| @wonton, oh I see. I'm surprised by your humility when you say "there are many things we can learn from it." Thank you for that. *:) But of course I know very well that Singapore may be here today, and gone tomorrow, depending on how our government steers the boat. As for smoking, well, the rules have already arrived. Now, smoking is prohibited even at coffeeshops, bus-stops, discos and pubs!!! In coffeeshops, small yellow boxes are drawn on the floor to demarcate smoking areas. But some coffeeshop owners, in a bid to continue business as usual, try their best to accomodate smokers who want to sit anywhere they want. In discos and pubs, there's a small smoking section for smokers, but most of the area must be no-smoking. By the way, speaking of forceful laws, Jian Shuo, did you know that homosexuality is a criminal law in Singapore, punishable by lifetime imprisonment? Some Singaporeans are still trying to change this, but so far there has been no breakthrough. Our government says they want to keep the law that way, but they will "close one eye" (paraphrased by me). What about China? Is homosexuality a crime in China too? How serious is the punishment? P.S.: Jian Shuo, I feel bad that I keep mentioning my own country in a post titled "What's wrong with China?". If you find my post irrelevant, please feel free to delete it. I mean it. Thanks and no hard feelings. *:) |
What's Wrong with China?