Category: Singapore
Singapore tops survey with world’s best infrastructure
Singapore has the world’s best infrastructure, according to a survey of 221 cities by consulting firm Mercer released Tuesday, using measures such as traffic [...]
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Olam spat strains Singapore’s politeness
Singapore is a polite sort of place. Taxi drivers are models of courtesy and an electronic voice wishes you “have a nice day” each time you top up your metro card [...]
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Activists slam Singapore crackdown on China strikers
Activists expressed outrage Wednesday over Singapore’s crackdown on Chinese bus drivers who staged the city-state’s first industrial strike in 26 years to demand [...]
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Singapore deports Chinese drivers over strike
Singapore authorities will deport 29 Chinese bus drivers and press criminal charges against five others for participating in a rare protest over wages, the city-state’s [...]
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Temasek backs Olam rights issue
Singapore staged a dramatic intervention in the battle between Olam and analyst Carson Block as its state investment agency, Temasek, swung behind a $750m rights issue by the [...]
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Singapore and Moscow A380 services launched
Emirates’ A380 destination list has grown past 20, with Singapore and Moscow joining the airline’s double-decker network. Emirates has the world’s largest [...]
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Steep rents push Singapore bridal shops into industrial parks
Far from the madding crowds of Singapore’s glitzy shopping malls, Cynthia Neo runs a bridal boutique tucked away in a nondescript industrial building in an old housing [...]
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Singapore must not ‘go overboard’ and abandon its values: PM Lee
xPrime minister Lee Hsien Loong said today that as the country re-examines fundamental questions about its future, it must not “go overboard” and abandon the [...]
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Indo-Singapore joint military training concludes in WB
The eighth Indo-Singapore Joint Military Training between the Indian Air Force and Republic of Singapore Air Force, held annually at Air Force Station, Kalaikunda in West [...]
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Singapore strike exposes labour tensions
With its drab dormitories and factory buildings, the Woodlands industrial area of Singapore could not be further removed from the city-state’s image as a burgeoning [...]
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Four Chinese drivers charged over Singapore strike
Four mainland Chinese bus drivers accused of instigating Singapore’s first strike since the 1980s were charged on Thursday with criminal offences that could land them [...]
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Employment rate of Singapore workers hits new high
Singapore’s resident employment rate hits a new high this year, driven by strong job creation and a higher number of women and older workers in the workforce. The [...]
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Singapore cruise centre unveils $14m upgrade
CRUISE passengers can now look forward to twice the number of check-in and immigration counters and more security lines at the newly-revamped Harbourfront Cruise and Ferry [...]
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Singapore risks becoming a ‘retirement home’: PM Lee
Encouraging Singaporeans to have more children is the biggest challenge facing the country if it wishes to remain a vibrant city in the developed world, said prime minister [...]
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Singaporean President on five-day visit to Indonesia
Singaporean President Tony Tan Keng Yam arrives in Jakarta on Tuesday for a five-day state visit at the invitation of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. The visit comes at a [...]
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