Q4.A team of students from a Singapore based university was planning a trip to Cameron Highlands, where an exhibition on the history of tea, the process of growing, harvesting and processing tea and the spread of tea across the continents was to be held in a newly built 36,000 square kilometers exhibition hall. This exhibition was marketed as "one of the largest tea exhibition in this history of Asia".

The students were writing a thesis on the history of tea leaves and thought that this exhibition would provide them with much background information.

The university booked a 50-seater coach from Speedy Coach, at a price of S$1,000 for a return trip. It paid a deposit of S$200 to Speedy Coach three days before departure date.