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(28 Aug) - The imposition of Additional Buyer’s Stamp Duty in December and the slowdown in China’s economy in the second quarter has led to a decrease in Chinese homebuyers in the city-state, according to a report by HSR Global this month. From January to August this year, Malaysians completed 1015 transactions compared... 

In this crucial period of unprecedented changes to the population that the Government is imposing on the country through its immigration policy, questions are being asked if foreigners are being brought in to replace locals. But statistics show that while ethnic Chinese and Indian groups are growing, the Malay sub-population... 

NUS PRC Scholar Sun Xu As Singapore Globalizes Its Schools, Locals Worry (27 Aug) - “This is how our society treats us and our parents who pay taxes,” read a post this year on The Thinking Fish Tank, a Singapore-based blog. “They’d rather give scholarships to others than their own.” The writer, who identifies herself...