Flying Sand | Is a Hong Kong-Macau rivalry lost in the global news babble?
A dose of perspective is sorely lacking when it comes to world events; meanwhile recent storms blew open a festering political wound in our corner
Whether you buy into the building barrage of media babble inviting us to believe that the world is teetering on the brink of nuclear Armageddon, one thing is clear, the Korean war of words and warheads – the only casualty of which so far appears to be perspective – is drowning out coverage of the havoc visited on the planet by extreme weather.
As the nation’s fourth-largest city and a jewel in the crown of corporate America, the human and financial – not to mention reputational – cost that Harvey inflicted at this critical point in the relatively short history of the US should not be underestimated.
