Originally posted by kops21:
[b]Extracted from 17 Oct 04 The Sunday Times Page 40
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Hotel wanted trouser change
Last Sunday, three friends and I decided to catch up over afternoon
tea buffet at a hotel at town. One of my friends is the
vice-president of a leading company that designs and manufactures
high-tech products. When the weather is hot (as it always is in
Singapore), he goes around in shorts, even to high-end places
locally and in other countries.
On this occasion, he was dressed in shorts smart casual. Shortly
after we arrived for the buffet, a waitress came over with a pair
of baggy trousers and pointed out to my friend that there was a
policy for guest wearing shorts, and would he please change into
the trousers. After some hesitation and feeling a little offended
my friend did so.
Some time later, we noticed another person enjoying the tea buffet
wearing shorts. After 15 to 20 minutes, I went over to the
counter and asked one of the waitresses why my friend seemed to
have been discriminated against.
She replied that show would report the matter to her manager. Soon
a manager showed up at our table. She explained that they had only
four pairs of trousers, and had been used up and that way why the
person we saw was still in shorts.
It was a small place and my friends and I did not see other people
wearing shorts who were told to change into trousers. Incidentally,
the person wearing shorts was of Western origin while my friends
and I are Asians.
A short while later, we spotted another manager whose dressing
suggested he was of a higher authority. I beckoned him over. It
turned out the manager was French and the director of restaurants
in the hotel.
I told him we were upset with what had happened. Unlike the manager
earlier, he was very customer-friendly. He apologised, and said
they might review their policy.
I told him we have no quarrel with the policy as long as it was
applied equally to all. He hinted that he could offer us some
special packages but we were definitely not going to accept
compensation in exchange for turning a blind eye to the
discrimination.
I looked him in the eye and asked him if he was going to apply the
policy equally. He looked back at me silently. After some more
customer-friendly, he shook our hands and left.
Singapore has not been a colony for 47 years and has been fully
independent for 39 years. The Government and people have worked
hard to get where it is today. And indeed of racial equality is the
one of the key tenants of our nation. But there seems to be a
little piece of the island that has still not been liberated: the
Ritz-Carlton Millenia Hotel.
Ng Say Ban
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there is always discrimination wherever u look!!
bo bian loh at most complain but no effect unless we want to sue
their butts off!
Like the USA!!! when we can make a example of one of them, the rest
will become more tame!!! 
