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05-09-2014, 10:30 PM
An honorable member of the Coffee Shop Has Just Posted the Following:
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Charity Organisaiton Willing Hearts, which operates a soup kitchen, posted a status to their facebook page explaining a recent situation that they encountered where two of their volunteers, both Chinese Nationals were harassed by a Singaporean.
The two PRC volunteers were chased away from the eating area by a Singaporean uncle and had derrogatory phrases shouted at them despite them having been there helping the whole morning.
Here is the facebook status written by Willing Hearts in full:
Dear Volunteers,
Last weekend, a group Chinese Nationals working in Singapore, volunteered at our kitchen. They reported that one of our elderly members had behaved badly towards two of their female volunteers who were at our kitchen for the very first time. The volunteers claimed that they were shouted at while they were having lunch, after helping in the food preparation by squeezing lime till mid-day. They were told to quickly finish their lunch to make way for some elderly people who were beginning to stream into the lunch area, even though many of the tables were sparsely occupied or even not occupied.
When these volunteers were slow to complete their meal, the “uncle” shouted “Don’t you understand English?” which, given the circumstances, can only sound derogatory.
Further they reported that the “uncle” chased the volunteers out of the compound and used strong words like “shame on you” and “don’t come back” and added negative comments on their nationality, and thereby adding further distress and embarrassment.
Such uncouth acts and lack of sensitivity serve only to discourage volunteerism, and severely tarnish the image of Willing Hearts.
We want to take this opportunity to remind our members and casual volunteers that their participation in our kitchen is strictly voluntary – regardless of race, creed, political belief, nor nationality. We wish also to remind all members and volunteers to treat each other with respect, as we are all here with a common objective – i.e. to serve the underprivileged who have fallen behind in our community.
Do remember that when you serve at our Kitchen, you serve best with a “Willing Heart”.
Thank you for your kind understanding.
Charles liew
Vice President
Willing Hearts
Enclosed below is a letter of complaint highlighting this uncalled for incident :
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://sammyboy.com/showthread.php?189492-PRCs-Complain-Against-Doo-Lan-SG-Uncle-for-Being-Xenophobic!&goto=newpost).
http://therealsingapore.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/Screen%20Shot%202014-09-05%20at%204.07.05%20pm.png?itok=2OE97b-b
Charity Organisaiton Willing Hearts, which operates a soup kitchen, posted a status to their facebook page explaining a recent situation that they encountered where two of their volunteers, both Chinese Nationals were harassed by a Singaporean.
The two PRC volunteers were chased away from the eating area by a Singaporean uncle and had derrogatory phrases shouted at them despite them having been there helping the whole morning.
Here is the facebook status written by Willing Hearts in full:
Dear Volunteers,
Last weekend, a group Chinese Nationals working in Singapore, volunteered at our kitchen. They reported that one of our elderly members had behaved badly towards two of their female volunteers who were at our kitchen for the very first time. The volunteers claimed that they were shouted at while they were having lunch, after helping in the food preparation by squeezing lime till mid-day. They were told to quickly finish their lunch to make way for some elderly people who were beginning to stream into the lunch area, even though many of the tables were sparsely occupied or even not occupied.
When these volunteers were slow to complete their meal, the “uncle” shouted “Don’t you understand English?” which, given the circumstances, can only sound derogatory.
Further they reported that the “uncle” chased the volunteers out of the compound and used strong words like “shame on you” and “don’t come back” and added negative comments on their nationality, and thereby adding further distress and embarrassment.
Such uncouth acts and lack of sensitivity serve only to discourage volunteerism, and severely tarnish the image of Willing Hearts.
We want to take this opportunity to remind our members and casual volunteers that their participation in our kitchen is strictly voluntary – regardless of race, creed, political belief, nor nationality. We wish also to remind all members and volunteers to treat each other with respect, as we are all here with a common objective – i.e. to serve the underprivileged who have fallen behind in our community.
Do remember that when you serve at our Kitchen, you serve best with a “Willing Heart”.
Thank you for your kind understanding.
Charles liew
Vice President
Willing Hearts
Enclosed below is a letter of complaint highlighting this uncalled for incident :
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://sammyboy.com/showthread.php?189492-PRCs-Complain-Against-Doo-Lan-SG-Uncle-for-Being-Xenophobic!&goto=newpost).