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Learning to be gracious not a one-off, but daily, effort

I couldn’t agree more with Mr Lim Siong Guan’s points raised in the article, “S’pore should ‘move with more urgency towards gracious society’” (Oct 10).

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Sebastian Tan Gee How

I couldn’t agree more with Mr Lim Siong Guan’s points raised in the article, “S’pore should ‘move with more urgency towards gracious society’” (Oct 10).

I think we should start by first looking at and addressing the day-to-day inconsiderate behaviour that we have to face.

For example, despite educational clips shown before the start of each movie which advises movie-goers not to talk during the show, there are still people who continue to chatter away as though they were in their own homes, with some even explaining and narrating plot lines to their companions.

As far as I can remember, for the past 10 years, I have never been in a movie where I did not hear someone talking during a screening.

There are many more examples of ungracious behaviour, such as drivers switching lanes without signalling, spitting in public and so on.

And yes, as Mr Lim mentioned, I do admire the social etiquette of the Japanese as well, and hope Singaporeans will one day be known to be a people that are as gracious as they are.

Perhaps, the campaign we have to promote graciousness can be prolonged and highly publicised for a change?

 

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