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By Abdul Gafoor, Social Correspondent Whenever I have a tea or meal with a Singaporean politician or policy maker we will always end up talking about need for real change in the Singapore system. The conversation will start with denials and slowly and eventually he/she will admit there are flaws in the system though he/she will... 

By Damon Yeo, Business Correspondent In a piece of report which was largely ignored in the local press, Fitch Ratings maintained its negative outlook on S-REIT after the end of Q3 (source: www.nasdaq.com). The press release went on to highlight falling asset prices and write-downs as drivers of this bearish trend of S-REITs.... 

By Abdul Gafoor, Social Correspondent The recent award of Nobel prize to a Hong Kong physics professor has invited some kiasu Singaporeans (who always have displayed an idiosyncratic attitude in not wanting to lose out to Hong Kong) to sit back and ask why has not Singapore created any Nobel Laureates so far.   Lack of No.1...