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WHEN the Committee of Supply sat in Parliament recently, the National Development Ministry was asked if it could have anticipated the surge in demand for Housing Board (HDB) flats that has led to the record-high resale flat prices seen today. Could HDB and the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority, for example, have been more... 

Singapore’s ambitious overseas investments have been hit by a series of crises – from the 9/11 attacks in 2001 to the 2007 global financial crisis and recession and now the earthquake and tsunami in Japan and Middle East upheavals. AS Singaporeans’ concern mount over the safety of millions of Japanese, a small group of... 

Representatives attending a United Nations conference in Bangkok on the rising cost of food in Asia have agreed to avoid restrictive measures that could lead to a food price crisis. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization brought together 19 countries in Asia, plus Japan and the United States, for two days of discussions...