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Covid-19 should bring the self-realisation to all of humanity that we are one and indivisible. If one of us falls ill, we all eventually suffer. We must learn this spiritual lesson of life, instead of pointing fingers at one another for being disease carriers.
Covid-19 made the world fall ill. It has collapsed the felt surety of existence and the trust in our governments. For those of us who believe in the future and see it bright, we need to learn from Covid-19, and become more aware that there is always uncertainty in life, and that the inescapable fact of life is death.
I am so disheartened when I see leaders around the world point fingers at China and blame it for Covid-19. Why can we not realise that we need to become one world, one nation – and not punish and divide and aim to rule over others.
Covid-19 ends the illusion of every man for himself
Please devote some time and mind space to realise that Covid-19 is a wake-up call to start to see us all as one. This has been a global fight to eliminate a darkness of our age. We need to strengthen all of our ties with one another, and open the doors to acceptance of our failures and not give blame.
Rishi Teckchandani, Mid-Levels
Mosque tragedy showcased best and worst of humanity
An Australian mass murderer, whose name should never be mentioned again, has been sentenced to life in prison without hope of parole in New Zealand. His guilt was never in doubt, as he had live-streamed his murder of 51 people and the attempted murder of another 40, as he shot his way through two mosques in the city of Christchurch in March last year.
From this great tragedy came stories of heroics, as often does in times of need, but no matter what level of courage a person shows, there is no hope against an AR15 semi-automatic rifle at point-blank range, although these acts allowed others to escape to safety.


This time of sadness offered insights on the nature of humanity with the evil of one greatly overridden by the strength of faith of the families, many of whom showed not hatred but forgiveness at the sentencing.
Anger would be the expected response but so many were tempered by their better nature. What the murderer did not understand was that the differences between people is what makes the world a better place.
It is often said that tragedies bring people together, but why is it at so great a cost?
Dennis Fitzgerald, Melbourne


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Covid-19 is a wake-up call for humanity to come together as one

Pedestrians walk past a mural in the Central district of Hong Kong during a coronavirus disease outbreak in the city, on July 20. Photo: handout

Youth unemployment: why we should be very worried that Hong Kong’s fresh graduates can’t find jobs

JPG for ONLINE Young people's satisfaction with quality of life in 11 areas ? Hong Kong (average score) ?Singapore (average score) 4.79 Political and social 7.15 5.66 Economic 7.41 4.87 Environment 7.64 5.48 Medical and health 7.88 6.75 Entertainment and leisure 7.51 3.87 Housing 7.31 Law and order 6.68 8.36 5.37 Social welfare 7.13 5.37 Cultural inheritance 7.09 Employment opportunities and job 5.61 7.09 Education 6.4 8 Sources: The Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences, City University Scmp

Hong Kong’s pandemic fatigue: we’re sick of Covid-19 and a government we can’t trust

Passengers wear face masks on a tram in Hong Kong. Photo: EPA-EFE

Coronavirus: WHO to send second team into China to seek source of Covid-19

The Huanan seafood market in Wuhan, central China’s Hubei province, was the site of the first outbreak of the new coronavirus. Photo: Simon Song

An aerial view shows the P4 laboratory (C) at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on April 17, 2020. - The P4 epidemiological laboratory was built in co-operation with French bio-industrial firm Institut Merieux and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The facility is among a handful of labs around the world cleared to handle Class 4 pathogens (P4) - dangerous viruses that pose a high risk of person-to-person transmission. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)

FILE - In this Thursday, June 25, 2020 file photo, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), attends a press conference, at the World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The head of the World Health Organization dismissed complaints from countries complaining that contact tracing is too difficult to implement as a control strategy for the pandemic as âlame.â The U.N. health agency has repeatedly advised countries that shutting down their COVID-19 outbreaks requires having a strong contact tracing program in place, a labour-intensive process of tracking down contacts of people with coronavirus to ensure those at risk isolate themselves. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP, File)

Blaming China for the coronavirus will come back to haunt the West

Dark times: a pedestrian passes the Bank of England during the coronavirus lockdown. Photo: AFP

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence whispers to U.S. President Donald Trump as they stand with members of the coronavirus task force during a news briefing on the COVID-19 pandemic, at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 16, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis

A commuter walks along Westminster bridge in view of the Houses of Parliament in London, U.K., on Tuesday, March 24, 2020. The U.K. is in lockdown after Boris Johnson ordered sweeping measures to stop people leaving their homes "at this moment of national emergency." Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg

Chinese President Xi Jinping learns about the hospital's operations, treatment of patients, protection for medical workers and scientific research at the Huoshenshan Hospital in Wuhan, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus outbreak, Hubei province, China March 10, 2020. Xie Huanchi/Xinhua via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. CHINA OUT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

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