[ISL] Six islands links: Singapore, Amherst Island, Newfoundland, James Island, Sardinia, Shetlands

[rfmcdonald]

• For well-off Chinese, Singapore has overtaken Hong Kong as their preferred offshore destination. Bloomberg reports.


• Residents on Amherst Island, near Kingston, complain about the effects of windfarm construction. Global News reports.


• This depressing Vice opinion piece argues that Newfoundland is on the verge of complete economic collapse and radical depopulation.


• The private island of James Island, off Vancouver Island in British Columbia, is subject to a First Nations land claim. Global News reports.


• An Italian island community, desperate to avert depopulation, is offering houses for sale at ridiculously low prices. Will there be takers? (And will they stay?) The National Post reports.


• Towleroad reports</> on the plight of a young gay man in a Shetlands community who finds himself the only out person there.