Daily Briefing: Why COE prices may never be cheap again; Singapore’s 3-hour PSI shoots up to unhealthy level

And local firm watches out for food contaminants.

It’s now common knowledge that Certificate of Entitlement (COE) prices are high, and equally common knowledge that they will fall in the near future. Discover why this second piece of common knowledge may not come to pass here.

Southwesterly winds brought haze to Singapore on Monday. The National Environment Agency's website on haze showed that the three-hour PSI reading at 3pm had risen to 125, within the "unhealthy" range of 101-200. Read more here.

Every morning, food samples are laid out on a long table at a pristine laboratory run by a German firm in Singapore -- but they're not meant for chefs or gourmets. Testing company TUV SUD is watching out for contaminants that could harm consumers in Singapore and other parts of Asia, which has recently been rocked by food-safety scandals. Discover more here.