Wednesday, May 09, 2007

Public Transport - Trains (10)

What is KTM going to do to passengers without a valid ticket? What does "Compound will be imposed" mean?

Compound (noun) :
1. A building or buildings, especially a residence or group of residences, set off and enclosed by a barrier.
2. An enclosed area used for confining prisoners of war.
Ok, I'm still not sure what they are going to a passenger without a valid ticket. Will they jail him? If so, for how long? Under what circumstances will that passenger be released? Seems as though it's a threat that authorities can do whatever they want (based on their definition of 'Compound'). Scary, ain't it?





Wow, right below the first warning as an advice, provided to you by the nice people of KTM. They are advising people to get a valid ticket before boarding the train. Doesn't this imply that you can CHOOSE NOT to have a valid ticket?

Stupid notices....
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5 comments:

Miss Pedantic said...

that's pretty funny ^^

Anonymous said...

Hmm...I think 'compound has more meaning than that. They are not wrong to use it in that sentence. Read the meaning of the word in item (17)

Joash Chan said...

Miss Pedantic: Nice of you to drop by my blog =)

Tommy: Yes, I agree with you. Checked through dictionary.com before & found many many meanings. So do you know for sure what exactly they will do?

nothing of interest here said...

haha, "weird" doesn't even begin to describe the pictures put up there! Interesting point-out. *shakes head in amusement*

it looks like the "compound" they mean is leaning more to "payment". A fine, me thinks.

Speaking of weird, you've just been tagged!

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