Firstly thanks a lot for your comment:). Well, after I looking through your comment, I have a few questions to ask.
1. To be exact what do u mean by local research is ‘restrictive’? Does it mean they have less funding to support in such area or the level of research is not deep enough? According to what I know, NTU frequently has symposium on topics such as String Theory by renowned Physicists such as Chen-Ning Franklin Yang and other Nobel laureates. Not saying that NUS physicis is more recognised than NTU.

2. I’ve been to SUTD’s talk. It seems that this university is rather more industry-oriented. Does it mean it is a good way solely because it is in collaboration with MIT? They told me they actually do not offer any course in pure physics.

Many thanks if these qns can be answered!