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In a dialogue between transport minister Dr Lam Pin Min and PPP chief Goh Meng Seng on the petitions of riders of personal mobility devices, Dr Lam wrote in a FB post that a member of an opposition party “came to politicise the issue and stoke the emotions of those present.” That gave Pritam Singh the context of this comment:... 

I’ve KPHBed (HK: Int’l media coverage shows PAP got point on media?) that the ang moh media (including my favourites, FT, Economist and BBC: yup I’m an anglophile) exaggerate the severity of the violence (especially police “brutality” in HK). Only two people have died despite Rules of engagement that in July were... 

Once-peaceful pro-democracy demonstrations are transforming into violent confrontations. Neither side is willing to back down. In the darkness, there’s black comedy. Professionals protest during their lunch-break, then return to work. Every day this week bankers and professionals have taken to the streets during lunch-breaks,...