Life in Singapore as an interracial couple
The incident involving an interracial couple being scolded by a Chinese man last week has raised eyebrows, but people say such encounters are not all that uncommon. Mixed-race couples tell Hariz Baharudin, Yuen Sin and Justin Ong about their experiences, and talk about what it means to be an interracial couple in Singapore.
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Yuen Sin, Justin Ong, Hariz Baharudin
Housewife Yvonne Neo, 38, was once out in Orchard Road with her then boyfriend Mohamed Shahrom Mohamed Taha, 42, a history teacher, when a woman suddenly glared at her and muttered loudly in Malay: "There goes another one of our Malay men."
Another time, after they got married in 2010, two Chinese men inside a lift with them asked her why Chinese men were not "good enough" for her.
