Legislators in a lather, police happy at queue
Lawmakers have criticised the Bank of China (Hong Kong) for the chaos surrounding arrangements for selling commemorative Olympic banknotes.
But top officials from both the police and Hong Kong Olympic Committee have appealed to the public to look on the bright side regarding the release.
Legislator Wong Kwok-hing, of the Federation of Trade Unions, said the bank was supposed to adopt better methods for the sale, such as online or telephone booking, which would be more convenient for the public.
'All of this chaos and trouble should have been avoided if the bank had properly estimated the demand,' he said.
Fellow legislator Yeung Sum, of the Democratic Party, also believed that the bank should have made more options available to different groups of people.