I have been using a Seymour Duncan Woody XL pickup and I have no complaints. OTOH, I am not a very demanding person.
It generally sounds good to my soundman, and he has never had any trouble with feedback or buzzing from it. I adjusted it to give a little more treble response (i.e. the pole pieces for the first 3 strings are a little closer and the pole pieces for the last 3 strings are a little lower.
These are pickups are totally passive and I always plug in through a DI box.
I am not totally familiar with the Singapore scene, but I saw some coil pickups at Davis Guitars. I think they were Dean Markleys.