TR EMERITUS

The rising cost of living is the biggest worry for most Singaporeans in the run-up to the General Election (GE). That was one of the findings of a recent telephone survey conducted by Media Research Consultants and commissioned by local newspaper TODAY on the hot button issues that may shape the GE, which is due by February... 

Singapore, although far from Silicon Valley, has a vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem, and I've been impressed by passion and talent of its entrepreneurs since my wife and I moved here a year ago. The government plays a big role in the city's ecosystem — administering grants and programs that provide financial support for startup... 

Wendy Cheng, 32, has been trying to buy a home for more than two years without success. Cheng and her American teacher husband cannot afford property on the open market where a government-built apartment can fetch as much as $700,000 Singapore dollars ($553,000), and they have been unsuccessful in balloting for apartments available...