I visited the SBH last sunday with my daughter and was harassed by a man in his 40s with some grey hairwith a square porkmarked face who leered at us and demanded we park elsewhere .The carpark next to SBH is not for parking , where can we park?
He's born with unfortunate looks that can scare the wits out of us and when he approached us menacingly , we panicked . Waving his hand in a striking manner especiall when we are both ladies is too frightening .
Why cant the SBH be built somewhere else ?
These ex-gangsters or drug addicts should not be allowed to roam around , I totally agree with Pachinko's posting below. If you visit SBH and come across this yellow/black trimmings polo gangster with a "SEGA" printed on his chest wearing yellow crocs sandals, stay away.
Halfway house Highpoint at lor23Geylang - Rehab or Hooligans' den?
I went with my family to visit the new Singapore Badminton Hall within their premises to find out more about this new facility . We did not have a comfortable feeling inside this compound occupied by heavily tattooed inmates supposedly turning over a new leaf with "religious" influence.
They all stared at us menacingly from top to bottom , my teenage son and daughters , including my spouse were feeling very uncomfortable with their 'hungry' look . Why are they roaming freely all over the compound when they are supposed to be learning to be good in order to integrate with society again? They were rowdy and behaving like hooligans , the public will be visiting SBH regularly to enjoy their badminton games and I strongly feel they should be protected from these menacing guys. I will not call them hooligans if they had not caused Fear in us during our visit , when I parked my car in the open car park , 2 guys ( wearing blue and orange polo Ts ) in his late 30s came near me and signaled me to bring down my window. The crew cut Chinese guy ordered me in a loud voice to park properly ??? Even when my car was within the lot? His partner stared but did not say anything , for a moment I thought they wanted money . Fortunately we were saved by another motorist who parked next to me and they left us abruptly.
I was really upset with this visit and will probably give up the idea of playing badminton with my family there unless
there is better security for the public . There are teenagers and the Singapore state team training there which is a great danger , hopefully , the CEO of this centre will restrain their inmates from misbehaving and stop them roaming around so freely in the compound.
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I also had a bad experience visiting the Greenhome where my relative stays , it is very intimidating to be there when all these scary looking men in heavy tattoos stared at me with their 'popeyes' . Even when a well dressed man in white long-sleeved shirt and pants was around makes no difference , I suspect he is like the inmates , served time and become their head but still spoke loudly and arrogantly.
I spent a short time there feeling very unwelcomed , frightened that they may bully me , I droves off when a guy in blue polo walked towards my car.
Wonder who owns the car park ? LTA, URA or Private ? Perhaps ,this halfway house with such offenders should be moved to Woodlands or Seletar so that they will not pose a threat to public. They should remove all tattoos and have a trained professional with no past records in crime to mentor them. It's an uphill task to reform them but congregating them in a lace so close to heavy human traffic is not a good idea.
He's born with unfortunate looks that can scare the wits out of us and when he approached us menacingly , we panicked . Waving his hand in a striking manner especiall when we are both ladies is too frightening .
Why cant the SBH be built somewhere else ?
These ex-gangsters or drug addicts should not be allowed to roam around , I totally agree with Pachinko's posting below. If you visit SBH and come across this yellow/black trimmings polo gangster with a "SEGA" printed on his chest wearing yellow crocs sandals, stay away.
Halfway house Highpoint at lor23Geylang - Rehab or Hooligans' den?
I went with my family to visit the new Singapore Badminton Hall within their premises to find out more about this new facility . We did not have a comfortable feeling inside this compound occupied by heavily tattooed inmates supposedly turning over a new leaf with "religious" influence.
They all stared at us menacingly from top to bottom , my teenage son and daughters , including my spouse were feeling very uncomfortable with their 'hungry' look . Why are they roaming freely all over the compound when they are supposed to be learning to be good in order to integrate with society again? They were rowdy and behaving like hooligans , the public will be visiting SBH regularly to enjoy their badminton games and I strongly feel they should be protected from these menacing guys. I will not call them hooligans if they had not caused Fear in us during our visit , when I parked my car in the open car park , 2 guys ( wearing blue and orange polo Ts ) in his late 30s came near me and signaled me to bring down my window. The crew cut Chinese guy ordered me in a loud voice to park properly ??? Even when my car was within the lot? His partner stared but did not say anything , for a moment I thought they wanted money . Fortunately we were saved by another motorist who parked next to me and they left us abruptly.
I was really upset with this visit and will probably give up the idea of playing badminton with my family there unless
there is better security for the public . There are teenagers and the Singapore state team training there which is a great danger , hopefully , the CEO of this centre will restrain their inmates from misbehaving and stop them roaming around so freely in the compound.
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I also had a bad experience visiting the Greenhome where my relative stays , it is very intimidating to be there when all these scary looking men in heavy tattoos stared at me with their 'popeyes' . Even when a well dressed man in white long-sleeved shirt and pants was around makes no difference , I suspect he is like the inmates , served time and become their head but still spoke loudly and arrogantly.
I spent a short time there feeling very unwelcomed , frightened that they may bully me , I droves off when a guy in blue polo walked towards my car.
Wonder who owns the car park ? LTA, URA or Private ? Perhaps ,this halfway house with such offenders should be moved to Woodlands or Seletar so that they will not pose a threat to public. They should remove all tattoos and have a trained professional with no past records in crime to mentor them. It's an uphill task to reform them but congregating them in a lace so close to heavy human traffic is not a good idea.