Recently, Singapore MRT started making English and Chinese announcements on the trains. Before every station, English and Chinese (Mandarin) announcements are made. Other announcements like no eating on the trains, security alert, etc are still made randomly in the four official languages. Until recently, the station announcements used to be made in English only. Recently, Chinese (Mandarin) was added.
For more than 25 years since SMRT started operations, only English announcement was made for stations. Why the sudden addition of Mandarin? Is it due to the last December train disruptions where some passengers complained of no announcements made in Chinese? Is SMRT addressing that feedback? Is SMRT addressing the correct feedback? “No Chinese announcement” does not mean that all stations must be in Chinese! It actually meant reporting the actual crisis situation or delay or disruptions in Chinese stupid! Full story
