Here’s an interesting case of newspapers in Singapore and Malaysia spinning the same story in completely different ways.  The Straits Times:

THE Government’s best efforts are no match for Mother Nature.

That was Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew’s take yesterday, as he said that little could have been done to avoid flooding after the recent bouts of ‘extraordinary rainfall’.

Asked if he thought the Government’s response to the flooding had been sufficient, he replied: ‘How can you say the response is sufficient?

MySinchew:

The Singapore government’s measures to reduce the impact of recent floods on homes and businesses were insufficient, the island’s founding father Lee Kuan Yew said in remarks published Thursday.

Lee, commenting on Wednesday after Singapore suffered three bouts of severe flooding since mid-June, added that constant rain and limited land area made it difficult to totally prevent floods in the tropical city-state.

“How can you say that the response is sufficient?” Lee was quoted as saying by the Straits Times when asked if the government’s measures to alleviate the flooding had been up to standard.