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May 6 (Reuters) - Banks in Singapore are urgently scrutinising their account holders as an imminent deadline on stricter tax evasion measures forces them to decide whether to send some of their wealthiest clients packing. The Southeast Asian city-state has grown into the world's fourth-biggest offshore financial centre but,... 

(6 May) - For years, labor unions and immigrant rights activists have accused large-scale farmers, like those harvesting sweet Vidalia onions here this month, of exploiting Mexican guest workers. Working for hours on end under a punishing sun, the pickers are said to be crowded into squalid camps, driven without a break and... 

(May 1) - Singapore property prices are expected to keep on rising despite government moves to try and cool the market as investors move in. Property analysts had feared property prices would fall because the government had released large tracts of land for building new homes. They also had concerns that a tighter monetary...