WTF Singapore PRs injured in Taiwan

[commoner]

KNNB,,,,

what is this F report on Singapore PR injured in Taiwan,,,,

they are just PR,,,,

which F country citizen are them?

KNN,,,, Singapore PR only, F BIG DEAL is it,,,,

 

[sleaguepunter]

bus fall off a cliff?

 

[BuiKia]

Maybe just for some of us here to celebrate?

 

[lorrydriver]

I think the rest were Malaysians, so my bet is they are our Northern cousins.....

 

[WinneMUCCA]

Why so stupid to publicize they from Singapore? Never learn from what happened to woman at Mumbai?

 

[Blazars]

The headline look strange. Why the hell we want to care about sg pr accident oversea? Surely if the group is from sg, there must at least be one pick ic holder rite? The headline should be "Tour group from sg injured in taiwan". KNN!

 

[tualingong]

tightly controlled propaganda machinery have nothing else to report?

 

[MacPhersonEstate]

Why so stupid to publicize they from Singapore? Never learn from what happened to woman at Mumbai?

What happened to the woman at Mumbai? Just curious.

 

[red amoeba]

What happened to the woman at Mumbai? Just curious.

maybe reference that chio lawyer who became first sinkie to sacrifice under terrorism

 

[singveld]

yeah PR big fxxk, what wrong with the people who work in our newspaper.

 

[blackmore]

yeah PR big fxxk, what wrong with the people who work in our newspaper.

They lost sight and mind of what is important or worthy to report. I can't rationalise the sensationalisation of Sinkie PR in the Taiwan accident; no one would bother anyway.

 

[mojito]

I assume this was the offensive article. Basically it was a bus full of Malaysians who were injured in an accident (my condolences) while touring Taiwan and the news somehow made it to our national rag.

Singapore PRs among 14 involved in Taiwan bus accident
By Victoria Jen, Tan Qiuyi | Posted: 11 December 2012 0010 hrs

SINGAPORE: A bus carrying 14 tourists from Singapore and Malaysia crashed along the scenic Alishan Highway in Chiayi County, Taiwan on Monday morning.

Three passengers, who are from Malaysia, are believed to be seriously injured.

A couple - Singapore permanent residents - and their two children "are doing fine", according to the Singapore travel agency in-charge LAI Travel.

Its manager Pamela Peng said: "I was in touch with them earlier (and) they are doing well. The adults are not hurt (although) the children may have had a scare.

"We've arranged their accommodation for tonight. They'll return to Taipei tomorrow."

The group were on their fifth day of their eight-day tour in Taiwan and were on their way to Taichung after coming down from Alishan, a popular tourist destination.

In addition to the 14 tourists, there was also a tour guide and a driver on board.

According to the bus driver, who suffered minor injuries, the brake had failed to work while he was trying to avoid another car moving along the Alishan Highway.

He immediately pulled on the handbrake which slowed down the vehicle and kept it from falling over the cliff.

However, the bus ended up on its side after it hit a barrier at the side of the highway.

Rescuers had to enter the bus from a small hole on its roof, and work to save a passenger from inside the bus.

The crash came after a more serious one in Hsinchu County on Sunday that killed 13 people and injured 10 others.

These back-to-back accidents raised speculation that the malfunction of the two buses could be a result of high usage from heavy influx of Chinese visitors in recent years.

Taiwan has already reported 51 tour bus accidents in the past two years, killing 23 and injuring more than 400.

The transport ministry has pledged to look into the matter to prevent such tragedies from happening again.

- CNA/lp