Cool and More Cool

There can be no end to this arrangement on the equator here. Impossible. Not with the entrenched political-business class, the size of the middle-class, the peons all well-contained. Cashed-up foreigners fleeing their environmentally devastated regions not the least factor. And all snug within the broad frame-work of international treaties and alliances. Near 20% of the territorial surface is reclaimed land. Last year one of the coast roads had been raised almost a metre. Green initiatives included trailing vines from housing towers, reticulating rain and grey water, and most recently a move to curb the gross packaging waste problem. Much fanfare and self-congratulation.
         The air-conditioned nightmare line has been used previously.
         In this morning's Straits Times Home section the lead item was headlined: Fans at bus stops to cool you down? Cool!

S.T. Monday 25 July 2015