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Low procreation is a real threat in Singapore with the footloose and fancy-free young reluctant to sacrifice their comfortable way of life and leisure time to bring up the next generation. TWO eye-catching headlines this past week read: “One million residents – or one in three – are single” and “Fertility rate sank... 

In the English, Italian, German and Spanish footie leagues, if a team does badly,  the manager gets the sack. The view is that the manager is responsible for managing the players to get them to perform at their best. In S’pore, the manager retains his job, the players get the sack, even if the manager has been around for... 

Shanghai’s container traffic surpassed Singapore’s last year, making the wealthiest city of China the world’s busiest port as the economy churns out more goods for export and draws in greater trade flows. Traffic in 2010 rose to 29.05 million, 20-foot equivalent units, or TEUs, the Shanghai municipal government said in...