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The deepening trend of price increases in Singapore appears to be laying siege to the remaining bastion of cheap eating – the small food stall. I am referring to the thousands of small eating places in neighbourhood coffee shops and hawker centres that traditionally provide cheap meals for the masses. It is an institution... 

Singapore’s total fertility rate has decreased to an all-time low of 1.16 percent. It's true the country’s population may have increased by 25 percent over the past decade, but this was due largely to the increased hiring of foreign workers in the prosperous city state. In reality, the low fertility rate points to a worrying... 

HONG KONG (MarketWatch) — The end may be nigh for China’s inflated property market, according to one analyst, who says the nation’s banking system is unlikely to pump out enough credit this year to sustain further gains in real-estate prices. “We think that the bubble will likely burst some time in the next year,”...