Muhammad K, 21, who captured the altercation said it started when aunty was eyeing the occupied "reserved" MRT seat. The young lady engrossed with her smartphone soon took notice of the mumbling about inconsiderate people and the dire need to sit down, and promptly got on her feet. Instead of expressing gratitude, the grouchy woman stared daggers, grumbled more, and aimed her camera phone as a final threat. Unfazed, our little miss put her down smartly, "You say enough already or not, aunty?" Maybe it's a case of Gen X versus baby-boomer, but mercifully the cops were not called.
"Go back to China" and "go back to the laundromat where you work," were the racist taunts from Brit Richard Jonathan Mills.
Mills had earlier pointed out to Alexander Chew in the members-only club at Gallery Hotel the dry cleaning tag was still on his coat. Maybe the busybody was trying to cosy up to Chew, who was with distinguished company, specifically Mr Eduardo Saverin, co-founder of Facebook. The insults were rained, according to Chew, when he was exiting the washroom. Mills' version has Chew jumping queue, thus deserving of the vulgarities and racist tirade. Grabbing Chew's shoulders, he admittedly challenged, "I dare you to hit me." Chew obliged, and floored the surprised Ang Moh. What's unsurprising about the outcome is that racist walks away with a potential sedition charge, while Singaporean gets fined.
Note that in both instances no China nationals were involved. Why then the quick negative references about mainland Chinese? The curry wars are over, Sun Xu has made amends, even the wife of the Ferrari driver apologised. The fall of Chongqing police boss Wang Lijun and party leader Bo Xilai is ample proof their government is serious about civilised behavior. Which says a lot about our own Chief of Protocol Lim Cheng Hoe being nabbed over improper claims for expenses incurred during overseas trips. How much more do these greedy buggers expect to be paid?
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Salary & bonuses not enough. Some side income & favours needed .....
ReplyDeletethe 'protocol chief' is just trying to make a few extra bucks like many of the PAP MPs who hold multiple appointments in several companies...
Deleteto avoid a repeat of this incident, PM Lee should also close an eye to some moonlighting by high ranking govt officials
Last time they argued must pay them more money so they won't corrupt. Now they must give them more "perks" so they won't cheat also?
DeleteWhats going on with Singaporeans? Querrel over smallest issues and at the same time with top civil servants continue to corrupt. So is the influx of FT a major cause of problem in Singapore? Is our million dollar salary not enough for top civil servants?
ReplyDeleteAre we doing right? We used to laugh at our neighbours but I think we can not do that anymore. Somehow we are not really much different from them. Swiss standard my foot!!
Swiss Cost of living !!
DeleteAnd Swiss benchmark of millionaires !!
Delete//"Go back to China" and "go back to the laundromat where you work," were the racist taunts from Brit Mills Richard Jonathan. //
ReplyDeleteWhat? He got away with a punched face, but scot free? Sunxu looks a lot more tamer than this guy who can't even project manage himself properly as a foreign guest in our home soil. So can I look forward to the objected unbiased press to go a preaching spiel like "Be good, foreign guests. Do not be rude and unbecoming' to the locals who gave you a paid job, a tax haven and a chance to party and live-it-up all at the same time while taking a piss at Singaporeans? " So please do your real journalistic work here. 2m FTs and how many have gotten away?
Quite comical in the sense is why must the aunty be so worked up, since she already got what she wanted. What has this to do with whether the young chick was from China? Perhaps her husband is having an affair with a Chinese chick.
ReplyDeleteI see this as a symptom of some underlying anger and grievances in the local population over various things and this hidden anger is just waiting for an opportunity to explode. I see this happening in China, HK and Singapore.
For sure if economic conditions get tougher, we will see more of such "volcano eruptions" in future. Singapore is no longer just a 'fine city' anymore!
Agree. Bottled up frustration do make many explode at slight provocation.
DeleteSocial scientists can have a field day when more such behaviour are reported.
My take is that as a society, we normal, average Singaporeans are over stressed with the highest working hours on average and packed in our trains/ buses and drivers are frustrated as well.
Had just two misses from huge SUV driven by Foreign looking drivers in the last 48 hrs. Need side video cameras beside the front facing one!
So apparently, the 'Are you from China" or "You must be from China" syndrome is the end-all and be-all excuse for everyone (including foreigners who can't tell china chinese from other asian chinese) to behave badly.
ReplyDeleteWhat does it say about a particular segment group? They need to do more reflecting?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00ZztjvLW74&feature=player_embedded#!
Wonder if the Protocol Officer has made improper expense claim that has an amount of $11 stationery?
ReplyDeleteWhere did you find out the young lady got on her feet after hearing the mumbling? Instead of, say, being demanded of.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I think she handled it well enough (being so unreasonably provoked), but 'say enough or not' isn't my idea of "putting someone down smartly".
Just read another crash of the civilization took place in woodlands.
ReplyDeleteA sri lankan driver on P plate rammed his car into pavement and several victims. IT was reported that he was attempting to run away.
More clashes and crashes seem to be the new normal these days.
Now I understand what PAP means after the election.
Watershed and new normal are meant for the citizens, a rude awakening.
On another separate note. An ah gong also fought back a gangster after he attacked his son and harassed his daughter. For that self-defense he was fined for $3000.
