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Siti Mushorafah had high expectations of working in Singapore. To support her family, the 42-year-old Indonesian came to the city-state to work as a maid. Back home, people had talked about the good things working in Singapore entailed, but once she arrived, she found herself the victim of physical abuse. When she made mistakes,... 

Singapore's material achievement is a cover-up The End of History has not come yet. And Singapore will be remembered as one of the key bits in place that defied the progress of History towards an end-state based upon the democratic ideals of the West. That a tiny island carelessly situated in South-east Asia will be of much... 

Low procreation is a real threat in Singapore with the footloose and fancy-free young reluctant to sacrifice their comfortable way of life and leisure time to bring up the next generation. TWO eye-catching headlines this past week read: “One million residents – or one in three – are single” and “Fertility rate sank...