On the 'Asian Way'

In your paper's Jan. 20 edition I came across an article which was titled: Singapore gives help to Acehnese in 'Asian way'." I immediately started reading it because I was really curious about the "Asian way" of alleviating human misery.

Well, this appeared to boil down to the following: "Despite the humid and sunny weather of the coastal area, none of the soldiers wear sunglasses (...) as they find it rude and un- Asian." Not a single trace of anything else "the Asian way" in the rest of the article.

I will throw away my sunglasses so I can spend the rest of my life doing things "the Asian Way".

FRANS HUNEKER Ubud, Bali