A mobile phone video of a local woman swearing at a Filipino woman on a bus has gone viral on social media.
A Filipina posted the video on Facebook on Sunday showing a Hong Kong woman, wearing sunglasses beside her on a seat on the lower floor of a double-decker bus to Kwai Chung, swearing at her in Cantonese and asking her to go back to the Philippines.
This started after the Filipina got on the bus and sat next to the local woman, who did not move her bag out of the way, so the seats seemed a bit tight.
All of a sudden the local woman started swearing at her – admitting that she was a racist and did not like the Filipina.
She said the Filipina could only use an outdated iPhone and would not be able to compensate her if she broke her new Samsung Galaxy S8 phone.
The Filipina remained calm and polite throughout the incident and asked the woman to speak English. Her reply: “F**k you.”
The local woman only stopped speaking after several passengers asked her to calm down and restrain herself in a public area.
The Filipina quietly took a video of the woman, then posted it on Facebook. She said the woman called her fat and said she should go back to her homeland. She described the woman as disrespectful, racist and judgmental.
As of Wednesday morning, the clip had received 6,000 likes and had been shared by 8,000 times, after local papers wrote about it on Tuesday.
Most netizens slammed the local woman for her harsh words and discriminating against domestic workers. Some said she might have some kind of mental illness.
One Hong Kong citizen apologized to the Filipino woman on behalf of local people, saying that the woman’s insulting remarks did not represent the opinion of local people.
you crazy…stupid
I am a local Hong Kong Chinese, her behaviour makes all Hong Kong people feel ashamed! I have lived in HK for 60 years, Hong Kong has once been a friendly place to foreign people, what has happened to Hong Kong in these years? Hong Kong has all sorts of problems in the last twenty years that have changed people’s mindset and behaviours, I wouldn’t believe this could happen 20 years ago.
She definitely doesn’t represent the locals, I’m a foreigner with over 15yrs here and I can tell that the likes of that woman hadn’t gone beyond mainland China or Taiwan, so feels the world ends here in hk, I can only feel pity for her type. If only they know better.
That woman is really so rude! Her mouth speak out so dirty words.
High cost-of-living, unaffordable housing, shoebox-like average living conditions, overcrowded environment, summer heat, credit card amortizations on all things she owns…bound to snap
Oh my god, chinese woman here is kind of very rude acting like a mental ill person..is it insecure? Poor chinese woman here discriminating Filipina oh no!?… Filipina looks beautiful than you she’s calm and respected you..
yep.. we r lucky pero taiwan hk macau and china is the same… so dapat d nila sinasabing kadamihan ng chinese eh bastos walang modo at arrogante kasi nkkhiya sa mga ibng chinese na mababait at makatao naman
Beth Camacho tsk tsk.. u dont get my point here kabayan?? 0yes bastos at arrogante nga ng tsekwa na yan.. mamatay na xa.. pero ang mali ng karamihan dto.. dnadamay kahit walang kinalaman when you say "karamihan… it means most of the Chinese people db.. means khit sinong mkabasa na Chinese pwedeng isa sya dun sa karamihan.. so u mean ung mga boss ng ibang kbbyan natin na NANJAN SA HONGKONG NA MAGANDA NAMAN ANG PAKITUNGO SA MGA PINAY EH KASALI SA "KARAMIHAN NA SINASABI NYO"… eh kung kayo nf na di naman kasali sa kabulastugan ng gagong babae na bumastos sa pinay eh hayop kung magre ak e pano pa kaya sila na malaman na maayos naman sila makitungo sa kasambahay nila pero mkikita nila na "HALOS" lahat ng comment is karamihan ng chinese bastos at arrogante… pls isipin din naman nyo yung mga linalabas nyo sa net… lahat nababasa ng kahit sino… lahat maaapektuhan
Loryline Villas karamihan is like saying lahat.. weh.. so ung hongkong drug courier na pinay eh sabihing karamihan ng pinay drug corrier?? ung rapist na pinoy jan e sabihing halos lahat ng pinoy molester ?? mga boss kung sino ung may kasalanan un lang po ang bugbugin.. wag idamay ang walang alam… hinay hinay lng po…. kasi kung kayo masabihan ng " karamihan ng pinoy at pinay basag ulero magnnkaw pokpok kabit drug dealer etc eh magagalit kau.. pero sila naexpirience nila un sa mga kbbyan natin….kaya wag sabihing karamihan….pls lng….
Maybe the chinese woman dont understand who she is
agree..
Kanina nag lalakad ako sa mall pauwi na sana ,ung matanda nag kadikitan ung braso ko at braso nia,sia pa ung galit sia nga ung dumikit ung braso nia sa akin,kc daming tao,galit na galit sia,tiningnan ko sia dami niang salita,di ko nalng pinatulan,kc matanda naman,pero sama nang bunganga daming salita,di ko naman maintindihan,kaya dritso nlng ung lakad ko,kc di naman pde patulan,di lng kmi mag kaintindihan,sana bigyan pa ni Lord nang lakas,hindi sa bunganga kondi sa katawan nia,God bless nalang sau grandma.
wont help so pls stop
agree…. even if we can say that most of them are racist we cannot still judge somebody by their race…kasi mayroon din drug trafficker na pilipino at murderer at magnnkaw… so kung sabihin nila na ganun ka matutuwa kb??
Ipakita dapat yan kay presidente duterte para malaman nya kung paano tratuhin ng mga Chinese people ang mga pilipina o pilipino. …ugly woman hongkong woman arrogant. ..
This Hong Kong woman is probably unhappy in her life. Low self esteem and trying hard to keep up with the trend because she has no self confidence, envious because she doesn’t feel good about herself and she’s just plainly an unhappy person.
Attitude!�
Stupid Chinese �
Beth Camacho Hindi lahat ng instik masama ugali dito sa amin sa Taiwan okay naman,hwag mo naman damay lahat..
I just cannot imagine how a developed country like HK got this ill~mannered,arrogant zero etiquette woman. She should live in the jungle with the monkeys.