Looking to book an explorer ticket, wanted to check re backtracking (going TC3-TC2-TC1).

The rules say:
4 (b)
Travel must be in a continuous forward direction between TC1 - TC2 - TC3. Backtracking within a continent is permitted except as follows:
Backtracking between Hawaii and other points in North America is not permitted.

(e)
Only one intercontinental departure and one intercontinental arrival permitted in each continent except as
follows:
1. Two permitted in North America.
2. Two permitted in Asia when one is for travel between the Southwest Pacific and Europe/Middle East

Does the "two permitted in Asia" mean two departures and two arrivals?

More specifically, I am looking at:
AKL-xMEL-xSIN-xSYD-xLHR-JFK (then probably stopping in LAX and SYD before going back to AKL). SYD-LHR is on the single flight number QF1 which will transit in SIN as of next year. That single flight number would be considered as "one intercontinental departure and one intercontinental arrival" I'm thinking...