Meet Paul Chan the tram man

Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po has shared his relief at being able to pay without fretting about not having coins when alighting from a tram.

Chan shows himself on the upper deck of a tram in a video uploaded yesterday with his weekly blog and talks about how he loves riding a tram as a leisure experience. (Who needs a chauffeured limo?)

On his ding-ding memories, Chan recalls what for him was an unforgettable experience: rooting around in his pockets for loose change to pay a fare when he was holding a HK$20 note. But he was out of luck and had to stuff the note into the cash box.

"With electronic payments it's a different story," he says.

"I only need to give it a tap and don't need to care about coins."