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(23 Dec) - Singapore, whose per-capita GDP exceeds that of the US and Germany, wants to provide affordable healthcare to its citizens. Earlier in the month, the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) promised to improve living standards for everybody, create quality jobs, and provide affordable medical care to those living on the... 

Time flies! We are coming to the end of 2013 in a week or so. It has been an eventful year – mostly fair, occasionally hazy, but we came through in decent shape overall. As with all organisations, we can always still improve, and we will. Unemployment remains low, and real income grew more strongly compared to 2012. We enhanced... 

The Impenetrable Great Wall of Singapore (23 Dec) - "The impenetrable great wall of Singapore”. So read the headline of an article in the Myanmar press last Thursday, after Singapore swept all the table tennis team gold medals on offer at the Southeast Asian Games. And it left a bitter taste in my mouth. While the story never...