My Singapore - Full of Surprises

Read this article by Jeremy Lim(14 yrs old, Young Ambassador for NKF's Children's Medical Fund) in Today newspaper. The headline was "More Fines Are Just Fine"

In it, he recommended the following:
1. $200/- fine for being unkind to pregnant women, the elderly or parents carrying infants on public transport.
2. $100/- fine for those not punctual for a wedding dinner or concert, double it if they fail to turn up.

The idea is to get rid of bad habits when education and encouragement fail to do the job.

I agree with this statement though - never mind if Singapore is known as a fine city so long as it is fine-beautiful, gracious and refined. I mean, how cool is that coming from a 14-yr old?

On a lighter note, the news last night featured some of the cleanest toilets in Singapore. We even have the "Restroom Association of Singapore" and get this, they interviewed the PRESIDENT of the association!!! To flush(pun intended) home the point, they set up a table in the toilet and ate there...while saying cheers with a cup of good old teh tarik!! hahahahaha!