"On Nov 3 at Block 723, Tampines Street 72, I was waiting for
the lift to send some cakes I had bought overseas for my fiance's
family. A non-Malay man was also waiting for the lift but when the
lift came, he refused to take it.
Inside the lift, I kept the door open when I heard someone rushing
to catch it. As soon as she stepped into the lift, her body had an
'automatic repel' action, or should I call it 'allergic reaction'
to seeing a Malay girl in baju kurung inside.
It caused her to bounce back outside. She shook her head vigorously
indicating a change of mind to stand in the same lift with me. As I
shut the lift door, I saw a smirk on the man's face as he sniggered
and nodded in agreement with the woman. ..."
[Forum Page online letters, Straits Times, Nov 8]