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[h=2]S’porean minority recounts his experience with Malaysian Chinese FT[/h]
October 11th, 2012 |
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Let me relate my constant nightmare with another Malaysian Chinese in Toa Payoh.
The unit above was rented to a Malaysian Chinese, an accountant, working with 1 of the big four here. He, wify, child and mother in law lives there but also has regular stream of relatives from Malaysia.
The wife uses the hall for exercise with dumb-bells thrown around. The mother-in-law pounds chilly or whatever right on the floor even after midnight. And the kid jumps up and down all hours. As a result, my whole unit vibrates and fixtures fall down and break. My daughter, doing her masters while working could not study at night.
We paid courtesy calls to them and explained our position but they turned more nasty and threw bottles down rubbish chute that gives us heart attacks.Once they even came down and picked a fight.
Complain to police, MP, HDB but of no use. Their only secret weapon was that they are Chinese and we are not. Hence they took full advantage. So much so causing racial tension by shouting for help in Cantonese if they see me near by.
Finally, I sold my flat at a loss and moved out.
The only grace was that I had excellent relations with all my local Chinese neighbors. We use to greet each others. And their children loves me for my chocolates and cookies. Some even exchange food with us. And my children never hesitate to go out of their way to help sickly elders or if they lock themselves out.
All this beautiful neighborliness was lost forever because of a racist Malaysian Chinese FT.
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Let me relate my story
* Comment first appeared in: Malaysian turned Australian, Amy Cheong skips town



The unit above was rented to a Malaysian Chinese, an accountant, working with 1 of the big four here. He, wify, child and mother in law lives there but also has regular stream of relatives from Malaysia.
The wife uses the hall for exercise with dumb-bells thrown around. The mother-in-law pounds chilly or whatever right on the floor even after midnight. And the kid jumps up and down all hours. As a result, my whole unit vibrates and fixtures fall down and break. My daughter, doing her masters while working could not study at night.
We paid courtesy calls to them and explained our position but they turned more nasty and threw bottles down rubbish chute that gives us heart attacks.Once they even came down and picked a fight.
Complain to police, MP, HDB but of no use. Their only secret weapon was that they are Chinese and we are not. Hence they took full advantage. So much so causing racial tension by shouting for help in Cantonese if they see me near by.
Finally, I sold my flat at a loss and moved out.
The only grace was that I had excellent relations with all my local Chinese neighbors. We use to greet each others. And their children loves me for my chocolates and cookies. Some even exchange food with us. And my children never hesitate to go out of their way to help sickly elders or if they lock themselves out.
All this beautiful neighborliness was lost forever because of a racist Malaysian Chinese FT.
.
Let me relate my story
* Comment first appeared in: Malaysian turned Australian, Amy Cheong skips town