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There is a joke that when you go to a government doctor complaining of headache, you are prescribed Panadol. If you complain about leg pain, you get Panadol. If you have fever, you get Panadol … It is as if Panadol is a master-relief for all complaints. The above is of course just a joke. At least I hope so, even if you take... 

NUS recently disclosed the completion of its investigation of the worst case of scientific fraud in Singapore. I am disappointed much more by the way NUS managed the fraud investigation than the fraud itself. NUS did not offer a written statement nor a summary of the investigation report. As the local report (The Straits Times,... 

The latest scandal in Singapore, this time involving the sale of  computer systems in town councils to a firm which apparently was set-up with a capital of $2 enforces the claims by some about our Potemkin village status -- that many still take as somehow reflecting that all is well in the country. Background to this kerfuffle...