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 Singapore is the third most expensive location in Asia to live in, according to the latest accommodation reports from consultancy firm ECA international. Taking the top spot is Tokyo, followed by Hong Kong in the second place, and Seoul clinching the fourth spot. Rents have been on the rise in Asia, boosted by economic growth,... 

The Trizon AFTER four years of renting, Ms Amareen Shami is ready to buy her own home in Singapore. However, the homemaker, who moved here from Dubai with her family, has one condition: It has to be in central Singapore, where she has been living all this while. Ms Shami is not alone. Many Indian expatriates and permanent residents... 

Since 1985, the state has manifested a steady trend towards greater awareness of the need to show respect for personal autonomy as opposed to class bias and eugenics. But why so? The state in Singapore has tended to operate with the ‘modern conception of citizenship as merely a status held under the authority of a state’...