A M'syan resort chain has apologised to hundreds of Chinese tourists who complained after hotel workers drew sketches of pigs on their check- in cards in an apparent racial slur,officials said yesterday.
More than 350 tourists from China staged a sit-in protest for more than four hours at the lobby of the First World Hotel in the Genting Highlands hill resort area on Tuesday causing Chinese Embassy official to intervene. The tourists claimed the hotel's cafe workers made derogatory drawings on check-in cards that they handed to the staff members during breakfast.Several groups of families posed for local news photographers,showing pencil caricaturs of pigs' faces on their cards,M'sya prides itself on ethnic tolerence,and open racial enmity is extremely rare. Resorts World Bhd,a major leisure chain that operates Genting's casino and several hotels, said in a statement yesterday that the dispute had been " amicably resolved." "The misconduct of a few staff had offended a number of tourists " the company said " Together with some of the other Chinese tourists who were at the resort,those offended protested to the management." Chinese Embassy officials in Kuala Lumpur were not immediately available for comment. It was clear whether the hotel staff involved in the incident were Malays Hotel representatives " publicly apologised to the tourists concerned,with the assurance that severe disciplinary action would be taken against the staff concerned and such an incident would not happen again " said Resort World,a subsidiary of M'syan conglomerate Genting Bhd. The company stressed that it " values friendly relations with all Chinese visitors and seeks their understanding that the irresponsible act....is an isolated and regrettable incident." Deputy Tourism Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the hotel had fired three' workers and given Rmb 35.000 to the tourists ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <font face=arial size=-1><a href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12hmrod9t/M=362343.6886681.7839642.3022212/D=groups/S=1705329729:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1122626778/A=2894354/R=0/SIG=11qvf79s7/*http://http://www.globalgiving.com/cb/cidi/c_darfur.html";>Help Sudanese refugees rebuild their lives through GlobalGiving</a>.</font> --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> .: Forum Diskusi Budaya Tionghua dan Sejarah Tiongkok :. .: Kunjungi website global : http://www.budaya-tionghoa.org :. .: Untuk bergabung : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/budaya_tionghua :. .: Jaringan pertemanan Friendster : [EMAIL PROTECTED] :. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/budaya_tionghua/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
