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IN ASIA

In March 2001, The National

Courtesy Campaign was
ocially subsumed under the
so-called Singapore Kindness
Movement(SKM)...Prime
Minister Goh Chok Tong
emphasised that Singapore
should complement its
economic growth with progress
in personal development and
in social behavior. In line with
this, the SKM aimed to
encourage Singaporeans to
make a positive commitment to
gracious living through simple
acts of kindness in their daily
activities.
In late 2008, a survey was
commissioned by the SKM It
looked at gracious behavior in
ve sectors in Singapore
society: public places, home,
work, school and on the
roads It also found that
Singaporeans were not
considerate towards the
elderly, pregnant women and
adults with very young
children
-Politeness in East Asia
Editor,i Dniel Z. Kdr &Sara

MEAN WHILE IN THE WORLD

The list of countries ranked for friendliness comes from

the Forum's newly-released Travel and Tourism
Competitiveness Report, which gave scores on a scale
from one, where locals made foreign visitors feel 'very
unwelcome', to seven, for 'very welcome'.
The top ten nations in order of their friendliness to
visitors from elsewhere are: Iceland, New Zealand,
Morocco, Macedonia, Austria, Senegal, Portugal, Bosnia
and Herzegovina, Ireland and Burkina Faso.
The bottom ten, meanwhile, were Mongolia, Bulgaria,
Slovak Republic, Pakistan, Iran, Latvia, Kuwait, Russian
Federation, Venezuela and Bolivia.

Common sense but not so

common.

Common sense is the

most widely shared
commodity in the world,
for every man is
convinced that he is well
supplied with it.
Ren Descartes

Common sense is not so

common.
Voltaire, A Pocket
Philosophical
Dictionary

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Common sense: The missing piece in

Vietnamese youth ?
Feature story: Daily
politeness in Vietnam:
Common sense or
Uncommon sense?
Daily politeness, a seemingly
easy-to-grab concept, is also a
non-familiar practice among
young people in Vietnam.
The youth these day seem to get
used to not greeting each other,
giving their seats to the elder on
the bus or holding the door for
people behind them. However, all
these polite acts are taught in
Vietnamese school from a very
early age.So what is the problem
that cause a neglect on being
polite among the young people? Is
that the lack of good examples
from their parents or the opinion
of the society viewing politeness
as irtation? On the other hand,
there are arguments that these
so-called politeneAss is just a
product of Western inuence to
the modern society and it is not
according to our tradition to do so.
As a result, young people often
have very dierent reactions
toward these actions. Some highly
praise these actions and view
them as a sign of civilized people
while other sees them as irting or
a clumsy way to get attention.
Despite all the conicted opinions,
daily politeness is still being
neglected by many or sometimes
noticed but considered an
insignicant problem or not even
a problem at all.
In conclusion, I believe that the
matter with daily politeness is an
important issue and urgently
needed to be discuss. I hope that
with some more serious thoughts
and debates, we can nally resolve
the issues of neglecting or
objecting politeness.

By Phong Nguyen

Stories
I have just returned from another
culture., said my friend. South
Carolina, USA is so dierent from
Hanoi. The manners, the social
behavior, the common sense all
are too dierent! I remember
walking in the local Publix and
smiling at the cashier and he or
she would ask me about my day,
which makes my day feels so jolly.
Or maybe just, getting in line in
order (not trying to cut in line) and
littering at the right place called
trash cans I hope my people, the
Vietnamese, in general and the
Hanoians, in particular can
practice daily politeness and
realizing its just common sense,
as itll easily make everyone
happy.
Chau Bui, an RMIT student.

Its abnormal to
do the norm
nowadays ?

Common sense
in an uncommon
degree is what
the world calls
wisdom.

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