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NUS professors thanked in study on civil servants' home purchases near unannounced MRT stations say they were not involved
Summary by The Singapore Editorial Desk Gawain Pek , as published by Mothership
· September 16, 2026
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Some academics from the National University of Singapore (NUS) who were acknowledged in a working paper alleging that civil servants had engaged in "informed trading" of homes near unannounced MRT stations clarified that they were not involved in the paper’s research, and comments may have been m...
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What is this story about? Some academics from the National University of Singapore (NUS) who were acknowledged in a working paper alleging that civil servants had engaged in "informed trading" of homes near unannounced MRT stations clarified that they were not involved in the paper’s research, and comments may have been m...
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