Two months ago, Tessa Wong -- a reporter who covered the politics beat for The Straits Times the last few years -- up sticks and joined the BBC.

Changing employers has its perks, and in this case, for the rest of us readers too.

Last year, while still at ST, Wong wrote an article about gay-rights event Pink Dot and how it was becoming more mainstream.

The piece focused on how a supposedly fringe event at Hong Lim Park that started in 2009 was playing its cards right, as it continues gaining traction slowly and steadily.

This year, she did a follow-up story. But this time, it appears on BBC.

This BBC piece reported on how big corporations are lending their weight to boost Pink Dot's standing even more and how multinational corporations are adopting pro-diversity recruitment policies (read: hiring people from the so-called Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community) that run counter to the Singapore government's conservative stance.

So, what's the main difference between the ST and BBC articles that essentially cover the same topic?

There was a conspicuous absence of any mention of the Singapore government in her ST piece last year -- consciously or because of institutionalised censorship we don't know -- whereas her BBC piece this year is focused on the tension the authorities are facing and how they seem to be unable to do anything about it.

Take a read for yourself. Click on the photos to go to the articles' source.

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