“The government is afraid to lose face. It doesn’t want people to wear masks for fear of turning Hong Kong into a masked city.”
Legislator Albert Chan, calling for the Hong Kong government to make face masks available for defence against SARS (The Standard, Hong Kong, 1 April)
“Pakistan’s nuclear programme is for our defence only and it will continue without any break.”
Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, Information Minister for Pakistan, (The Associated Press, 1 April)
“He keeps saying, ‘Mummy, when’s my baby coming?'”
Shahani Hashmi, a British mother appealing this week against a court decision preventing the family…
