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Elderly and still at work - Fok Mei-song, 64, Mak Kwok-hon, 68, and Wong Siu-ying, 85, pictured in Sham Shui Po earlier this month. Photo: May Tse (27 December, 2014)  -  To still be working at 70 is not something Hongkongers are “proud of” but rather a necessity for elderly people in a city that lacks much of a social... 

By Jeanette Tan | Yahoo Newsroom – Dec. 24, 2014 Hundreds of Singaporeans gathered at Hong Lim Park for the #ReturnOurCPF (MediShield Life) protest. 6. #ReturnOurCPF: What reforms do people actually want? And here's the final thing Singaporeans can't seem to agree on for this year — and it sure isn't the smallest issue,... 

Switzerland fired the latest salvo in the currency wars this month. Alarmed that the collapse of the Russian ruble — and other currencies — could drive up the Swiss franc, the Swiss National Bank took the extraordinary step of slapping a negative interest rate of 0.25% a year on deposits. To clarify: This isn’t an interest...