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Two SBS Transit staff members have been commended after helping a man recover the $20,000 cash he left behind on a bus on Monday (July 6).\u00a0<\/p>\n
The public transport operator praised assistant interchange supervisor Lalastella Tse and bus captain Giam Ming Huat for for their “honesty, vigilance and teamwork” in a Facebook post on Friday.<\/p>\n
The passenger, identified only as Ma, had accidentally left a paper bag containing $20,000 in cash on bus service 851 on Monday, according to the post.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He later realised the bag was missing and frantically called Yishun Interchange for help.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tse, who picked up his call, recalled being “shocked by the large amount”. She quickly traced the lost bag to a bus being driven by Giam.\u00a0<\/p>\n
At the same time, another passenger had alerted Giam to the unattended bag and the bus captain had kept it safe to return it at the interchange.<\/p>\n
Ma later arrived at the interchange to verify his belongings and was “overjoyed” to find the full sum intact, said SBS Transit.<\/p>\n
He revealed that the money was to pay his workers’ salaries.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“I was really surprised by how quickly the staff handled my case and found my bag. I’m truly grateful for their help,” said Ma.\u00a0<\/p>\n