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Daily Briefing: Singapore's worst food scandals; Why Russian startups are flocking to Singapore
And Singapore's maids scrub out inflation.
- Cockroaches in curry puffs, deaths from eating rojak and nasi padang and rats in vegetables – Singaporeans love to eat and horrific food hygiene incidents over the years have caused rage, disgust and disenchantment on a mass scale. Read more here.
- A spate of Russian startups descended on the Southeast Asian tech hub of Singapore this week in a quest to raise capital and form local partnerships to build a foothold in the region. Find out more here.
- Singapore may be famed as one of the most expensive cities in the world, but prices are dropping, with analysts giving the credit to the city-state's legions of maids. Know more about it here.