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According to the Singapore Contractors Association, the recent government’s move to increase the levies and lower the foreign worker quota have threatened the survival of contractors mainly in the construction field. This complaint about the manpower crunch has been reflected by businesses across all industries which have... 

ST Editor Sumiko Tan described what she called 'Singapore's Golden Age' with reference to Singapore's "impressive skyline". Is Singapore really experiencing its golden age, or are we missing a part of the plot? In a recent commentary, Straits Times Editor Sumiko Tan described what she called ‘Singapore’s... 

Singaporeans continue to find that prosperity and joy are not identical, or even compatible. Bhutan A FEW years ago a Cabinet minister visited Bhutan and came back declaring that in his view the tranquil mountainous kingdom “is not the Shangri-La on earth”. National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan told Parliament that...