It perhaps came as little surprise when the Singapore government announced a fresh round of measures to cool the city-state's red-hot housing market at the end of 2021.

The swift nascence of the "Asian Century", during which the global centre of trade has shifted to the continent, has led to an abundance of opportunities in Asia. While Asia was not immune to the economic shock triggered by the pandemic, regional GDP growth rates have proved resilient, with the Asian economy shrinking by a mere 1.5 per cent in 2020 versus the 3.2 per cent experienced by the world economy.

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In August 2022, SMU launched the College of Graduate Research Studies (CGRS), its eighth School and second College to place interdisciplinarity at its core. Here, postgraduate research students are provided with a cross-school experience through interdisciplinary programmes, courses and events that are designed to facilitate the cross-fertilisation of knowledge and ideas by students of diverse backgrounds and disciplines.