Singapore cabbie returns $900,000 to Thai couple

timesofindia.indiatimes.com 20 Nov '12, 1pm

Singapore cabbie returns $900,000 to Thai couple - The Times of India

has been heralded as a hero after he returned Sg$1.1 million ($900,000) in cash to a vacationing Thai couple who left the money in his cab. Sia Ka Tian , 70, was shocked to find the money in a black paper bag on the back seat on Monday after he dropped the couple off at a shopping centre. "When I saw the money, I thought, trouble is here. I was sure there was at least $200,000 in the bag," the Straits Times quoted the 31-year veteran in the taxi business as saying. But when he brought the money to transport company ComfortDelGro's lost-and-found office, his stunned colleagues counted Sg$1.1 million in thousand-dollar bills. "The money is unimportant to me. It doesn't belong to me, so how can I use it?" he told the newspaper. The Thai couple reported the loss to the transport company and Sia was waiting for them when they arrived to claim the money. The report did not say w...

Full article: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/Si...

Tweets

@TheHolyKau » 21 Nov '12, 3pm
@happyfeet_a @ofwanderlust Ref: earlier fight about SG cabbies :) RT "@timesofindia: Singapore cabbie returns $900,000 [link]"
@suryakantpandey » 20 Nov '12, 7pm
#EthicalBusiness Singapore cabbie returns $900,000 to Thai couple - The Times of India [link]
@AgrawalSadhuram » 20 Nov '12, 6pm
Singapore cabbie returns $900,000 to Thai couple."Money is unimportant to me. It doesn't belong to me,how can I use it?"[link]
@dibang » 20 Nov '12, 6pm
Singapore cabbie returns $900,000 to Thai couple [link] … #wahjiwah dil khush hua. #readRT :) my fave story of the day
@thatfootieguy » 20 Nov '12, 4pm
Still hope for mankind man :) "@timesofindia: Singapore cabbie returns $900,000 to Thai couple - The Times of India [link]"
@big_light_show » 20 Nov '12, 4pm
RT @TOIWorldNews: Singapore cabbie returns $900,000 to Thai couple [link]
@SwatiSave » 20 Nov '12, 3pm
In the week of gratitute, Singapore cabbie returns $900,000 to Thai couple - [link]
@sha_o_na » 20 Nov '12, 2pm
This is so #Singapore: [link]
@decydi » 20 Nov '12, 2pm
The poorer they are the more honest they are [link]
@ChalHuttt » 20 Nov '12, 2pm
RT @itzme_tanvi: It happens only in s'pore!!! RT @timesofindia: Singapore cabbie returns $900,000 to Thai couple - The Times of India [link]
@miteshshah » 20 Nov '12, 1pm
Men of honour! "@timesofindia: Singapore cabbie returns $900,000 to Thai couple - The Times of India [link]"
@alokjainhk » 20 Nov '12, 1pm
Ray of hope in an otherwise abject world. @timesofindia: Singapore cabbie returns $900,000 to Thai couple [link]
@itzme_tanvi » 20 Nov '12, 1pm
It happens only in s'pore!!! RT @timesofindia: Singapore cabbie returns $900,000 to Thai couple - The Times of India [link]
@lovingthenews » 20 Nov '12, 1pm
Honesty is still the best policy!! Singapore cabbie returns $900,000 to Thai couple [link]
@vaibhavsinghvi1 » 20 Nov '12, 1pm
Taxi drivr mor honest dan most journos @dibang: Singapore cabbie returns $900,000 to Thai couple [link] dil khush hua.
@mamtan14 » 20 Nov '12, 1pm
RT @dibang: Singapore cabbie returns $900,000 to Thai couple [link] #wahjiwah dil khush hua. #readRT :)
@CorineHM » 20 Nov '12, 1pm
"@timesofindia: Singapore cabbie returns $900,000 to Thai couple - The Times of India [link]" Would I have done that?
@dibang » 20 Nov '12, 1pm
Singapore cabbie returns $900,000 to Thai couple [link] #wahjiwah dil khush hua. #readRT :)
@NobinAkash » 20 Nov '12, 1pm
#Singapore cabbie returns $900,000 to #Thai couple. [link] #money #beinghonest #samratshahjan #cabbiestories #price @TOI #news
@vgeejay » 20 Nov '12, 1pm
In these hard times with corrupt politicians all around these incidents are whiff fresh and fragrant air. [link]
@KMI_News » 20 Nov '12, 1pm
TOI- Singapore cabbie returns $900,000 to Thai couple: A Singaporean taxi driver has been heralded as a hero aft... [link]
@akierock7 » 20 Nov '12, 1pm
"Honest/Dumb"? Hats off man! RT @timesofindia: Singapore cabbie returns $900,000 to Thai couple - The Times of India [link] …
@wahidbukhari » 20 Nov '12, 1pm
hats off to u RT @timesofindia: Singapore cabbie returns $900,000 to Thai couple - The Times of India [link]
@kmathan » 20 Nov '12, 1pm
RT @timesofindia: Singapore cabbie returns $900,000 to Thai couple - The Times of India [link]
@timesofindia » 20 Nov '12, 1pm
Singapore cabbie returns $900,000 to Thai couple - The Times of India [link]
@Indianews7 » 20 Nov '12, 1pm
Singapore cabbie returns $900,000 to Thai couple: A Singaporean taxi driver has been heralded as a hero after he... [link]
@anirpaul » 20 Nov '12, 1pm
Well done Sia Ka Tian.. Honesty still there in this corrupted world... Kudos to you.... [link]
@SingaporeToBali » 20 Nov '12, 1pm
Singapore cabbie returns $900000 to Thai couple - Times of India [link]
@gokg4 » 20 Nov '12, 1pm
RT @timesofindia: Singapore cabbie returns $900,000 to Thai couple - The Times of India [link]
@honeydollhoney » 20 Nov '12, 1pm
RT @timesofindia: Singapore cabbie returns $900,000 to Thai couple - The Times of India [link]