SINGAPORE - While Dr William Wan, general secretary of the Singapore Kindness Movement, said the reserved seats are a reminder to commuters to be considerate, he also said how you ask for the seat is crucial.
"I have been requesting for seats and, to date, nobody has turned me down. If I had demanded it as a right, I would probably get a different kind of response," he said.
The Land Transport Authority said it has also added a new message - ask nicely if you need a seat - to its ongoing campaigns to encourage commuters to take ownership of their journeys.
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They have even produced a video this year to spread the message.
The video of the April 11 spat that accompanied TNP's report on Wednsday drew hundreds of likes and thousands of views and shares on Facebook.
One visitor on our Facebook page, who went by the name of Glenn Poh, sympathised with the younger man in the video. He wrote: "Why the old guy die die must sit the reserved seat?? Got seat just sit lah. Why make a fuss?"
Netizen Thilagavathi Vaithilingam wrote: "Please remove the priority seats, there are people who will offer a seat even if there is no priority seat. There was no problem before but after placing the signs more problems."
Fellow netizen Leela Gnanasegaran suggested: "New law on MRT 'Not giving up priority seat, fine $500'. Maybe it will work."
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