Balik kampung crowds in rush for tickets (Poll Inside)


The rush has begun: Those hoping to get bus tickets for the Raya festival seen lining up at the Terminal Bersepadu Selatan, Kuala Lumpur. — MUHAMAD SHAHRIL ROSLI/The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: With the Hari Raya holidays less than a month away, Malaysians are in a rush to get their hands on bus tickets.

Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia student Nurul Asma Ul Husna, 22, said she was shocked at how fast the bus tickets to her hometown in Kedah were sold out at almost every bus terminal that she checked.

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