 There was support for Ho 's desire for a lower volume as well as sympathy for the stress felt by the " Bus Uncle . " Others maintained that Chan 's actions were atypical of etiquette in Hong Kong . Apple Tse Ho Yi , minister of the Hong Kong Christian Service , carried out a survey of 506 students over the age of 12 following the incident . Of the respondents who claim they regularly encountered people speaking loudly on the phone on buses , only 47 % said they would intervene by talking to the phone user or alerting the driver . Reasons for inaction include fear , apathy and inability to solve the problem . On civic awareness , the majority of the respondents did not consider chatting loudly on the phone to be wrong . Tse concluded that the current generation of Hong Kong young people have poor civic awareness , and it is natural that disputes often occur due to inconsideration . Speaking about the incident on Commercial Radio , Journalist Chip Tsao described Chan 's behaviour as " noise raping " and said that the incident was a manifestation of underlying social tension as well as the mindset of a " common Hongkonger " . He criticised Ho as being a stereotype of present @-@ day Hong Kong youth – speechless and too weak . 
