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Jiang Wei
Guest
Tuesday October 26, 2010
No kissing or heavy petting in the mall, please
Compiled by REENA NATHAN, ANN TAN and A. RAMAN
A SHOPPING mall in Singapore has put up notices barring couples from kissing and heavy petting in the rest area, Nanyang Siang Pau and Sin Chew Daily reported. The dailies said the notices were placed on the second to fourth levels of the rest area in Mandarin Gallery, urging shoppers not to eat, sleep or engage in intimate acts.
The mall management took action following complaints from shop owners on shoppers occupying the sofa in the rest area for a long time and couples behaving intimately.
A salesperson for female apparel, who only wished to be known as Yap, said she once saw a girl sitting on her boyfriend’s lap and they started caressing one another in the eyes of the public. “Some couples were also spotted kissing in public and such behaviour will tarnish the image of the mall selling branded goods,” she was quoted by Nanyang Siang Pau.
