Lies, damned lies and Hong Kong pollution
Spike columnist JON MARSH reveals how a letter to the SCMP has exposed the truth about government foot-dragging on taking steps to improve the quality of the air we breathe One letter - that's all it took. A simple letter to the South China Morning Post and the truth was out. At a stroke it demolished the myth that Donald Bloody Tsang's supine, do-nothing, head-up-its arse administration actually gives a monkey's about the quality of what passes for air in Hong Kong. To quote the letter from a Mr Chan dated January 7: "As the largest bus operator in ... Read More

Perception and Royal Reality in Malaysia
Excerpt: He was dismissed as the prince regent of Johor in 1961 after he reportedly chained two policemen into a dog kennel after they displeased him. He was later reported to have attacked a young couple with Mace after they allegedly offended him. In 1972, he was charged for Macing two men because their car had had overtaken his. At a diplomatic reception, he was seen to simply hold out his glass when it was empty and drop it as a terrified servant raced across the room to catch it before it shattered on the marble floor. Full Story