Dear undergrads,
It has come to the attention of some Hall residents that living in
hostels may require some form of a constant vigilence and remainder
that a stranger will/may be lurking around in a corner, searching
for his preys and other properties within his or her reach.
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"The man, who had been stealing women hostelites' underwear at NTU,
is caught on film five times by security cameras .." (Sunday Times,
3-3-2002)
"... studies have shown that men who steal women's underwear are
usually "extremely shy people. They cannot tolerate the anxiety of
approaching women or having normal contact with them, so, holding
and touching their lingerie gives them a feeling of closeness and
intimacy with..." (STRAITS TIMES,05/07/1999)
27Mar2001 SINGAPORE:
"...NTU hostelite robbed in room . "A WOMAN undergraduate received
a frightening wake-up call when a masked man in black entered her
unlocked hostel room at 5 am yesterday, bound her wrists and stole
her money ..."
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Read more of this disturbing news at the
link below:
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http://www.aimoo.com/forum/postview.cfm?id=322370&CategoryID=14885&startcat=1&Thr
eadID=140942
Your suggestion as to how to make the concept of Hostel Living in
Singapore "SAFER" is welcomed at the link above or please reply at
this corner.
Some suggested ideas at NTU Forum:
1) Install pin hole web-cam to monitor unusual movements
2) Form a self help community group (sms)
Re: Your valuable comments is timely and important to all
undergrads and will be grateful to your ideas IF it works.
[This message has been edited by ntuforum (edited 07 March
2002).]