The Singapore government is reviewing a study alleging civil servants disproportionately bought homes near planned, unannounced MRT stations.    The Public Service Division says it will refer the matter to the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau if necessary:   https://cna.asia/4A97GoU Here's the full detailed account:       📄 The Research Paper   Title: "Do Social Norms Substitute for Enforcement? Evidence from Public Officials' Home Purchases in Singapore"  Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Sep 2026 — a working paper, NOT peer-reviewed  Authors:   - Tomasz Piskorski (Columbia University) - Jian Zhang (University of Hong Kong) - Amit Seru (Stanford University) - Chun Zhao (Stanford University)    Methodology   - Analysed private-property transaction records from Singapore legal filings - Linked buyers to the Singapore Government Directory Interactive (SGDI) to identify civil servants  - Compared civil servants' purchases against a matched control group with similar demographics and housing behaviour  - Focused on buying activity near planned MRT stations BEFORE their locations were publicly announced — a window the authors used as a proxy for access to non-public information    Key Findings   - Civil servants bought homes near soon-to-be-announced MRT stations at a significantly higher rate than the control group  - The effect was strongest 1–2 years before public announcements  - Concentrated among mid-level officials — described as having enough resources to invest but facing less scrutiny than senior staff  - More common among staff in agencies directly involved in rail planning  - Relatives of civil servants showed similar buying patterns, suggesting potential information leakage  - Real estate agents and corporate board members did not show the same pattern — leading authors to rule out superior public information processing as the cause  - Robustness checks included a placebo test on HDB/public housing, where resale rules make such trading far harder  - The authors note these purchases generated meaningful private financial gains        🇸🇬 Government Response   Announced: Monday, 14 September 2026 (updated 15 Sep) Issuing body: Public Service Division (PSD), Prime Minister's Office   "We take any integrity concerns extremely seriously. We are currently reviewing the data and methodology within the paper and will refer to CPIB if there is a material basis to do so." — PSD spokesperson   - PSD is not launching an investigation yet — first conducting a thorough review of the paper's data sources, definitions, and statistical methods - Referral to the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) will follow only if the review finds credible grounds - No conclusion of wrongdoing has been reached at this stage       ⚠️ Important Context   - NBER working papers are preliminary, for discussion only — they have not undergone peer review or NBER Board approval - The findings represent statistical correlation at group level, not proof of misconduct by any individual - Broader research aim: to examine whether social norms alone can deter misconduct without heavy enforcement — even in low-corruption jurisdictions like Singapore           

I actually wrote in one ticket that if opening such tickets and they getting a cleaner to throw into the chute so that they can claim for KPIs then they need to be fired.   That was when they placed the sign and install the camera. New sign is on the left out of the camera shot      

CIA brack hands? Or just too many siaolangs?   How come no Sinkie has done a video titled "This is the Yishun of China"