It was reported in the local news that several hundreds who had booked thier
tickets much earlier could not board the long distance buses to go home at the
new North Bus Terminal. These passengers were plan to rush home to be join their
families on the east coast for the reunion dinner on the Chinese New Year's eve.
Apparently the "new" computer system installed at the new bus terminal srewed up
and resulted in double bookings. Many passengers with legitimate tickets found
their seats occupied by someone who came earlier, and these early birds also had
bought legitimate tickets. On seeing this some passengers swithched plans and
travelled home by taxi (guess the taxi drivers must be laughing to the banks
after the holidays!) or by air (if they could get a seat at this peak season).
Others simply gave up and camped at the bus termina for the night (reunion
dinner with total strangers?) The Mayor denied the news report today,claiming
that the numbers of passengers affected were around 20 or so, and they were
taken care of by providing them with alternative buses. Who would you belive, 20
passengers or several hundreds passengers affected ? But I still can't
understand why did the authority insist on moving the bus terminal in a hurry?
Why couldn't they wait until the mad rush home during the long festive season to
be over? The answer is in one word -
insensitive .
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