Stomp Law

"Stomp law" is an adage used in Singapore that states that any article about any anti-social or impolite behaviour that is published on Stomp (Straits Times Online Mobile Print) which concerns the behaviour of unidentified person or persons who appear to be of Chinese race will quickly be attributed to people from PRC () either by the author of the article, or soon after by people commenting on the article. This attribution is almost always pure conjecture and indicative of a trending negative attitude of Singaporeans towards PRC citizens, especially of those working in Singapore.
History
Since it’s inception in 2006 Stomp has been a fairly good way to judge public opinion in Singapore on various social issues, in a country which has high censorship and controlled media.
By monitoring trends of expressed sentiments, keywords and phrases used by the readers in their comments, as well as monitoring the subject of articles themselves (which are posted by citizens and not professional journalists) it has been possible to obtain a general picture of Singaporeans’ concerns and attitudes.
Since 2009 a very constant trend has emerged relating to the attitudes towards citizens of the People’s Republic of China. There is a growing resentment and belief that PRC citizens are less developed in their social skills. Subsequently almost any posted article about negative behaviour involving an unidentified person who appears to be of Chinese race, that person will almost certainly be labelled a PRC.
Examples
*[http://www.stomp.com.sg Example 1 "Couldn't leave parking lot because of inconsiderate PRC driver"]
A typical example of Stomp Law being used in the article itself, where the unknown individual is labelled a PRC due to conjecture or subjective opinion such as “her appearance and accent”.
*[http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/singaporeseen/what-bugs-me/man-bags-fruits-left-as-offerings-for-start-of-hungry-ghost-festival Example 2 "Man bags fruits left as offerings for start of Hungry Ghost Festival"]
In the above example of Stomp Law the individuals are purported to be Chinese citizens based on their appearance. This thought is further reinforced by the comments with unsurported accusations such as “i saw a PRC took the offering too”

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