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Singapore's non oil domestic export (NODEX) has plunged 12.3% last month, making it the eighth straight month of decline. Should Singaporeans be concerned? By now, the very predictable official explanations for the dismal performances are weak external demands and the US-China trade war. All that are valid reasons but only up... 

Don’t believe me? Look at this table where MNCs relocating from China are going to. To be fair, S’pore’s a developed city-state while the rest of Asean are third-world countries: including Malaysia. Btw, table also shows that PeenoyLand and Indonesia are “shithole” countries as far as manufacturing investments are... 

In April 2017, India’s Information technology (IT) body Nasscom reported that there was a clampdown on Employment Pass (EP) applications by the Singapore Government and that the base of Indian techies in Singapore has shrunk. This it claimed was unfair under the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA). Nasscom...