Guest Yau Posted September 16, 2004 at 07:30 PM Report Share Posted September 16, 2004 at 07:30 PM South China Morning Post 2004-09-16 Teacher is arrested for refusing to pay taxi fare A Canadian expatriate teacher was arrested in Sha Tin after he allegedly insulted a taxi driver by calling him a "Chinese pig and stupid", and left without paying a $15 fare yesterday. The man, 32, jumped into Lam Chung-chiu's cab at the taxi stand outside the University KCRC station and asked to go to Sun Chui Estate in Sha Tin. Shortly after, he asked me whether I could reach [the destination] in 15 minutes. I told him that I would try. secondary school teacher then asked the cab to turn back. My English is poor. So I asked him to make sure whether I should drive him back to the station. And I was told to go back to the KCRC station, Mr Lam said. Before we reached the taxi stand, he [called] me a Chinese pig and stupid for not understanding what he had said. When the cab stopped, Mr Lam said he asked for the $15 fare. but the passenger refused. Mr Lam said the man ignored his demand, then entered the railway station. The railway workers asked the teacher not to leave, but he ignored them and boarded another train. Police then arrived and arrested the teacher, who was released unconditionally last night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yonglan Posted September 16, 2004 at 11:20 PM Report Share Posted September 16, 2004 at 11:20 PM I'm sure you had a point to make in posting an entire newspaper article. Unfortunately, I don't know what your point is. Thanks anyway, it's been years since I read a SCMP story. Too many free newspapers on the web, so I won't subscribe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Yau Posted September 17, 2004 at 08:07 AM Report Share Posted September 17, 2004 at 08:07 AM 真有趣, 你在此自便, 我無興趣應酬你的新仇舊恨. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wushijiao Posted September 18, 2004 at 04:11 AM Report Share Posted September 18, 2004 at 04:11 AM I once spoke to a taxi diver in Beijing who had great conversational English. We talked about the Iraq war. He even knew the names of complex weapons systems. And he only had a middle school education! Amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xiaomawang Posted September 20, 2004 at 06:06 AM Report Share Posted September 20, 2004 at 06:06 AM I met a HK taxi driver with his spoken languages listed on the name card, the little plastic stand on the dashboard. You know what, it said 'Cantonese, Mandarin, English, French'. And he said that he could just manage to entertain customers. But I think he's awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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