Singapore Informer

May 21, 2013 1:50 AM THEY may look unassuming but the 13 low-rise blocks that sit opposite the site of the new childcare centre represent a slice of history.      Full News here – RSS Print – Singapore

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Singapore’s non-oil domestic exports fell one per cent on-year in April due to a drop in electronics exports, better than the 2 per cent drop economists have forecast. Full News here – Channel NewsAsia Singapore Business News

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Singapore’s first healthy volunteer has been given a dose of the H1N1 influenza vaccine developed by Singapore’s A*STAR and Switzerland’s Cytos Biotechnology AG in a clinical trial. Full News here – Singapore Local News – inSing.com

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Yahoo! Sports, 15 May 2013 BERLIN (Reuters) – Singapore’s Ng Ser Miang is expected to announce a bid for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) presidency on Thursday, a source close to the Olympic movement told Reuters on Tuesday. The IOC Vice President is set to become the second candidate for one of the top jobs [...]

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GMA News Online, 3 May 2013 Out of 1,000 aspirants, a 17-year-old Filipina made it to the top 40 of the first ever “The Final 1” singing reality contest in Singapore. Gail Belmonte, a student from Bishan North, Central Singapore wowed the judges and audience of the contest with her rendition of “If I Ain’t [...]

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Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2013 SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Mukesh Kumar Chhaganlal said he tried to warn his manager at UBS AG about the “increasingly unrealistic” currency rates being set last year for the Indonesian rupiah against the dollar. His manager told him nothing could be done because “there was no way to control the market [...]

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PM Lee says polytechnics are a jewel in Singapore’s educational system, offering a “first-rate tertiary education to a large segment of our students”. Full News here – Singapore Local News – inSing.com

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Singapore’s largest dog adoption drive kicked off on Saturday, with the aim of finding loving homes for some 100 dogs. Full News here – Channel NewsAsia Singapore News

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PropertyGuru.com.sg By Romesh Navaratnarajah: The value of residential property purchases worth more than US$ 15.5 million (S$ 19.18 million) in London, New York, Hong Kong and Singapore is expected to rise by 27 percent in the next five years, according to a report. Produced by British luxury developer Candy & Candy, Savills and Deutsche Bank, [...]

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Youtube, 2 May 2013 Singapore’s lower-class citizens are losing out to foreign workers as the affluent move in. Many wealthy individuals come to invest in property and park their assets, attracted by Singapore’s low taxation rate of 20 percent. The influx of money is making Singapore one of the richest cities in the world. But [...]

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Despite some consolidation in the first three months of 2013, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said the Singapore economy should see a gradual pick-up over the rest of the year on the back of a recovery in the global economy. Full News here – Channel NewsAsia Singapore Business News

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Singapore shares continued to climb on Friday, rising to a fresh five-year closing high. Full News here – Channel NewsAsia Singapore Business News

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ABN-CBN News, 17 Apr 2013 MANILA – The reduction of foreign manpower in Singapore should not be a cause for serious concern, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said on Wednesday. In a report to Baldoz, Labor Attache Vicente Cabe said the Singaporean Government released a population ‘white paper’ in January which projected that [...]

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April 16, 2013 1:59 AM THE Downtown MRT line has been having a downer of a year.      Full News here – RSS Print – Singapore

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Singapore’s economy unexpectedly contracted in the first quarter of 2013, hurt by a sharp decline in manufacturing.  Full News here – Channel NewsAsia Singapore Business News

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