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Another one for the repair shop is UK-listed Standard Chartered. After damaging revelations about the bank breaching US-led sanctions against doing business with Iran, it had already paid a $667m fine to avoid criminal charges in 2012. This week another $1.5bn in fines from US authorities was highlighted after allegations that... 

The current court case involving the Workers’ Party borders between the curious and the ludicrous. The WP Members of Parliament and town councillors are being sued by its very own Aljunied-Hougang Town Council over improper payments. There are those who say it can be easily explained but to ordinary simple-minded folks, it... 

I refer to the article “Percentage of foreigners admitted to public hospitals falls from 2008” (Sunday Times, Oct 7). It states that “The percentage of foreigners admitted to public hospitals here last year was lower than that for 2008. The proportion of foreigners among all inpatient and day surgery patients dropped to...