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1. Can Singapore’s opposition really win the next general election?

2. Everest is a dirty, trash-strewn mess. Is it too late for Nepal to fix it?

3. Asia’s ‘kidults’, with money to spend, redefine market for toys and games

4. ‘Climate K.O.’ as Thailand’s gentle dugongs die in Andaman Sea

5. How Indian ice creams are now some of the world’s most creative



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SCMP Highlights

Singapore’s opposition, Nepal cleans up Everest, Asia’s ‘kidults’ have money to spend: 5 weekend reads you missed

Supporters of the opposition Worker’s Party wave party flags at the Hougang public housing district during the general election in Singapore in July 2020. Photo: AFP

Pritam Singh (centre) with former Workers’ Party chief Low Thia Khiang (fourth from right) and party members at their Aljunied stronghold in the lead-up to the July 10, 2020 election. Photo: Dewey Sim

Team members of the Clean Mountain Campaign sort through trash at Everest Base Camp. Photo: Clean Mountain Campaign/Handout

K-pop fans browse merchandise for sale at a BTS pop-up store in Seoul last month. Photo: AFP

The dugong, a shy, benign snub-nosed marine mammal and cousin of the manatee, has vanished from the waters around the Andaman Sea island. Photo: Shutterstock

Dark chocolate and olive oil ice cream at Burma Burma, a Burmese restaurant and tea room brand in India. Photo: Assad Dadan

China tests rail gun, Lawrence Wong ‘pride of Hainan’, Cathay bosses’ hefty pay rise:  SCMP’s 7 highlights of the week

Singapore’s new Prime Minister Lawrence Wong speaks during a swearing-in ceremony held at the Istana on Wednesday. Photo: Ministry of Communications and Information of Singapore/Handout via Xinhua

The Chinese team’s method reduces the costs of making wafers. Photo: Shutterstock

The Type 072 destroyer (pictured) was spotted in 2018, carrying what military experts believed to be the PLA Navy’s first electromagnetic rail gun. Photo: Handout

China’s Comac has already begun design work on the next generation of domestically produced airliners after its success with the narrowbody C919. Photo: CAAC

Famous China film producer, Zhang Jizhong, 72, is about to have his fifth child with his wife who is 30 years younger, and the age gap between them has sparked a social media debate. Photo: SCMP composite/Douyin

Singapore TikTok video, remote Hong Kong enclave, Asia’s work-from-home tug of war: 5 weekend reads you missed

Chinese tourists take selfies at Marina Bay in Singapore. Photo: Reuters

A hawker food centre in Singapore’s Chinatown. Photo: Shutterstock

A California town notorious for a history of racism and exclusion now has one of the highest Asian populations in the US state. The Tu family helped make it happen. Photo: The Tu family

Working from a beach in Bali will seem less of an impossible dream for hundreds of thousands of Singaporeans from December, when new flexitime guidelines kick in. Photo: Shutterstock 

The estate was billed as a luxury “second-home” retreat for Hong Kong socialites when it opened in 1979. Photo: May Tse

Sharing your voice with others while reading aloud can make for an intimate bonding experience. Photo: Shutterstock

Cathay Pacific’s stormy flight, Malaysia’s Forest City casino, Japan’s armpit onigiri: SCMP’s 7 highlights of the week

Cathay Pacific planes at Hong Kong International Airport. Photo: Jonathan Wong

Illustration: Victor Sanjinez

The fireworks were set to the music of the daily “Symphony of Lights” multimedia show. Photo: Yik Yeung-man

Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

A classic Japanese snack, the rice ball, has taken on a new culinary form, which bizarrely involves the underarm sweat of the women who prepare it. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock/QQ.com

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From Nepal’s attempt to clean up Mount Everest to creative ice cream in India, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend


From Nepal’s attempt to clean up Mount Everest to Thailand’s dying dugongs, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend.


Singapore’s opposition, Nepal cleans up Everest, Asia’s ‘kidults’ have money to spend: 5 weekend reads you missed

.css-1mniedq{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;}From Nepal’s attempt to clean up Mount Everest to creative ice cream in India, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend

1. Can Singapore’s opposition really win the next general election?

From Nepal’s attempt to clean up Mount Everest to creative ice cream in India, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend