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(26 Nov) - Weary commuters stream off the train at the station in Punggol, a district on Singapore’s east coast, as retired engineer Michael Ng and his wife hunt down a restaurant in the area known for its seafood. Like many parts of the Asian city-state, Punggol has been transformed by the economic miracle that propelled... 

Singapore workers (25 Nov) - Civil servants in Singapore will receive a 0.8 month bonus at the end of this year, according to the Public Service Division on Tuesday. This will be given to them as part of their Annual Variable Component (AVC), on top of their 13th-month bonus .... as Singapore expects an approximate three per... 

(29 Nov) - Hong Kong’s leader admitted on Saturday that the frustration among young people over a lack of “upward mobility” was fueling mass protests calling for free elections in the city. Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying was speaking at a government committee meeting on poverty, weeks after he shocked ordinary Hong Kongers...