DeleteAh Kong Ah Ma are all fed up with bullies too. Everyone is also fighting back! Next time, we can hear more fights coming out from kindergartens and nurseries. Shiok!!
More spurs for the peasant hides. More spurs for the elites' asses!
Hurray. We are on our way to #1 global city!!
I hope ah kong is aware his $3ooo was collected on behalf of gangsters in white and he'll return the favour in kind
DeleteUnravelling of Singapore's social fabric - we are just too crowded, contributed by the brainless immigration policy.
ReplyDeleteCredit to the Ah Lian, giving up her seat to an ungracious Ah Soh. One advice - the handphone is not your life.
So many accidents involving elderly grannies.
ReplyDeleteOne 66 yr old got killed in Sengkang by PRC bus driver
One 82 yr old got flung off her seat to floor and hurt badly on SMRT bus.
One almost got thrown off the bus by an unstable young man for being slow.
The last one got rammed & killed by this Sri Lankan car driver.
Sadly, looks like all these are really preventable.
So I don't blame this ungracious woman who was truly fed up and angry when she didn't get the seat. Perhaps she has every reasons (though unreasonable) to expect a seat just in case her frail legs or unsteady body coordination would cause more unnecessary accidents if it can be avoided. She's being prudent and cautious.
Maybe if people look at it that way, her demands is not so unreasonable lah..
She just doesn't know how to ask nicely...
The keyword is "SLOW DOWN"
Delete80 years old granny Kuan also coerced into taking the rap for traffic offense that he didn't commit. That bully is more sophisticated. No need to lay a finger, or even utter a word and provide false information to police. Clever bully got fined $1k only.
DeleteMoral of the story? You must not let the foreigner /bully provoke you to make the first move. Then you will kena charged. You must provoke that person to lay the finger on you instead. Then you charge and sue him until his last penny. Understand?
That's how elite do it. Must learn from them. More classy abit.
You don't have money. They have money. Get it?
Smart Ah Pek is right.
DeleteLearn to be street smart like the elite.
Great insights.
ReplyDeleteMany elderly aunties and grandparents are unable to share their thoughts.
Some project their anxiety, and last their anger at other people for being inconsiderate. Perhaps their children too ask that they take extra care and be vigilant. Yet accidents still "happen to" them.
Do show more patience towards our elderlies, no matter how "cranky" they are. They may be old, they also want to live out their longevity. Why trickle down more stress to them?
When our PAP Ministers demand that million-dollar salaries is their right & entitlement even though written consent never not seeked from the citizens in the first place, can we blame this auntie to demand that the reserved seat is also her entitlement especially when it is clearly written in for all to see ?
ReplyDeleteSpot on. The 60% who voted for the pap have given pap a blank cheque.
DeleteNowadays.
ReplyDeleteI find it very difficult to be sympathetic to old people.
Due to a few bad, misbehaving apples I guess.
Maybe ang moh was just trying to be helpful. This is a good ang moh trait. He was trying to save the guy some embarasment for walking round with tag on clothes. Not being nosey!
ReplyDelete"I dare you to hit me." This has to be another good ang moh trait, giving free pugilistic lessons to weak Chinamen so they can learn to defend themselves.
DeleteThe English guy isn't' racist-he's married to a Chinese woman and has been here for years, a volunteer with local kids homework clubs too. Simply pointed out the tag and the other guy got embarrassed. All went too far and he played the race card.such a shame how the media portray him.
Delete''The English guy isn't' racist-he's married to a Chinese woman.."
DeleteSo why would he ask him to go back to china if knowing his wife is also chinese? Which newspaper did you read? I only know the one where somebody jumped queue.
I know him personally. He didn't tell him to go back to China - the other guy just told that to the police to justify his violence. As soon as race card is played, the issue becomes political here in Singapore. The victim is devastated at the way he has been treated by the police and the media.
DeleteThe NewPaper (Wed 20 Jun) report says:
Delete"Mr Mills was accompanied by three friends, including his fiancee, Miss Marissa Medjeral, 29."
Wonder if his Chinese wife knew about that?
Her Mother is Chinese and her father is Argentinian.
DeleteThere is another case of a youth hitting an old man. Its all the govt's fault. 10-20 years ago, the MRT were not crowded like this and people had less tension in life.
ReplyDeleteSingaporeans are becoming rude, arrogant, racist and insular. This is not the government's fault. It is the fault of too much money and too much comfort! We do not have to think about other people any more cause we got enough to keep us happy. No empathy any more.
ReplyDeleteYou must be referring to the elites, rich and well connected. Please dont lump all singaporeans together. The poor contine to be tax in the form of gst while estate duties was apolished for the rich. How sad. And the most ridiculous thing was gst was suppose to help the poor.
DeleteI'm sympathetic to the elderly.
ReplyDeleteUntil I remember their generation gave the mandate to the Pro Alien Party.
Let the elderly ask their Pro Alien Party Millionaires for help now. Hah! Ha!
Oh, my sympathy to all Singaporeans.
ReplyDeleteThey are living in a high pressure cooker society.
They are live in a soul-less tiny dot.
They have conscience-less leaders.
Ther concrete jungle is no different to the green and wild jungle.
Pitiful people!