The Straits Times Interactive 30/07/2004
Chat up a girl? 'Ask about her lingerie'
I WAS taking my children to school around 6.40am on Wednesday and,
as usual, they would tune in to the music on 98.7 FM.
During that programme, a young student called and asked DJs Glenn
Ong and Sheik Haikel how he should approach someone he fancied in
the bus he was taking to school.
I was horrified by what Sheik said over the air, to thousands of
schoolchildren all over Singapore going to school and listening in.
He told the listener to ask the girl whether she was wearing white
panties.
Glenn, to his credit, tried to stop him by saying the boy might not
even be 16 but Sheik continued by saying he should also ask if they
were cotton or lace.
I turned the radio off immediately.
Such irresponsible, low-class and crude jokes or comments must
never be aired. It's about time we had some guidelines as to what
can be said over the airwaves.
LAU CHEE KIN
