From my point of view, I see that there was a social
problem.
Why was the girl jogging alone in a secluded place like the
Macritchie reservior? Shouldn't she be jogging with a companion at
least?
I find that all these is mainly because of complacency. A lot of us
are complacent on the security of Singapore. We always have the
idea that everywhere in Singapore is safe which in fact, it is not.
It is just that in general, Singapore is much safer than other
countries.
Girls should always try to avoid places that are dark and secluded
when they are alone. I personally find that nowadays, quite a lot
of girls tend to think that they can take care of themselves and
somehow does not need to rely on guys. They think that they are
independent in everything they do. They are right for certain way
but definitely not in terms of own safety.
For me, I have seen the dark side of Singapore as well as other
countries. And it is obvious that every country is not exactly as
safe as they seem to be. Girls shouldn't compromise their own
safety by being individual and have the thinking that they can rely
everything on themselves.
Lastly, I have just heard from the news that the attacker was a
Chinese and not Bangladesh. I find that a lot of Singaporeans are
very bias towards Bangladesh. It is true that there may be some bad
sheeps among them but we cannot deny that there are also bad sheeps
among the Chinese, Malays, Indians etc. Without any significant
proofs, we shouldn't pin point to any of the races.
