Since when has breastfeeding, in particular breastfeeding in public, become an issue of tolerance to Asians or non-Asians?
Angela Lui's letter headlined 'Some things should stay behind closed doors' (South China Morning Post, October 24) made me ashamed to be an 'Asian'. I am a Chinese mother who chose to give up my career as a lawyer to be with my son at home. I had breastfed him for a year in various public places in Asia, in the plane and in restaurants.
Please don't speak on behalf of Asians, Ms Lui. Many mothers in Asian society, not just Hong Kong, breastfeed in public and are tolerated and respected by men and women alike.
I didn't expose my breast to the public. In fact there is a way to breastfeed in public without exposing the mother's breast. If Ms Lui spent some time travelling in the mainland and other countries in the region such as Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand, she would realise that breastfeeding is a long-held tradition in 'Asian culture'.
SUSAN KHOO SOO SAN
Pokfulam
