Little durian star,
the official mascot chosen to represent Singapore at the Shanghai
World Expo, makes Singaporeans look bad, complained one of
them.
Singapore, April 16, 2010 - Little durian star, the official
mascot chosen to represent Singapore at the Shanghai World Expo,
makes Singaporeans look bad, said reader TCH.
The Chinese text on the official website refers to the mascot as a
fictional 5-year-old character who lives overseas with his
Singaporean parents, said TCH.
He complained to Stomp: "He wears a durian suit because he is
obsessed with durians.
This makes it seem like the boy has become stupidly crazy over the
fruit."
TCH said he came across the official website for Singapore
Pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo.
He said: “Whoever designed or wrote the introduction for Singapore
Pavilion seems to be doing a great job at helping Singaporeans lose
face overseas.
“How can this (durian-obsessed boy) be a mascot for
Singapore?”
“This is what I gathered from the Chinese text on the
website.
“The mascot is a five-year-old boy from Singapore whose parents are
living overseas (quitters?).
“He loves to eat durians but durians can't be found
everywhere.
“Hence, this 'durian-obsessed' boy’s mother made him a durian
suit.
“I’m just wondering who wrote this and designed this mascot for
Singapore.
“Was there no editor to review the content before publishing
it?”
