an appalling state of complacency displayed by so-called tube security staff:
Yesterday morning, when I was in an MRT train a man with a haversack and a red hand carrier walked in.
As he put his carrier on the floor, I got a rude shock – he was holding a 50cm-long saw. Shouldn't the MRT staff have noticed the saw and asked him to at least wrap it up in newspapers and put it in a carrier?
What if he was not in a right state of mind and had started attacking people on the train at the peak hour?
heh, and i thought the entire islet was whipped into a right frenzy when july 7th happened? this lapse in security is an utter disgrace.
btw, MRT stands for mouse and rat tunnel. that was what everyone - well almost - came up with back when news broke about what was deemed back then as an engineerin feat - an underground running through the islet.
1984 if me memory serves me correctly. or 1983. whichever's earlier that is.
and those engineers who helped with the work were scottish. otherwise it wouldn't even be completed in time for 1987.
as enscribed by the letter b @ October 1, 2005 07:13 AM | someone's pinged