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I am writing in response to the ongoing debate on breast-feeding and particularly Angela Lui's letter in which she stated that feeding babies is a private matter ('Some things should stay behind closed doors', South China Morning Post, October 24).

If this notion is the view held by Chinese then perhaps Ms Lui could define at what age a baby is no longer considered a baby and therefore can be seen to be fed in public. Or should the feeding of toddlers and children also be carried out in private?

She does not mean this at all, as presumably she would not insist on mother and baby tucking into a jar of baby food in the confines of a toilet.

In any case, in Hong Kong it is well known that the majority of public toilets are dirty, unhygienic places hardly fit for the purpose.

Ms Lui is simply demonstrating a complete lack of consideration for others who want the best for their children.

Not all mothers are happy to leave their babies in the care of someone else all day who cannot breast-feed them when they need feeding.

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