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HDB flats I agree with Mr David Goh Chee Hoe that property taxes should be reduced to more "realistic" levels during the current slowdown in the property market ("Home prices down, yet property tax unchanged"; Tuesday). The authorities have said property tax is a tax on wealth in the form of property ownership, regardless of... 

As I was walking around the area near Clementi MRT station, I noticed a proliferation of licensed moneylenders there. I counted more than 10 such businesses within a 200m radius. This is alarming but not totally unexpected, given the lucrative nature of their business. I am sure we can see a similar pattern in other neighbourhood... 

Sweden: Anti-immigration party topples centre-left govt (4 Dec) – Sweden has long been an exemplar for other European countries on policy matters, whether its famed social model or how to deal with a financial crisis. But this week’s political turmoil in Stockholm risks turning Sweden into a harbinger of the instability...