23
January
2018
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21:44
Asia/Singapore

Seen and heard this week

In a Forbes opinion piece on 18 January, Professor Ke Bin from NUS Accountancy shared the surprising finding that access to sources of finance was one of the top factors determining the success or failure of billionaire entrepreneurs. The other key factor was access to political connections. These insights were the result of a recent research study by Prof Ke and his collaborators from two Chinese universities.

In a TODAY commentary published on 18 January, Dr Adrian Kuah, Head of the Case Study Unit at NUS Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy questioned whether imagination, inquisitiveness and interconnections — qualities indispensable for Singapore’s transformation — can be nurtured via the country’s education system in its current form. He also queried whether Singapore was ready to accept the full consequences of students who are highly creative, critical and curious, bearing in mind that they may challenge the status quo.

Dean’s Chair Associate Professor Sing Tien Foo, Deputy Head (Admin & Finance) at NUS Real Estate and Director, Institute of Real Estate Studies; together with Miss Chia Liu Ee, Research Assistant at the Institute, discussed the impact of collective sales on the private housing market in a Channel NewsAsia opinion piece on 21 January. They believe that in the near term, the current round of en bloc sales looks set to increase private housing prices, and that this could encourage further collective sale exercises.

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