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GEORGE TOWN: Many housing projects in Penang are beyond the reach of locals, said the Consumers Association of Penang (CAP). CAP vice-president Mohideen Abdul Kader claimed that the upper class and foreigners were being set as a priority for development projects. “As foreigners and expatriates are able to afford homes at higher... 

Singapore - Charity workers on Friday welcomed Singapore's move to extend its ban on low-income gamblers, but some said it may be targeting the wrong people. “The impact of the ban will not be significant as not many who are on social assistance will be able to afford the 100-dollar (78-US-dollar) entrance levy anyway,”... 

(LA Times, 6 Jun) - When anti-corruption investigators started probing China's high-speed rail program, they discovered that one of the Railway Ministry's chief engineers owned a five-bedroom, five-bath Mediterranean-style house in Los Angeles County. Zhang Shuguang had bought the $840,000 house in the city of Walnut nine years...