Hall of Residence in NUS unfair

last SG · 2005-06-09T23:56:43+00:00

Ugh, are you serious? That's just completely wrong. Take it up with NUS' Office of Student Affairs and make sure action is taken. Better yet, write in, at t...

foxwalk SG

There are a few halls of residence in NUS that are supposed to be run separately from NUS adminstration. (of course that's a rather vague term).

Raffles Hall is one of them. They impose compulsory meal plans on students, and if students opt to go without meal plans, they still need to pay 60% of the amount for meals. (eg compulsory meal plan = $200 a month, if you forgot this, you still have to pay them $120 ANYWAY).

That's not all. They force you to buy their Raffles Hall t-shirt. They make you pay, then they claim that they have run of t-shirts, and they can't give you one. And since "the fund has closed", they can't refund you the money either.

What can you do? It's like an unwritten rule that if you b itch about it, they'd try and catch you doing things that are deemed to be against the hall rules. So if you keep quiet about the t shirt money (a sizeable $12), they'll let it go.

Isn't that akin to protection money???

In another hall, King Edward VII, it seems the security guard has some kind of quota to reach to catch people breaking the rules (and of course, getting subsequently fined). He therefore pounces on any group of people which consists of more than 2 people and tells them to shut up even though they are merely talking.

What the Fuck is all of this about???

LazerLordz SG

Oh you should just tell the guard to shut his trap.Could you move to another hall?

DriftingGuy SG

That is why it is recommended to move into prince george park instead. You pay a bit more but you endure less of the crap Wink

foxwalk SG

IN PGP, it's just as bad. They spy on you. I know of a girl who was sick, so her friends visited her. Friends=one guy and one girl.

Effect: Kicked out + fine.
Reason: Opposite sex behind closed door

What do want from her? She's sick!!!

foxwalk SG

They just keep spying on you and breathing down your neck. He apparently put his ear on some girl's door to spy and her and totally freaked her out. He also went to peep through the opening at the op.

the.raven SG

tat is Fucked up wtf

DriftingGuy SG

Thinkin of trying to stay at hall the next sem.. now havin second thoughts Confused

DriftingGuy SG

But so many residents living hall, they so eng to spy on each and everyone meh Laughing

foxwalk SG

Raffles Hall has a group of super free people who set up a forum to gossip about the latest news of who's swinging with who currently.

frOst^~^nOva SG

come and stay in ntu halls then. Our security guards not so bo liao. Mr. Green but then again i think the invasion of privacy is too much, perhaps you could write a letter to straits times forum. Laughing

crazy monkey SG

NUS ISD Twisted Evil

FireIce SG

TH and EH ppl more cool

sgboy2004 SG

maybe they can employ mi as security guard... mi will have lots of free shows Very Happy

oxford mushroom SG

In UK, nothing cares about students sleeping together….just as long as they keep the noise down.

LazerLordz SG

The same mentality as the inane folks who complain to the media that their holy angels are viewing sggirls.

And frankly speaking,the security guard has overstepped his boundary in trying to spy on the girl.I would have called the cops straightaway if I knew he had done this a lot of times.

gentlerock SG

REGARDING MEALS

Maybe I can understand this....

The Halls have already built their dining rooms to hold hundreds of people at a time and have employed staff to work in them. If all hostelites opted out of meals, these dining facilities would become redundant and become a financial loss. So they obviously priced it in such a way to discourage the opting out of meals. As long as this condition is made known to potential hostelites before they accept their places in the halls, it can be considered to be fair enough.

Its just like the mobile phone service providers telling you:
- Buy a handphone for this price, with a 2-year contract.
- If you don't want the contract, you have to pay a surcharge for the phone.

REGARDING T-SHIRTS

If what you wrote was right, then it does seem like an unfair practice.

REGARDING SECURITY GUARDS

They must have beefed up security and discipline there. I stayed 3 years in KE7 a long time ago and we never had security guards back then. There were always the rule that after a certain time, guys and girls couldn't be in the same room with the door closed....but its enforcement was close to zero. Actually, it WAS zero. Heck, we're talking about undergrads and postgrads here (ie. educated adults).

However, if there was such a rule and the guy did visit the girl with the door closed, then they have clearly broken the rule. Then it will depend on how high-handed the staff-in-charge is. And from personal experience with staff, many unfortunately are.....

CAUTION

One thing we have to be careful about.....from my personal experience, there are many rumours that we hear especially regarding hostels. Some are true, many are not.

vito_corleone SG

nobody asked you to go to NUS, you could have gone to other universities, you only have yourself to blame Laughing

foxwalk SG

I don't know if you know this. Except for the dining facility which I agree with (but so what, it's a sunk in investment anyway), the "employed staff" is actually "sub contractors". They change every once in a while.

And that food, at best, can only be described as prison food.

foxwalk SG

They are true, because the girl is a friend's gf, the one with the t-shirt incident is my bf.

nasiusanna SG

Me thinks you should just go rent a room at clementi. I know its a little costly and got to travel more, but you would have no rules to adhere to. Basically, you’re buying yourself more freedom; of course still got to depend on the tenant but I’m sure it’s easy to find an accomadating one these days given the market situation. Any agents here? Maybe they can enlighten us on the rates.