Singapore’s presidential election, China’s ban on Japanese seafood, Sanxingdui relics: 6 weekend reads you may have missed

3. Unmasking China’s Sanxingdui relics, some of which will land at Hong Kong’s Palace Museum

Many of the items on display in Sichuan, China, will also be among 120 artefacts to be shown at the Hong Kong Palace Museum in the West Kowloon arts hub in late September.

4. Singapore presidential poll: will ‘anti-PAP’ voters spoil Tharman’s party?

Singapore’s Tharman Shanmugaratnam is favourite to win on September 1 but all eyes will be on the margin of victory, a proxy test for the People’s Action Party.

5. Goodbye, Hong Kong: celebrity hairstylist Kim Robinson closes up shop

With his salon a victim of redevelopment, hairstylist to the stars Kim Robinson has decided he should quit while he’s ahead. He reflected on his ups and downs.

6. Reading quietly in a park has gone viral, thanks to an Indian Instagram page

On a cloudy Saturday morning in late June, a strange sight greets visitors to Bangalore’s central Cubbon Park: in one section, hundreds of people sit, sprawl, loll, lounge on colourful sheets or on the lush grass, books in their hands.

South China Morning Post