The Kowloon Southern Link (KSL), inaugurates today, makes the East Rail and West Rail as one.
This piece of news, has not driven the Hong Kongers to jubilee as predicted. All the East Railers grumble out the several additional minutes to be wasted by transiting from "Humg Hom" to "East Tsim Sha Tsui", whilst the West Railers mumble the voidness of "Austin".
Travelling time has always been the main issue among Hong Kongers. The comparison of train and bus, in the sense of time saving, is the perennial hot topic for chit-chatting in the office pantry. The difference of milliseconds could drive us crazy.
Though most of Hong Kongers are gourmets, and few are starting to appreciate the art of "slow food", all of us could still not to tolerate the extra minutes to be spent in travelling, especially on commuting between office and home. It would be very strange to foreigners, particularly to the Europeans, as the basic unit of time to them appears to be "hour", and "minute" seems to has already been sunk into oblivion in their everyday life.
Having sustained our life tempo in the fifth gear, to maintain the super efficiency, we Hong Kongers are spoilt children as well as sufferers.
Quoted: "......to maintain the super efficiency, we Hong Kongers are spoilt children as well as sufferers."
回覆刪除"Super efficiency" originates from those minute-savers?!