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The Chinese press reported: Singapore is number 1 in everything. Unsurprisingly in 2014, we have come up top again in another world ranking exercise, albeit a not-so-flattering one - we are #1 in national average spending on lottery bets at S$1,361. According to statistics collated by La Fleur, a US-based publisher on lottery,... 

Minister Khaw Boon Wan 2 months ago, the Ministry for National Development (MND) applied to court to appoint independent accountants to purportedly safeguard government grants to the Aljunied-Hougang-Punggol East Town Council (AHPETC) [Link]. At the time, MND said about its action, "This is a follow-up to the Auditor-General’s... 

MERS Virus Yahoo News reported last Thursday (21 May) [Link] that a South Korean went to Bahrain recently and contracted the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS). The man was in Bahrain from 18 Apr to 4 May on business. He stopped over at Qatar before returning to Korea. He became sick on 11 May. After he came back home,...