Faith in humanity restored — friendly old uncle makes migrant labourer feel at home on MRT

This is how you do racial harmony right. A moment of faith-in-humanity restoration was observed by Singapore Press Holdings journalist Melody Zaccheus, in which a caring old uncle gets a migrant worker to sit down on the train instead of giving them up to Singaporeans. 

“Hey you can sit down… You don’t always have to give up your seat, especially not to men on the train,” said 68-year-old Rimy Lau to the labourer. “You come here to build our homes so you can sit also you know?”
 

 

Witnessed a heartwarming incident on the train at Raffles Place before peak hour this evening involving an uncle and a…

Posted by Melody Zaccheus on Monday, 24 August 2015

Surprised and probably taken aback by his kind-heartedness, 28-year-old Saravanan Samidurai even asked to take a selfie with Lau. It really is a rare comradely display, and one that should be seen more often. Props to you, uncle. 

Photo: Melody Zaccheus Facebook page




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