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• We have a dog, so I can feel for Eugene Oh and Grace Chin, who lost their dog in an attack by some neighbour's dogs. But HK$20mm in damages? Post-traumatic stress disorder? Perspective, people. Perspecitve.
• Hong Kong's Government House will be renovated, reports the SCMP, so the next Chief Executive can use it if he so chooses. The Government refused to disclose how much was being spent or if the new CE will live in the house. Tung Che-hwa would not move into the house due to bad feng shui...which makes me wonder how much worse things could have been if he had lived there.
• Over 30,000 villagers rioted in Dongyang, after a protest against pollution got out of control thanks to police thuggery. This is what keeps China's leadership awake at night. Meanwhile Xinhua has an underwear special instead. Who says censorship is dull? Fons says China's net nanny is clamping down on information on the riots.
• ASEAN decides not to decide over Burma's chairmanship in 2006.
• 25 favourite Sesame Street moments (via ASV). At the same time the show is conducting an anti-obesity drive. Signs of the times.
• Why some famous brands had a shocker in China during March.
• Japan had considered a pre-emptive strike against North Korea in 1994. They anticipated the Bush doctrine by almost 10 years.
• The UN is planning to rebuild the Burma railway. No word on the film rights yet.
• (13:36) Hong Kong Disneyland update: the dredging work and land reclamation is decimating fish stocks and hitting the water quality. Naturally (pun intended) the Government and Disney deny it all.
• China using counter-terrorism as a cover to clamp down on Islam and Uighurs.
• Singapore is having a problem with drugs.
• Michelle Malkin points to an article saying Mindanao in the Philippines is the "new 'Mecca' for terrorism".
• Even 1,000 goats can't save Indonesia from Mother Earth.