New EZ-Link card

Today is the first day of 1-to-1 ez-link card replacement exercise. According to news, there are a whopping 10,000++ new cards replaced just today. The queue is also super-long, much to the surprise of the Translink officers. I also do not understand why the rush for getting the new cards since the deadline for exchange is 30 Sep of this year, and the new card can only be used for transport purposes for the time-being. I hope with this new card, there will be more places accepting ez-link payment options in the future and we do not need to carry so many credit/debit/ATM cards around anymore. :)