A bit of thinking outside the box helped one man get home for Chinese New Year — along with the 60-odd people he aided as well. A worker in Singapore, faced with a dearth of both train and bus tickets to his hometown in Pahang, decided to take matters into his own hands by renting a bus to get back...
A bit of thinking outside the box helped one man get home for Chinese New Year — along with the 60-odd people he aided as well.
Tickets would be fully booked, he said, and many people would have to find alternative means or find someone willing to share a car ride back to their hometowns. So he came up with an idea — what if he booked his own bus and shared the cost with other travellers? But the plan didn't come cheap. In fact, bus tickets usually cost about RM29 each, said Lin, but he had to pay more than double of that at RM64 per ticket.The price was an amount that they were willing to swallow, however. He added: "Although it's twice as expensive as the price of a public bus ticket, it's still acceptable. After all, family is priceless.
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