A passenger said they felt “slightly offended” during a private-hire vehicle (PHV) ride after noticing a sign stating that the driver would only speak Mandarin to Chinese passengers.
In a TikTok posted on Tuesday (April 7), user @aliciatadah was seated in a PHV vehicle with her husband and looked visibly confused as she pointed at a sign written in Chinese hanging from the driver’s seat.
The incident took place on Sunday (April 5) as they were on the way home from Kallang.
It read: “If you’re Chinese, please speak Chinese. I don’t speak in English to Chinese people. Sorry!”
She added that her husband, who is Peranakan Chinese but cannot read and speak Mandarin well, was saddened by the sign.
“Is this race discrimination? Also, what happened to all Singaporeans conversing in basic English so we have racial harmony,” captioned the post.
In another post on Wednesday (April 8), the passenger shared that she booked a Grab ride, and when she greeted the driver and confirmed the location, as she usually does, the driver merely grunted at her.
