‘PROFIT OVER SAFETY’:Lin Chuan raised questions about tour bus management, overworked bus drivers and competition leading to a decline in service quality
Taipei Times
Date: Jul 22, 2016
By: Loa Iok-sin / Staff reporter, with CNA
Premier Lin Chuan (林全) yesterday paid his respects to the 26 victims of Tuesday’s tour bus fire,
Premier Lin Chuan, center, burns incense at a religious ceremony for the 26 passengers killed in Tuesday’s tour bus fire at a public funeral home in Taoyuan’s Jhongli District yesterday. Photo: Chou Min-hung, Taipei Times
vowing to reform the tourism industry to avoid similar incidents from occurring.
Accompanied by Taoyuan Mayor Cheng Wen-tsang (鄭文燦), the premier yesterday attended a ceremony at a mourning hall for the 26 victims — which included 24 Chinese tourists, a Taiwanese bus driver and a Taiwanese tour guide — at a public funeral home in Taoyuan’s Jhongli District (中壢).
Lin bowed deeply and offered incense in front of the victims’ portraits.
“I came here to offer incense to the victims to express my sorrow about the fatal accident that took 26 precious lives,” Lin told reporters outside the mourning hall. [FULL STORY]
