As biased and bigoted as fugitive sounds, the reality is Singapore Inc. plays extremely hard ball, when it comes to ANYTHING to do with Singapore.
IMO, Dixon has vastly under-estimated the lengths to which The Lyin' City will go to obtain the upper hand - in spite of his perceived interpretations of written agreements.
Dixon could do worse than to enlist the assistance of ex-SQ Captain, Ryan Goh, as an adviser in dealing with Sing Inc....but then again why enlist experience, when "All you need in life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure" [Mark Twain].