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《这一夜，雍正夺嫡》：一本开始反过来质询我的书 0
- Book Review
- September 26, 2026
一本关于雍正继位的历史著作，让我重新审视自己曾经写下的一份论证：秘密真的能够控制继承人的行为吗？把康熙理解为帝国的“受托守护者（steward）”，又是否只是将普通法的信义义务（fiduciary duty）投射到另一个时代与思想体系？一本好书未必负责说服我们，有时候，它只是迫使我们重新质询自己的答案。
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Will the RTS Link Empty Woodlands? Here’s What the Numbers Say 0
- Fireplace, Property
- September 23, 2026
By Boo Kok Chuon When the Johor Bahru to Singapore Rapid Transit System Link announced a five minute crossing, commentary rushed to a single conclusion. A faster train, the argument went, would drain Singapore’s northern rental market. Tenants would flee to Johor Bahru, Woodlands rents would collapse, and the RTS Link would do to the
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The Risk I Missed: Bandar Utama and My Plea-Bargaining Thesis 0
- Fireplace
- September 15, 2026
By Boo Kok Chuon Yesterday’s news from Bandar Utama was heartbreaking. As a parent, few things are more terrifying than sending your child to school and never seeing your child come home. Yap Shing Xuen was 16. She died in a place where every parent should be entitled to believe his or her child is
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Debt in Name, Equity in Substance: What the True Fitness Collapse Reveals About Shareholder Loans 0
- Library
- September 14, 2026
By Boo Kok Chuon When True Fitness and True Yoga ceased operations across their Singapore outlets on 10 September 2026, some customers discovered that what they thought they had purchased was not merely a gym membership. In insolvency, the unused portion of a prepaid package becomes, in substance, unsecured credit extended to the operator. One
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