Asking questions...

The usual ASEAN photo-op will show all 10 leaders already linking hands. But, somehow, they weren't quite ready when this photo was taken. I thought it was quite an apt commentary. though, on the state of disunity within the regional bloc vis-a-vis China despite this ST headline's protestations:

 
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ANZAC Day is an important commemoration. But looking at the picture below...

... I asked this question: "Why are foreign military personnel allowed to carry arms in what is a Singapore public place? I have no issues with their presence, which is appropriate given the occasion. But foreign troops bearing arms in Singapore is, to me, an extra-territorial issue.

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Why would anyone deface a monument like the Cenotaph (first pic below)? There has been at least one previous defilement of this commemoration of our war dead (second pic):

There seems to be a belief that it was a young man who carried out the recent act of vandalism, presumably because a man wearing a sweatshirt with a hoodie and carrying a backpack was spotted hurrying away. But I guess until there is an arrest and conviction, we cannot be sure, despite the story below:

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On the subject of youth, employers now worry about Generation Y's work ethic...

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In Hong Kong, they are starting to worry about even younger ones...

Hmm. Hong Kong and Singapore have many similarities. Should someone be carrying out a similar study here?

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Finally, we may have to go back beyond babyhood -- back to the womb! -- to find hope in humanity's future...