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  1. Edition 003Tuesday, 13 October 2026Pattern break

    Above six permits a month, hiring a Singapore customs agent loses money.

    A TradeNet seat is S$40 a month against S$3.19 a permit, so a Singapore declaring agent's entire market is importers filing fewer than 5.87 permits a month — and the client count, 160.9, is the same at any price.

  2. Edition 002Tuesday, 6 October 2026Pattern break

    Nanyang Polytechnic awarded S$89,100 to one named individual, not a company.

    Singapore asks a government supplier for no registration, no financial grade and no audited accounts below S$90,000 — and Nanyang Polytechnic awarded S$89,100 to a supplier registered under a person's name.

  3. Edition 001Tuesday, 29 September 2026Pattern break

    NEA let one Indian Cuisine stall at S$2 a month and another at S$4,349.

    NEA's hawker stall tender is a sealed first-price auction with no stated reserve price, so the winning rent is set by how many people bid, not by the stall: in April 2026 NEA let one Indian Cuisine stall at S$2.00 a month and another, same trade and same month, at S$4,349.00.