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The polity that is Singapore

…this month, Singapore launched a scheme promising actual cash to citizens as a reward for logging reading time on a government website. It's unlikely to make you megabucks – you have to rack up 50 reading sessions of at least 15 minutes to earn one Singapore dollar (£0.59), with only one logged session allowed per day.

The polity that is Singapore

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…this month, Singapore launched a scheme promising actual cash to citizens as a reward for logging reading time on a government website.

It's unlikely to make you megabucks – you have to rack up 50 reading sessions of at least 15 minutes to earn one Singapore dollar (£0.59), with only one logged session allowed per day.

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…this month, Singapore launched a scheme promising actual cash to citizens as a reward for logging reading time on a government website. It's unlikely to make you megabucks – you have to rack up 50 reading sessions of at least 15 minutes to earn one Singapore dollar (£0.59), with only one logged session allowed per day.

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