Hongkong vs Singapore

[August1991]

I reckon that Toronto is to Montreal what Singapore is to Hongkong

To work well, society requires order.

Edited March 2, 2024 by August1991

[Guest]

Hong Kong is the epitome of order since China's crackdown on it.

We were recently there, and I literally felt like I could carry a stack of cash, and nobody would bother me.

Say what one may say about it, but they have infrastructure that would bring shame to the west. 

 

[August1991]

10 hours ago, Perspektiv said:

Hong Kong is the epitome of order since China's crackdown on it.

We were recently there, and I literally felt like I could carry a stack of cash, and nobody would bother me.

Say what one may say about it, but they have infrastructure that would bring shame to the west. 

 

Lee Kuan Yew is the model of modern China.

[Guest]

On 3/3/2024 at 9:54 PM, August1991 said:

Lee Kuan Yew is the model of modern China.

No idea who, where or what that is.

[August1991]

I was in Singapore in the early 1980s.

Then I travelled to Hongkong, and Shanghai.

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Modern China is following the Singapore model.

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[Guest]

Singapore has a good model, so am not surprised.

[August1991]

On 3/6/2024 at 6:56 AM, Perspektiv said:

Singapore has a good model, so am not surprised.

But surely Toronto is not Montreal.

Singapore is, uh, a better model.

[Guest]

14 hours ago, August1991 said:

But surely Toronto is not Montreal.

Singapore is, uh, a better model.

Hong kong is a good model for public transportation. Not so sure about policy in general.

I have never used a more reliable bus and subway system anywhere else in the world. 

[eyeball]

On 3/2/2024 at 12:35 AM, August1991 said:

I reckon that Toronto is to Montreal what Singapore is to Hongkong

To work well, society requires order.

Chewing gum is outlawed in Toronto but not in Montreal?

[Moonbox]

You Americans won, something about Reagan, Galicia Montreal Galicia.    

We Canadians get along.  🫠

[Guest]

2 hours ago, eyeball said:

Chewing gum is outlawed in Toronto but not in Montreal?

Montreal is a dumpster fire. Thats the metaphor. Did you not see its crumbling bridges. Bubble gum on the asphalt would be an improvement.

[eyeball]

36 minutes ago, Perspektiv said:

Montreal is a dumpster fire. Thats the metaphor.

I have no idea. You can never be sure when its August1991 you're responding to.  He could be taking about restaurant service or subway station signage for all we know 

[-TSS-]

Singapore is totally dependant on Malaysia regarding fresh water.

[August1991]

On 3/11/2024 at 2:15 PM, eyeball said:

Chewing gum is outlawed in Toronto but not in Montreal?

Montreal is the Big Easy North.

[August1991]

On 3/11/2024 at 3:37 PM, Moonbox said:

You Americans won, something about Reagan, Galicia Montreal Galicia.    

We Canadians get along.  🫠

Peter Ustinov described Toronto as New York organised by the Swiss.

Still today, people in Toronto talk business at lunch. Like Singapore.

Hongkong is different.

[-TSS-]

On 3/6/2024 at 5:14 AM, August1991 said:

I was in Singapore in the early 1980s.

Then I travelled to Hongkong, and Shanghai.

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Modern China is following the Singapore model.

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I thought your username is the month and the year of your birth but apparently not.

[August1991]

On 4/1/2024 at 6:17 PM, -TSS- said:

I thought your username is the month and the year of your birth but apparently not.

I am real, a real person.

TSS, are you real?

[SpankyMcFarland]

Hong Kong under Xi lacks error control. What company there is going to criticize how the place is run any more? Which gives Singapore a massive advantage. 

[-TSS-]

Singapore is really something which is to some people a paradise when as for others it is a repressive dystopia.