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on 08 May 08 1:28 pm
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^yes correct, when looking for a flatmate you have every right to be biased!
But for whole units there should be no discrimination. As landlords you accept the risk of renting your property and not always looking to having your cake and eating it too.
I'm sure there are just as many examples of indian, malay, PRC tenants on both sides of the fence. |
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on 20 Jul 08 10:58 pm
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GOSH!!!!!!!!
I had lived in Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia and Singapore - working and studying in these countries.
The worst place to rent out a room must be Singapore.
Before I came to this country - I heard of harmony, peace, safety, and no discrimination or racism.
Within a few weeks of searching for a room to stay, i learned the truth. So did my fren from New York who had come here on a transfer. She herself was shocked and had the same opinion.
Take a look at the classifieds on room rentals - gender, age, race, language. When you sign a contract or talk to an agent - u must declare your profile - which includes race, religion, gender and age.
No one would ever stand for such a thing in Australia - the agents and owners would be complained about immediately.
Despite the vast number of units that are available for rent - it is unbelievably difficult to find a room to rent - with all the constraints, restrictions and to such to point where I have decided to leave the country for good.
N YES i can concur with Halimah's dilemma of this situation in Singapore for I too had been posed a similar question. When I said I was an Indian - the agent asked me if I was black or white. I was shocked by the question that I could not speak for a few seconds. I finally slammed the phone on the agent.
I mean what does anything have to do the colour of my skin - will skin colour - yellow, black, brown, white - determine cleanliness, prompt rental payments, tidiness, etc.
This to me is the pinnacle of racism in the country and with that I had decided to return to Australia - a place where such a question of skin colour would raise an uproar that the agent or owners would have lost all customers. |
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