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By Michael Tan Over the weekend, the Sunday Times published two articles side by side which showed up the stark contrast between Singaporeans and mainland Chinese. While two contestants of the controversial Miss Singapore World, Ris Low and Claire Lee engaged in an open cat-fight with one another through the media, Chinese national... 

By Abdul Gafoor, Social Correspondent The recent award of Nobel prize to a Hong Kong physics professor has invited some kiasu Singaporeans (who always have displayed an idiosyncratic attitude in not wanting to lose out to Hong Kong) to sit back and ask why has not Singapore created any Nobel Laureates so far.   Lack of No.1... 

By Khalil Adis, Social Correspondent [Khalil Adis a former editor of Property Report. He now writes for Property Report, Property Guru and Temasek Review] The rising number of cash rich immigrants to Singapore is pricing out first time Singaporean homeowners from the HDB resale market. Meanwhile, the HDB has been slow to react...