SINGAPORE - Professor Kishore Mahbubani recounts a recent occasion when his maid asked for time off to go to the airport.
"Why?" he asked. Her friend had broken her arm, the maid explained, and her employer had decided to send her straight home. She wanted to say goodbye to her friend.
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