I HAVE been watching with alarm the rise in number of clubs
around our neighbourhood shopping centres and the number of
students that are patronising them.
On a typical school day afternoon you can see dozens of school
children in their school uniform playing billiards and computer
games in these clubs. Some of them are really young and I have
little doubt that these places are fertile recruiting grounds for
gangsters.
If anyone has any doubt, then just visit some of the shopping
centres around Katong and Geylang areas to find out.
I am sure most parents like me are concerned about our
school-going children and how computer gaming and these clubs are
influencing them.
The authorities should do something about this.
Ng Swee Kim