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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Published: 12:12pm, 28 Jun 2024Updated: 1:31pm, 28 Jun 2024

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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’

Singapore retained the title as the world’s most expensive metropolis in terms of the ‘cost of living extremely well’, according to a Julius Baer report. Photo: AFP

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.