| @ - @oncrest - I agree with you on this incorrect 'perception', and would like to add that the % of prostitutes of total population of Chinese nationals is very low in SG... I love living in SG, but this deep-seeded 'perception' in some SGpeans you describe is very, very true - and very, very wrong. It will take some time for the 'old school' Chinese national-haters to ween out of mainstream. I'm so glad you understand the issue so well... Let's keep on the govt's back to clean up geylang, and let's keep the open discussion going to remove the incorrect perceptions of 'old school' SGpeans that all Chinese nationals are prostitutes. Interestingly, we got rid of similar incorrect perceptions in Melbourne many years ago (that most asian girls are prostitutes), by lobbying the local, state and federal govts to change advertising laws. At that time, some brothels were advertising services by 'Asian only' - and went further to define by country of origin - it was possible to call and book time with a SGpean (or Chineses or Japanese or Malaysian or Korean etc, etc) if that was one's requirement... this practice is now illegal in Australia thank goodness - the world's 'oldest occupation' attracts workers from every walk of life, every country and every culture - no one country or race is immune. |
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