August1991 Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 (edited) I reckon that Toronto is to Montreal what Singapore is to Hongkong To work well, society requires order. Edited March 2 by August1991 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perspektiv Posted March 3 Report Share Posted March 3 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
August1991 Posted March 4 Author Report Share Posted March 4 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perspektiv Posted March 6 Report Share Posted March 6 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
August1991 Posted March 6 Author Report Share Posted March 6 I was in Singapore in the early 1980s. Then I travelled to Hongkong, and Shanghai. ==== Modern China is following the Singapore model. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perspektiv Posted March 6 Report Share Posted March 6 Singapore has a good model, so am not surprised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
August1991 Posted March 9 Author Report Share Posted March 9 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perspektiv Posted March 9 Report Share Posted March 9 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyeball Posted March 11 Report Share Posted March 11 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonbox Posted March 11 Report Share Posted March 11 You Americans won, something about Reagan, Galicia Montreal Galicia. We Canadians get along. 🫠 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perspektiv Posted March 11 Report Share Posted March 11 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyeball Posted March 11 Report Share Posted March 11 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 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-TSS- Posted March 16 Report Share Posted March 16 Singapore is totally dependant on Malaysia regarding fresh water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
August1991 Posted March 23 Author Report Share Posted March 23 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
August1991 Posted March 23 Author Report Share Posted March 23 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-TSS- Posted April 1 Report Share Posted April 1 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. ==== Modern China is following the Singapore model. . I thought your username is the month and the year of your birth but apparently not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
August1991 Posted April 6 Author Report Share Posted April 6 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpankyMcFarland Posted April 12 Report Share Posted April 12 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-TSS- Posted April 12 Report Share Posted April 12 Singapore is really something which is to some people a paradise when as for others it is a repressive dystopia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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