While beggars may not be an uncommon sight in Singapore, there seems to be a rising number of women outside MRT stations stopping people on the street and asking for free meals.
In many of these cases, the women – primarily foreigners – become more demanding after a person offers them the first instance of charity, say observers.about his recent encounter with two women who tried to get a free meal from him outside Bukit Gombak MRT station.
"After I rejected them, they stopped outside a convenience store and said they wanted to buy drinks. I ended up spending about $5 buying two cans of fruit juice for them.""I felt that was inappropriate, and I thought they were trying to scam me so I left. They ended up approaching another man for a free meal."
Another elderly man, surnamed Hong, told Shin Min that in June, he had three separate encounters with women asking for meals at Ang Mo Kio Central. With the first woman, he wanted to bring her to a nearby market, but she wanted to go elsewhere to eat. As he didn't want to walk any further, he simply handed her $10.
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