Kuala Lampur, Feb. 5 -- The ringgit rises and Malaysians are eager to travel to flaunt relative affluence.

Here's a question, do not salivate, do not pack the bags yet, who runs these desired destinations? Whether by flight, oceanic voyage or bus, are these cities governed through local elections or not?

Bangkok, Jakarta, Manila, Cebu, Chiangmai, Delhi, Lahore, Tokyo, London, Paris or New York?

Have a good think before answering. Rattle the head sideways, tell you what, screw columnists and their tricky questions, use AI; Gemini, ChatGPT or perhaps Claude?

They are. Run through elections.

But surely there are exceptions, nations with sanity who do not madly, unthinkingly rush into becoming freely elected cities.

That would be cities...