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The ubiquitous coffeeshop serves a very basic need of residents in its vicinity - that of providing food at an affordable price. Sadly, it no longer, for an increasingly large segment of society. Businessmen and the government were wont to say that if the inflow of cheap foreign workers were restricted, general prices, including... 

The big TV event coming out of the USA is the congressional hearings into the January 6 2021 attacks on the American Congress. The hearings have the elements of a good drama. There is the central event. There is the obvious villain in the shape of the former president who conspired with others to overturn the election. Then,... 

Due to various reasons, Boris Johnson was deserted by his ministers and his political allies and he has resigned. I do not and have never expected perfection from any politicians or for that matter, anybody at all but I wonder if Boris Johnson were Singapore's prime minister, would his ministers and political allies here also...