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(21 Dec) - A few weeks back another silly international survey was produced. This one told the world that Singapore was the planet’s most emotionless society, beating 150 countries in taking the unwanted spot. It was easy fodder for journalists who seized on an equally easy headline which played on regional stereotypes,... 

The vast majority of doctors who have been struck off in the past five years were trained abroad, new figures from the General Medical Council show. Dr Navin Shankar from India, relinquished his registration with the GMC after failing to diagnose persistent cancer symptoms in a young woman over a six-year period. She died... 

Photo source- BBC BBC News- 20 December 2012 Having lived in rented flats all her life, recently married Taipei native Chiang Ming-yun, dreams of buying her own home. "When I was growing up, we had to move several times because the landlords wanted to sell the places we were living in," says Mrs Chiang, an office worker. "At...