Letters

Mainland tourists not to blame

To be fair, we do not know whether the Chinese mainland parents who allowed their toddler son to urinate in a Hong Kong street had tried and failed to force him to hang on until they could find a public toilet. It could be argued that the parents chose a far more sensible approach than to subject their child to physical pain or to carry him around in urine-soaked pants throughout the day.

The media focus on the uncivil behavior of some tourists from the mainland has added to the unfair impression that they are only ones who display deplorable habits while traveling overseas.