Later, in a letter to the Straits Times, the ministry insisted that there had been no policy reversal.
According to the Straits Times newspaper, the Beijing State-Owned Assets Management Company has said that the giant metal nest is raking in tens of millions of dollars each year from tourism.
Last week, Deputy PM Lee told The Straits Times it is up to the courts to establish which party is right: the PAP or Tang.
The cases came to light recently when the local Straits Times newspaper reported how some of the expulsions had separated children from parents.
The Straits Times Index's real-estate subindex slipped 1.6% to 796.45 points on Monday, compared with the overall STI's 0.3% decline.
The news had little impact on Singapore shares, with the Straits Times Index falling just 1% to end at 1, 901 points.
Prominent figures from a drama group, The Necessary Stage, were also accused by The Straits Times of being trained in Marxist techniques.
Tang, a 61-year-old lawyer who ran for Parliament and narrowly lost under the Workers' Party banner, called his accusers liars in the The Straits Times newspaper.
Trusts that have recently listed in Singapore have outperformed the benchmark Straits Times Index.
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It's to signify the launching of Singapore's first homegrown exchange-traded fund, the streettracks Straits Times Index Fund.
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In Singapore, as the name of the new ETF implies, it tracks the benchmark Straits Times Index.
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The search for people to blame has already claimed one prominent scalp, that of Abdul Kadir Jasin, chief editor of Malaysia's New Straits Times Group, which publishes the main Malay and English-language newspapers.
"Merdeka Stadium, which they chose, is too close to the city centre and can create massive traffic jams and disrupt businesses, " federal police chief Ismail Omar was quoted as saying by the New Straits Times.
South Asian markets edged downward across the board, with Singapore's Straits Times Index closing lower by 13.92 points, or 0.5%, at 2, 735.30.
Indonesia's benchmark index has gained 12% this year, making it one of the region's best performers, while Singapore's Straits Times Index has risen 4.15%.
The tale about a child bride sold into a Straits-Chinese family who beats the odds to become its powerful matriarch, has been performed many times in the past 15 years.
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