Merit For A Young Girl

You might agree that elderly people in Hong Kong often meet with the problem of looking for a seat to sit when taking MTR or buses, with in most cases having to stand amidst the crowded passenger , particularly during rush hours. Luckily, some passengers would kindly stand up to offer their seats the moment they see you step into the train or bus.

This might not be a case that you need to speak out to friends of such merit that you receive from those kind-hearted passengers. However, I do need to mention here about what I encountered in the train the other day.

One afternoon, I stepped into a train toward Tsuen Wan in Prince Edward station, and the compartment was packed with passengers without a single empty seat.I stood near the door, leaning to the edge of the compartment, reading newspaper which I just bought from 7-11 at the station. Suddenly I felt that somebody was tapping at my shoulder, I looked up and saw a young girl standing at my side, saying “Uncle, there is an empty seat over there.” with her hand pointing to the direction of the empty seat.I looked through the crowd and did see there was an empty seat on the bench at the left hand side. At that particular moment I was deeply moved by her act. Because she specially approached me from a distance simply to tell me there was an empty seat which an old man like me is entitled to take. What a good girl she is! Don’t you think I should give her a merit?