Many blue-chip bond issuers not buying credit rating story | Debate shows no abuse of power: PM

If this e-mail is not displayed properly, click [here.]( [View In Browser]( WED, JUL 5, 2017 Get Briefed Daily EDITOR'S CHOICE [Many blue-chip bond issuers not buying credit rating story]( IT seems that for some of Singapore's blue-chip companies, it would take more than a grant to get them to obtain credit rating for the bonds they sell as they have no problems accessing the very liquid debt market. [Debate shows no abuse of power: PM]( THE lengthy debate over allegations that Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong had misused his authority regarding the fate of his family's Oxley Road home ended on Tuesday, with PM Lee stressing that the parliamentary session had sent a clear message to Singaporeans that there was no abuse of power by either him or the government. 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