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Originally Posted by nono1973
Applies to any 3rd world countries too,hehehe.... !
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Originally Posted by BFOMF5
Don't worry lah....
you in Harbour bay area very safe.
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Originally Posted by BFOMF5
In fact this apply to anywhere.
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I am frankly surprised to read all this chit-chat and alarm just for some small petty crime.
I am not proud of that, but snatches or robberies are everyday life in any big city of Europe, not to mention Americas. It happened to me to not find the wallet anymore in my pocket just a couple of times in my life, but in a large city of Europe, say 1M citizens and above, the number of such cases is in the order of several ones every day, reported or not!
It is not limited to "3rd world counries". Walk in a wrong area of a city in USA, and you are in real danger to be robbed with a gun, not with a knife. Same for some big capitals in Europe. And I will not mention really dangerous places, such as big cities in South America or Africa, where rich people coexist with misery.
You Singaporeans (I assume most people here is from Singapore), to be frank, are really not used to the "real word" out there. Batam and Malaysia seem dangerous wild countries seen from the sanitized environment of Singapore (applause to Singapore authorities and people, who behave in a civil way).
Actually, Batam is still really a safe place, compared to most other places in USA or Europe. Just a bit of vigilance and normal good sense, as recommended by Nono and BFOMF5, is enough to keep people out of troubles.
PS: Said all this, last time few weeks ago I risked to fall victim of a robbery there
Unvigilant as I am used to be in Batam, because safer than where I live my regular life, around midnight (after dinner, too early to go to disco, and not attracted by pubs in kampung bule) I was playing with my phone in hands on the street coming down from the Mosque at the side of Nagoya Hill Mall. Suddenly my phone was hurt by a bike running speedy downhill and felt down. What happened is that that smart-ass on the bike wanted to snatch my phone, but he was stupid enough to not stop with the bike to grab it and then run away giving full gas. So, he passed too quick, and his hand could not grab the phone but just hurt it.
I learned the lesson to be more vigilant. I don't know what lesson that guy learned instead.