Number 4 In Taiwan

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Number 4 In Taiwan

Superstition? Solution!

Taiwan's Apple Daily (in translation):

Smoke billowed from train number 424; since the inauguration of the bullet train, seven out of nine delays involved train starting with number 4. Pang Chia-hua [Director General of Taiwan's Bureau of High Speed Rail] therefore proposed to Ou Chin-der to skip 4 when numbering trains. Ou has not responded.

"4" sounds like "death" in Chinese.

Earlier:
Taiwan's Bullet Train

Links:
Official website of Taiwan High Speed Rail
Bureau of High Speed Rail

January 13, 2007 in Culture, Taiwan | Permalink

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