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Asia-Pacific's bet on casino-fuelled economic growth
Billion-dollar integrated resorts are sprouting across the region. What will it mean for Singapore?By Grace Leong, The Straits Times, 9 Jun 2015THE Asian gaming industry is going through a shake-out as...
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Singapore tops list of important maritime capitals
Business-friendly policies, location help it retain top spot: Norway firmBy Jacqueline Woo, The Straits Times, 9 Jun 2015SINGAPORE has retained its top spot as the most important maritime capital.It...
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Hawker centre with 24-hour section to open in Hougang
First of 20 new hawker centres will open in Hougang in August 2015: NEABy Audrey Tan, The Straits Times, 9 Jun 2015RESIDENTS of Hougang will soon get a new food haunt, when a hawker centre with a...
View ArticleOff-Peak Pass for public transport
Off-Peak Pass (OPP) Available for Purchase from 28 JuneBummed out that your MRT stop is not one of the 18 designated stations under the Free Pre-Peak Travel? Don’t worry, we’...Posted by Land Transport...
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SEA Games 2015: 52 gold medals... and counting
Team Singapore beat 1993 haul of 50 golds; 70-gold mark within reachBy Charmaine Ng And Chua Siang Yee, The Straits Times, 10 Jun 2015FROM the waters off Marina Bay, where Singapore's canoeists have...
View ArticleThe Asian way to settle disputes
States in South and South-east Asia have settled disputes through the international legal process. China should do likewise, and consider consensual methods such as mediation.By Tommy Koh, Published...
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More money recouped in 2014 with CASE's help
Consumers, businesses more open to mediation to resolve disputesBy Jessica Lim, Consumer Correspondent, The Straits Times, 10 Jun 2015THE Consumers Association of Singapore (CASE) helped consumers...
View ArticleWhen monetary rewards fail to motivate workers
ASK: NUS ECONOMISTSBy Slesh A. Shrestha, Published The Straits Times, 10 Jun 2015Q: Do extrinsic rewards improve productivity of intrinsically motivated workers?EMPLOYERS often rely on extrinsic...
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Kishore Mahbubani: Make OB markers on race and religion narrower
He's been called one of the world's top thinkers. A former United Nations (UN) Security Council president and now dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, governance expert Kishore Mahbubani,...
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Helpline to be set up to counter ISIS propaganda
By Nur Asyiqin Mohamad Salleh, The Straits Times, 10 Jun 2015A HELPLINE will be set up next month for people worried that their family members or friends may fall prey to radical ideas.Giveaway signs...
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WP to run its own town council after tender draws no bids
By Rachel Au-Yong, The Straits Times, 11 Jun 2015THE Workers' Party (WP) will run its own town council from next month, after failing to find a managing agent to do the job, said its chairman Sylvia...
View ArticleYoung and old fight over jobs in South Korea
The Straits Times, 11 Jun 2015SEOUL - With youth unemployment near a 15-year high, and the government planning to raise the retirement age, inter-generational conflict over jobs is rising in South...
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Efforts to enhance PMEs' employability
WE THANK Mr Colin Loh Yoon Fui for his feedback ("Tailor job schemes to help PMETs"; June 2).The Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA) has available a range of programmes and services to help...
View ArticleGlobal city leaders pay tribute to Lee Kuan Yew
By Jeremy Au Yong, US Bureau Chief In Washington, The Straits Times, 11 Jun 2015GLOBAL city leaders at the World Cities Summit Mayors Forum in New York paused to remember the achievements of...
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Changing Singapore family and what it spells for the future
A major shift in the way the state defines family seems likely, as the share of households made up of two-generation nuclear families falls below half.By Priscilla Goy, The Straits Times, 11 Jun 2015I...
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More foreign nurses hired to provide home care
Demand growing as patients get to stay put in familiar environmentBy Joanna Seow, The Straits Times, 11 Jun 2015MS SWAROOPA Rani holds a diploma in nursing and has worked for more than 10 years in...
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Be prepared to deal with MERS in Singapore: PM Lee
Inevitable that virus will spread to Republic, he saysBy Linette Lai, The Straits Times, 12 Jun 2015IT IS "a matter of time" before the first case of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) is reported...
View ArticleSingapore happy that Thailand is stable: PM
Four bilateral pacts signed to boost trade, investmentBy Charissa Yong, The Straits Times, 12 Jun 2015SINGAPORE is happy to see Thailand stable and progressing, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said...
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Lee Kuan Yew estate donates Oxley Road furniture, personal belongings to...
Mr Lee's personal items donated to NHBArtefacts will enhance upcoming museum gallery on founding fathersBy Rachel Au-Yong, The Straits Times, 12 Jun 2015SEVERAL belongings from the home of the late Mr...
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More home owners opt for HDB lease buyback
Nearly half of the new applications are from owners of four-room flatsBy Janice Heng, The Straits Times, 13 Jun 2015INTEREST in the Lease Buyback Scheme rose after more households became eligible for...
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