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Readers discuss the systemic problems unveiled by the Cathay Pacific discrimination scandal, the city’s international outlook, and what airlines must do to beat the competition.

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Readers discuss the urgent need to address the anti-mainland sentiment in Hong Kong, the rumour mongering targeting organ donation, and effective use of the government’s open data portal.

Cafes, bars, restaurants and guest houses are among the businesses banning older people from their premises, preferring to cater to the younger generation amid an ageing society.

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Violence erupted over push for majority Meiteis to gain access to jobs and university places set aside for Kukis. Home Minister Amit Shah, representing Hindu-nationalist government, has gone to Manipur for talks.

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Readers question the rationale behind the government’s transport subsidy for the elderly, and Cathay Pacific’s recruitment and training processes and language policy on flights.

Living openly in Russia as a member of the LGBTQ community has grown increasingly difficult in recent years, with additional restrictions in December.

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Readers discuss the stereotypical view of Singapore that persists in Hong Kong, and discrimination related to mainland travellers and organ donation.

The groups accuse the Pink Floyd co-founder of antisemitism – an allegation he denies. Last year, the Polish city of Krakow cancelled gigs by Waters because of his sympathetic stance towards Russia in its war against Ukraine.

Readers discuss a television drama’s portrayal of Hong Kong’s sex industry in the 1980s, and the easing of rules on women freezing their eggs in Singapore.

In response to recent bans like Florida’s, two Democrats in Congress offer legislation pre-empting any American state or territory that impedes property purchase based on one’s citizenship.

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In internal memo, CEO Ronald Lam calls for soul-searching within company, argues behaviour of fired attendants had compromised hard work of other colleagues.

Head of German domestic intelligence agency says the mixing of previously separate groups – from alt-right extremists to QAnon conspiracy theorists – and their willingness to use violence were particularly worrying.

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Aimed at encouraging women to have more children amid declining birth rate, there is debate over pilot scheme, including on potential discrimination and lower than locals’ pay for those Southeast Asians who take up work offers.

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Award-winning journalist with the Australian Broadcasting Company, Stan Grant, says he suffered racist abuse after raising Britain’s colonial persecution of Indigenous Australians during coverage of King Charles’s coronation.