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Attracting talented workers, investment and labor from other countries, Singapore has become the wealthiest city-state in Asia. (Asahi Shimbun file photo) Although the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) maintained its vise-like grip on power a year ago, the historic closeness of the bitter contest in the general election has... 

The number of private homes acquired by foreigners excluding PRs (permanent residents) plunged 78 percent to just 293 homes in the first quarter, from 1,358 in Q4 last year, with the additional buyer’s stamp duty (ABSD) hitting the market hard, according to caveats analysis by Dennis Wee Group (DWG). In addition, the data... 

"We decide what is right. Never mind what the people think" “I am often accused of interfering in the private lives of citizens. Yes, if I did not, had I not done that, we wouldn’t be here today. And I say without the slightest remorse, that we wouldn’t be here, we would not have made economic progress, if we...