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Written by: Huang Weilun
2020-02-17 00:00
Last updated: 2020-02-17 00:00From time to time in the society, elderly people with dementia have been lost. KMB has recently launched a new service to help find missing elderly people. As long as the relevant family members provide the missing person's Octopus card number to KMB, when the missing elderly board the bus with the Octopus, The device will make an immediate sound to let the captain know that the passenger is a lost elderly person and find it.
Mr Lam said that KMB is working with organisations to assist the elderly with brain retirement, hoping to find the lost elderly. (Photo by Huang Weilun)
KMB quoted data that averages about 1,000 people aged 60 or above in Hong Kong every year, of which more than 17% are lost on public transport. The head of KMB ’s Communications and Public Affairs Department, Lin Zihao, said that there had been elderly people wearing patient shirts boarding at the Tseung Kwan O Hospital. The car captain asked him carefully and estimated that the elderly had lost his way, so he went to the police station for help. When he arrived, he happened to meet the elderly. family. He also said that in the past, KMB received requests for help in finding missing elders from time to time, and then uploaded the appearance characteristics of the missing persons to the KMB app.
Lin Zihao continued to point out that around October last year, KMB adjusted the system. As long as the helper provided the Octopus number of the missing person, KMB would enter the number into the central system. When the missing person boarded the vehicle with the Octopus, it was originally used as a reminder car. The driver's not-so-sudden driving prompt will sound and the warning light will flash, and the captain will immediately know that the passenger is missing.
Lin Zihao said that the bus captain would pay more attention to the missing person and contact the station captain and the vehicle inspector as soon as possible to contact his family immediately. He also said that even if the elder insisted on getting off at the halfway stop, the captain knew his last position and could easily search. If the elder is successfully found, he said that KMB will remove the Octopus number from the system to prevent the system from beeping.
Lin Zihao said that KMB is cooperating with organizations assisting the elderly with cerebral retirement disorders, hoping to find the lost elderly, and urged the family to write down the Octopus number of the elderly first. If the elderly are unfortunately lost, they can give the number to the KMB to help find people .
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