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Home affairs select committee chairman Keith Vaz (left) greets arrivals at Luton airport, including Victor Spiresau (right), as they arrive on New Year's Day. (Photo: Jennifer Cockerell/PA) (2 Jan) - Cheapskate employers are importing what too often looks like serf-labour instead of hiring ethically at home. Hello, Victor... 

Can Singapore wean itself off cheap foreign labour? (29 Dec) - Earlier this month, something shattered Singapore’s calm that had been building for years, if not decades, and the wonder was that the streets had not exploded sooner. Like the two EDSA People Power revolutions, the freedom-loving masses toppling the Berlin Wall,... 

Palm trees stand illuminated at night in front of commercial buildings in the central business district. (30 Dec) - Singapore’s developers posted the worst performance on the benchmark Straits Times Index this year after recording the biggest gains in 2012 as property curbs drove home sales lower and slowed price gains. Property...