Centre of attention: Samsui women Loh Ah Kwai (second from right) and Yip Say Mui are used to the stares they get when out in their traditional headgear and black clothes. Young Singaporeans like these kids going down the escalator at Singapore’s arts centre The Esplanade probably don’t know who they are or what they did. Madam Loh muttered in Cantonese: ""I find it funny that they find us funny. But they probably have not seen us before.''