes. And will there be or when will there be an additional passage?
00:49We don't have a schedule or discussion for you to have an adjustment in the MRT-3.
00:58In your assessment, how is the implementation of extended operating hours of the train? Do you have any observations about this?
01:07Actually, what's good about it is we extended one hour to cater to our, especially our BPO employees.
01:17What's good about it is we were able to service an additional 25,000 additional passengers and at the same time, we were able to add one train during peak hours.
01:31So the effect of our extension of the train schedule is very positive.
01:41You mentioned that this is a positive outcome. Will there be additional hours for the operation of the MRT-3?
01:47That's what we are thinking because this is just a one-week extension.
01:55We'll look at it if it's still needed or if our extension and additional timeline is fine.
02:04It's not acceptable for Secretary Dizon to accompany the escalators in the TAF station on March 8.
02:12Will there be a new SOP if there are such escalators?
02:16Actually, we have a standard SOP that is being followed.
02:20That's why we need to be very consistent.
02:23Our maintenance provider knows that there's a specific turnaround time that if something happens, we will fix it.
02:31That's what we need to focus on and make sure that everything complies for our maintenance.
02:37That's where there will be a difference.
02:41But you should also let everyone know if there's an incident like this.
02:47Actually, that's what we talked about when I assumed office.
02:50That's also what we talked about with the employees.
02:54We need to make sure that we comply and at the same time, we are focused on the maintenance of our MRT-3.
03:03It's almost Holy Week. Do you have a train schedule? Usually, there's no trip during Holy Week.
03:09Yes. We have an annual Holy Week maintenance schedule that will start from Holy Thursday until Easter Sunday.
03:18That is the opportunity of our maintenance provider and MRT-3 for us to check-in and maintain our trains and facilities.
03:28There's no trip from Thursday until Sunday. We will release it on Monday.
03:34Okay. Thank you very much for your time.
03:38Okay. Thank you too.
03:40CMRT-3 General Manager Michael Capati.