::Well, the event is covered by sources not just from Hong Kong, but from other foreign countries. Also, the Bus Uncle was the runner up "Person of the Year" in a Radio Television Hong Kong event (that is held at the end of the year), while the incident occured in April. Apart from this, the experts' opinion and implications of the incident on the lifestyle of Hong Kong people, which remains static for long periods of time. Hence the notability definitely continues along time.