tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28396254.post115186794429753081..comments2023-08-02T23:04:07.548+08:00Comments on Yawning Bread Sampler: The troubles of Joo ChiatYawning Bread Samplerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07107097753480790615noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28396254.post-1159697270023872032006-10-01T18:07:00.000+08:002006-10-01T18:07:00.000+08:00your post makes some very valid points. the one bi...your post makes some very valid points. the one big one is that it will not simply go away. and with the casinos coming - the business will get much larger. better to control and regulate than try to clamp down?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28396254.post-1151961552010135382006-07-04T05:19:00.000+08:002006-07-04T05:19:00.000+08:00Vice trade in Joo Chiat compliments the incoming c...Vice trade in Joo Chiat compliments the incoming casinoes in 2008/09. Las Vegas is well known for its brothels and casinoes. These problems lie with the policies this country is taking: indiscriminate entry to low level foreigners(unskilled), drastic move to casino investments without much thought of social ramnifications nor any public debate to consider such actions. Overall, the impending likelihood of a deteriorating social environment with monetary & economic considerations taking center stage above everything else is becoming real.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28396254.post-1151944905455815002006-07-04T00:41:00.000+08:002006-07-04T00:41:00.000+08:00Re Scarlet Hotel, I've seen it. I did a photoshoot...Re Scarlet Hotel, I've seen it. I did a photoshoot in the suite, no less, and it was cramped. My own HDB bedroom is bigger than the suite's bedroom. My own living room is twice as large as the suite's.Yawning Bread Samplerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07107097753480790615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28396254.post-1151933058248637272006-07-03T21:24:00.000+08:002006-07-03T21:24:00.000+08:00Great analysis. I doubt that any of the government...Great analysis. I doubt that any of the government officials looking at the issue has such clarity.hugewhalesharkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05464651179214970834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28396254.post-1151924671451782582006-07-03T19:04:00.000+08:002006-07-03T19:04:00.000+08:00On the observation that it would be impractical to...On the observation that it would be impractical to convert shophouses into a hotel, I would urge you to take a look at the Scarlet, opposite Maxwell market.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28396254.post-1151904568950464172006-07-03T13:29:00.000+08:002006-07-03T13:29:00.000+08:00Good article Alex.If i may add, it isn't us s'pore...Good article Alex.<BR/><BR/>If i may add, it isn't us s'poreans who need to unburden ourselves of puritanism. It is those who are in power, who call themselves gentlemen and 君子 and claim moral authority when they have none, who are hypocrites and wearing blinkers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28396254.post-1151894961129179562006-07-03T10:49:00.000+08:002006-07-03T10:49:00.000+08:00Sad to see that the Sunday Times was creating a fa...Sad to see that the Sunday Times was creating a false impression of the situation in Joo Chiat...Abaohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06316440811389250605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28396254.post-1151894503722718672006-07-03T10:41:00.000+08:002006-07-03T10:41:00.000+08:00There is a sizeable minority of people living in V...There is a sizeable minority of people living in Vietnam whose families are recent (within 2-3 generations) Chinese immigrants from Cantonese-speaking areas, especially in the South which is where most of those girls seen in Singapore are from. The girl Alex met likely has recent Chinese ancestry, and grew up speaking Cantonese with her parents at home in Vietnam, and of course spoke Vietnamese elsewhere. The sight of a Vietnamese girl able to speak Cantonese is certainly no indication that she has "been around".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com