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Hong Kong airport upgrade, Singapore most expensive city to live ‘extremely well’: 7 highlights
- From the life of China’s Oppenheimer to Singapore topping world’s most expensive city for living ‘extremely well’, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting
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1. How life of China’s ‘father of 2 bombs’ tells different story than Oppenheimer
Tuesday marks the centenary of the birth of Deng Jiaxian, the physicist who played a key role in developing China’s atomic and hydrogen bombs and who has now become a totemic figure in the story of China’s military development known as the “father of two bombs”.
2. Chinese scientists detect ‘spy balloon’ as small as F-35 on radar
While the US military struggles to detect spy balloons, Chinese scientists can offer a simple, efficient and low-cost solution.
3. Singapore pips Hong Kong as world’s most expensive city to live ‘extremely well’
Increased spending by Hong Kong’s wealthy residents pushed the city one notch higher in terms of the “cost of living extremely well”, making it the world’s second-most expensive metropolis, according to a recent report.
4. Chinese teen who beat MIT students in Alibaba maths contest attracts doubters
Alibaba Group Holding’s annual global maths contest finished on Saturday with all eyes on a 17-year-old vocational school student who has bested hundreds of competitors from prestigious universities such as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University and Tsinghua University, generating intense interest and speculation online.
5. Hong Kong air travellers can keep liquids, gadgets in bags after security upgrade
Travellers will be able to keep liquids and electronics in their hand luggage when they pass through security at Hong Kong airport from next week, thanks to an HK$800 million (US$102 million) upgrade of the system that includes smart screening.
6. Marcos Jnr’s late response to clash marks Manila’s muted stance, diplomacy
The Philippines is maintaining a muted stance on the recent clash between its navy and the Chinese coastguard in the South China Sea, observers say, with President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr seen to be playing down the incident to avoid touching on responses or “red lines” that might escalate tensions further.
7. Jail for Singapore boss who paid herself US$148,000 for tuition, medical bills
A human resources employee in Singapore who is in charge of her company’s payroll system has been jailed for 18 months for making bogus pay claims for herself involving nearly S$200,000 (US$148,000).
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