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Soon after Samantha, a woman who pitted Holland Village against the heartlanders of Singapore, has caused big arguement and series of complaints.
Well, of cause she has now made apology on public radio, 91.3FM after realizing her stupidity comment has caused outrage of all netizens and people living in Singapore including those her so-called "heartlanders". Unfortunately, many netizens did not accept her apology and point out that Samantha was not sincere.
The source is here where the incidence begins,
"Known only as Samantha, she further explained that she was at a Starbucks outlet at Holland Village on Wednesday when she heard vulgarities from two men dressed in slippers and shorts. She was ticked off by their actions and dressing and decided to call in to 91.3FM's The Married Men - on Wednesday - to rant. Samantha began her rant about heartlanders and their alleged invasion of Holland Village.
'Oh gosh, I live in Holland Village and I just can't understand why people from the heartlands want to come here, because we people are cultured and you heartlanders are definitely not cultured.' She went on to define heartlanders as people who lived in areas such as 'Ang Mo Kio, Yishun, Toa Payoh and 'the nearby Bukit Batok'.
When asked how she could tell that somebody was a heartlander, she cheekily said that heartlanders were easily identifiable. She said they had no manners, talked loudly and wore cheap clothes 'like those you buy off Bugis Street'. One of her qualms with heartlanders was that they liked to 'shove and push' everybody. She added that some Caucasians along Orchard Road had also complained of the same thing.
91.3FM then opened the telephone lines once again and another woman, Maddy, called in to express her views. She introduced herself as living in Bedok. To this, Samantha let out an audible 'Oh my God' in the phone exchange on radio.
The two argued for five minutes. Maddy defended heartlanders, stating that they are 'pretty much well-educated and pretty much carry themselves well'. Samantha refused to give in and said that heartlanders needed to stay were they were. Maddy asked her: 'Every heartlander earns their money, so why can't we go (to Holland Village)?'
To this, Samantha questioned heartlanders' ability to afford the things that people in Holland Village enjoyed, such as a bowl of laksa, which she claims is more expensive in Holland Village than in Bedok.
Deejay and host Rod Monteiro stopped the discussion due to time constraints, but that didn't stop other listeners from calling in throughout the day to express their amazement and anger at Samantha's comments. Not one caller supported Samantha and her comments in any way.
The blogosphere also reacted strongly to the stories and many outraged netizens began to attack Samantha and her opinions."
Well, of cause she has now made apology on public radio, 91.3FM after realizing her stupidity comment has caused outrage of all netizens and people living in Singapore including those her so-called "heartlanders". Unfortunately, many netizens did not accept her apology and point out that Samantha was not sincere.
The source is here where the incidence begins,
"Known only as Samantha, she further explained that she was at a Starbucks outlet at Holland Village on Wednesday when she heard vulgarities from two men dressed in slippers and shorts. She was ticked off by their actions and dressing and decided to call in to 91.3FM's The Married Men - on Wednesday - to rant. Samantha began her rant about heartlanders and their alleged invasion of Holland Village.
'Oh gosh, I live in Holland Village and I just can't understand why people from the heartlands want to come here, because we people are cultured and you heartlanders are definitely not cultured.' She went on to define heartlanders as people who lived in areas such as 'Ang Mo Kio, Yishun, Toa Payoh and 'the nearby Bukit Batok'.
When asked how she could tell that somebody was a heartlander, she cheekily said that heartlanders were easily identifiable. She said they had no manners, talked loudly and wore cheap clothes 'like those you buy off Bugis Street'. One of her qualms with heartlanders was that they liked to 'shove and push' everybody. She added that some Caucasians along Orchard Road had also complained of the same thing.
91.3FM then opened the telephone lines once again and another woman, Maddy, called in to express her views. She introduced herself as living in Bedok. To this, Samantha let out an audible 'Oh my God' in the phone exchange on radio.
The two argued for five minutes. Maddy defended heartlanders, stating that they are 'pretty much well-educated and pretty much carry themselves well'. Samantha refused to give in and said that heartlanders needed to stay were they were. Maddy asked her: 'Every heartlander earns their money, so why can't we go (to Holland Village)?'
To this, Samantha questioned heartlanders' ability to afford the things that people in Holland Village enjoyed, such as a bowl of laksa, which she claims is more expensive in Holland Village than in Bedok.
Deejay and host Rod Monteiro stopped the discussion due to time constraints, but that didn't stop other listeners from calling in throughout the day to express their amazement and anger at Samantha's comments. Not one caller supported Samantha and her comments in any way.
The blogosphere also reacted strongly to the stories and many outraged netizens began to attack Samantha and her opinions."
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