Hong Thai Travel Services () was one of the largest

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. It was founded in 1966 and at its peak had

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in more than 30

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, located in Hong Kong,

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(

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and

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. Since 2002, the company has operated out of its

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s in 95 Queensway,

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, Hong Kong.

History

Hong Thai Travel Services was founded in Hong Kong by Jackie Wong See Sum in 1966. Its primary business was booking of

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and offering services for inbound tourism. Its director is Jackie Wong See Sum (黃士心) and its general manager is Jason Wong Chun Tat (黃進達).

Incident

On August 23, 2010, a twelve-hour-long hostage incident on one of the company's buses in

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, occurred. Twenty-five people, part of a tour group from

, were taken hostage on a bus by the gunman, Rolando Mendoza, a former police officer. Eight of them were killed, seven injured while six left the scene unharmed. Mendoza was killed by the

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with a bullet to his head in the end.

References

External links

Official website
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