The findings of the authoritative worldwide study conducted and released by UBS lately “Price and Earnings 2009″ was widely reported in the international and regional papers.
However, other than a short article on Singapore overtaking Hong Kong in terms of cost living, the state media did not publish any further write-ups or analyses of the study.
The state media is well-known of giving extensive coverage of international studies and surveys which put Singapore in a good light, e.g. being the least corrupted Asian country in rankings done by Transparency International, highest GDP per capita etc.
When it comes to studies which are critical of Singapore or whose results protray Singapore in a less than flattering manner, they are usually either censored completely as in the state media’s pathetic annual rankings on the World Press Freedom Index conducted by Reporters Without Borders or given selective reporting like in the UBS study.
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However, other than a short article on Singapore overtaking Hong Kong in terms of cost living, the state media did not publish any further write-ups or analyses of the study.
The state media is well-known of giving extensive coverage of international studies and surveys which put Singapore in a good light, e.g. being the least corrupted Asian country in rankings done by Transparency International, highest GDP per capita etc.
When it comes to studies which are critical of Singapore or whose results protray Singapore in a less than flattering manner, they are usually either censored completely as in the state media’s pathetic annual rankings on the World Press Freedom Index conducted by Reporters Without Borders or given selective reporting like in the UBS study.
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