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LTA to upgrade train signalling systemSINGAPORE: The Land Transport Authority said the upgrading of the train signalling system will result in shorter waiting times for commuters and a 20 per cent improvement to its existing capacity. Singaporea s Useful PeasantsThis city's most famous expatriate writer, W. Somerset Maugham, once wrote of Southeast Asia's peasant workers: These patient, industrious folk carry on the same yokes, the same burdens as their ancestors carried so many generations back. January appeal for death row youthKUALA LUMPUR: Sabah-born Yong Vui Kong, in death row for a drug offence in Singapore, will have his appeal heard in January. Singapore: Airports Need More Gigantic Flume Slides, Just Like at Singapore's ChangiGothamist posed a very important question today, when they heard that Singapore's Changi International Airport installed a 4-story slide . SAF plays important role in safeguarding Gulf of Aden shipping: DPM TeoSINGAPORE: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Teo Chee Hean visited the Singapore Armed Forces task group deployed in the Gulf of Aden for international counter-piracy operations at sea on Tuesday. NSP: Response to PM Lee's Nation Day Rally SpeechThis blog is about the political struggle I am engaging in Singapore. The title "Singapore Alternatives" is chosen because my only political dream is to build a true alternative in Singapore. Singapore gears up for street partyWatching cars whizz round the race track is exciting but there can be long periods of waiting before they come round again. National Day Rally - some viewsNational Day Rally - some views NATIONAL DAY RALLY 1. Moving, inclusive speech SIX years ago , after Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's maiden National Day Rally speech, I was moved to write a letter to the Forum page . PM tells Singaporeans to leave gambling to foreignersSingapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong told Singaporeans to "...let foreigners do the gambling..." yesterday, The Strait Times reported. More help for first-timers2. Households earning $8k-$10k now eligible for DBSS, and $30k CPF housing grant." 3. 16,000 more new flats will be offered this year, and up to 22,000 next year, pending demand. PM remembers broadcast veteranTHE late veteran broadcaster S. Chandramohan was a professional with a fine political sense, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in a condolence letter to his widow on Monday. ASEAN begins culture swapLast update 15:21, Monday, 30/08/2010 Representatives and young people from ASEAN countries gathered yesterday, August 29, at the HCM City Youtha TMs Cultural House to open a cultural exchange week, which runs through September 4. Vietnam vows to build stronger ASEAN community ASEAN foreign ministers agree on major issues Fourth wall: Delegates ... $60b boost for MRT networkTwo of the Keppel-built platforms used in the clean-up operation for the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Indonesian Foreign Minister calls on PM Lee at IstanaSINGAPORE: Indonesian Foreign Minister Dr Marty Natalegawa who's here on an official visit, called on Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the Istana. Changes planned to help less academically-inclined studentsSINGAPORE: Sweeping changes are in store for the education sector. Chief among them will be more choices for the less academically-inclined including a new direct track for Normal Academic students to enter a polytechnic without doing the O-levels. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong revealed this in his National Day Rally speech at the University ... PM Lee's NDR speech upbeat and reassuring, say MPs and grassroots leadersSINGAPORE: Upbeat and reassuring - that's what many MPs and grassroots leaders had to say about Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's National Day Rally speech on Sunday evening. Singapore to Unveil More Measures to Cool Property Market as Prices ClimbSingapore will announce more steps to cool the property market after previous measures failed to keep prices from rising, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said. Singapore says it is managing entry of foreign wor...Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has said his country is "managing" the entry of foreign workers including Filipinos as the prosperous Southeast Asian city state grapples with rising migration and declining local population. 'Clear stand on extremism'PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday commended Malay/Muslim Singaporeans for taking a clear stand against extremism and terrorism, and acknowledging the problem 'squarely.' Kicking off his National Day rally speech in Malay at the University Cultural Centre at the National University of Singapore, he expressed concern over a small number of ... Malaysia, Singpore Joint Implementation Team MeetsKUALA LUMPUR, Aug 29 -- The second meeting of the Malaysia-Singapore Joint Implementation Team held in Singapore saw fruitful discussions by both sides over two days from Aug 26, according to a press statement.
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