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Just Saying | Is it safe to be in Hong Kong? Against all odds the answer is still a strange ‘yes’
- Yonden Lhatoo, after a recent visit to Singapore, says Hong Kong looks like it’s going through hell in contrast, but remains curiously safe for the average person on the street
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I must say it hurts to visit Singapore if your heart is in Hong Kong.
I was there for a couple of days to attend an event that was originally supposed to be held here, but the organiser, a major multinational, changed the venue because of all the protest chaos that has pretty much destroyed our city’s reputation.
The contrast with Hong Kong was so acute, so in-your-face, that I couldn’t help feeling downright envious and borderline resentful about Singapore and its shiny, happy people. All those law-abiding folk skipping along spick and span streets, business booming in every shopping centre and street corner, uninterrupted commerce in gleaming office towers.
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I found it warm and welcoming there, and, above all, so peaceful.
After an ample dose of that, our battle-scarred city looks more bent and broken than ever. And angry, always angry.
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