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Ageing cars may keep COE prices up
Enlarged cohort of cars reaching 10 years old fuels pent-up demandBy Christopher Tan, The Straits Times, 4 Mar 2014SINGAPORE'S car population is older than it has been for more than a decade, fuelling...
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ESM Goh calls for 'wise leadership' in Asia-Pacific
He warns against effect of nationalism and domestic politics on foreign policyBy Andrew Salmon, For The Straits Times, In Seoul, 4 Mar 2014EMERITUS Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong urged Washington and...
View ArticleGrowth v greenery: Where will Singapore's priorities lie?
As Singapore grows wealthier, there are calls to reprioritise the environment over the economy.But one question is whether economic growth will be a given in the future.By Euston Quah and Christabelle...
View ArticleParliament Highlights - 4 Mar 2014
BUDGET DEBATE, DAY 2:Economic changes painful for firms: MPsThey 'may not survive pressure from speed, cost of restructuring'By Chia Yan Min, The Straits Times, 5 Mar 2014ECONOMIC restructuring and the...
View ArticleLittle India Riot COI: Day 9
Fiery debate between COI and police commanderCommittee grills officer for over 4 hours on events and actions takenBy Francis Chan, The Straits Times, 5 Mar 2014THE actions of the police commander who...
View ArticleThe German model of historic contrition
Asia can learn from Germany's experience and its neighbours' reciprocationBy Jonathan Eyal, The Straits Times, 3 Mar 2014DIPLOMATS are paid to dream up clever ways of promoting their country's...
View ArticleMaking sense of the Ukrainian crisis
The Straits Times, 4 Mar 2014UKRAINE is on the brink of war following Moscow's decision to send troops into the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, a development which is threatening peace in Europe.Global...
View ArticleLessons for small states from Ukraine
Ukraine has become the victim of Great Power politics. Small states like Singapore should draw the appropriate lessons.By Bilahari Kausikan, Published The Straits Times, 5 Mar 2014LAST December,...
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S'pore world's most expensive city for expats
Cost-of-living surveys reflect expatriate, not local, costsBy Janice Heng, The Straits Times, 6 Mar 2014A DAY after the Economist Intelligence Unit ranked Singapore the priciest city in the world,...
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Budget 2014 Debate Round-Up Speech by DPM & Minister for Finance Tharman Shanmugaratnam
View Article'Every Budget must be focused on our future'
Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam yesterday wrapped up two days of debate on his Budget Statement. He spoke on how Singapore needs to ensure that it can pay its way even as social spending...
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S'pore ranked second-safest country in study
Republic also rises to No. 2 spot for its criminal justice systemBy K.C. Vijayan, The Straits Times, 6 Mar 2014SINGAPORE was ranked the second-safest out of 99 countries in a rule of law study released...
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Girl's liver donor is an unknown 'uncle'
Man in his 40s only the second in S'pore to give liver to strangerBy Salma Khalik, The Straits Times, 5 Mar 2014HE HAS never met her, yet he will go under the knife today so that a 10-year-old child...
View ArticleLittle India Riot COI: Day 10
SOC men 'equipped to deal with mob'Risky for regular cops to engage rioters head on: SOC commanderBy Lim Yan Liang And Nur Asyiqin Mohamad Salleh, The Straits Times, 6 Mar 2014THE Committee of Inquiry...
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'Gutter oil' not sent to hawkers, says NEA
Waste oil illegally siphoned off from sewers was used to make biodieselBy Feng Zengkun, The Straits Times, 6 Mar 2014"GUTTER oil" alleged to have been pumped out of sewers near food outlets in Jurong...
View ArticleNUS prof's comments on LGBT - Academic freedom in spotlight
THE recent controversy over a National University of Singapore professor's Facebook posts on homosexuality has thrust the issue of academic freedom to the fore ("Protests over NUS don's Facebook post";...
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Parliament Highlights - 6 Mar 2014
Committee of Supply Debate: MHA, MINDEF, MTINew panel to review cases against Home Team officersIt will ensure investigations are done fairly and report directly to ministerBy Joyce Lim, The Straits...
View ArticleLittle India Riot COI: Day 11
Riot 'not linked to treatment of workers'No latent frustration or tension among foreign workers, COI toldBy Nur Asyiqin Mohamad Salleh, The Straits Times, 7 Mar 2014HOW foreign workers are treated in...
View ArticleHK is like a spoilt child: Li Ka Shing
Tycoon compares city with S'pore, which 'is very successful in innovation'By Li Xueying, The Straits Times, 7 Mar 2014ASIA'S richest man, Mr Li Ka Shing, has compared the two cities of Hong Kong and...
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LTA to study use of express trains
It will see if service can work on Cross Island LineBy Royston Sim, The Straits Times, 7 Mar 2014TAKING an MRT train that stops at just a few stations and skips the rest so that travelling time is...
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