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Singapore on 9 Mar 2012 Singapore on 9 Mar 2012 <Straits Times>: Wider eligibility for ComCare to help more needy families
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Singapore on 2 March 2012 Singapore on 2 March 2012 <Straits Times>: ‘Trespass’ teacher also faces theft charge news@theasian.asia
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Diabetes incidence on rise in Singapore
About 11.3 percent of the people aged 18 to 69 in Singapore are living with diabetes in 2010, up from 8.2 percent in 2004, local daily the Straits Times reported on Friday. The disease is fairly widespread among those aged 70 and above. The newspaper said that one in three…
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Singapore on 17 February 2012 Singapore on 17 February 2012 <The Straits Times> : “Singaporeans still want their five cents’ worth” news@theasian.asia
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Rolls-Royce Opens its Largest Facilities in Singapore
Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (central R) and Rolls-Royce Chairman, Sir Simon Robertson (central L) attend the opening ceremony of Rolls-Royce’s facilities in Singapore, Feb. 13, 2012. Rolls-Royce on Monday officially opened its largest facilities in Asia at Seletar Aerospace Park in Singapore. Constructed on a 154,000 square metre…
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Singapore’s Former DPM ‘Toh Chin Chye’ Died at 90
Students of Raffles Girl’s Primary School line along the street to send off Singapore’s former deputy prime minister Toh Chin Chye, Feb. 7, 2012. His funeral was held on Tuesday as all government buildings flew the national flag at half-mast. Toh Chin Chye, known as one of the most important…
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Singapore ‘Chingay Parade’ on Waterway
A performer views a straw dragon prior to the Chingay Parade in Singapore, Feb. 3, 2012. Singapore’s multicultural street parade Chingay, which has been held since 1973, was held on a 360-meter waterway for the first time on Friday evening. <Photo: Xinhua/Then Chih Wey> news@theasian.asia
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Singapore on 20 January 2012 Singapore on 20 January 2012 <Today Online>: Former S’pore trader sought to manipulate Libor: RBS
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2012 Wishballs on the Marina Bay
About 20,000 wellwish balls are seen on the Marina Bay to celebrate the new year in Singapore on Jan. 1, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Chen Jipeng> news@theasian.asia
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